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  CO in midwest gets pink-slipped

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i saw the coordinator heading for the stage and hit record on my ipad.

  i was shocked but here it is.

  here's my typed transcript of the letter he read:.

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  sparrowdown

  How old are they?

  Maybe, with congregations consolidating means circuits are shrinking and they don't need as many COs.

  The older ones (over 40) would be the first to go, I imagine.
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  I Hate the Sound of the Word Jehovah

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  listening to clips of the latest manipulative video from the watchtower i realised how much i detest that word - jehovah.. sometimes i have thought it would be interesting to observe a meeting or part of a convention.

  every time i heard that word i would be unable to stay in my seat.. i have a visceral reaction every time i hear it.

  it stands for so much that i have contempt for.

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  sparrowdown

  Oh man, I am so glad to hear you say that, I do as well.

  I always did, right from when I was studying all through being a witness I have had a gut reaction type of aversion to the name.
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  Caleb and Sofia used to brainwash children

  by shattered_origins in

  1. social
  2. family

  okay, i need to vent.

  as a newly awoken individual, i have yet to "come out" to my hard core jdub parents.

  my plan was to lay low and use my unbelieving husband and baby as an excuse for my "inactivity", it has worked for the last few months.

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  sparrowdown

  Please put your baby's psychological well being first, before your Mother's feelings.

  He isn't old enough to make a choice, he's counting on you to do that for him.
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  Watchtower Policy Claims Another Teenager

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a tragic story of how the watchtower unduly influenced or brain washed a 14 year old jehovah's witness into martyrdom.

  the real irony here is the synthetic blood that failed was a hemoglobin solution, and red blood cells are nothing but tiny doughnut shaped bags of hemoglobin.

  any thinking person will conclude that if red cells are blood, then so is hemoglobin.

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  sparrowdown

  What a tragic waste of young life, he was rescued from his parents, only to die for WT.
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  We talk a lot about conditional friends on here

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, when people post about being shunned by their friends, i've heard several posters say things like, "their friendship is conditional.

  real friendships aren't conditional.".

  i'm sorry, but that just isn't really true.. if you and i were friends, there are conditions.

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  sparrowdown

  Oubliette - "..wine and pasta..." it certainly does, but more of a seated around a dining table kinda thing, whereas the beer and pizza you can lounge around a sofa.
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  We talk a lot about conditional friends on here

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, when people post about being shunned by their friends, i've heard several posters say things like, "their friendship is conditional.

  real friendships aren't conditional.".

  i'm sorry, but that just isn't really true.. if you and i were friends, there are conditions.

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  sparrowdown

  Stuck,- that's much better, actually you needed to burp the words.
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  JW Elder Lawsuit Update: AAWA Fliers are Illegal and Uncle claims he is "Going to Kill us in Court"!

  by ReligionOfHatred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, my uncle made the first move by taking my mom, dad, grandma and grandpa(all in good jws in standing and non have put out anti-jw fliers or speech), that's who he is taking to court.

  i have left the organization but than again, i was only a unbaptized publisher.

  my grandma (whom i love so dearly was shocked to learn "i am not going to marry a pioneer and i don't want anything to do with any pro-jw females, i feel this religion is one of the most hateful religions mankind has seen).

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  sparrowdown

  Y'all come back now! Ya hear?
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  We talk a lot about conditional friends on here

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, when people post about being shunned by their friends, i've heard several posters say things like, "their friendship is conditional.

  real friendships aren't conditional.".

  i'm sorry, but that just isn't really true.. if you and i were friends, there are conditions.

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  sparrowdown

  Stuck - you had me up until ..."calmly and with dignity"

  Personally, I enjoy loud, passionate debates about nothing with close friends over beer and pizza.
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  3 words to describe.....

  by punkofnice in

  1. social
  2. humour

  ..your experience with the watchtower corporation:.

  i'll start...... bully boy elders.

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  Dirty rotten scoundrels.
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  How long till the hounders come back ?

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after having a baby ?

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  we just had an elder drop by and invite my wife to the kh with a 21 day old baby.. i thought it was kind of classless.

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  sparrowdown

  These people are un-fricken-believable in the way they take liberties.

  Personal-space-invaders is what they are, politely but firmly let them know you and your wife will do things when you are ready, and not before.