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  Upcoming Surgery and Blood

  by HeyThere in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i am a newly unbaptised publisher.

  recently i found out i need to have major surgery and the jw's tried to rush a blood card in my hand.

  i was so relieved when the elders said i could not have one until i was baptised.. but they rushed to get me copies of the blood videos.

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  rebel8

  Welcome.

  the elders said I could not have one until I was baptised

  That is so weird. I had a blood card for many yrs before baptism, and I was a kid then (couldn't legally make my own decisions).

  Good luck with your surgery and your journey.
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  Does Christianity Need The Bible

  by Mat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  christianity began it's formation without the bible.

  the bible, as we know it, is a collection of what were very old texts when they were assembled by christian leaders in the late second and third centuries because they were deemed to be inspired by god.. whether they really were inspired by god or not is now open to debate, but should they prove to not be, it should not undermine christianity as an establishment.. discuss......

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  Anyone can join this site.

  If humans only talked about things of substance, we'd barely talk at all. Just read those deeply significant magazines in the grocery line...

  When something has harmed you significantly in life, you may wish to discuss it. Simple as that. That's why it matters.
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  Nauseating JW.org section for small children - CUTOUTS? Really?

  by BluePill2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i am not hot linking to jw borg, but they have a whole section for obviously very small children (become j's friend, with a whole array of caleb-related stuff).

  i have actually never visited the site, today was the first time, because i wanted to check a technical information about their websites architecture and came across this sh*t!.

  the way they are targeting small kids is nauseating me (i have a 5 year old, still in with her mother).

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  Mormon underwear was my first thought as well.

  Is this really on jw.org? I can't stand to view that website.

  Next up, a doll showing a doll getting taken to the bathroom for a spanking because a kid was playing with them during the meeting.

  A flag with a big circle/red X through it, and a doll sitting down.

  A doll reading a magazine cutout in the school cafeteria.

  A doll giving a sign language talk about masturbation.

  Are the meeting clothes really geeky and modest?

  Stop me now.

  you guys think children shouldnt go to church?

  I don't think children should go to religious ceremonies that require them to sit still for long periods of time (not age-appropriate) & punish them if they don't, talk about adult things in great detail (masturbation, oral sex, etc.) and freak them out with stories about jehoho mass murdering people in horrible ways (including innocent kids/pets).

  are you athiests?

  Some of us are, some aren't.
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  News story about JW elderly care facility being built - Rent as low as $2,900 per month!

  by Faithful Witness in

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  2. friends

  where is salisbury township?

  who will own this residential village for elderly jw's?

  spending $6.5 million to build it, housing up to 38 individuals.

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  $3k is a good deal, if they're providing 24-hr supervision and meals. Sounds like they are.
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  Why do I bother to wake up in the morning?

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not suicidal just fed up.. i did think of suicide (briefly), but as there is no painless way and it's not something i would willingly do just in case things would have been better the day after.

  i do have a slight grain of hope.. money problems.....problems at home (that's another matter with a son up court for something he is adamant he didn't do.

  first offence but the pigs police and the cps have got charges made.

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  I've not read the replies, but I'm sure they say what I'm going to say.

  Get thyself to a doctor. STAT. You do NOT have to suffer like this. It's treatable. Do it.
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  Need an Exit Plan Fast!

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my girlfriend cult handlers have gotten to her.

  they suggested she should no longer communicate with someone who's thinking isn't in line with jehovah's organization.

  we argued and she told me to go hang myself.

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  she told me to go hang myself. Literally she said that

  I can't imagine any healthy relationship that includes those words, even when angry.
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  Call from my JW brother that I have not heard from in 5 yrs

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  early this morning i get a phone call from my jw brother i have not heard from in 5 yrs .the first thought in my head was someone has died .

  so i answer cautiously ......hi is everything okay ?

  he just starts talking as if we had always been in contact.

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  So let me guess. Step 9, done in the most minimal way possible so he can check off his list and tell his sponsor he did it.

  All while making the cult happy too. Now he bears NO guilt for his behavior towards you, because he repented.

  Ooh! And he gets to count his time PLUS 1 RV.
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  Local Needs talk on Cleanliness and how youll get Hepatitis C if youre not clean.

  by Jon Preston in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had to highlight this part because i was dying laughing on the inside when it was given.. the talk first starts by the brother bringing out how clean gods people were in the past and how he gave specific direction to the israelites for disposing if waste.

  then he said that a sister stepped in gum outside on the pavement so we should not chew gum at the kh.eat mints instead!.

  then he brought out an important point about keeping the bathroom sanitized and he says: "and just recently we found blood in the sink in one of the bathrooms.

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  I bled all the time at the kh. For hours, often during the whole meeting. Nosebleeds, etc.

  They said Satan caused it so I couldn't pay attention at the Hall. Dumbasses! They were the ones preventing me from getting normal medical care. Satan, my patootie.

  Anyway, my constant bleeding freaked them the hell out, lemme tell ya. Not much creeps dubbies out more than blood.

  They used to call me a vampire, demonized like Rasputin, etc.

  And then HIV was discovered, in my cohorts, in fact. Lemme tell ya again, wtf, they ostracized me even more. (I don't personally have HIV, and they knew it.)
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  Apostate causes JWs to run away with their literature carts

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  saw this on youtube.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_97rqlsjpkc.

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  The purpose of this activity, on the part of the dubs, is to interact with non-jws for the purpose of recruiting them. Interacting them to discuss the topic they came to discuss, calmly and politely, seems ok to me.

  Kinda reminds me of those folks in the mall who step out in front of you in the hallways trying to give you a sample. It wouldn't be wrong of me to stop and chat with them about why I don't like their product. (Use of Illustrations, 2 points)
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  First indisputable link between aluminum and alzheimer's

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140212093300.htm.

  elevated brain aluminium, early onset alzheimer's disease in an individual occupationally exposed to aluminiumdate:february 12, 2014 source:keele university summary:research has shown for the first time that an individual who was exposed to aluminum at work and died of alzheimers disease had high levels of aluminum in the brain.

  while aluminum is a known neurotoxin and occupational exposure to aluminum has been implicated in neurological disease, including alzheimers disease, this finding is believed to be the first record of a direct link between alzheimers disease and elevated brain aluminum following occupational exposure to the metal.

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  rebel8

  The thread title is misleading for the reasons others have mentioned.

  Before anyone suggests Golden Age had it right way before science did, this man's exposure was not similar to cooking with aluminum pans.

  indisputable link

  Now that is scientific illiteracy.