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JWdaughter
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badly handled from Elders
by Olivia Wilde ini am still attending the kh, i actually recently became aware of the ttatt, what i believed came as a huge surprised for me, i wasn't raised as a jw and have been for about 15 years.
i have always been a very open minded individual all my life always seeing both sides of any situation with logic and common sense and so i believe discovering all of the doctrines i have been taught sense 16 years of age, wasn't extremely hard for me to realize in my heart it was a lie.
well it was me discovering the watchtower society being a ngo member of the un nations for 10 years, after that the snowball just got bigger for me.
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So I was enjoying a business trip in down town Bangkok...............Next thing BANG!!!
by cantleave inso last night i was having a wonderful meal in a very nice restaurant when we heard what we thought was a loud clap of thunder.................. it was a bomb.
yards from my hotel.
thankfully i made a few decision that meant i wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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JWdaughter
Can'tleave, sorry, but I'm thanking God you are ok. I hope it doesn't offend you. I am so glad you are safe and well! Take care. I enjoy you hanging out with us! -
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I am traveling long way to meet stephen lett in sacramento would you like me to lgive message to him
by poopie inthis weekend
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JWdaughter
Ask him what he did to support his family or himself. What in life prepared him for this role.and do married bethelites have twin beds or queens?
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I am traveling long way to meet stephen lett in sacramento would you like me to lgive message to him
by poopie inthis weekend
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JWdaughter
3rdgen, did you have a lawyer write a letter? Legal dept messages are responded to usually, especially if you have a good one. -
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News Which UK J.W.'s Won't Get in their Kigdom Ministry!
by The Searcher ina source tells me the following: .
for shropshire uk by the name of anthony manning has been removed and judicially reproved.
portishead congregation in north somerset is being merged or disbanded on sept 1st 2015 due to "aging elders, poor attendance, decrepit kingdom hall and landslip" - of course the suspicion is wt just wants to sell the hall off.
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JWdaughter
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Article- Child checks for all religious leaders, inquiry recommends
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/child-checks-for-all-religious-leaders-inquiry-recommends/story-fngburq5-1227486717033.
by: rick morton .
from: the australian .
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JWdaughter
In a church I went to, every volunteer had to pAss police check. It was free or paid by church. Anyone who is baptised or an UBM or in the TMS should have to under the proposed scheme. Yay! -
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Need someone to talk to
by Anonymous17 inhi i've been a jw my whole life and i'm 17 now.
i've never had a mine of my own and recently i started thinking more open minded and i know the being a jw isn't for me.
i feel like i've been in a bubble my whole life.
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JWdaughter
Welcome. Lots of good advice. Confirm for yourself that you dont actually believe it (or you might be running back later). After you are out, dont obsess on this or any religion. Be a good human being in the world, educate yourself all around, treat parents well and keep yourself safe from crazy attempts to find perfect religion. Religions arent good or bad-people are. Be one of the good guys -
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The sheer lunacy of Jackson's view regarding mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.
by DATA-DOG inlunacy?
insanity?
without a doubt.
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JWdaughter
Heaven, you are right. Pastors are held accountable by the congregations that appoint and or pay them. These men were in a submissive relationship to the org and controls the congregations. They aren't accountable in any way to anyone sitting in those kingdom hall's. -
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I had requested them to put shepherding concerns in writing.
by quincemyles inlast week, i had requested the elders to put their shepherding concerns in writing and that only one elder visits me because i am uncomfortable with two.
well, today they approached me and said we are not able to write to you and we are going to see you the two of us.
i felt how inconsiderate and disrespectful of individuals the watchtower machinery is.
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JWdaughter
So, wow. You are still a jw? Why? Do you think they will ever have adequate answers?
Great post, btw!
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Another one decides to leave
by problemaddict 2 inwell in a month where i had a friend of 20 years tell me "we can't kick it no mo" because i no longer go to meetings, i had an even older friend who is coming to visit me, call me and tell me hes out.. currently a high profile ms who gives talks out all over the place, the elders said they are recommending him for appt to the body in sep when the co is coming through.
but nope......hes about to step down all together.. what did it?
because i am not disfellowshipped, and soft peddle my issues with the org, i was able to speak to him about things like blood, and a couple other things.
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JWdaughter
Thanks for the happy news. Its a shame they are so scared off of other churches. I have been to some "well balanced" churches that were less about arguing doctrines and proof texting and end of the worlding as they were about following Jesus and being good in the world. I like that kind of church and I like those kind of people. They love God, but they aren't getting hung up on what is basically theories about unprovable details. Heck, God is unprovable enough, trying to prove things about the unprovable is really insane!