Hi scratchme, I have tried to connect it to my tv provider on both my macbook and my ipad. Wifi working just fine. Funny thing is it will play other shows, but not this show. I'll keep playing with it....
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Season 1 Episode 1 A&E Cults and Extreme Belief (Video)
by TerryWalstrom inhttps://www.aetv.com/shows/cults-and-extreme-belief/season-1it will post soon on site..
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Season 1 Episode 1 A&E Cults and Extreme Belief (Video)
by TerryWalstrom inhttps://www.aetv.com/shows/cults-and-extreme-belief/season-1it will post soon on site..
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Any A&E experts out there who know how to get "permission" to watch the video? I've just spent quite a bit of time linking the A&E app to my TV provider, but when I try to watch the first episode of "Cults and Extreme BeLIEf" it gives me a message saying I don't have permission to watch. Hoping this goes away? Sure don't want to miss it!
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5/6/18 cleveland ohio circuit assembly notes
by nowwhat? inwilloughby assembly hall.
1400+ attendance 5 baptised a robust 0.38 growth!.
$11k expenses however 1st.
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Cringe worthy moment:
Recently baptized 10 year old says sometimes he" doesn't feel worthy" when asked what challenges he faces.
THAT is child abuse. I bet everyone clapped.
The rest is just a do-over of the early 70s.
You know, I am getting to the point when the JWs are around and they have problems, issues, etc., I just don't feel sorry any more. How can they not see what a joke this all is? Especially in a congregation with so many poor elderly ones with NOTHING, who gave everything up when they were young (and feeling unworthy).
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Hopefully this will educate the public and help end the WT's rule of secrecy at all costs
by cha ching ini'm glad barbara wrote this book - "barbara anderson uncensored: eyewitness to deceit" - it will be an eye opener for the public who only see the polite people at carts or walking door to door.
it will help them see who the wt really is through her experiences working at bethel in the writing department.
i liked the contribution of bonnie zieman and jon atack who additionally help expose the type of control wt exerts, and what the aftermath of child sex abuse has on it's jw victims.. it's a fairly short book, 71 pages, it explains barbara's reasons for continuing her activism against child sexual abuse.
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Thanks for posting this! Just bought the kindle version.
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Don't be too Christian, you'll raise red flags
by neat blue dog infor the past few years all my comments and talks have been a purely christian message.
i tiptoe around wt dogma and focus on the basics of love, life compassion, etc.
and i deliberately do not use jw terminology whenever i can.
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My experience in giving talks doesn't really compare, as I am but a lowly sister, only ever allowed to be on the school. However, when I did give a talk I would try to do something to make it more interesting. I never felt I needed practice, as giving presentations and trainings (which I created and was responsible for) was part of my job, which I enjoyed, and I did it all the time. Giving a little six minute spiel didn't compare.
Anyway, the last talk I gave I rearranged the order of the information because it was just awkward the way it was listed in the source book. It's very hard to give a talk with no logical progression - I'm sure you guys would agree - so I rearranged it to make it flow better. I got quite the scolding from the brother giving counsel. This was 12 years ago, and after that I never gave another talk, nor did I accept a last minute assignment (from the same brother) like I used to.
The whole thing just was ridiculous.
But I can tell you, the rank and file really do appreciate a talk that's given authentically from a brother who cares - versus the scripted stuff they require now. I can remember as a teenager how some of my favorite brothers would give talks really from the heart, and you got a lot out of them. Not any more - people are half asleep at the meetings, it is so boring.
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Jehovah's Witnesses Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection
by humblepotato innews room > legal developments > legal resources.
jehovah's witnesses scripturally based position on child protection.
i am having trouble understanding paragraph 5. it says: .
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And why do they assume that the elders can correctly determine "if the minor is still in danger of abuse"? Do they have a crystal ball?
I wouldn't want to make that call. So, if the elders think a minor is no longer in danger, and abuse keeps happening, are the elders personally responsible (legally) for failing to report? And shouldn't they be? How could anyone ever be sure.
The way they split hairs is maddening. The rank and file will think it's a "loving provision" and will be lulled back to sleep. Children will continue to be abused. ugh
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Abuse by JW in the Netherlands: 276 victems registred in Q1, 2018
by Gorbatchov inhttps://www.metronieuws.nl/nieuws/binnenland/2018/05/meldingen-misbruik-bij-jehovahs-getuigen-opgelopen.
276 victems registred now in q1 2018, abused by jw's in the netherlands.. state secretary says branche has to speak with victem group official.. g..
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@Vidiot, I agree, it seems like the bOrg is still trying to keep all this dark, away from the faithful. But that can't last forever. They are probably desperately trying to figure out how to spin this as persecution, when finally the rank and file hear about ALL the reporting going on about abuse.
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Are older women holding the congregations together (at least in the US)?
by Spiral inso i went and had a facial yesterday, and the aesthetician (and business owner) was a 30 something women, and we got on very well from the start.
the conversation came around to how many new churches are being built in this area, and i said i was surprised by it all.
she had a very interesting take on the situation.
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Why, indeed?
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Are older women holding the congregations together (at least in the US)?
by Spiral inso i went and had a facial yesterday, and the aesthetician (and business owner) was a 30 something women, and we got on very well from the start.
the conversation came around to how many new churches are being built in this area, and i said i was surprised by it all.
she had a very interesting take on the situation.
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Data-Dog, I agree with you. It's the sad, mean truth of this religion. If anyone stays with an organization that gives back so little, then you are indeed weak. JW.org is a just a parasite, and if you're too lazy to rid yourself of a parasite, well?
I'm curious about what you said about your KH not appointing anyone in the 30+ group, skipping them over for younger more socially connected guys. I've seen that here too. So why stay? Nothing for you here. Again, mental lethargy at play.
So JWism is losing its prime alphas, and keeping its older females who cannot repopulate the species. JWism’s only hope is to cut back spending and rebrand into something completely unrecognizable. They can’t rely on 3rd World growth. That cake won’t bake...
Yep.
LongHairGal: You can't be a thinking person and have camaraderie with those types. That brings back some memories.
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Are older women holding the congregations together (at least in the US)?
by Spiral inso i went and had a facial yesterday, and the aesthetician (and business owner) was a 30 something women, and we got on very well from the start.
the conversation came around to how many new churches are being built in this area, and i said i was surprised by it all.
she had a very interesting take on the situation.
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Giordano, do you foresee the GB either diluting the dogma (even further) or revamping the idealogy to allow women a bigger share? I think they need to as a way to keep members, but they sure seem like a stubborn group of old men.