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  JW ended a relationship with me

  by V1922 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  my jw boyfriend just ended a year and a half relationship with me.

  it came out the blue and i'm deeply hurt by this because we were so compatible.

  he did it right before the big annual gathering he is presently attending.

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  This guy is a member of a misogynistic religion, be glad he didn't try and convert you.

  If you think he was bad imagine a entire religion of them. That's JWs.
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  Child Abuse - "I don't care. I haven't got any children".

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  earlier this week i bumped into a couple of jws who i recognised from the cult cart.

  a few months ago i had a long conversation with him one of them and found him to be quite friendly.

  he is new to the area in the years since i left.. this time he was very defensive and said he wasn't allowed to talk to me.

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  BTW, cofty, did you post the earlier conversation?
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  Child Abuse - "I don't care. I haven't got any children".

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  earlier this week i bumped into a couple of jws who i recognised from the cult cart.

  a few months ago i had a long conversation with him one of them and found him to be quite friendly.

  he is new to the area in the years since i left.. this time he was very defensive and said he wasn't allowed to talk to me.

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  This comment doesn't surprise me as JWs don't feel any kind of moral or ethical obligation to help mankind in general- not just kids.

  JWs don't discriminate against kids they don't help anyone.

  What do they provide for the community? Well lets examine what they do actually do for mankind.

  Soup kitchens... ah no,

  women'shelters? No, meetings might count , but to hell with them for the rest of the week.

  blankets for the homeless maybe? No, couldn't even use the shit magazines as a blanket.

  rehab centres for drug addicts ? No, haha not likely.

  clean water for kids in africa ? No, let em read the bible when they get hungry or thirsty so sayeth the WT.

  Protecting children from pedophiles? Hahaha ....oh that's a good one.
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  Daughter of Elder Reinstated Within Months!

  by disillusioned 2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a young sister in my husband's congregation who is the daughter of an elder has been reinstated in a matter of months.

  whereas another sister in the same congregation has been disfellowshipped now for nearly two years!.

  seems like it's who you know..

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  Two years and no reinstatement!

  Man, I'd be asking "who have you got to sleep with to get reinstated around here?"

  Which, ironically would result in her being part of the "back row club" for another two years.
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  Why hasn’t someone gotten real pissed off yet?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i keep reading of some guy who is so upset at someone that he goes into a theater and shoots 20 people..

  or a kid that is so mad that the other kids made fun of him that he goes to school and shoots a bunch of kids..

  or some guy that was fired from his job and he goes back and shoots of bunch of his workers.

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  Sadly, some people's hatred for the borg turns inward resulting in depression, low self-esteem, social isolation and anxiety.
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  DOES BELIEF IN THE BIBLE DESTROY ONE'S INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  based on information to be found at: http://www.csicop.org/si/show/when_dont_the_highly_educated_believe_in_evolution_the_bible_believers_effe/.

  the bible-believers effect.

  those who believe the bible is the word of god (bible believers) and those who dont believe the bible is the word of god (bible nonbelievers) differ in their beliefs that humans evolved from earlier species of animals.

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  Destroy? I would like to think of it like an addiction and like any addiction it probably disables thinking ability for a while but rehabilitation is possible.
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  Why hasn’t someone gotten real pissed off yet?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i keep reading of some guy who is so upset at someone that he goes into a theater and shoots 20 people..

  or a kid that is so mad that the other kids made fun of him that he goes to school and shoots a bunch of kids..

  or some guy that was fired from his job and he goes back and shoots of bunch of his workers.

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  Disfellowshipping: it affects everyone differently.
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  Distructive Narcissistic Leadership and The Governing Body

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/narcissistic_leadership.

  narcissistic leadership is a leadership style in which the leader is only interested in him/herself.

  their priority is themselves - at the expense of their people/group members.

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  Demonstration of destructive narcissism.
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  What can you tell me about this painting?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  I can see the face of cookie monster in the shrubbery.
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  Yet more trolley (in)activity

  by konceptual99 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am currently having to spend a little time waiting for an appointment in the vicinity of a central london station.

  whilst waiting i am catching up on some work in a cafe.

  i can see a couple of trolleys and have been watching them for around an hour now.. not one person has stopped to take literature.

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  sparrowdown

  Don't the instructions for cart use state they have to wait for someone to approach them?

  Then they direct them to the web site.

  Easy-peasy-pioneasy!