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  Crackdown on "sisters" volunteering at DCs

  by dozy in

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  2. friends

  the wts has sent a letter to all convention overseers expressing their increasing concern at sisters "directing brothers" at district conventions.. with immediate effect (ie for dc 2008), sisters are no longer to be used as volunteers in parking and security / watchman departments.

  any sisters volunteering in other departments (eg toilet cleaning) must be subordinate & follow the direction of appointed brothers.

  this move will put a huge burden on the dcs in my area - nearly half the volunteers for parking are sisters and there aren't enough volunteers as it is.

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  did anyone on here ever have a paedophile in thier congregation?

  by looloo in

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  2. child-abuse

  if so, did it bother you that he had been reprooved and forgiven rather than reported to the police?

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  Newbies Exiting the Witnesses - How Do You Feel ? Steve Hassan Explains

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  hello folks, how are you ?

  i am just about done reading the steve hassan book, " combatting cult mind control".

  thought i would share some of the points here for newbies and all others to see just what a person exiting a cult, or jehovah's witnesses might go through psychologically so they can better know how to deal with the various emotions of anger, guilt , and sadness that can accompany leaving the witnesses.

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  I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GROW UP IN THIS "SYSTEM"

  by rache31 in

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  2. friends

  oh, how many of us heard that we wouldn't make it to graduation or get married in this system?

  i thought i wouldn't grow up.

  no one talked about preparing for the future.

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  New Experience: I went to a Christmas service at a church Monday night....

  by WingCommander in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it was my wife's sister's church, a lutheran church.

  i wanted to see my neice's sing in the choir and also just to take in the whole experience.

  i have been married for 4 years (to non-jw woman) and have only participated in christmas activities breifly.

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  SPEEDING UP THEIR OWN DEMISE?

  by Dansk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we all know the majority of the society's elders are absolutely useless when it comes to dealing with family matters and as i was sat here reading a number of posts it suddenly occurred to me that watchtower may have started to speed up its own demise.. before i exited my old congregation a young elder was appointed.

  he was married without children (they don't want any).

  after i exited i heard of another young elder who was appointed (they, too, have no children and i don't think they want any either).. the service overseer was a young elder (a right big head and son of the p.o.).

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  WT monitoring JWD? Absolutely!

  by fedorE in

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  2. friends

  from channel c (today).

  you may have read something similar to this before but the specific details are interesting.. this was put on a uk forum by an xjw called gordon...he gave me permission to use his post.. .

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  Mental condition of Jehovah's Witnesses, healthy or not ?

  by Handsome Dan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought i'd open a discussion on the mental health condition of most practicing jws.

  and get viewpoints on what kinds of mental health effects the wts.

  may have for most of the people that are practicing witnesses.

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  The "Creation of Eve" and the interval affecting 1975

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the watchtower, may 1, 1975, said of a watchtower bible school of gilead graduation held on march 2, 1975: (italics added).

  another speaker, f. w. franz, the society's vice- president, forcefully impressed on the audience the urgency of the christian preaching work.

  he stressed that, according to dependable bible chronology, 6,000 years of human history will end this coming september according to the lunar calendar.

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  What will happen when all those older witnesses fall sick and eventually di

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  what will happen when all those older witnesses fall sick and eventually die?

  i know so many in the congregation in their mid 70's and older.

  many of these older ones are pillars in the congregation.. i was just wondering what effect it will have 5 to 10 years from now, when all these older ones will be too sick to attend meetings or dead.

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