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  lessons in love from the faithful and discreet

  by galaxy7 in

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  god certainly realizes that carrying out his righteous laws about cutting off wrongdoers often involves and affects relatives.

  as mentioned above, when an israelite wrongdoer was executed, no more family association was possible.

  in fact, if a son was a drunkard and a glutton, his parents were to bring him before the judges, and if he was unrepentant, the parents were to share in the just executing of him, 'to clear away what is bad from the midst of israel.

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  happehanna

  I just did a search on the wt library 2001with the words child abuse and this reference from nov 2001 was the last time they even mentioned child abuse

  it sickens me to think they care so little for children

  no it disgusts me
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  Dub Glossary

  by Farkel in

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  many of you have already seen this, but there are also many new ones posting and lurking.

  this is a little handy reference to help you understand dub-speak.

  i've updated it an added a number of new terms and expressions.. ----------------------.

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  happehanna

  brilliant

  absolutely hilarious

  thank you
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  Would You Stick Up For A Friend If They Were Being Dealt With Unjustly?

  by minimus in

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  i knew many people in the congregation that were dealt with terribly.

  but most times, people were afraid to talk to the elders or were afraid they might get shunned by the more prominent ones in the congregation.

  so they closed their eyes to their own friends being treated poorly and carried on as if nothing really was happening.

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  happehanna

  Englishman's dad wasn't a one off I am sure!

  I know for sure some elders hate judicial stuff and judging others.

  I know it made my husband leave the JW's after 26 years servitude

  it sux this wait on jah stuff they reel off
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  Young People Ask... ANSWERS THAT SUCK.

  by shamus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  remember that stupid book that they had, "young people ask, answers that work are weird?

  minimus just mentioned it in a thread.... they have that young people ask section in the awake!

  magazines.

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  happehanna

  It's funny but even when I was a JW. I never would read the great teacher book or youth book to my kids. wouldn't let them get baptised even though they wanted to either. but I never left until two years ago. I think I must have realised it was damaging to youngsters.

  my daughters now, I can tell, you are very grateful that I never ever pushed them even though I was a 'good JW' In my heart I knew it was nonsense, but my family and husband made it difficult to leave.
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  The Society's Late Sixties Film "HERITAGE"

  by gespro in

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  2. friends

  hi guys!

  this is my first posting and my question is:

  does anyone remember the movie (i believe the name was) "heritage" the borg presented on tv around 68-71?

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  happehanna

  have you noticed the link on jws post has been removed to the database list of films made be the WBTS has been deleted.

  I reckon that 'they' read this site and do what they can to remove evidence.
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  Did the Circut overseer ever scare you as a kid?

  by Singing Man in

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  2. beliefs

  i will tell you what used to scare me real good was the circuit overseer when he would come to my parents home to stay.

  my parents would get real stressed out trying to find just the right food dishs and fix his bed real nice, and fight among them self's because of the stress of it all.

  so he always looked like this to me at the young age of six:

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  happehanna

  I used to have CO's stay at our home all the time.

  just recently my daughters now all grown up have started telling me how nasty they were to them when I wasn't in the room.

  I wish to god they had told me then but they said 'we were frightened'

  I feel so angry with myself for letting shi**y people like them near my kids.
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  thoughts...

  by dustin_adam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  please note!

  this is more of a philosophical question, and i am posting it merely to get feedback on what i like to term doctrinal circular logic (ie.

  the bible is true because the bible says it true) i have tried to remove my own conclusions that i made from this, so if they shine through somewhere, i apologize.

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  happehanna

  "You must accordingly be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."?Matt. 5:48.

  not sure but is this not in the bible................
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  What do you miss most about the person you wanted to be?

  by dh in

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  2. friends

  though my posts might not reflect it, i find life pretty hard and spend most of my time battling things in my head, regardless of what else i'm doing, thinking too much junk, always trying to figure things out and always ill at ease, i often remember being a kid, looking forward to a future, with goals and things i wanted to do, now i'm an adult and for the life in me i see nothing worth looking forward to.

  i miss the feeling, when anything is possible, when i'd pine for a thing, or just smile at what i knew i was going to be when i grew up, or what i'd do, or when i'd look in the mirror and see a familiar face.

  somehow and somewhere down the road, between becoming a child and a man, i seem to have got stuck.

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  happehanna

  this really hit a nerve.

  I am in the process of finding out who on earth I am?

  I too knew where I was going. I had an identity I was a JW I thought I would be living forever.

  this was rubbish but I believed that lie.

  Now I have decided that after 40 years of being a JW I am going to do what I want.

  ok I went off the rails a bit at first but I have sobered up now and I miss me

  elders wife, mother, and all round good egg.

  but would I go back?? No way my eyes are now open.

  but I do miss my old life.... it had security... fake I know but I knew what I was doing and when.

  but would I go back? Not a chance in hell

  I just have to find out what I really want and to do that I have decided to do absolutely nothing other than surf the net and see what there is on offer....................................
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  Spankings at the hall.

  by avishai in

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  2. child-abuse

  i knew some parents who really beat the hell out of their kids.

  anyone else remember this?

  seems like when i was a kid, you could'nt go to a meeting without hearing screams of pain from either the b room or the bathrooms.

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  happehanna

  I remember one young lad being dragged from his chair for a beating and he was brilliant he started shouting happy christmas brothers happy birthday etc

  I reckon he thought if he was going to be hit he might as well make it worthwhile.

  I just loved that kid. a face full of frekles.........

  But it is abuse to make a child sit for two hours, and then if the bloody elders had a meeting after we had to sit in the car for hours after ..........no way to bring up kids ......no way at all.
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  Seattle Ex-JW Dinner Meet-up

  by Gretchen956 in

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  2. friends

  after considerable discussion on where to go, lots of good advice, several attempts at reservations that did not pan out, i have finally reserved a place for dinner.. anyone in or near the seattle area please join us on february 7, 2004 at 6:30 p.m. at tony roma's at southcenter.

  for those coming in from out of town, southcenter is located close to where i-5 and i-405 meet south of seattle.

  type in this address into mapqwest or into yahoo maps or whatever other mapping program you use:.

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  happehanna

  Hope you all have a good time

  will be thinking of you

  I hope you ask a blessing before you eat!!!

  my dad would embarass us all big time doing that in a restaurant.