Posts by sparrowdown

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"Of course, I don't want to talk to you about that....."

by Phizzy in

the thread title refers to a number of times i have heard those words, or "substance thereof" lol, from jw's.. they are referring to my/our reasons for leaving.. it occurs to me that the correct response is not a "respectful", " i understand", but rather should be :.

" why ever not ?".

if they have "the truth" why should they not discuss and defend it ?.

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JWs love to put their fingers in their ears and say la la la at the first wiff of an honest exchange of thoughts and feelings.

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"And what happened next was simply unbelievable!"

by Terry in

jw
friends

i always sit in the same spot, just outside starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space.

i say "always," but not today.. somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in "my" favorite spot!.

so, i took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on a long padded bench next to 3 other identical tables.. as the clickbait banner ads like to say: "and what happened next was simply unbelievable!".

sparrowdown

JWs love playing the victim, don't enable them by feeling sorry for them.

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"And what happened next was simply unbelievable!"

by Terry in

jw
friends

i always sit in the same spot, just outside starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space.

i say "always," but not today.. somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in "my" favorite spot!.

so, i took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on a long padded bench next to 3 other identical tables.. as the clickbait banner ads like to say: "and what happened next was simply unbelievable!".

sparrowdown

Don't be so hard on yourself. The truth hurts. You weren't rude you were truthful.

They should be able to deal with this, if they can't then they shouldn't start conversations with strangers about child abuse, or religion or morals .......

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G.B. & J.W.'s Becoming Clap-Happy

by The Searcher in

at the regional convention (national!!

) for scotland, mark sanderson elicited 13 rounds of applause during his closing talk, (for the least little things!

) plus a final one for his closing prayer!

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Mark Sanderson

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Elmwood congregation, Dallas, Texas.

by witnessscorn in

i was in elmwood congregation, in early 70's i have reason to believe there was ritual abuse going on while i was there.

anybody have any incite?

sparrowdown

Did you mean " ritual abuse" or ongoing abuse?

I would advise obtaining legal advise if you think you have evidence that warrants it.

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I Made the Literature Trolley Run Away Today - Twice

by cofty in

i popped into town this morning to buy an anniversary card for mrs cofty.

it is market day on a saturday and it's tourist season so the town was very busy.

here is a picture of the scene from a year ago... two cult carts were in their favourite place being guarded by none other than one of the elders who was on my judicial committee, his wife and another jw woman in her electric disability buggy.

sparrowdown

Maybe in the future the trolleys will be behind bullet proof glass. Like a tollbooth.

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Geoffrey Jackson. Seems he will be compelled to front up.

by umbertoecho in

pray for brother jackson of the governing body!.

in todays news from australia it appears that, despite his previous declination to appear when invited, justice mcclellan from the australian royal commission on child sex abuse will officially summon brother geoffrey jackson to the stand after all.. ..... the commission was due to conclude its hearings into the jehovahs witnesses on wednesday but justice mcclellan said he will now call geoffrey jackson, a senior member of the churchs governing body in new york who is currently in australia, to appear next week.. .

source.

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Pleading the fifth for the other elders that appeared seemed to take the form of "I can't recall" and "that's not my department."

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Riddle me this applewhite expert if what?

by poopie in

jw
friends

now here is my question.

jw sisters are forbidden to read any elder book any or anything for elder eyes only yet ms appleseed who is considerd an wt expert is a practicing catholic part of babylon the great can read all this info in fact they give it to her.

this is mind boggling.

sparrowdown

Their only consistency is inconsistency.

I now wonder if that is by design rather than accident, because the inconsistencies do seem to serve a purpose. They keep the people confused, and keeping them confused keeps them disoriented so they are never quite sure which way is up.

"Is it so?" They ask.

Confused people are easier to control.

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