Topics Started by Scully
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book about JWs "Watch How We Walk" nominated for prestigious Giller Prize
by Scully inhttp://jenniferlovegrove.wordpress.com/watch-how-we-walk/.
can't wait to read this book, by a canadian author.. .
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Christian Longo story - 7pm Eastern Time Tonight
by Scully inwhile trying to find local listings for the investigation discovery program about the murder of kim anderson and her two children at the hands of her jw husband, i came across this listing.. the program is called final witness - airing at 7 pm on investigation discovery in canada.
this program details the case of christian longo, a jw who murdered his wife and four children over a decade ago..
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JWs target retirement homes
by Scully inin a recent post (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/67537/1051937/post.ashx#1051937) new directives to congregations by the wts included: it also suggests that the owners of all local old folks homes be contacted to provide a "free weekly bible discussion" to all elderly who want to attend in the home.
this is to be a planned weekly event to increase the number of studys pioneers hold and "provide a valuable service to the community" the society expect to see bible studies go up by 25% this year.. .
well, it is nice for us to get this heads up from the brothers?, isn't it?
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Found an Old Letter
by Scully ini was going through an old file folder a few days ago and came across this letter i wrote to our old congregation regarding renovations that had been proposed.
at the time, i was very upset with the way the proposals were steam-rollered through (i think the sentiment comes across nicely in my letter lol).
has anything like this ever happened elsewhere??
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Wesley Hubert Mills, age 74, JW ex-elder, convicted of molesting boy
by Scully inhttp://stoppedophiles.ca/articles/on-wesley-mills.html.
wesley hubert millsex-church elder sentenced for indecent assault on boy.
the saint john times globe - posted: jan 9, 2013. a former jehovah's witness church elder was sentenced yesterday to one year in jail for indecently assaulting a young boy in the late 1970s.. .
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The Symptoms of Religious Addiction
by Scully inso i'm re-reading a book that i first read in 1994, when i was considering leaving the jws.
it's called when god becomes a drug - breaking the chains of religious addiction and abuse, by fr.
leo booth (tarcher putnam, 1991).. on page 59 is a checklist of "the symptoms of religious addiction", and this was a complete a-ha moment for me when i read it such a long time ago.
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Books used to study with JWs - what are they?
by Scully ini'm on the jw.org website, looking at the publications.. i'm curious as to the books being used with the 'new' studytm, and the order in which they are studiedtm.. anyone still on the inside, can you help me?.
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Your Top 5 - Most Harmful JW Teachings
by Scully inwe all know that the doctrine and dogma of the wts is completely false, so i'm not even going to include topics like "trinity" or "gehenna" or anything like that in my personal list.. but i'd like to see what other people list as their top five most harmful jw teachings.. #5. females in the congregation are inferior to males.. #4. you must override your personal conscience in favour of wts rules, even when you know it's wrong.. #3. shunning disfellowshippedtm and disassociatedtm individuals, without being allowed to form your own opinion or hear their side of the story, even when it is a family member or close friend, this teaching destroys families and results in far too many people taking their own lives from the agony of being rejected by the only people they have ever had relationships with.. #2. forsaking higher education, well-paid employment and planning for retirement.. #1. the no-blood rule has cost more lives since it was first introduced by rutherford than jonestown, 10 times over..
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Turning Pascal's Wager against them
by Scully inmany of you are probably aware of the concept of pascal's wager.. it posits that humans all bet with their lives either that god exists or does not exist.
given the possibility that god actually does exist and assuming the infinite gain or loss associated with belief in god or with unbelief, a rational person should live as though god exists and seek to believe in god.
if god does not actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.).