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  Look who's having a heart to heart chat!

  by fulltimestudent in

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  russian president vladimir putin , left , and former us president george w .

  bush , right , wearing traditionalchinese silk coats , huddle in.

  conversation at the apec leaders ' meeting in shanghai in this oct .

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  I think they just like to play Dress Up together...
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  Prince on Saturday Night Live

  by designs in

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  did you catch it.. http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/watch-princes-electric-prformance-from-tonights-saturd-1653735759.

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  Gustv, funny how the WTS speaks so loudly against "The World" but just LOVES it when high-profile superstar types check in as JWs. Talk about things that don't make sense....
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  Meeting for not paying assembly fees???!!!!

  by Kool Jo in

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  hey folks......has anyone else heard of, or experienced this before?.

  i visited by parents over the weekend and accompanied them to their assembly....same rubbish spoken about since ive been born....obey the gb, donate your last penny, no education and be a pushover.. anyways, our assembly hall has lush vegetation and scenery, so i was more focused on that....i started dozing off after lunch, so got up and went walking, saw some older folks from the congregation i grew up with.. upon the conclusion of the assembly, wed normally leave out right after the prayer ends so as to avoid the traffic.

  however, for this assembly he told me that hes gonna be a few minutes with the elders and branch representatives...so a few minutes turned into an hour..

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  Kool Jo, glad to hear that your dad is in the early stages of waking up. That feeling that "something is wrong" is usually what starts the ball rolling, so let's all hope that he keeps making progress...with YOUR help, of course!
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  I'm done hiding who I am with my family

  by cognac in

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  i'm pissed that i got scared the other day and didn't just tell my mom i was celebrating halloween.

  i was caught off-guard when she asked what i was doing and felt that fear they instill in you.

  hate that i still feel that way when i shouldn't.

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  Cognac, don't be mad at yourself, just congratulate yourself that you want to move forward!

  We've all been-there-done-that over different topics at various times during our fading, it's just part of the process. But good for you for wanting to move on!
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  Human kindness

  by stillin in

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  2. friends

  i hold kindness in high regard; it separates us from the drudgery of life and elevates those who practice it as well as those who receive it.

  my family has been going through a big crisis for several weeks now and i've noticed a few things.

  several of the elders have expressed their concern for us, shared a scripture and then back out to field service or whatever.

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  Stillin, sending long distance love and hugs to you at this time, and hoping you find much support.

  Ssn, it's good to vent from time to time, helps clear out the negative dregs and free us for forward movement. Very happy that you and your daughter don't have to live with the jdub conditional love anymore. Wishing you all the best.
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  For the weaker moment

  by Gorbatchov in

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  i think we all have some time a weaker moment and miss the times we were regular witness.. to admit, i have some of these moments a year.. for these moments i have this point "i can't accect being part of.

  a religious organisation that structural apeals child abuse cases".. then i'm finished with the moment.. the path is narrow.. g.. .

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  Hmmm, sorry Gorby but I have ZERO of those moments. I don't miss it and am extremely pleased to be out. But it may be the strong personal feelings about their desire to protect child rapists that makes it so easy for me.
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  NOT on JW.ORG: A.P. and International Press break stories about rampant child abuse by Jehovah's Witnesses MINISTERS and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Cover-ups.

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  $13.5m award in jehovah's witnesses molest caseby associated press.

  published: 21:45 est, 31 october 2014 | updated: 21:45 est, 31 october 2014. .

  san diego (ap) the jehovah's witnesses were ordered to pay $13.5 million to a southern california man who said he was molested as a child by a church member.. a san diego judge ruled wednesday that the church's governing body covered up years of sexual abuse by a member who later became an elder.. superior judge joan lewis said actions of the watchtower bible and tract society of new york were "reprehensible and reckless," u-t san diego reported friday (http://bit.ly/1uf519r ).. jose lopez, who was awarded the money, sued the group, alleging that he was molested in 1986 at age 7 by a member of the spanish congregation in the linda vista area of san diego.. lopez said the elders suggested gonzalo campos as his bible teacher even though they knew he had molested at least one other boy, the suit contended.

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  Let's hope that many others come forward and that the horrible lying wts crumbles under the lawsuits and public disgust.
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  Oh, the irony.

  by disposable hero of hypocrisy in

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  today i was sat in a car full of jaydubs on the way home from the circuit assembly, and the discussion turned to halloween and how to avoid trick or treaters!.

  seriously, there was talk of pulling curtains shut across front doors and how disgusting it was that parents let their children knock on doors , and how annoying it is to get a knock on the door knowing it's an uninvited person!

  had to bite my tongue... .

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  Someone shared a FB post today that said Halloween was the one day of the year when the jws did what everyone else did all year...they were HBH!
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  I am JW.ORG

  by LogCon in

  1. social
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  famous quote from wuthering heights revised.. '... i am jw.org!

  it's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than i am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.

  so don't talk of our separation again: it is impracticable...'.

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  Remember when the catholic church had their campaign called Come Back Home or something similar? That seemed so out-of-place and commercial, but this button and pin nonsense is so much worse. At least the catholics were just trying to get lapsed ones back....this is trying to get anyone to get on the internet and check out a website.

  They get more disturbing every day...the jdubs, I mean.
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  Honduras bus crash leaves 14 dead and 55 injured - JW

  by TheTruthBR in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  honduras bus crash leaves 14 dead and 55 injuredbus veered off road and crashed into ravine.

  by ruth doherty, nov 1, 2014. updated: november 1, 2014 8:10 am.

  afp/getty images.

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  How terribly sad for these families. Yes, maybe some will wonder why they weren't protected, but that's really not the point. Death is tragic no matter why it happens.