Gayle

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  June 11, 2007 Macleans article re. ex-JW support group in Toronto

  by kwintestal in

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  2. current

  just a one-page article on an ex-jw support group in toronto.

  macleans is canada's version of "time" with a large circulation.

  it's also the magazine that did the large article on the septuplets.

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  Gayle

  I just sent an email to Julia McKinnell with my appreciation to: [email protected]
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  What was your 1st Deception as a JW?

  by JH in

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  2. friends

  was was the first thing that really decieved you, in your jw years?.

  was it the way you were treated, or maybe a teaching that deceived you ?.

  i think my 1st deception was when they said that the resurrected ones wouldn't be allowed to get married in the new system.. then i wondered why ???

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  Gayle

  I was at Bethel early 70's,,the preaching about '75 was high, people "popping in" the organization like never before, my mom had died of cancer,,she would be resurrected soon. Then the WTS bought the huge Squibb building down the street. I asked how quickly are "we" going to be utilizing all that space. The response was that it would take "years." Somehow, it didn't make sense to me. Yet, it took more years for me to "unravel" the rest of the issues/contradictions before I said to myself "that's enough, I'm done!"
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  Zone talk by David Splane - Four figurative giants - Education etc

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  found this interesting talk on e-watchman's site.

  it was given by david splane, a gb member.. the talk is really interesting as it gives a more focused look at the troubles the society is facing as it trys to cope with education, peer pressure etc.. .

  http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=454.

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  Gayle

  I would hope that Danielle Delzer (in the article Danny posted) sets the example for JW youth to wait for baptism at least till older (not 10/11) and goes to college and hopefully get a career and have a Plan B.
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  Kansas City DC summary

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok just got back from the dc in kansas city.

  i know there has been a thread on the dc already but i will post "highlights" or lowlights depending on one's opinion, of the dc in kc on this thread.. 1) bethel speakers so far 1 from patterson bethel, 1 from brooklyn bethel and 1 from walkill bethel + governing body speaker anthony morris 111. friday major talk on christ on last talk by morris.

  illustarted earthquake in armenia few yaers ago.

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  Gayle

  So 95 baptized out of 8785? Is that about 1% increase? Could have 95 at least quit publishing during that time? Possibly.
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  Son was voted #2 pitcher in Class B

  by UnConfused in

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  2. physical

  we have class a,b,c,d in our state.

  his hs is class b. he made 2nd team pitcher

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  Gayle

  Congrats to you & son..it's wonderful your son is free to play a sport to his potential,,he will always appreciate it and you won't have to listen to him when he grown that he resents the WTS & you that he didn't to play his sports. Proud of you as a dad.
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  KOOL-AID.. Need info please

  by AlphaOmega in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay, here goes.... i've seen many many many references to kool-aid here, such as "don't drink the kool-aid" etc etc but i can't work out what it's all about.. but, my imagination tells me that maybe someone went to a memorial meal, "partook of the emblems" and discovered that it wasn't wine, but kool-aid.. am i right or is there something else going on?.

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  Gayle

  I still "shutter" even after 20+ years of leaving the WTS the control that was on me,,that I would have died for JWdom,,on the blood issue if it had even come up. Some of my friends now have said I probably would have taken it (transfusion) if it was necessary. I inform them thank you for the compliment as I have come a long way but I know I would not have taken a transfusion then at all cost.
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  Sextuplet parents lose appeal

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  (on globeandmail.com - google).

  sextuplet parents lose appealstaff.

  june 2, 2007. vancouver -- - the parents of sextuplets born in vancouver in january have lost an application for leave to appeal a decision that blocks them from cross-examining doctors on why blood transfusions were given to four of the surviving babies.. the parents, who are devout jehovah's witnesses, turned to the b.c.

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  Gayle

  (On globeandmail.com - google)

  IN BRIEF

  Sextuplet parents lose appeal

  Staff

  June 2, 2007

  Vancouver -- - The parents of sextuplets born in Vancouver in January have lost an application for leave to appeal a decision that blocks them from cross-examining doctors on why blood transfusions were given to four of the surviving babies.

  The parents, who are devout Jehovah's Witnesses, turned to the B.C. Court of Appeal after the Supreme Court ruled that doctors from B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre could provide evidence through affidavits, without appearing for cross- examination.

  Shane Brady, the parents' lawyer, had argued in the Court of Appeal that being able to cross-examine the doctors was a matter of fundamental justice.
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  The Story of Minimus

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  when i was a teen, i aspired to be an elder.

  from my pre-teens until i was 18, i was in every circuit assembly and district convention----having either ministry school talks or parts or experiences.

  at 20, i conducted a bookstudy in the afternoon, also regular pioneered, was the theocratic ministry school overseer in the 2nd school and regularly taught the main school.

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  Gayle

  Sure enjoyed you and other ex-elders sharing their experience. I think someone here said it was brought out at an "elder meeting/school" (whatever it is called now) that elders have dropped 30+% in 12 years. Many step out due to "health" but I wonder how many step out due to a "crises of conscience" actually. Many tho could still be in "JW Limbo."
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  Can't have kids while working at Bethel? This is like Anti-family right?

  by NotaNess in

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  2. friends

  i found out about this a couple years ago.

  it was one of those shockers, that is just hard to accept when you hear about it, when you're not in the "truth".. i posed the question, "why can't they just have a daycare system setup.

  seems that would be a standard setup", but one witness from bethel told me "cause it's not the responsibility of the organization to raise our kids".

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  Gayle

  If a couple gets pregnant at Bethel, they have to leave. Yayyy!!! I did that!! Believe me, it is for the best for the child and mother. Anyway, the children would steal the show, the GB wouldn't like that.
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  what's in it for the women???

  by chelsea in

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  2. friends

  i have often wondered what's in it for the women???

  i just read the story of minimus and it is so clear that such power and privilege on offer to males in the borg would be enticing and probably addictive... but the women will never have such offers or opportunities.

  they will always be required to be in subjection.

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  Gayle

  Rutherford clearly stated women were a "bag of bones & a hank of hair." One older gal in the congregation in the mid-70's was still complaining/resentful about that but still stuck in the WTS.