if you have not looked in for a time then have a look now.
i feel sick that i ever supported the wt org and its teachings.
Thanks for the reminder, Zeb. Silent Lambs was the first place I felt emboldened to write of my daughter's molestation in the bOrg. Even though I didn't have the courage to permit them to publish it, it was a step toward healing. This is not my story but is a powerful illustration of what happens when we all begin to speak out against the abuse:
http://www.silentlambs.org/personal_experiences/day_lambs_roared.cfm
here's the current status:.
performance improvements have been made to make things slicker.. the "remember me" issue should now be fixed.. sign-in captcha can be affected by ad-blockers so consider disabling those.. sign-in email is case-sensitive - until i update this consider using your forum username instead.. ie stalls on "queued for processing" when posting a topic or reply but the post has been made (just navigate to active or refresh the topic if replying).. i will be working through issues today and contacting anyone who had sign-in issues to check if they still have problems.. many thanks again for your patience while we work through these teething problems..
Hi, Simon -- thanks for the new site and all your hours that have gone into its inception. It does have a cleaner look and some great features.
I am running Firefox but have to log in each time I return to the site, even though the "remember me" box is always checked. No big deal, just information in case it helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aubtadi7zuy.
i am not usually impressed by human interest stories but this guy does more good in five minutes, does more to promote humanity in 5 minutes than a bus load of sterile literature carts and cartons of propaganda.. what say you, can one person make difference?
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Each of us can make a difference. Any act of kindness touches not only the recipient and their associates, but the giver's heart as well.
IMAGINE the good that could actually be done if the millions of jws actually helped people.
The Watchtower refusal to provide real, tangible assistance even to its own members is EVIL. The leaders, the GB, are like a rich man in his own little world who keeps every penny for himself and can't be bothered to assist anyone else, even though that rich man grew up poor. They are modern day Pharisees who have started their own religion and insist that people follow every little rule or face expulsion from their society. Their hearts are COLD. Jesus himself would boot them from the temple.
i have signed on with a new username and can start topics but cannot find where to add....this has not been a happy experience....could someone start a thread that gives specific concrete help and answer questions (for those who can post ha)
it is known as "the green handshake" and everyone knows it happens.. .
the giving of money to c.o.
's to curry favor or perhaps a position or some special privilege.. here is my question:.
Millie, in the US an individual may accept cash gifts up to $14,000 from any other individual without reporting them for tax purposes. That is the level above which the Gift Tax kicks in.
You can bet your bottom dollar that these cash gifts are never reported.
an earlier discussion has been highlighting the differences between da'ing and df'ing.
xena said:i am sorry qadreena but i have never in the 20 some odd years i have been a jw ever heard of an unbaptised publisher being d/aed...marked as bad association yes..but d/a...no...but i guess stranger things can happen.... well that brought it all back.. actually xena the exact same thing happened to my brother in the early 80's.
he was only 14. he'd carried on associating with a friend of his who'd been disfellowshipped.
haven't posted much recently as i've been busy but in a good way!!.
it's been a pretty awful couple of weeks in the news with terrorist attacks, which took the shine off the christmas build up.
i wonder if anyone thinks it may all be building up to something??
i hope you get to enjoy the lights and sounds and food of winter.
according to a number of studies though, religion is in trouble.
a survey by the pew research center in 2012 saw record numbers indicating a huge upswing in atheism, with 20 percent of americans now identifying as agnostic, atheist or "unaffiliated" with a religion.
this was the highest percentages ever of "nones" or those who are unaffiliated in pew research center polling.. so with more people considering themselves atheist, what do they believe when it comes to the rules to live by?
Amen.
i have discovered why the gb-rinch canceled christmas.
(apart from them being fun-sucking assholes and "christ" is in the name.).
the christmas carol deck the halls clearly gives the command to:.
Terry, that would be so funny!!!
