Posts by shadow

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Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

by thedepressedsoul in

i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

) and the next speaker walks out on stage.

he starts off with an illustration.

shadow

thedepressedsoul

Also, if you have a kid and anything remotely comes close to someone taking advantage of them, feel free to let me know how "temporary" it is.

As a matter of fact I DO have a kid that was attacked for years by a pedophile, you jackass. It destroys kids and parents. It lasts as long as they live and many times ends up in suicide. If this life is all there is, then maybe suicide is a pretty good option. I still hope there's something better. Anything else you want to know???

flipper & outlaw:

I don't have the time or inclination to help your reading comprehension. Maybe you can understand this:

WT policy has hurt a lot of people but it's stupid to turn it into a joke with ridiculous criticism of a talk and make a connection that isn't there.

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Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

by thedepressedsoul in

i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

) and the next speaker walks out on stage.

he starts off with an illustration.

shadow

Outlaw,

The statement by the speaker which is being criticized is:

"There is something even more dangerous then that pedophile living across the street to your children..." "Satan the devil is after your children, something even more dangerous then that pedophile!"

THAT is the statement this thread is based on. It is not:

Pointing out the WBT$ "Actively Protects" WBT$ JW Pedophiles..

Christians would generally agree with that statement which implies that eternal damage is greater than temporary damage no matter how painful it is. To condemn that statement would condemn other Christians as well. And, yes, I do have first-hand knowledge about child abuse.

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Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

by thedepressedsoul in

i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

) and the next speaker walks out on stage.

he starts off with an illustration.

shadow

The statement is true for those of us who still believe Bible, however need to protect against both. Child is still dead whether killed by pitbull or lion.

Condemning this statement = condemning all Christians.

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Elder Using Innuendos at Every Single Opportunity

by Tempest in a Teacup in

there's this elder in my hall.

in his comments and talks, he loves to include the kind of details that would leave listeners wondering who his comment/talk is about.

he seems to see himself as a jw behaviour expert and drops titbits whenever he's behind the mic.

shadow

the old "titbits" gimmick, eh? no doubt guaranteed to liven up any meeting in the USA!

over here elders often use the very similar "tidbits" routine

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New JW video, song and dance

by Listener in

the current jws do not cease to amaze.

here's their latest video on youtube and straight from bethel.. there is a lot of work involved in this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwou6e5vwbo .

shadow

I went to a Gilead graduation that had a scene from the Wiz reenacted on stage with dorothy and ease on down the road for the music

ease on down the road

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New JW video, song and dance

by Listener in

the current jws do not cease to amaze.

here's their latest video on youtube and straight from bethel.. there is a lot of work involved in this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwou6e5vwbo .

shadow

i like the video. jw's should do more stuff like this at the cong level

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Lyrics by "Lord Byron," music by "Orpheus": Kingdom Song #136

by compound complex in

jw
friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5agpjgzvoo.

shadow

that must be the JW Tabernacle Choir?

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Earth rotates the wrong way. ( no one even knew that )

by kairos in

i've heard it mentioned a few times.. the rotating earth graphic in the background on jwtv rotates backwards.. i've mentioned it to the active and they are not concerned at all.. my response is, "it's something they are portraying that cannot be more wrong".. .

two gb members have stood in front of it telling us to trust them.

how can you when they think the sun rises in the west.... .

shadow

maybe it's you moving, not the earth

duh

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Why don't parents of an abused child go straight to police, why go to an elder first??

by FeelingFree in

i hope i don't come across as judgemental but having read a lot on the current child abuse cases and the different threads on here, i am left wondering why on earth a parent of an abuse victim would go to an elder with the problem first and not straight to police?.

as a parent myself i know that if anything like that happend to my child (this applies to when i was still an active jw as well as now) i would not hesitate in going to the authorities as soon as i found out, it wouldn't of crossed mine or my husbands mind to go to an elder.

maybe after we had reported it but definitely never as the first port of call.

shadow

Best answer is neither one. First place to go is to a qualified therapist. First take care of victim, then go after predator.

Sadly, I speak from experience. That's what we did and I was an elder at the time.

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Accounts of Jesus From Hostile Ancient Sources

by Perry in

from ancient accounts hostile to christinity, we can learn the following:.

jesus was born and lived in palestine.

he was born, supposedly, to a virgin and had an earthly father who was a carpenter.

shadow

An insignificant, illiterate, itinerant preacher with a tiny following, who went wholly unnoticed by any literate person in Judaea somehow started a religion that changed the world.

Funny, don't you think?