Posts by sparrowdown

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I feel really, really sorry for those born into the Jehovah's Witness religion

by jambon1 in

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friends

some facts that make the difference between you and me:.

1 - as a person raised by non jw family, my parents have never loved me based on conditions set out by a group of old men who they don't even know.

how does it feel to know that you are in the unique situation where your parents brought you into the world and said 'i'll show love to you.

sparrowdown

I don't feel sorry for born-ins anymore than any other person who has had a shitty childhood (and let's face it who hasn't got atleast one butthurt story from childhood) for whatever reason. To be honest some ex-jws don't need anymore reason to feel sorry for themselves.

I think in the grand scheme of things as long there wasn't physical or sexual abuse then things could have been better and things certainly could have been worse.

The good news is once you become an adult you are responsible for yourself and your own health and happiness.

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Link to the English version of the Quebec (French) documentary, "The Kingdom's Dirty Secrets" (About JW's hiding child abuse)

by AndersonsInfo in

here's a link to the english version of the quebec documentary, the kingdom's dirty secrets that aired in canada at the beginning of december.

i was told that it's okay to share the documentary and post on social media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajphgmt9jibarbara

sparrowdown

Very damning documentary it's great to know these stories are coming to light.

Thanks so much for posting it and all your hard work.

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Does anyone have any fashion sense? Getting Married. Help?

by RavenPearl in

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friends

i am a man and i have roughly 10 months to prepare for my wedding (including raising the funds etc... my fiance is caught up in her affairs associated with the wedding.

now i do have a pretty good sense of fashion when it comes to 'dress to impress' when required.

however, i'm not familiar with specific clothing lines.

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Damn, Prince in that white suit is subzero cool.

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The disappearance of the Special Committees

by Hecce in

as a part of the wt judicial arrangement, for many years there was a sort of review procedure called special committee; basically if a person was not happy with a decision or a particular situation they were allowed to write a letter to the society raisin their concerns.. the majority of these complaints were answered with a standard letter with the counsel of “leave matters to jehovah”.

in some instances the matter was serious enough to warrant the need for a special investigation of the case to be done by a special committee.. at one time the travelling overseers were part of this arrangement; eventually they were dropped out of these cases due to the fact of their tremendous input on the decisions and also the implications when a wrong decision was reached.. the reason behind this procedure was that in matters that were really complicated it was not fair to make a decision based in letters and the clearest way was to have “boots on the ground”.

normally a group of local brothers, appointed for this duty heard the cases and make recommendations to the branch.

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Thanks for the clarification James Jack.

In true WT style anyone who "appeals" a decision is automatically proven to have a bad attitude.

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Jesus not perfect and here's why.

by Crazyguy in

the bible is a inspired book of god and like and elder told me when i was young , there's no contradictions in the bible and all the prophecies have come true except the two or three that are supposed to come true in the future.

so with that said the messiah jesus christ himself must not be perfect and here's why.

in mark chapter 2 jesus is telling his followers that it's ok to pick wheat on the sabbath and mentions the story about david eating bread that was in the holy place ment only for the priests to use.

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Ahimelech was the father of Abiatha also a priest why the confusion in Mark's account?

Maybe Mark misquoted since he was the one telling the story of a story of a story? (As Finkie said)

Maybe sons and father's names were interchangable back in the day?

Maybe father and son priest combo served together?

Maybe the name of the high priest wasn't the point of the allegorical story and not to be nit-picky about the sabbath was the point of the story? Keyword being story.

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The Noblest Hope?

by JW_Rogue in

from this week's wt study:.

all of us, whether of the anointed or of the “other sheep,” hope to see the fulfillment of god’s original purpose and the sanctification of jehovah’s name.

(john 10:16; matt.

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Could never figure out why Jehovah's name needed "sanctifying" or cleansed in the first place if it had never been unholy ?

There were some talks or articles about it maybe? The phrase "upholding Jehovah's sovereignty" springs to mind for some reason.

Maybe I am just having an exJW mandela effect moment.

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Brazilian XJW activists are successfully demonstrating against JW intolerance - See their impressive website

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

i was so impressed by what the brazilian xjw's are doing to inform the world about jw's unfair and harmful sanctions put upon those who leave the religion that i just had to share their efforts with you.

congratulations are in order for a work well done.

i asked sebastiao ramos ramos, a former jw to explain in english what abravipre is all about.

sparrowdown

Cool. Thanks Barbara.

Thanks also to the Brazilian exJWs and all the exjws with "brazilians."

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Another "pull the football away just before you can kick it" comment made by Circuit Assembly's special guest, Thomas Chicky

by sir82 in

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friends

i started a thread on this guy's comments about building kingdom halls here.. the guy also said this (again, not a word for word quote, but the gist of his comments):.

"the primary hope of salvation is the resurrection.

jehovah does not promise anyone that he will survive armageddon.

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They're slowly "boiling that frog" preparing people for the next 100yrs......of obedience and donations.

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The con is completed - comments from the US branch's LDC chief

by sir82 in

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friends

recently attended a special assembly day.. guest speaker was thomas chicky, a member of the us branch committee and the head of the us ldc (which has replaced the rbcs).. the last talk of the day is scheduled for an hour.

it was the usual boring mumbo-jumbo.

he appeared to have blasted through his hour-long outline in just about 45 minutes, so he "treated" us to informal comments on recent developments.. he commented on the new wt complex in fishkill ny.. then he dropped the bomb (well, to anyone with ears and at least 2 functioning synapses).. the following is not a word for quote, but presents the gist of his comments:.

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Even if I played a recording of the whole talk to prove the comments were the speakers to the local braindeads they wouldn't believe it.

Though, I can't say I am at all surprised they have needed to cut their losses and get out of the KH business for a while now.

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Would you trust your Doctor if he got things wrong??

by stuckinarut2 in

just thinking..... assume we had a family doctor that we had seen all our lives, perhaps he had been the doctor for your extended family too.

he is lovely man, very kind and honest hearted.. but if he had prescribed treatment or medication that was wrong, and had bad effects on you, then changed the medication to something else, then randomly changed it again etc, how would you feel?.

if you did some research into him, and found disturbing facts and things in his history that made you question his qualifications, how would you feel?

sparrowdown

What about a car mechanic who gets it wrong?

An airline pilot?

Anything with little or no margin for error demands those doing the job have education, qualifications and practical experience.

Not so with WT or the GB because they are a religion and religions are free to make mistakes with impunity.

The "regulator" of religion at the end of the day is an individuals own internal bull shit meter -healthy human skepticism.

All religions are a public gullibility test.