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  "....you people make my ass twitch..."

  by wings in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  from a movie.....any takers?.

  i love movies, and i need a distraction.

  any other movie lovers out there?

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  tinker

  for oompa; You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban.

  ya, we've already done this movie but there are soooo many GREAT lines.
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  elders testify

  by isaacaustin in

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  http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/pe_news_local_d_faith11.41dc684.html

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  Thank you MeneMene, very helpful. Ah yes, our children are safer at school than a KH.

  I just cannot believe these parents did not go to police themselves. It does seem the mother was sending a cry for help by asking the school to keep the creep away from her children. Most mothers know of the school policy of no tolerance of such crime.
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  elders testify

  by isaacaustin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/pe_news_local_d_faith11.41dc684.html

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  tinker

  I have been trying find all the articles on this case but it is difficult. I am not very computer literate so could someone put all the pieces together. I have some questions about the story. Who came forward first? The girls when they told the mother? Or did the man go to elders first to confess? Who alerted to police? The parents or someone else?

  Not that any of this matters to the outcome. It is a horrid and overly sad situation. The WT is guilty of abuse just as the man accused.

  I guess I am interested because I am from So Cal and was also a victim of molestation as a child, many years ago. My parents did not go to police but it was not as understood and talked about as today. I am baffled that with all the media coverage and education this awful crime is so common. My parents did protect me, told everyone in the neighborhood and my dad strong armed the man. I remember something about a shovel???

  and my husband and I were talking and said if something like that ever happened to our daughter we would not have gone to the elders, The police would be called immediately, then maybe the congergation if we felt like it. The old excuse of 'protecting Jehovah's name' is a crock. If Jehovah is the almighty god they worship, he does not need anybody to protect him.
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  elders testify

  by isaacaustin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/pe_news_local_d_faith11.41dc684.html

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  tinker

  'Part of my job is to forget'......OMG.....AS IF! Where does it say that in the Bible?

  I forgot to protect those little girls.....oops sorry.
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  elders testify

  by isaacaustin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/pe_news_local_d_faith11.41dc684.html

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  tinker

  I do not believe for one minute these men 'forgot' exactly what was and was not said. This didn't happen 10yrs ago, it was recent. Also anything to do with 'sex' and men...er... people in general, are all ears. Such accounts make huge impacts on our brains.
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  Age wise, what are/were the best years of your life?

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm thinking mid 20's to mid 30's..........although i had a hell of a 15.......................oompa

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  tinker

  I've never a bad time. I've loved the ride and looking forward to the next 56.

  I know, I know, you think I'm nuts. What about that time your husband was Dead in a car crash and you had a little baby and no money and then your dad was DF'd and your brother died and then your sister was nuts and her child was taken away and your daughter got knocked up in hight school and was DF'd and your son grew pot in the back yard and got DF'd...ect ect... so it goes.

  shit happens and I learned from every experience. I know for sure that I came through a better person.

  Rock On!
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  Sheri from THE VIEW absent AGAIN as CULTS are hot topic...

  by sf in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  seems this woman is always, and i mean always, absent from topics related to religious conflicts.. again, today, when cultic behavior [ lds raid in texas] is discussed as a hot topic, she's not there.. a few weeks ago, there was the topic of the child that died due to the parents thinking god would heal her.

  sheri was not there.. it's really starting to piss me off.. there have also been ample opportunities for her to speak out about abuse that goes on in jw religion.

  she never takes it.. yesterday she reveals that when she had an opportunity to look at princes credit info, she took it.. i'm about to fire off an email and ask point blank, why she keeps avoiding (by being absent) these topics.. anyone else notice this about her?.

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  I watch The View most days. When Sherri first became a host there were a few comments reguarding JW's somewhere in her past. So I emailed her and asked how or when she knew of them. To my surprise she wrote back saying she was raised a witness but left at 18. Her parents and some relatives are still JW and wishes to keep a good relationship with them so is very careful of what she says about the religion. In her defense I have seen the show when she has explained some JW teachings, such as disfellowshiping as the reasons she is no longer a member.

  Yes, sometimes she has made very dumb comments but if you watch often you see that she is 'no dummy' She is very quick, articulate and a talented comedian.

  She told me one of her close friends is trying to leave JW's and they now attend a Christian Church together. She was never a very active witness but through her friend she now realizes that the organization is a cult. When she has the opportunity she has and will expose the truth about them.
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  The Watchtower Society Shows Their True Colors Again

  by TooBad TooSad in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in the new may awake magazine there is an article "is philanthropy the answer?

  i knew what the answer.

  was going to be before i even read it.

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  tinker

  I WT discourages members from giving money to any charity yet, I know many MANY JW's who have accepted help from Childrens Hospital, Red Cross, Cancer Society, Hospice Care, etc, the list is long.

  I know an elder, self employed and made a good living but no health insurance. His daughter needed surgery on her shoulder and they took free medical service from Childrens Hospital in Seattle.

  One JW family lost their home to a fire and Red Cross put them into a hotel until they could repair the house. We offered to take the family in but they refused because the Red Cross was paying.

  A sister with breast cancer accepted free clothing and wig from the Cancer Society.

  I always felt terrible that I passed on giving to these organizations. These days I step up with a buck and a check because I know the good work they do. I may need them someday myself.

  And when I think of all the money I gave the WTBS, I truely feel ashamed.
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  Do You Know Any Active Elderly?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi fellow jwders:.

  i've just returned from playing piano duets with one of the community's .

  premier accompanists.

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  My Mom will be 89 in May. A very active JW, sorry to say, attends all meetings and field service several times a week. She lives alone in a 2story house and keeps it perfectly. Drives, cooks and shops and LOVES cloths and makeup. When I asked her how her Memorial was, she told me all about her New Outfit and how beautiful she looked.

  Her health is great but her mind is going. I do see that she is 'losing it'....she gets confused sometimes and repeats the same story over and over. I live far away but try to visit a couple times a year and I know she will be needing more help soon. Her congergation elders offer NO HELP at all. One sister takes great interest so I am grateful for that.

  I am so angry that she has dedicated her entire life to an organization that has no interest in her. She was always first to bring food, clean the KH, organized funerals, weddings,baby showers, every social activity oh AND Pioneered for 10yrs. Now in her old age they pass her off to her 'worldly' and 'apostate' children. So it goes......
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  Were You Ever Counseled Because Of What You Wore (or didn't)?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after reading the thread about what is acceptable to wear and not wear in a factory run by jehovah's witnesses, i wondered whether any here ever got counseled or in trouble because of their fashion sense or attire.

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  tinker

  I got everything from skirt too short, color too bright, outfit to trendy, no bare legs, ect ect......

  But the you know what, hit the fan when my husband wore and sport coat and slacks for an Circuit Assembly demonstration part. Not the speaker, just a magazine demo. They actually have a printed instruction list of What to Wear but neglected to give him a copy. The CO made him trade jackets with another bro, a dark one that sort of matched his pants. It was such a ridiculous issue and waste of time.