Every word youve written is factual. All those changes have happened (in the USA at least) in the last 5 years. The sad truth though is that even as many elders i know are disturbed by it, they see it "making sense" to consolidate assets and help those who need it more, let the branch decide whats best in big picture etc etc. They are so invested emotionally in the system they wont allow themselves to consider even for a second that the system is corrupt. The only option is for the system to be just and they simply dont understand the big picture.
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Kingdom Hall Sale Proceeds
by The Searcher injust spoke with a relative who's been serving as an elder for decades.
when i innocently asked him why a congregation which was "merging" with his congregation could not use their sale proceeds to jointly purchase an urgently needed new k.h.
between them, he said, "it doesn't work that way; whenever a k.h.
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer inso today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
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McKinney Texas pool party?
by Marvin Shilmer inso today i was asked my thoughts on the pool party incident in mcminney, texas.
my response: it shows a clash of expectations.
i saw police officers who expected citizens to listen to and follow instructions.
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Its telling that nobody who is attacking the police want to revisit baltimore. That situation has gone to hell in a handbasket. Good job to all who interfered there! -
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Schoolyard bully mentality
by FusionTheism ini'm not naming names, but i just want to encourage people on here or on reddit or twitter, and tell you that you do not have to tolerate people who act like schoolyard bullies in the way they speak to you online.
i think anonymity is a big part of it.
they feel like there is zero accountability so they can be a bully all they want.. i recommend just ignoring or blocking anyone who is verbally abusive or treats you like schoolyard bullies treated you.. life is way too short to spend any time dealing with those kinds of people..
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Schoolyard bully mentality
by FusionTheism ini'm not naming names, but i just want to encourage people on here or on reddit or twitter, and tell you that you do not have to tolerate people who act like schoolyard bullies in the way they speak to you online.
i think anonymity is a big part of it.
they feel like there is zero accountability so they can be a bully all they want.. i recommend just ignoring or blocking anyone who is verbally abusive or treats you like schoolyard bullies treated you.. life is way too short to spend any time dealing with those kinds of people..
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@witness- no its not bullying, now its raping a woman and saying she deserved it. Before that it was like having a molested child face their abuser... before that it was bullying. -
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Schoolyard bully mentality
by FusionTheism ini'm not naming names, but i just want to encourage people on here or on reddit or twitter, and tell you that you do not have to tolerate people who act like schoolyard bullies in the way they speak to you online.
i think anonymity is a big part of it.
they feel like there is zero accountability so they can be a bully all they want.. i recommend just ignoring or blocking anyone who is verbally abusive or treats you like schoolyard bullies treated you.. life is way too short to spend any time dealing with those kinds of people..
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So now disagreeing with you on an internet discussion forum is equlivant to raping a woman and saying she deserved it.... -
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Schoolyard bully mentality
by FusionTheism ini'm not naming names, but i just want to encourage people on here or on reddit or twitter, and tell you that you do not have to tolerate people who act like schoolyard bullies in the way they speak to you online.
i think anonymity is a big part of it.
they feel like there is zero accountability so they can be a bully all they want.. i recommend just ignoring or blocking anyone who is verbally abusive or treats you like schoolyard bullies treated you.. life is way too short to spend any time dealing with those kinds of people..
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_Morpheus
"How is that attitude any different from the one where JW elders force victims to confront their abusers?"
wow... So you start a thread on a discussion forum and when not everyone agrees with your premise its like elders making abused children face their abusers....
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Schoolyard bully mentality
by FusionTheism ini'm not naming names, but i just want to encourage people on here or on reddit or twitter, and tell you that you do not have to tolerate people who act like schoolyard bullies in the way they speak to you online.
i think anonymity is a big part of it.
they feel like there is zero accountability so they can be a bully all they want.. i recommend just ignoring or blocking anyone who is verbally abusive or treats you like schoolyard bullies treated you.. life is way too short to spend any time dealing with those kinds of people..
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_Morpheus
The word bully seems to be one of the go-to buzz words popular right now when you want to condem someone but cant really find something substantial. Its en vogue to throw around but sadly its overuse desensitizes us to the real uglyness of true bullying.
disagreeing on the internet isnt bullying.
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The Case for Theism
by FusionTheism in"theism" here means "belief in a god" or "the worldview that an intelligent designer created the universe and life.
" ("god" here means a being with a mind who initiated and/or wound-up the universe, and designed life on earth)the most common claim that i see atheists making on twitter, is that "no evidence" exists in support of belief in a god.this post will remove any excuse atheists have for claiming "no evidence exists" in support of an initiator.
atheists can still reject this evidence as "weak," but they cannot truthfully say it does not exist.now, it is true that we do not have "observable, repeatable, falsifiable, empirical, scientific" evidence conclusively proving that an initiator exists, but we do have many lines of philisophical, experiential, and logical evidence.and... here... we... go:1:) many leading scientists, including stephen hawking, say that the space-time-matter universe had a beginning at the singularity/big bang.
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i'm stupid, right?
by embarrassed ini am on here as another member, but even with a username and not revealing my identity, i am still too embarrassed to use it.
had to make up a new one.
that being said.... my boyfriend is watching pornography, and it seriously hurts my feelings.
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_Morpheus
Are you "stupid"... Well that all depends dosent it... Are you mentally deficient, as in scoring low on a standardized IQ test? I doubt it. You type well and are coherent.are you stupid in the way love and feelings of affection and attachment make people? Yep. But then it happens to all of us....
if you were being told your story by someone else, what would you say? See the forest and not just the trees in front of you...
you already know the answers and you know whats best for you, its just hard to accept and hard to follow through on.
Nobody here can do anything for you of make choices for you. You and you alone are responsible for your life course. Make it the best it can be.
Are you "stupid"... Well that all depends dosent it... Are you mentally deficient, as in scoring low on a standardized IQ test? I doubt it. You type well and are coherent.