his mother chooses to miss out on all this.
Incorrect word choice, IMO.
She does not choose - she has been mandated to do this by her leaders.
WT creates "emotional martyrs."
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Just realized this recently - as a JW, I never "owned" any of my accomplishments or talents & abilities....
by Muddy Waters injust realized this recently - as a jw, i never "owned" any of my accomplishments or talents & abilities....we were always told how we are nothing, just specks of dust, grasshoppers, worms.... lowly, despicable sinners in need of redemption, born into sin & misery, constantly facing temptations that we could never handle on our own but only with "jehovah's help"... so we were continually marginalized, all our abilities and talents... they would even quote scriptures that said things like "why should we boast as if we didn't receive these abilities..?
"it was a weird mentally psychotic dichotomy -- being told we were worthless sinners, undeserving of god's kindness -- and on the other hand being the only ones who would survive the great day of jehovah the almighty god at armageddon.
(well, probably, maybe, if we did enough and *kept* doing enough...)so we didn't "own" any of our abilities and accomplishments.
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I read your post while reading the following in a book:
High self-esteem provides the power to know what and who we are. It gives us the courage to live out that very personal knowledge in our daily actions, choices and way of interacting with the world. Conversely, low self-esteem cripples the ability to "make waves" on behalf of what we know is right and truthful for ourselves. In extreme cases, it hides what the individual wants. In striving to achieve emotional security, acceptance and a sense of belonging, people who don't think well of themselves violate their own life and its directives in favor of the wishes and expectations of others.
WT crushes self-esteem for their exploitative purpose.
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Printing House Reality
by berrygerry ina few days ago, in canadian news, torstar will be selling its printing plant, and outsourcing its print operations in a 5-year deal.
among other ventures, torstar owns canada's largest daily, the toronto star.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/torstar-to-sell-printing-plant-in-vaughan-ont-more-than-285-jobs-affected-1.3405317.
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Printing House Reality
by berrygerry ina few days ago, in canadian news, torstar will be selling its printing plant, and outsourcing its print operations in a 5-year deal.
among other ventures, torstar owns canada's largest daily, the toronto star.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/torstar-to-sell-printing-plant-in-vaughan-ont-more-than-285-jobs-affected-1.3405317.
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berrygerry
A few days ago, in Canadian news, Torstar will be selling its printing plant, and outsourcing its print operations in a 5-year deal. Among other ventures, Torstar owns Canada's largest daily, The Toronto Star. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/torstar-to-sell-printing-plant-in-vaughan-ont-more-than-285-jobs-affected-1.3405317
Today, Postmedia announced job cuts and mergers http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/postmedia-job-cuts-1.3410497
What is of interest in Torstar's history is that in Oct 2012, they introduced a "paywall" for access to content online. However, this was a failure, and ended in Apr 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_StarAs with most things, Watch Tower is about 5-10 years behind reality.
(We've sent out a whopping 6,000 missionaries over the last 70 years. Take that, Christendom!)
Pay-for-print went the way of the dodo 10 years ago.
Caleb and Sophia? What is this? The Looney Tunes era?
Televangelism? Of all the things. Seriously?
Ahh. But, we now have a website, with many pages in lots of obscure languages. OMFG, congratulations.
This is actually becoming fun to watch.
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HARSH FINAL COURT DECISION IN VICKI BOER V. WATCHTOWER TRIAL
by hawkaw ini have some unique and troubling news.
i just got off the telephone with scott boer, vicki boer's husband and before that vicki.
her honour, justice anne molloy, has just ruled on the legal cost issue in the boer case.
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BOE 2016-01-15 Re: New Feature on jw.org for Processing Recommendations of Elders and Ministerial Servants
by wifibandit inboe 2016-01-15 re: new feature on jw.org for processing recommendations of elders and ministerial servants.
pdf.
thanks ich3b!.
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berrygerry
That PDF should be sent to Rick Simons and Irwin Zalkin.
WT keeps trying to move towards the position that they have no involvement in the appointment of Elders and MS's.
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New Converts: When Does It Start?
by Cold Steel injohnny normal is watching television one day when he hears a knock at the door.
answering it he sees two jehovah's witnesses clutching bibles; and one a brief case.
over the next few months things are going well.
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I was strong-armed into quitting my job (which I dearly loved, even to this day). This was about 6-8 months into "studying."
A friend was pressured into marrying someone he didn't really love (Jehovah will make it work).
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Im sick of my life
by BlackWolf insorry but i really feel like i need to rant right now.
recently my dad was made an elder so my family has been doing a lot more "theocratic" activities lately.
every morning i wake up and put on my itchy dress and stupid makeup and heels and then pretend that i love what i'm doing and that everybody is my friend when in reality i feel horrible and all the other teenage girls at my hall hate me for some reason.
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berrygerry
I would contact social services and tell them how you feel.
Home-schooling is the worst thing for cult members.
You lose any sense of self.
Schools are not just to educate you intellectually, but to educate you socially.
Do not be afraid to talk to them. They can be terrific.
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ToMo Be Happy
by berrygerry inhttp://vaticanenquirer.com/u-s-bans-yoga-pants-canada-considering-similar-action/
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Elder School Video
by dontfitin inhope you guys can help me find something.
there was a video circulating about three years ago showing a sample judicial meeting, which basically ended up with the other elders slamming the one guy who was trying to be somewhat merciful.
of course the person was df'd.. my husband said at the meeting they actually had a talk saying that now the elders look for any reason not to df, etc.,etc.. i am trying to find that video.
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