Posts by stillajwexelder

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It's the 46th anniversary of Star Trek TV series

by moshe in

google reminds us how long ago this was, 1966 (or was it 67?

) - i was a teenager in high school and guess what?

i never saw one eposode on local tv.

stillajwexelder

BEING THE MIDDLE AGE HORN DOG THAT I AM - My fav -Terri Farrel in the first few series of DS9 - what a cutie - she played the one with the creature inside of her. Very beautiful IMHO

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Watchtower honors Jehovah's Witness Elders responsible for Candice Conti and Menlo Park Fiascos

by Balaamsass in

this weekend was the convention for the southern san francisco bay area.

it was held at the santa clara convention center in the silicon valley http://www.santaclara.org/conventioncenter/ which is an improvement over the old s.f.

cow palace which is still used..just not as much.

Micheal-Clarke-duncan dead at 54

by caliber in

jw
friends

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-michael-clarke-duncan-dead-0903,0,7426494.story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/michael_clarke_duncan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/file:michaelclarkeduncanjan09.jp.

stillajwexelder

Sad - too young - he was a great guy.

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The Governing Body intends to announce significant changes in academic literature (DOCTRINES) - Brazil

by Dogpatch in

jw
friends

dear randall.

good morning!.

here is the daniel of brazil (former bethel).. this week at the forum of former jehovah's witnesses had an interesting news!

stillajwexelder

Strongly suggest but make EVRYTHING A CONSCIENCE MATTER - it will free them from all legal liability.

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The Governing Body intends to announce significant changes in academic literature (DOCTRINES) - Brazil

by Dogpatch in

jw
friends

dear randall.

good morning!.

here is the daniel of brazil (former bethel).. this week at the forum of former jehovah's witnesses had an interesting news!

Did You Have A Lot Of Meetings With The Elders?

by minimus in

jw
friends

we're you always in the back room with the elders?.

stillajwexelder

Yes - I used to call them - I was on the service committee and did a lot of shepherding

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Rick Fearon And Those Who Knew His Wife Inez

by minimus in

jw
friends

i've known the fearons for many years.

i've known their cousins, uncles, daughters, nephews, etc.. i know that rick can't post here and i understand the reasons.. i just wanted to say that rick has suffered a terrible loss and he dearly loved his ill wife, inez.. i want to thank mouthy for letting us know about what happened to inez a couple of weeks ago!

and i hope that we can show kindness and caring for rick during his time of grief and sorrow..

stillajwexelder

A terrible loss

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What Watchtower Got Wrong with Their Child Molestation Policy

by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

in the style of stephen lett, i'm trying to come up with an exhaustive, enumerated list (without his crazy eyebrows, goofy facial expressions, and nutty voice).

what watchtower has gotten wrong isn't just their 2 witness rule.

it goes much deeper into other failures of jw dogma that has allowed this injustice and others to flourish in their organization.

stillajwexelder

OK I have to be crude here because it has pissed me off for > 20 years. What business do elders have in the bedroom of a married couple. NONE,. ZERO. It may seem off topic but it is not. Elders pry into matters that are not their concern, but dont get involved when they absolutely need to -as in protecting children. Surely to God, if a proeprly married couple engage in mutual oral sex or similar - how the hell is that the elders business?. And yet they will invoke the two witness rule and not protect a child -TOTALLY MIND BLOWING.

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Watchtower's Billion Dollars of Property Cannot Be Sold until Outcome of Conti Appeal

by Dogpatch in

30 minutes ago i just got off the phone with some important players in this case, and some things were relayed to me concerning a lot of details of the outcome of the last two days of court.

i am passing this on.

cynthia hampton, one of the main players in the candace conti case (and a close friend of 28 years), just informed me of a further, far more powerful move by the state of california against the watch tower bible and tract society of new york, inc.. by order of the superior court of the state of california - county of alameda (see documents below), until the watch tower's appeal, which won't begin until august 13th and will take up to two years to settle due to due process of law, has forbidden the watch tower to sell any more of its $1 billion in assets in the borough of brooklyn until the appeals case is finished, to assure they won't shelter their monies in the light of this most huge and devastating sexual abuse scandal ever to hit the watch tower society, and perhaps any other single-victim lawsuit.

stillajwexelder

I do not wish to throw a spanner in the works, but British tax laws are very favorable to religions/charities. I know for certain "assets" have been moved over there for the last 10 years. I admit you can not move real estate. They will survive but will have to morph. I still think they will make everything a "conscience " issue and move to be less controlling. It is one of their few ways forward.

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Is the Borg "really" guilty in the Candace Conti case ???

by RubaDub in

full disclosure:.

i am an active (2-4 hrs/month) 3rd generation jw hovering under the radar.

been posting here for 10 years.

stillajwexelder

It's not that simple. Will they hold a Judicial meeting on the accusation/ testimony of one lone child?

The two witness rule is crazy. No pedophile (unless it is a ring) is going to have another witness. Almost as crazy as there must be 4 muslim males witness a rape of a girl. Not going to happen.