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Ignored Aspect of Pedophilia

by Francois in

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friends

much has been said about pedophilia among jws, as it should be.

but there is one aspect of it that i don't remember anyone bringing up, and it's very, very telling.. in something like 95% of all cases of pedophilia, the spouse knows what's going on.

ninety five percent.

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after reading a number of posts it sounds like most of you have been shunned even by your immediate family members (parents, brothers, sisters)after you were df'd.. i am shunned by my sister-in-law - but she's it out of the entire family.

my uncle, brothers, mother, and father (an elder before he passed away) all continued to associate with me - we even go out to dinners together.. so here's my question - is my family the minority?

i thought that only non-family members had to shun you but family was ok as long as they don't discuss spiritual issues.

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As Christians, do you cry?

by misty in

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friends

this keeps happening to me, and i want to know if i need to seek professional help?

is this normal?

since i da'd, i became a christian, and now everytime i go into hearfelt prayer or even worse, the couple of times i actually went to "an apostate" church and sing songs of praise, i start bawling like a baby.

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1975

by musky in

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there has been much said about the watchtower saying that the end would come in 1975. i have never seen any evidence that the watchtower said the end would definitely come in 1975. if there was such evidence, there would certainly be little or no witnesses left today, i believe.

i do not believe that excuses the fact that they definitely put that idea in peoples heads.

i was 10 years old then.

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When Will District Conventions Be Abolished?

by AvailableLight in

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friends

the thread on cutting back the number of weekly meetings to two got me thinking:.

do you think the jw organization will continue to hold district conventions for very long?.

i wonder, how many people *really* feel upbuilt after attending a dc?

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Who will go to heaven?

by misty in

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i know that jw's say only 144,000. however, i just read a book called "as time runs out" by robert jeffress and he claims that all christians who have received jesus will be picked up at the rapture.

but, he says, we will not all have the same rank in heaven.

he claims that different responsibilities will be assigned.