Posts by _Morpheus

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Describe Your Favorite Breakfast

by minimus in

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i am very hungry this morning and i want ideas..

_Morpheus

FOOD!

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Governing Body Member Stephan Lett Lies On JW.TV

by Finkelstein in

i thought it would be important to clearly point in the recent talk by governing body member stephan lett, that he did in fact deliberately lie concerning what he described as lies and false information by apostates, concerning the organization being permissive toward people in the organization who had been involved in pedophilia.

the truth of the matter is thats exactly what the organization has been doing and perhaps for a long time.

the recent candace conti law suit where she was awarded 28 million dollars was levied against the wts for its irresponsible behavior by the elders who gave no notification of the accused jonathan kendrick that he had been charged with pedophilia and spent months in jail for his actions .

_Morpheus

And sir, i whole heartedly agree and said as much. i also concluded by stating that the common sense principle is in regard to action the CHURCH feels is nessary. Clearly the glaring flaw in this mess is that they feel the church preempts the law which wrong on every level. The two should be forever seperate and i said in my post and will say again parents are obligated to report abuse to the police before any local cult considerations, although they damn well should tell the local cult officials as well on the chance they will do something responsible.

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Governing Body Member Stephan Lett Lies On JW.TV

by Finkelstein in

i thought it would be important to clearly point in the recent talk by governing body member stephan lett, that he did in fact deliberately lie concerning what he described as lies and false information by apostates, concerning the organization being permissive toward people in the organization who had been involved in pedophilia.

the truth of the matter is thats exactly what the organization has been doing and perhaps for a long time.

the recent candace conti law suit where she was awarded 28 million dollars was levied against the wts for its irresponsible behavior by the elders who gave no notification of the accused jonathan kendrick that he had been charged with pedophilia and spent months in jail for his actions .

_Morpheus

Before i post this, i want to be clear one critical point: the policy regarding child abuse is abhorrent and dead wrong. Im not making any excuses for it...

now i will make an excuse .... The one aspect that is rational, IMHO, is the statment that there is a differance between a predator and someone who is technically a pedophile.

Case in point: locally there is a growing spanish population. Its not uncommon for an 18 year old to be involved with a 16-17 year old, usally an older boy, younger girl (but not always). Technically the older party is a pedophile... But is (s)he a predator...? I dont see it that way. There may be a matter of 6 months age differance, maybe a year. Its happened and that person, legally, was a pedo. The parents of the girl called the police and the elders had to report him to legal. Legal didnt classify him as a predator although he was delt with judicially as was the girl... My point is i actually agree with the distinction between two kids doing what horny teenagers do (even though one crossed the imaginary 18year old line) and a 50 year old guy preying on an 8 year old.

There needs to be some mechanism to distinguish, some common sense grounds to differentiate between the two cases and i support that common sense standard, which is what that church principle addresses. I also think every parent has the right and the responsiblity to call the police long before the local cult gets involved which is where i differ greatly from the church on this, but as to any action the church feels is nessary, a common sense differentiation between a predator and two hormonal teenagers is only logical.

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Tight Pants Tony's wife wore a Sophia & Caleb Badge out Witnessing

by Listener in

in the february jw broadcasting they show anthony morris the iii out witnessing with his wife during a convention.

she is wearing the convention badge and also a badge with sophia & caleb on it.

i find it very amusing and she is not even a grandmother even though they like to portray am as a grandfather.. here's what their 1990 w 12/1 says about movie stars.

_Morpheus

Bull. Stuff. I would need to see that first hand to believe it... A gb member wife working in the laundry..... Maybe answering the phone

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Tight Pants Tony's wife wore a Sophia & Caleb Badge out Witnessing

by Listener in

in the february jw broadcasting they show anthony morris the iii out witnessing with his wife during a convention.

she is wearing the convention badge and also a badge with sophia & caleb on it.

i find it very amusing and she is not even a grandmother even though they like to portray am as a grandfather.. here's what their 1990 w 12/1 says about movie stars.

_Morpheus

WC, while im not comfortable critizing someone on their appearance (beyond choices of clothing or hair style) i would point out that in my years of working in the laundry no GB members wife ever set foot in the place, let alone worked there. In fact, no heavy's wife worked there. The laundry was for newbies and the unimportant. Gb members wifes got very cushy "jobs". Jobs in the sense that they showed up but not much was expected and they were office type jobs where they essentially did next to nothing

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Lett briefly addresses the child abuse issues in new JW.org video

by Richard_I in

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i just read about this on the ex-jw subreddit.

link to the video (10m06s).. skip to 7:35 where he says: "another way we can contribute to the oneness - rejecting false stories that are designed to separate us from jehovah's organization.

as an example, think about the apostate-driven lies and 'dishonesties' that jehovah's organization is permissive toward pedophiles.

_Morpheus

Its very telling that he addressed it. If it wasn't signifigant he wouldnt have touched on it. Clearly its made an impression

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Site Update: Feb 9, 2015 - Vote feedback! (likes / dislikes)

by Simon in

i just pushed out an update that should now show post votes and provide some feedback when you click the like / dislike button.

the votes shows as a +5 / -2 next to the like and dislike options.. i just realize i linked the display to the ability to vote and given that the vote links are hidden on your own posts, that currently means you can't see the votes that others have given you (i'm almost wondering now if that may be for the best, lol).

expect it to change when i push the next update out.. duplicate votes won't be counted even though they may appear to update in the ui so don't bother trying to go click-crazy - every member only get's one vote on each post.. just a word of caution: i take serious people who try to game the system.

_Morpheus

Lol thank you all, i can in fact see that now :) kfc is coming your way outlaw

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If this isn't the truth, then what is our hope?

by Gigi2121 in

i'm new here but not new to researching and questioning the jw beliefs.

i have quite a story.... one that's been haunting me for awhile... but first, i'd like to hear what people have to say about this topic question, please.. -gigi.

_Morpheus

"What is real? How do you define 'real'? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain." - morpheus

sometimes there is grander design, no bigger picture, no universal truth of the sort that jw'ism convinces us exists. We can find a purpose and a higher calling all our own and let that be our reality, as it suits us.

And we can hope to achieve some fullfillment of that which we define as fullfilling

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Site Update: Feb 9, 2015 - Vote feedback! (likes / dislikes)

by Simon in

i just pushed out an update that should now show post votes and provide some feedback when you click the like / dislike button.

the votes shows as a +5 / -2 next to the like and dislike options.. i just realize i linked the display to the ability to vote and given that the vote links are hidden on your own posts, that currently means you can't see the votes that others have given you (i'm almost wondering now if that may be for the best, lol).

expect it to change when i push the next update out.. duplicate votes won't be counted even though they may appear to update in the ui so don't bother trying to go click-crazy - every member only get's one vote on each post.. just a word of caution: i take serious people who try to game the system.

_Morpheus

Still nothing.... Not the end of the world, i was just curious. Perhaps someone could like/dislike this post as test....?

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Site Update: Feb 9, 2015 - Vote feedback! (likes / dislikes)

by Simon in

i just pushed out an update that should now show post votes and provide some feedback when you click the like / dislike button.

the votes shows as a +5 / -2 next to the like and dislike options.. i just realize i linked the display to the ability to vote and given that the vote links are hidden on your own posts, that currently means you can't see the votes that others have given you (i'm almost wondering now if that may be for the best, lol).

expect it to change when i push the next update out.. duplicate votes won't be counted even though they may appear to update in the ui so don't bother trying to go click-crazy - every member only get's one vote on each post.. just a word of caution: i take serious people who try to game the system.

_Morpheus

Ok, thank you simon! Im on IOS so i will give her a shut down and relog in...