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  wife of jw pedophile speaks out

  by candidlynuts in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007430080,00.html.

  wife: i stand by jehovah paedo.

  by anthony france.

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  Gretchen956

  I just love these types of articles in the newspapers. What a good "witness." I suppose the wife thinks she's some type of martyr. But then again these types of predaters are normally very persuasive con-artists. They have the congregation and wives thinking they have changed and are remorseful. And because they (JWs) are isolated and distrustful of the medical and legal community they aren't aware that the pedophile's hard-wired to be that way and no amount of remorse will make them anything other than more cunning and sly about sneaking in their abuse on unwitting children in future.

  What a paradise for abuse the WTS has prepared.

  Sherry
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  God,

  by IP_SEC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i got the munchies really bad!

  ima go buy two frozen pizzas, some ranch dressing, and a six pack.

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  Gretchen956

  damn too gay

  Impossible!

  Sherry
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  Why I have issues with Christianity

  by bigwilly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  aside from the jw bullshit of course.. so, i'm at work and taking phone calls as is my job.

  a customer called up looking for pricing and information about some material and whether or not home despot sells equal quality product.

  being the honest (for a salesman at least :p) person that i am, i answered her questions to the best of my ability.. after this was done, she asked me what my name was.

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  Gretchen956

  Kenan (ha I didn't know your first name before or I forgot it)...

  Your first mistake was when the busybody asked you what kind of a name that was, by saying it was biblical. Almost begs her to go there, doesn't it? My reaction would have been along the lines of, well thats the kind of name my parents decided to give me. Shuts 'em right up.

  A friend of mine is a Naturpathic Doctor, and when she was doing her residency she worked at a hospital in Tulsa. She used to tell me that occasionally people would introduce themselves this way: (sticking out hand for a handshake) Hello, my name is Gail, have you been born again?

  Now my friend is not a pagan like me, and I'm sure I would have been burned down there in the bible belt for my snappy come-back, but she does take exception to this type of introduction. Basically it's none of their damn beeswax. If you are going to marry someone you might want to know their belief system. If your daughter is going to marry someone you may want to inquire. But a casual acquaintance? HELL no.

  Stick around buddy, I can get you into a lot of trouble, it being my middle name.

  Be nice, I'm an old lady! LOL

  Sherry
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  Rosie the rage!

  by free2beme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been reading on the internet about the angry woman rosie o'donnell.

  i think it is so sad how this woman once had the world convinced she was a sweet woman who cared and loved everyone.

  only to learn over time that she is an angry bitter woman who is willing strike out without care of any one's feelings, when ever she feels fit to do so.

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  She is pretty embarassing to us lesbians. However I'd say she has her match in Anne Coulter for the republicans. What a beyotch. Makes Rosie look tame.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YyjrhvmDM8

  Sherry
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  Departing for just a little while

  by LearningToFly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you all have been such a great source of validation to me for the reasons i left the cult.

  yes.. i do call it a cult now.. i didnt before coming here.

  much healing has taken place in my personal life with this recognition.

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  Gretchen956

  There's a lot of stuff here. A lot of people who first come here just lurk for a year or two and don't post until they are ready. You jumped right in. So it gets overwhelming. Don't feel bad. Just take a break, sort it out, and come back and see us.

  Take care,

  Sherry
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  Duck vs Cougar

  by kerj2leev in

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  2. friends

  http://www.yahoo.com/.

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  Can't expect a fan of another cougar mascot (WSU) to not take offense at this. Once you start punching cougars you'll start punching any cougar. WSU has enough to deal with with those dawgs chasing them all the time.

  Sherry
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  any pagans on board?

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  call in thread for pagans etc.. .

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  I'm a pagan as well. Though I do disagree about it not being a religion. I do sometimes say Wiccan because it seems to be a bucket non-pagans can understand better than the term pagan. Most christians seem to think pagan means anyone not christian and I want to narrow that down a bit.

  Because I am a solitary practitioner of my religion, because it doesn't have prescribed doctrines, because the path is continually growing learning and changing does not make it less a religion. I have a very deep spiritual connection with Mother (my name for the divine). I guess I would call my path somewhere between a Gaia path and a Dianic path if you want to put a label on it, but I'm continually reading and taking what resonates with me and throwing off the rest.

  BigWilly, aside from an apostafest I would love to meet up with you sometime and talk about all of this, I think its fascinating. I LOVE your ink. I've wated a tattoo for a long time, but I want something that has spiritual significance to me, yet I work in a "professional" setting, so I can't have something that shows. Makes it difficult to find something that fits.

  Thanks for this thread, I'm surprised it hasn't been flamed yet, many times I bring up my faith I seem to be ridiculed by certain ones in this forum.

  Blessed be,

  Sherry
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  DID YOU EVER HEAR ELDERS/COS/MSS OR POS EXPRESS DOUBTS?

  by badboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  any takers?

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  Gretchen956

  I had an elder tell me that he disagreed with the shunning policy and did not practice it. At one time he had been the PO, but his health was poor and so he stepped down from that position, but was still an elder at the time he told me this. His wife was always one to have 6 or 7 types of backup for all the study articles, she really researched, and was always up on all the current events to tie them into prophecy. They both must be close to 80 now. I wonder how they like this new KM information.

  Sherry
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  They will be known by their love.....--oh i am so ticked right now

  by orbison11 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, i just saw a story on the news, young mom has breast/bone cancer.

  so her friends arranged a car wash to help pay for alternative treatments,,,$1k 2x a week she needed.

  oh i am so ticked.

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  Gretchen956

  This is exactly why I left. This may not be a doctrine, but it is promoted as truth and as the one way to see them as being different from all of the others. How laughable that is, every other religion has them beat on that score.

  Sherry
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  Snakes had legs until Eden curse! Watchtower 1880 till 1974!!!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  often flicking through watchtower bound volumes i would see pictures of eden which shows the snake in the tree of knowledge with legs??

  even the photo drama of creation shows a snake with legs.. watchtower 1964 p.352 "genisis 3;14 {snake}on your belly you will go and dust you shall eat...before god curse it the snake had legs, that elivated it above the ground...god transformed it's body so that it ceased to have legs and was able to move on it's belly.".

  god's eternal purpose 1974 "god did not put a curse on the whole serpent family...it had only been victimized by satan.. forrest gump watchtower science is price-less!.

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  Gretchen956

  Who cares if it was doctrine, its highly entertainment remembering all this crock of horse excrement they pass off as truth.

  Chill.

  Sherry