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  Do you think the general public cares about former Jehovah's witnesses?

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  i was wondering if you guys think if the general public cares about our stories or if they even care what the watchtower does to people??

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  sparrowdown

  No, if you can manage to explain JW life to a non jw they usually go "oh, that's terrible, I didn't know that." But, apart from the curiosity factor that's it, though they view JWs differently which is a good thing.

  I have given information and literature to sexual assault counselors and psychologists in my area and they were very grateful for the insights, after dealing with jw victims and clients themselves and not knowing how to treat them. After initial interest was shown I ended up having several meetings and discussions to explain JW beliefs and mindset to these groups.
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  Road Sweeper vehicle ploughs into JW Carts

  by darkspilver in

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  in newcastle town centre.

  uk.. the chronicle live.

  15 june 2017.. a council worker will stand trial after he was accused of being drunk at the wheel of his road sweeper in newcastle city centre.. john paul carruthers, who has since resigned from his post at newcastle city council, was allegedly over the legal drink-drive limit when he ploughed into a jehovah’s witness stand on northumberland street near to haymarket metro station.. prosecuting, james long told newcastle magistrates’ court: “the allegation is that he was driving a newcastle city council road sweeper when he collided first with a jehovah’s witness stand next to haymarket metro station.

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  Phew, thanks evryone, thought I was going blind or crazy after re reading the article.

  My initial thought was the cart must have been parked pretty close to the edge all on its lonesome.
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  No princesess in new order? Really??

  by dugout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a couple of months ago this crazy gb member via video gave a talk about their would be princes in the new order but no princesses.

  i thought that was so funny.

  especially after he beated around the bush the whole talk, finally saying in the last sentence their would be princes but no princesses in the new system,then the video just blacked out.

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  What about seven queens from NY.
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  Road Sweeper vehicle ploughs into JW Carts

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in newcastle town centre.

  uk.. the chronicle live.

  15 june 2017.. a council worker will stand trial after he was accused of being drunk at the wheel of his road sweeper in newcastle city centre.. john paul carruthers, who has since resigned from his post at newcastle city council, was allegedly over the legal drink-drive limit when he ploughed into a jehovah’s witness stand on northumberland street near to haymarket metro station.. prosecuting, james long told newcastle magistrates’ court: “the allegation is that he was driving a newcastle city council road sweeper when he collided first with a jehovah’s witness stand next to haymarket metro station.

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  Nobody was hurt ???
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  London fire..

  by zeb in

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  2. current

  i bleed for the poor souls caught in that.

  no sprinkler system in that domestic building..!.

  tragically the govts various of london learned nothing during the world war..

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  Many unanswered questions here re sprinkler systems? Smoke alarms? Highly combustible building materials?Electrical fault?

  I suspect a few heads will roll over this one. I know I would be demanding answers if it were my neighbourhood.
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  Man robbed bank to get away from wife....

  by James Mixon in

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  kansas man who robbed a bank last september told police that he was hoping to get caught (he waited for the police) so he would get prison time to escape his wife, was sentenced tuesday 12th to six months of home confinement.

  he had no prior criminal history...poor guy....

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  Maybe his wife talked him into robbing a bank to get a break from him.

  "You need a hobbie honey, I hear bank robbery is fun."
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  Why is the approval of family so important?

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one of the reasons people remain pimo is fear of losing family.

  those that are disfellowshipped and shunned regularly comment about how devastated that they have lost the approval of their parents.. when i respond to emails from people saying how difficult it is being estranged or looked down on by their parents, i would like to say that over time they will come to terms with it, except i not sure that people ever do.

  i cannot shake that feeling either.

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  I think approval of parents and family can be so hard to let go of as adult ex jws because as a JW you never really have unconditional approval from them. You are only ever as "good" as your last good works.

  If your good works slip your family's approval rating of you slips as well, that's not true approval or love that's doling out treats for desired behavior and withdrawing it for unwanted behavior, like training an animal!

  WT indoctrinates its members that approval from other witnesses is more important than life itself.

  How WT screws people and families up is gift that keeps giving, that's for sure.
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  Another day, another cart

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was standing at a red light and i noticed the little cart standing there.

  they're barely noticeable and when i continued there was apparently someone on the other side of the street too.

  the only problem, the location is a very busy intersection which has virtually no foot traffic and they're hard to see to begin with, as you can see from my vantage point i couldn't even read the cart and three people next to them on this side and two of them on the other side.. .

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  The cart I walked past just this week was right in front of and I mean right in front of an ATM (automatic teller machine) the scruffy weirdos manning the thing dressed in thrift shop wear circa 1885.

  Not a good look WT.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses denial of what they are supposed to believe from Watchtower

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  one of the most frustrating things.

  when you confront jw's about what they believe they will often deny it.

  such as "if your child is disfellowshipped then you can't have contact with them ever again".

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  WT are the Kings of spin, denial and obfuscation and demand the same from their followers. I see it as part of the indoctrinated mindset and very difficult to reason with, it's like hitting your head on brick wall talking to them.
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  Why would Watchtower fight Stratton Ohio

  by John Davis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why would watchtower sue stratton ohio, and then laud it over and over in their books?

  the town doesn't even have 300 people, why would they pick on such a small town.

  they are promoting it so much at this week's meeting.

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  My guess is because WT are bullies and love nothing better than bragging about it if it goes well for them.The battles they lose you never hear about.