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  Disciplining babies?

  by bernadette in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'd appreciate advice.. i remember when i was pregnant the following exp was given at a district convention.

  an elder said that he started discipling his child from 9 months.

  he said whenever the 9 month old made a noise or cried at the meeting he would squeeze her.

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  Gill

  Bernadette - All you have to do when any JW says that to you is calmly and quietly say: 'That is Chld Abuse. If I see anyone do something like that to their child I will report them to....(whatever you have in your country).'

  I did confront the dad about smacking his baby.

  Their explanation was that at the weekend they witnessed a 2 year old 'behaving like a brat' and they both decided 'they would never let their child become like that'. Unfortunately I was rendered speechless at this.

  The WTS promotes a climate of self conscious self righteous and thats what I'd like to see dented.

  They are the perpetrators
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  Disciplining babies?

  by bernadette in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'd appreciate advice.. i remember when i was pregnant the following exp was given at a district convention.

  an elder said that he started discipling his child from 9 months.

  he said whenever the 9 month old made a noise or cried at the meeting he would squeeze her.

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  bernadette

  misguided, I'm gonna use your exp
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  Disciplining babies?

  by bernadette in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'd appreciate advice.. i remember when i was pregnant the following exp was given at a district convention.

  an elder said that he started discipling his child from 9 months.

  he said whenever the 9 month old made a noise or cried at the meeting he would squeeze her.

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  bernadette

  Gill, my first thought was to report them.

  But this couple in every other way seem very loving, kind and compassionate. But where is his heart when he did that. I know that his wife will follow his lead or else she is going to have a struggle on her hands.

  I wonder if others have had experiences of this sort of disassociation of mind and heart for the good of the meetings
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  Disciplining babies?

  by bernadette in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'd appreciate advice.. i remember when i was pregnant the following exp was given at a district convention.

  an elder said that he started discipling his child from 9 months.

  he said whenever the 9 month old made a noise or cried at the meeting he would squeeze her.

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  bernadette

  I'd appreciate advice.

  I remember when I was pregnant the following exp was given at a district convention

  An elder said that he started discipling his child from 9 months. He said whenever the 9 month old made a noise or cried at the meeting he would squeeze her. The baby would stop. He said he always found this method worked. Sometimes he needed to squeeze a little harder as the baby got older.

  I mention this because the mother of a 14 month old baby told me that her husband spanked their baby at the hall last week. The baby cried. At the next meeting the baby remained 'good' at the meeting.

  I really want to help this couple in a constructive way but am completely lost as to how to begin as I am fading.

  So any pointers?

  bernadette
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  The Gospel of Judas

  by kwintestal in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what are your thoughts on it?

  the link to the national geographic research of it.. link to the translated document of the gospel of judas.

  i read the account and i must say it really sheds a different light on the whole story.

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  I can see why it was left out.

  Imagine the WTS trying to explain it -

  Shame portions were lost

  bernadette
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  It is working fine so far

  by hambeak in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  hi folks as i have posted before i started a new job for better money and it is doing great.. i am so busy now i can't think of the time and my old customers from my former location ( here ) it has been great.

  one of my senior ladies brought me so much in the way of goodies we both just had to laugh.

  jake is upset as i will bring him there later.

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  bernadette

  Hi Gary

  thanks for keeping in touch

  love

  bernadette
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  My journey is reaching another level

  by InquiryMan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  some four years ago, i handed in my last report in the kh.

  both wanted our children to have a more mainstream life than the witnesses frame could offer.

  in time, my wife and i got separated.

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  Am very happy for you inquiryman.

  I can just imagine what a challenging journey you have had

  love

  bernadette
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  What were your reasons for becoming a JW?

  by Narkissos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reasons, not excuses -- even valid ones (like, "i was ignorant, depressed, fooled").. yours in the sense that you can still own (to) them -- even though you now know the "answer" was wrong.. this obviously applies to those who became jws -- hence mostly not born-in, although some of the latter might admit to having chosen the jw way for themselves at a certain stage of their childhood or teenage years.. this question is triggered by a previous conversation with purplesofa on another thread:.

  i think most of us that came in and not born in were searching.

  our hearts were pure in our search.

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  I'm the kind of person who needs to make sense of things - and at that time when i was 16 it was very intriguing to me that the bible, a book written so many years ago made sense.

  bernadette
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  interesting Christian site

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.christianmystics.com/index.html.

  i was looking for some specific information last night when i was researching a topic for discussion with a friend, and thought i would share it with you.. it has some very interesting articles and thoughts about jesus and spirituality.. additionally it has a links section that has a link for sacred space.

  which itself is very unique.. enjoy.. .

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  had a brief -looks interesting. thanks
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  Where did the universe come from?

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if it was always here, how did it get here?

  let's leave god out of the equation for now.. blueblades.

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  bernadette

  Good question blueblades. I was just thinking the other day that I hardly know anything at all about evolution, other than what I've been taught by the wts. I do remember as a dub my son urgently telling me to subscribe to New Scientist. I did subscribe for a few years and found that at most maybe only 1 article from each issue made a little sense. The pics were amazing though.

  bernadette