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  Your most DISTURBING WATCHTOWER Bethel/Branch experience? (No full names please)

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ok.. you 70 plus bethelite members.... this is your chance to share stories!

  inquiring minds want to know !no full names please..follow t.o.s.

  to avoid borg libel lawsuits).. i will start the ball rolling with week one.

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  Amazing thread.
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  BOE 2014-07-13 Appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servants

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2014-07-13 appointment and deletion of elders and ministerial servantsto all bodies of elders.

  the link removed by request is also available at the forms link.

  the congregation secretary should arrange for this letter to be retained in the congregation permanent file of policy letters.

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  There was a "ministerial servant" in our cong who repeatedly molested quite a number of small children and then he fled without his family when one of his victims spoke up. When I challenged an eldumb as to why background checks weren't done, I was told that they trusted the "brothers" to be honest about these matters.

  This ms had been in prison for raping his stepdaughter. His wife stayed with him and apparently covered over his crimes. Neither was ever df'd and he was given a memorial service in a k hall when he died.

  That's how much eldumbs and the gb care about children and molesters.
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  Dad called on my birthday

  by StAnn in

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  2. friends

  today is my birthday.

  i'm beyond caring about birthdays (i'm 51) but my dad, who is a non-jw married to my crazy jw mother, usually doesn't acknowledge us kids on our birthdays so as not to piss off my mom.

  actually, he has never acknowledged my birthday.

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  Happy, happy birthday!!!
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  Breaking News: Five White NYPD Officers neck choke an African American Guy for breaking up a fight

  by Scott77 in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ae_1405660548.

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  Four New York City emergency workers have been barred from responding to 911 calls amid an investigation into the medical response to a man who died in police custody after being put in an apparent chokehold during his arrest.

  Officials told the New York Post that the move does not indicate wrongdoing on the part of the two medics and two EMTs, who are employed by Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island.

  Earlier Sunday, the Post reported that a seven-minute YouTube video showed that the medics violated several procedures when they arrived to treat Eric Garner Thursday. Citing sources in the city's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), the paper reported that the video showed one medic arriving at Garner's side without any equipment like an oxygen bag or defibrillator.

  The Post also reported that protocol called for Garner to be placed on a stretcher and had his airway, breathing and circulation checked out by an EMT. Instead, the EMT featured in the video reportedly never used a stethoscope to check Garner's lungs and didn't connect him to an oxygen mask.

  More than three minutes into the video, a medic checked Garner's pulse. About two minutes later, Garner was lifted onto a gurney and transported to a waiting ambulance. When a bystander asked why no one is performing CPR, one officer responded, "because he's breathing."

  The restrictions on the medical personnel came a day after the police department said it reassigned Officer Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who used the apparent chokehold on Garner, and another unidentified officer to desk duty while prosecutors and internal affairs detectives investigate. Chokeholds are banned under department policy.

  The department said it stripped Pantaleo, an eight-year veteran of the force, of his gun and badge.

  Court records show that within the past two years, three men sued Pantaleo in federal court over allegedly unlawful, racially motivated arrests. Pantaleo did not return a telephone message.
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  Testimony card returns

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  old timers, or careful readers of the proclaimers book, are familiar with the "testimony card" used in the early days of rutherford-era door to door witnessing.

  the jw would traipse up to a house, knock, hand the card over to the householder, and wait while he read it.. well, it seems that "everything old is new again".

  here is an excerpt from a recent boe letter:.

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  And they know this...how? Did they take a poll? Sheesh.

  It has been observed that some people who are hesitant to accept a tract, magazine, or
  other literature are willing to visit our Web site.
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  Physical concert! Glenn Miller Orchestra

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. physical

  having booked an age ago to see gmo i was so glad the date came up given all the sad news of late.

  we have a new concert hall in our city here in w.australia and they played it to a treat.

  the music was original and alive the singers, dancers ... check their website to see if they are heading your way!.

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  Ahh, Zeb, I grew up listening to the Big Bands....Glenn Miller was a favorite. So cool that a group bearing his name and playing his music is still touring! Will have to look them up. Thanks for a cheery morning thought as I head to work.
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  Losing Faith in Faith..

  by Dis-Member in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came across this lecture at 3am not being able to sleep by dan baker.

  it details his transition from christian fundamentalist to atheist and the various shades in-between.

  he realises that every denomination of christian can open the bible and prove to you that they have the right interpretation and everyone else is wrong.

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  Saving this to watch this evening. OTWO, great points made, love your logical views.
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  The Spanking Room: A Child's Eye View of the Jehovah Witnesses

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone read this book?.

  the author is sending me a copy, just wondered.

  just published in july!.

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  JT is correct. I (sadly) brought my kids into the Borg in the early 90s and was told by the other moms to keep a wooden spoon in my bag for spanking. I was fortunate in that my children weren't rowdy, but it was the norm for moms to take their kids to the bathroom for "discipline".

  I was tempted to say they dragged their kids, but of course that would have looked bad to any visitors. What they did was a forced march and the kids were terrified because they knew there was no way out of a whooping in the bathroom stall.

  I also remember hearing "counsel" from the platform that parents should always take crying babies out of the hall (wouldn't want to disturb that intense b[ible] s[tudy] for everyone else. The direct advice given was to place your hand over the child's mouth to lessen the noise.

  As for a parent choosing between J and their child...THAT was a stumbling point for me. I knew I would never be able to turn my back on my babies...so I always felt some "disloyalty" to god but I couldn't change how I felt. Family first.
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  Breaking News: Five White NYPD Officers neck choke an African American Guy for breaking up a fight

  by Scott77 in

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  (CNN) -- Confronted by police trying to arrest him for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes, Eric Garner raised both hands in the air and, with passive defiance, told the officers not to touch him. Seconds later, a video shows the officer behind him grab the 350-pound man in a chokehold and pull him to the sidewalk, rolling him onto his stomach.

  "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Garner said repeatedly, his cries muffled into the pavement.

  The video of the Thursday skirmish shows the Staten Island man lying on the ground motionless after the incident. An asthmatic, Garner was later declared dead at a nearby hospital, according to CNN affiliate WCBS. Police said he suffered a heart attack and died en route to the hospital.

  "This is a terrible tragedy that occurred yesterday. A terrible tragedy that no family should have to experience," said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, calling the video of the incident "very troubling."

  Police told WCBS that 43-year-old Garner, a father of six, had a lengthy criminal history and had been previously arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes in May.

  Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who is seen on video choking Garner, was put on modified assignment and stripped of his shield and gun as the New York Police Department continues to investigate the incident, WCBS reported. The chokehold tactic is prohibited by the NYPD.

  In a statement, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch called Pantaleo's reassignment "a completely unwarranted, kneejerk reaction for political reasons." He said the move "effectively pre-judges this case and denies the officer the very benefit of a doubt that has long been part of the social contract that allows police officers to face the risks of this difficult and complex job."

  The cop who was videotaped causing this man's death is still getting paid. The victim had his hands in the air submissively asking not to be hurt. The PBA says the poor cop is the victim here. Whaaa???
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  WT recently settled out-of-court with 5 victims of JW serial molester. Court documents now available to post on any website

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  on may 20, 2010, a lawsuit was filed in san diego, california.

  defendant, the watchtower of ny, settled out-of-court for an unknown amount of money with the plaintiffs just weeks before the candace conti trial began at the end of may 2012 in oakland, california.

  the law firm representing the five plaintifs in this case was .

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  How is it that the many sex abuse cases against the wt are hushed in the press, unlike those of the catholic church?