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  Expert witness needed in Colorado

  by Desperatelilone in

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  is there any former jw that would talk to me about the social aspects and how they seperate you from society?

  i have a young son who's father is fighting for joint custody.

  any help would be appreciated..

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  jamiebowers

  Brenda Lee lives in Colorado, an she may be able to help you. Her website is: http://www.outofthecocoon.net/
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  Dad says hes cutting lines of communication

  by 2tone in

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  i'm really pissed.

  i havent attended the kingdom hall in several months.

  my dad says hes going to stop talking to me.

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  jamiebowers

  If you don't have a close circle of friends outside of the Watch Tower, start making friends now. You'll need them. Remember that you can only control your actions, but if you're not doing anything that you can be df'd for, (or at least caught at it), your mom and brother have no basis to shun you. I'd let them know that if I was you.
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  WTBS and reporting child abuse

  by QueenWitch in

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  wtbs says to contact their legal dept if suspected child abuse is suspected.

  in md, you are a mandatory reporter if a health worker, educator, human service worker, or police officer.

  so what if you are a mandatory reporter and a jw, what then?

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  jamiebowers

  The elders and WTBTS is NOT covered by clergy-penitent privilege (as has been reaffirmed by several circuits) because the elders write down and share information with HQ. Since the penitent has no expectation of privacy inside the religion such communication is not covered/protected by the law.

  That is exactly what was decided during Gilbert Simental's criminal trial in California a few years ago.
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  The "cause" of homosexuality (From JWtalk) LOL

  by yourmomma in

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  if any of you can read jwtalk check out this thread for a good laugh: http://www.jwtalk.net/forum/read.php?10,118252.

  for me the best "cause" was soy, yes soy apparantly turns people into homosexuals, lmao!.

  what would really be funny is if someone who has an account could post some more insane stuff like that, like "playing with smurfs or my little pony causes homosexuality" or "eating too many cheese curls".lol.

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  jamiebowers

  I guess its just me, but I didnt find this comment to be "balanced" at all:

  " They have the same emotions, likes, dislikes, etc... that adulterers and fornicators have. To treat a homosexual any differently than a heterosexual adulterer or anyone that sleeps around is stupid, illogical and unscriptural. "

  now, im not gay, so if a gay person is ok with that comment, then i will concede to that.

  Yourmomma, I agree with you. Adulterers and fornicators can stop their sexual behaviors, whereas most gay people cannot. Adulterers and fornicators don't have to resign themselves to celibacy or having relations with partners to whom they are not attracted. But that's the fate that homosexuals have in Watch Tower world. Also the whole "sin" thing just freaks me out. If I remember correctly, the OT calls homosexulity an abomination just as it does a woman having her menstrual cycle or kids disrespecting heir parents. Funny how that works out in modern times.
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  Move to Australia NSW in 8 weeks !

  by Hairyhegoat in

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  well after 3 crap jobs here in the uk i have secured 2 job offers in 2 days from australia !

  one in queensland and the other in nsw hunter valley.. wage is better in nsw and relocation cost's/flights covered etc.. will be on 100k aud as a senior radio engineer for the state emergency service radio upgrade by motorola tetra/p25 for the fire and rescue service.. .

  i have been working on this for over 12 months as some of you know, we have a 457 visa sposored by the employer and will be able to get pr after 2 years.

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  Congrats and good luck! I'd never be brave enough to move to another country, unless it was Canada, which is only four hours from where I now live in the US.
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  GREAT WEEKEND........

  by justmom in

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  with family and lil cousins.

  i enjoy them.

  there is so much family on my husbands side.

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  Glad to hear it. The only problems on my jw mom's side of the family is jwism. It's so sad.
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  Newbie

  by SophieG in

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  jamiebowers

  Welcome to JWN...glad to read your story. Is the husband that you're divorcing the abusive one?
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  Introducing Mrs Cedars...

  by cedars in

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  i just thought you should know that mrs cedars has finally taken the plunge and joined the forum.

  she was able to log on for the first time yesterday.. though we both "awakened" at different stages, mrs cedars was very supportive and non-judgmental when i first began exploring my beliefs from a critical standpoint.

  she is currently in the process of reading crisis of conscience and aquainting herself with some of the facts of witness history that were hitherto unknown.

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  Welcome...it's so nice to see a couple getting out together! And I've bee looking for some new recipies...tired of making the same things over and over again for dinner.
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  Worldwide Church of God collapse

  by cog_survivor in

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  on my introduction post a few people expressed interest in how the worldwide church of god (wwcg) imploded.

  i think maybe in hopes something similar will happen with the jws.

  i think the jws will also eventually experience a meltdown but probably not in the same way since the power structure was a bit different.

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  jamiebowers

  Donny:

  I remember a Witness who saw me with a Plain Truth magazine in the early 1980's commented that it was written by "the evil slave." It seems that

  a rumor was being passed around the Witness circles that H.W. Armstrong used to be a JW or International Bible Student and split after Russel passed. I

  believe Mr. Armstrong even had a small article in his magazine stating that he was never part of the Society

  Terry:

  I heard that one, too!! In fact, the person who brought me into the JW's told me that as though it were established fact. He added a spin to it:

  "That's why Armstrong calls it the Plain Truth."

  My jw mom told me the same thing about 30 years ago.
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  It's Time to Pull the Plug on the Watchtower Cult: Are YOU Willing To Do YOUR Part?

  by headisspinning in

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  to all of my friends on jwn:.

  as you know, very big things are happening in regards to the watchtower on a weekly and even daily basis.

  they have stepped up their hatred towards those who have left, strengthened their stranglehold on those still stuck in and continued with their harmful policies that damage families, protect pedophiles and sacrifice children.

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  jamiebowers

  While I agree with LW and ATJ, I also think that there isn't a thing in the world wrong with encouraging and/or participating in exposing child molesters and the organizations that protect them. The Watch Tower probably won't fall if the pedophile database is obtained and published, but it will go a long way in validating past victims and prevent future victims.