Is it me, or is the freeminds site having trouble formatting its pages? The words keep overlapping.
boyzone
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Paulapollos - First Article on Freeminds
by besty inhttp://www.freeminds.org/organization/governing-body/the-governing-body-of-jehovah-s-witnesses-examining-their-claimed-authority.html.
right now the article is on the homepage http://www.freeminds.org/.
"one particular teaching that lends credence to the governing body being in authority over jehovah's witnesses, is the claim they are of the annointed class, and they have received god's spirit in a way that enables them to govern rank and file jehovah's witnesses.
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Paulapollos
by minimus inthank you for joining this site.
your inner knowledge is simply fascinating.
please tell us more!!!!
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boyzone
Yes Paul, Thank you for your input here, its much appreciated. Your words have been especially encouraging for those of us who have also been disfellowshipped for apostasy. I hope there can be an "interchange" for you too. How have you and your wife been coping since your disfellowshipping and is there any way we can help?
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Mill Hill Disfellowshippings
by BorgHater ina few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the mill hill bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some wt doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'.
i haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?.
borghater xx.
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boyzone
and what about Phil Harris and his wife Francesca? Are they still there? I think they were assigned to the London Northwood congregation.
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Searching for a WT quote about skills needed post armageddon
by boyzone inanyone remember a watchtower study about the skills brothers would need after amageddon?
i vaguely remember it but i've scoured the cdrom and can't find it.
somethng about being gardeners, carpenters etc and how we need to develop those skills now.. anyone got any ideas where its from?
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boyzone
Anyone remember a Watchtower study about the skills brothers would need after amageddon? I vaguely remember it but I've scoured the CDrom and can't find it. Somethng about being gardeners, carpenters etc and how we need to develop those skills now.
Anyone got any ideas where its from? Or am I going daft...
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article in the UK daily mail about JW child abuse
by highdose inmy home became my nightmare': a woman recalls her childhood of abuse by her stepfather.
beth ellisafter suffering years of abuse as a child at the hands of her jehovah's witness stepfather, beth ellis (now 30) finally made a statement to the police five years ago.
but, because of the closed nature of her upbringing, getting enough evidence to prove his crime became an ongoing battle.
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boyzone
Reminds me of Emma Spring. She was horribly abused by her MS stepfather who beat her with a motorbike chain to the point where she can't have children anymore. I met her on Field Service and didn't know what to say to her. The Society advised she go to the police and make a formal complaint which she did. The scumbag was convicted and served time.
Little did I know at the time that the Society only advised reporting the crime due to the adverse publicity that was about to hit the UK. This was just before the damning Panorama program was aired. You know, the one with Bill Bowen exposing the pedophile problem?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/live_forums/2124808.stm
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From Jon, My Brother
by AllTimeJeff ini had a brother.
his name was jon.. jon was a sweet, super sensitive guy.
also, a very tortured soul.
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boyzone
changed my mind...
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A conversation With A Jehovah's Witness
by freetosee inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fvqzcziqe&feature=related.
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boyzone
hehehe loved the quick exit at the end
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A conversation With A Jehovah's Witness
by freetosee inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fvqzcziqe&feature=related.
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If Witnesses boast about going to meetings so much.....
by kurtbethel in....then why do they not have the time of their services listed??.
so much for their boast about the preaching work in all lands.. .
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boyzone
Lets face it, when was the public talk ever for the public?
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Why Do Some Elders Go After "Faded Ones" While Others Leave Us Alone?
by minimus inso far, no one has really bothered me.
i always wonder why.
then i read of how some are always getting calls and visits.
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boyzone
Glad life is working out for you Orangefatcat.
My son was hounded after leaving the congregation. He was 22 and gay. The elders gave him loads of shepherding calls to try and "readjust" him but he left and did as he pleased (although he wasn't promiscuous at all). Our family (all JW's) had normal contact with him for many months, family occasions, dinner, doing his washing etc, just normal stuff...then we had a new CO and the atmosphere changed. The elders started to hound him. They knew where he lived so they called at various times of the day to try and contact him. He didn't want to talk to them so he pretended to not be home. They used to ring him too but he had caller display and didn't answer any unfamiliar numbers. But they were persistant and got hold of his mobile number from another brother. Catching him offguard, he answered the phone. The elder, Jerry Heans, finally asked him the fateful question, "do you still want to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses?" Of course he said no, thereby officially disassociating himself.
I spoke to Jerry after the meeting soon after my son's announcement and asked him why they had to pursue him like that. Why couldn't they just let him go? He tried to explain about the CO etc but he kinda blustered a bit and wasn't very clear. I then said "was it just to keep the paperwork tidy?" He said yes.
So thats it. My son was disassociated and is now shunned by all his friends and all the people he'd ever grown up with in the congregation, and initially by his grandparents, just to keep the paperwork tidy for the CO. And who was this CO? Bill Harris. Thanks Bill - not.