Posts by sparrowdown

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"..Witnesses suffer from anxiety, depression, addiction...many have been lost to suicide. After reading this story, you may understand why.”

by Penelope1 in

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from the book, the least of gods priorities, by bo juel.

please support bo in his efforts to expose the truth about the watchtower organization a secretive and destructive cult posing as gods organization on earth.

his publication is now available in paperback or kindle through amazon.com.. check out chapter two--but grab some tissue first!.

sparrowdown

I remember an elder giving a talk once and he made a snide remark about how some "so-called professionals will claim that Jehovah's Organization causes depression and anxiety... well, you tell me brothers, does it?"

The whole audience laughed derisively and applauded.

I remember sitting there feeling angry at the question and the response from the audience, but at the time I didn't know why.

Looking back now, I can see I was probably beginning to wake up and incidents like this were helping me do so.

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after 2 years, getting the courage to read COC. but is is still really relevant?

by nowwhat? in

if so why?

sparrowdown

Suriously, two years ?

What were you so afraid of?

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You have a $100,000,000 budget to do a global campaign against the WTBS worldwide. How would you spend it?

by JWchange in

what if by inheritance, winning the lottery or any other way, you suddenly got your hands on $150m after tax.

you maybe would spend a third of this giving your extended family financial security for life.

you maybe would buy a boat and a few investment properties.

sparrowdown

I would buy up some air-time on all major networks and pay a GB member to appear on a Q&A with other educated representatives from other major religions. You could really make them look like the ignoramuses that they are if you planned your questions right.

Would they be able to resist the money and the chance to glorify themselves?

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2015-2016-More BOEs just arrived!

by Atlantis in

these boes just arrived!.

.. re: global assistance arrangement for the 2016 service year .

http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/xnlm2ba.

sparrowdown

I can't believe their attitudes towards health and safety at the KHs. Where I live the local cong undertook some major renovations that involved demoltion and they had people who were complete building virgins wielding sledge hammers jack hammers and nail guns. There were little kids and babies running amongst it, it was hard to tell if the auditorium that was a building site or a playground.

No hard hats, no organization of teams or jobs or zones. No qualified oversight, a real free-for-all. There were a few minor accidents but it could have been worse, much worse.

In the kitchen where there was a large electric urn that leaked boiling water at the spout placed up on the table and the smaller kids were playing underneath it!!!!

OMG it was a nightmare!!

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Jehovah’s Witness jailed for sexual activity with a child

by LevelThePlayingField in

source: http://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/jehovahs-witness-jailed-for-sexual-activity-with-a-child-8997/.

a jehovahs witness from stratford who took part in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl has been struggling with those demons for the last seven or eight years, a judge has heard.. but pleas for craig allen, who was said to have support from the jehovahs witness congregation, not to be jailed cut no ice with a judge at warwick crown court.. the 43 year-old of evesham road, dodwell, was jailed for two years and eight months and ordered to register as a sex offender for life after he pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual activity with a child.. prosecutor andrew wallace said allen had met the girl in the mid-2000s through the church.. the girl, now a young woman in her 20s, said she began to fancy allen, who had started to pay her compliments.. then on one occasion when he gave her a lift, despite being fully aware she was only 15, allen sexually touched her.. she did not object or tell anyone what had happened, and there were further consensual incidents between them, including various types of sexual activity but not full intercourse.. someone who suspected what was going on between allen, a family man in his 30s, and the girl said something to her mother.. but when she challenged both her daughter and allen about what she had heard, they both denied it.. things stopped after the girl began to feel guilty about what was happening, and she eventually decided to come forward last year and contacted the police.. she said she had been dramatically affected by what had gone on, and that what happened with allen caused her to suffer a breakdown and still haunted her.. when allen was questioned by the police he accepted the incidents had taken place, but claimed it was the girl who had taken the lead.. elizabeth power, defending, said allen, who has a son and a daughter who were now both in their 20s, had attended for a voluntary interview with the police and made admissions.. he did not force himself on her but he was the adult and she was a child.

he says he was weak and was attracted to her.

sparrowdown

Many 15yr old girls and boys will develop an adolescent crush on someone older, that they will later look back on and cringe. It's up to the adults in any underage person's life not to take advantage, this guy deserves prison time.

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Jehovah’s Witness jailed for sexual activity with a child

by LevelThePlayingField in

source: http://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/jehovahs-witness-jailed-for-sexual-activity-with-a-child-8997/.

a jehovahs witness from stratford who took part in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl has been struggling with those demons for the last seven or eight years, a judge has heard.. but pleas for craig allen, who was said to have support from the jehovahs witness congregation, not to be jailed cut no ice with a judge at warwick crown court.. the 43 year-old of evesham road, dodwell, was jailed for two years and eight months and ordered to register as a sex offender for life after he pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual activity with a child.. prosecutor andrew wallace said allen had met the girl in the mid-2000s through the church.. the girl, now a young woman in her 20s, said she began to fancy allen, who had started to pay her compliments.. then on one occasion when he gave her a lift, despite being fully aware she was only 15, allen sexually touched her.. she did not object or tell anyone what had happened, and there were further consensual incidents between them, including various types of sexual activity but not full intercourse.. someone who suspected what was going on between allen, a family man in his 30s, and the girl said something to her mother.. but when she challenged both her daughter and allen about what she had heard, they both denied it.. things stopped after the girl began to feel guilty about what was happening, and she eventually decided to come forward last year and contacted the police.. she said she had been dramatically affected by what had gone on, and that what happened with allen caused her to suffer a breakdown and still haunted her.. when allen was questioned by the police he accepted the incidents had taken place, but claimed it was the girl who had taken the lead.. elizabeth power, defending, said allen, who has a son and a daughter who were now both in their 20s, had attended for a voluntary interview with the police and made admissions.. he did not force himself on her but he was the adult and she was a child.

he says he was weak and was attracted to her.

sparrowdown

Well, good to know his "church" is supporting him, and that church would be.......

Jehovah's Organization of perverts, creeps, pedophiles and serial killers.

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This is for all JW's out there...

by Divergent in

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sorry to be so blunt, but you only have yourself to blame if you realize something is wrong but allow your cognitive dissonance to kick in.

if you are confronted with facts which are reported by reliable sources which are hard to dispute and deny, and you choose to dismiss these as "apostate lies" rather than looking at these from an objective point of view, it's your fault and you deserve the consequences of willful ignorance!.

sparrowdown

The thing is the WT and other groups target the vulnerable. People who are not vulnerable by choice, like the poor and uneducated, the mentally ill, the lonely and isolated, single parents etc. Love bombing works for a reason. We all need human contact and connection for our well being. That makes all of us vulnerable to some degree.

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Has anyone noticed how in the October JW Broadcast, Losch encourages good works towards ALL people?

by Tenacious in

i can't help but notice how this past year alone has seen the gb start to turn more towards the teachings of the christ instead of peddling their falsities.. study articles have talked in length about the fine works of christ.

assemblies have been dedicated to speaking about christ.

and this month's broadcast is about doing good to others copying the example christ left for us.. what's more shocking is that losch actually says kids should speak, share, and even give food and clothing to non-believers!!

sparrowdown

Many JWs I have known, refuse to even shop from church-owned charity stores.

They have snidely critisized other churches for focusing on charity rather than "spiritual food!"

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Belief in God Can Be Turned Off Like a Light Switch

by cofty in

researchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.

a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.

the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.

sparrowdown

Just asking in case I missed it.

Interesting research, thanks cofty.

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Belief in God Can Be Turned Off Like a Light Switch

by cofty in

researchers in york used magnetic stimulation to target an area of the brain called the medial frontal cortex in a group of volunteers.

a control group received a sham treatment.. both groups were asked to think about death.

the group who experienced the magnetic energy reported 32.8% less belief in angels, god and heaven.. when faced with difficult challenges people often take refuge in ideology.

sparrowdown

So, just wondering, what would be the possible application of something like this?

It sorta, kinda, reminds me of a magnetic variation of electroconvulsive therapy, which is used to treat severe depression.
(Not saying this research isn't useful, I don't know enough. Just wondering what if any conclusion, or application.)