Although it is emotional abuse, it, more recently, has been rightly categorized as "spiritual abuse."
WTS is the poster child (poster parent?) of spiritual abuse.
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Apostasy and Pedophile Scandal are Spreading
by cookiemaster inso here's an interesting thing that happened lately.
if you guys have followed my previous posts, you probably know my mother almost died from severe anemia, decided to take blood transfusions to avoid death and the elders announced the congregation she disassociated.
last week a "brother" came to visit from a congo about 100 kilometers away.
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Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)
by slimboyfat inafter some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.
thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.
i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.
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Where has all the money gone?
by gingerbread ina number of years ago when i was still active, our service group was having a coffee break with the visiting circuit overseer.
during the conversation he mentioned that the "society" was now being run like a business.
being raised in the "truth" i thought that rather odd (and my eyes began to be opened!
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Vidiot
Wasted in Warwick... over, and over, and over.
Wasted away again in Warwickville,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cbX4DUACYU
Wasted away again in Warwickville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt.
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame,
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Where has all the money gone?
by gingerbread ina number of years ago when i was still active, our service group was having a coffee break with the visiting circuit overseer.
during the conversation he mentioned that the "society" was now being run like a business.
being raised in the "truth" i thought that rather odd (and my eyes began to be opened!
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Where has all the money gone?
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When did the Great Crowd start forming?
by Vanderhoven7 ini realize that rutherford received a flash of light regarding the identity of the gc in the year 1935, but that does not tell us when the crowd began to form.
what would be the earliest date?
any ideas or quotes from wt literature?
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2015 October 5 and 6, BOEs!
by Atlantis in2015 october 5, boe.. .. click the green download button.. .. re: recommending convention speakers and interpreters .
http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/ppyuxbk.
.. .. 2015 october 6, boe.. .. re: convention speaker ratings for bethel brothers .
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A brother who has grown children not living at home may also be recommended if his children continue to serve Jehovah and have a good reputation.
Wow. I've never seen this before.
So, an elder has an independent, adult, pioneer child, that fades, etc., - this thereby determines that elders qualifications.
Cult on.
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Stranger in my own house, Since my wife and i don't talk much anymore nor sleep in the same bed. i feel like a stranger.
by goingthruthemotions inmy wife is shunning me.
she is always in cult mode, we don't talk anymore, we don't sleep in the same bed.
i have been sleeping on the couch.
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It looks like you have woken up hard and fast to TTATT and are expecting your wife to do the same.
IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
My ongoing post:
Remember that truth and logic are not relevant.
Go slow. Have a long-term game plan and chip, chip away.
You can win a frontal attack, and lose the war. Avoid frontal attacks at all costs (including the birthday incident - avoid these things).
All Dubs have been infected with a potent virus that controls their thinking.
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Stranger in my own house, Since my wife and i don't talk much anymore nor sleep in the same bed. i feel like a stranger.
by goingthruthemotions inmy wife is shunning me.
she is always in cult mode, we don't talk anymore, we don't sleep in the same bed.
i have been sleeping on the couch.
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berrygerry
I suggest opening a safe deposit box and parking cash in there ASAP
Use cash withdrawals at Walmart when you make a purchase to mask the withdrawals.
A friend saw the writing on the wall, and did this, more or less.
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Canada may get a new government today
by Simon inthe us elections suck up all the attention (and it's not even at the candidate selection stage!
) but canada actually has a national election today.. first results are starting to come in and so far it's all liberal party.. i think it's time harper and the conservatives got the boot.
last premiere from the bush era.
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berrygerry
So, Orphan, I'm trying to understand the going back to the polls thing. When would that happen? If parliament is all locked up and won't pass any laws?
I mean, the US has had a do-nothing Congress for years since the conservatives have Congress and we have a liberal president. That's status quo here!The US system is for the most part whack.
Having one house that needs to pass a bill, which can be killed by the other house, and then vetoed is quagmire.
Canada has two, sometimes three, main parties, There is usually a majority party in the House of Commons, who pass bills. There is a second house, the Senate (appointed, not elected), who can veto the House of Commons, but it is a token vote.
The Prime Minister is the leader of the party with the most seats.
The weather has been positively toasty here in Calgary so that will help turnout
I found it gloomy - my book-view of Lord of the Rings' sky.
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They shall learn war no more
by Dunedain inthis is just a thought i had, earlier today, and wanted to share it.
its funny how, one of the biggest things concerning jw's, is their claim of "true christianity", based on that they do not "go to war".
it is, certainly true, that yes they do not go to war, and i do not think that any of us here, would neccesarilly say that this is a bad thing.
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WT Oct 15, 1951 p 613
Jehovah’s War of Armageddon
PEOPLE the world over fear another global war. They fear it because of having already experienced two world wars. They fear it because atomic weapons will be used. They fear it because there seems no way of escaping it. But what the majority of the people do not realize is that something far more terrible than another international war is impending. (2 Pet. 3:7, 10) As General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, on September 2, 1945, the day after the surrender of the Japanese, aboard the battleship “Missouri”, warned: “Men since the beginning of time have sought peace. . . . Military alliances, balance of power, leagues of nations, all in turn failed, leaving the only path to be by way of the crucible of war. We have had our last chance. If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, our Armageddon will be at our door.” No “more equitable system” has been devised. The nations are having their “last chance”. Armageddon is at the door!
