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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  Londo 111 ~ Thank you
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  There is nothing the org can do or say that will test my faith in Jehovah or Jesus...but the org has already done plenty to test my faith in them. Bring in on! AB

  In response to another comment on this thread.

  I realise that some of you are convinced that the amount of children abused in the KHs around the world is 'miniscule'. I, on the other hand, believe that the amount of children abused at the KHs is monstrous (not to mention all of the others bullied and abused by active JWs).

  1. My sons were drugged and molested by an elder, and so was their best JW buddy, and the elder had been molesting and raping young brothers for 20 years previous to that.

  2. In next congo in which I was a member, there was a JW pedophile (my husband and I were told this by an elder's wife). She also mentioned to us another pedo in the neighboring congo.

  I consider that to be a great deal of abuse. And that's just the 3 congs I attended....what else is happening out there? All of this has not weakened my faith in God, but it sure has weakened my faith in humans.

  Some day I believe that Jehovah will grab the org by the neck and shake it until all the abusers, riff-raff, bullies and evil is thrown out for the world to see. I think the tribulation will start from within.

  Take Care,

  AB
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  How to Knock Nazi Elders off their high horse

  by suavojr in

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  2. friends

  the borg has many inconsistencies, when the topic is helping humble and honest people achieve their full potential.

  consider a working man who works 40 to 60 hours a week and still manages to show up to all the meetings, participate, do all of his assigned work within the kh, but his ministry has slipped to 8 hours per month.

  this same man is working hard to move up within the ranks only to get shut down without even knowing.. .

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  I have had elders try to run me into the ground for years.

  Because I was married to a non-JW and was a sister doing excellently, so were my children. ANd we really loved and believed in what we were doing. So a few of the elders thought they'd give me a hard time, and they did. They called the house, confronted me when I entered the KH, and generally harrassed me. NOT because I was doing badly, but because me and the kids were doing better than they were.

  Eventually I was df'd ( I was never told why, but I'm sure it had something to do with me warning parents about the elder that molested my sons). And sheepishly, I felt I wasn't good enough, or I cried, and felt badly.

  Finally, finally...with the help of God, I learned to put them in their place and they no longer have any any 'power' over me.

  I tried to return for years, and met many Nazi elders. You will be surprised how cowardly the 'nazis' are when you look them in the eye and tell them to close the bible because they are not fit to read from it. The last 2 elders that paid me a visit, about a month ago, said "when you decide to return to Jehovah"....I stopped him before another word escaped from his mouth. I said, "I never left, you guys kicked me out, but I have never left Jehovah...and don't you dare read from the bible, you aren't fit to say His name". I am a very quiet and gentle person, but they have pushed me over the edge. I have been bullied by these guys for years (in many different congos), and now I bully back. I could tell you a million stories, and I am sorry this is so long.

  IF this guy is an a$$, look him in the eye and say, "what's your problem, quit acting like an a$$hole!" I guarantee he will run crying. They aren't God, they are just nobodies like the rest of us.

  Take Care,

  AB
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  Favorite Episode of Star Trek

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  calling all tos, tng, ds9, voyager, or enterprise fans, what's your favorite serries and why?

  and what's your favorite episode and why?.

  (too many choices on netflix for me to decide which to watch right now).

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  I started watching the original 'Star Trek' when it started back in the 70's.

  But my all-time favorite is the Star Trek movie, "Wrath of Kahn". Riccardo Montalban was great as Kahn.

  Take Care,

  AB
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  Child sex abuse cases mentioned at weekly meeting?

  by HeyThere in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  okay, tonight someone told me that one of the elders actually addressed the child sex abuse cases at the weeknight meeting this past week.

  she said the speaker said that accusations are being made against the truth but that they should stand firm in the truth and that they are going to continue fighting these allegations and that all should stand firm for jehovah or some similar comments.... did anyone else hear this from the stage?.

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  Wow..... didn't hear that at our meeting! They will blame the victim, if they do mention it.

  Anyway, Take Care,

  AB
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  China from the Inside; The Grasslands of Ruoergai

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. current

  sichuan province in the soutwest of china is closer to india than it is to beijing.

  it borders burma and bangladash and shares borderzones with xizang (tibet).. the architect of modern china, deng xiaoping, came from a middle class sichuan family, who sent him to france, sponsored by a group called the diligent work-frugal study movement, a work and study program, which sponsored some 4000 young chinese by 1927. young deng was only 15. why did he do this.

  deng says, in"to learn knowledge and truth from the west in order to save china.

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  Wow... I love the photos...thank you!
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  JW making music videos now?

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  2. friends

  i'm not sure if this is new since it is hard to keep up with the ever changing jw.

  it is morphing so much.

  i went to jw.org tv video for november and around 53 or 54 minutes into the broadcast the gb guy introduce a music video called "we won't forget you".

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  I wish they's stop singing, "We". When my ex-husband (never a witness) and I were still married, he had cancer. I was an active JW then with 3 young children who were active JWs. I came home from the grocery store one day to find out my husband was in the hospital..I hurried there. The doc said my hubby would be dead in a week. I was devastated. My husband wanted to die at home, so I brought him home and took care of him. Not one Witness came to help or say hello, or even asked how we were doing. But the string quintet (all 'wordly people'), in which I was a violinist, came by each night for a week to bring us dinner. After that, the elder molested my son. Don't say "we will help", Jehovah is the one who helps. By the way, my hubby lived and has a great life with a new wife and a $700,000.00 new home, and my son is seeking help for his drug and alcohol addiction.

  I am remarried, and very happy. I wouldn't go back to that time in my life for a billion bucks. It nearly killed me and gave me PTSD. Put that in a song.

  Any, Take Care.

  AB
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  Can someone please explain this to me.....

  by AlwaysBusy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if someone has time, please look at the child abuse policy...is this true?

  does anyone know anything about this site?

  i am really trying to understand and find out what is truth and what is fiction.

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  Ann...Thank you so much.... The reason I ask is that, I had told a JW about my son being molested by an elder, and she sent me the Pedophile piece he wrote... so I tried to find out who this person was, and I couldn't. Thanks, again, I really appreciate it.
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  Quotes on how JWs view and treat people who disassociate themselves

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't seem to find any quotes on this.

  does anybody have any?.

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  "Disfellowshipping keeps the congregation safe. Faithful members are protected from the unwholesome influence of willful sinners and can go about their worship knowing that the congregation is a safe haven from this wicked world"

  Not True.
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  Can someone please explain this to me.....

  by AlwaysBusy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if someone has time, please look at the child abuse policy...is this true?

  does anyone know anything about this site?

  i am really trying to understand and find out what is truth and what is fiction.

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  Thank you, Smiddy.