AudeSapere

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  Abusive Women and manipulation

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the other day we were talking about abusive mothers (toxic relationships).

  i was sent this link today and think it is worth sharing.

  i think it is an excellent article.

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  I've been outed...

  by brotherdan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this weekend my wife had a major grand mal seizure for the first time in her life.

  she was rushed to the er.

  a few hours later while i was at her side she had another major one.. it was the scariest moment in my life.

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  AudeSapere

  Dan - Seriously, you need to spend less time 'defending' God, less time harrassing your wife for still being a JW, less time harrassing and challenging other people for their beliefs and disbeliefs, less time posting on this or any other discussion board, and MORE time with a trained therapist who can help you sort out your own life.

  For your own sake and for the sake of your children, get a therapist. They are trained to listen and to help you focus on YOUR issues.

  Trust us. You have serious, pressing issues that need to be addressed by a professional - NOW.

  -Aude Sapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding)
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  I've been outed...

  by brotherdan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this weekend my wife had a major grand mal seizure for the first time in her life.

  she was rushed to the er.

  a few hours later while i was at her side she had another major one.. it was the scariest moment in my life.

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  AudeSapere

  Botz wrote:Is that the trevor who has been posting on here recently?

  Nope. Trevor the conartist used the alias 'Dedpoet'.

  The poster who posts as just 'Trevor' is completely different person.
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  UN & Watchtower : link deleted....

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi everyone, someone just made me notice that the pdf document on the u.n. website proving that the watchtower associated itself as ngo from 1991(demand) to 2001 has been deleted or is missing.

  http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf i sent an email (very short since they don't allow more than 200 characters) to the un to inquire.

  i doubt that they'll respond.i suspect that the watchtower pressured the un to deleted that link.....

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  Rebel8 wrote: The last I knew the UN had moved the document, not deleted it. There was a thread about it here.

  That's what I remembered, too. So I did a little searching earlier today and found this from about a year ago:

  SeattleNiceGuy wrote: Update: I just discovered that the link above is no longer current. The UN has re-organized its web site and moved the PDF to a different directory. The current link is:

  http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/pdfs/watchtower.pdf

  SNG

  Sad to report that the link SNG cited above is now also not valid.

  I also spent some time on the UNs site looking for the letter but could not find it. I did find a letter about JWs/Watchtower but it is in Russian (as translated from Spanish) and did not have time to run it through a translation site.

  In the end, I also sent a request on the UN's site inquiring about the letter.

  -Aude.
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  Update on my chemotherapy and my sister

  by MsDucky in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my sister lost her battle with breast cancer last week.

  http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansas/obituary.aspx?n=mayola-d-walker-johnson&pid=149005242 her funeral was today.

  i had just been dismissed from the hospital the day before and she was admitted to icu the next day.

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  AudeSapere

  I had no idea. So sorry.

  -Aude.
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  12 yr old Colorado boy shoots parents

  by hubert in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is in the news right now, and on yahoo home page.. i tried to copy/paste the article, but can't do it.

  can someone find it and paste the link or better yet, the article in a reply here so we can discuss it?

  when i started to read it, it sounded so much like a j.w.

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  AudeSapere

  Growing up, there was much abuse in my family. My dad was an elder and for several years he was PO.

  Following one incident of police involvement, I was talking to one of the officers. I was no longer living at home but was very involved with my younger siblings and one of them had called me to come help. So talking to the officer, it came up in conversation that my family was studying the bible just before the violence. He response: You'd be amazed at how often 'bible study' is the activity that families say they were doing just before the violence.

  It's not just JWs. But their structured regimine does not give much room for release of steam. And the pressure to be 'better than the rest' takes it's toll. Often on the children.

  -Aude.
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  Member of UK Rowing team 2012 is a JW!

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-1362139/london-2012-rowing-team-includes-jehovahs-witness-champion-1992.html?ito=feeds-newsxml.

  a jehovah's witness, britain's first muslim rower, and a champion from 1992... the men going for rowing glory at london olympics.

  by mike dickson.

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  AudeSapere

  MadSweeney wrote: Dude has a beard.

  Maybe. But maybe not. A beard in and of itself does not necessarily measure JW-style spirituality in UK and Europe as it does in USA.

  This was discussed in a thread about the film 'To Verdener'.

  -Aude.
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  I miss Flipper...

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  and i hope he and the mrs are ok. the area he lives in go hit with alot of snow last week and along with the snow there were a lot of power outages.

  i'm hoping flip and the mrs are keeping warm.. good folks, the both of them.. .

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  Glad y'all are OK.
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  Elder Missing 24 hours...

  by sleepingbeauty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a brother i know of was made up as an elder only some mere 6 weeks ago.

  out the blue he has gone total awol and has now been missing over 24 hours.

  i wonder if the stress of becoming an elder at 27 yrs old got to him !!!

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  Any update?
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  Literature-Leaving Etiquette

  by zoiks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a friend of mine is the tasting room manager at a local vineyard.

  this weekend the vineyard hosted an anniversary party for a my-gosh-they-are-so-young-for-having-been-married-for-so-long couple.

  while cleaning up after the party, the employees found numerous pieces of literature hidden in their magazine racks, and the 3-dvd set, "the bible - a book of fact & prophecy" hidden among their cds.

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  AudeSapere

  Unbelievable.

  But completely believable - all at the same time.

  -Aude.