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Sacramento Senate Bill & Town Hall Meeting with EX-JW Child Abuse Survivors- March 8th , 2019
by flipper in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.facebook.com/sarita.piti/posts/2613606355321841.

https://www.facebook.com/roger.bentley.986/posts/526951087814763.

https://www.facebook.com/sarita.piti/posts/2618755001473643.
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Burt Reynolds - Dead at Age 82 - Rest in Peace
by flipper in
1. social
2. entertainment
hadn't seen a thread started on this so i thought i'd start a tribute thread to one of the great actors / entertainers over the years we've enjoyed watching.

he had a wicked, dry sense of humor, especially on the johnny carson show, great acting in deliverance, so if anybody would like to share stories, you tube snippets of talk show appearances, or pieces from movies- feel free to do so !

rest in peace burt, you brought us some really cool entertainment, thanks for the memories.
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Aretha Franklin has Died - Long live the Queen of soul in Memory
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
aretha franklin has died after a long bout with pancreatic cancer.

at age 76 .

she's my wife's all time favorite female vocalist.
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Rest in Peace Martin Luther King- THIS was an Honorable Man
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al4fovif7g8.

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WT Society Creates the Atmosphere which Spawns Child Abuse in Congregations
by flipper in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
been thinking about this lately after almost 14 years out of the jw cult myself.

when you think of the language used within the jehovah's witness organization in such a closed society environment in how the wt society promotes almost absolute " trust " in the elders , the governing body, and trust even in the " friends " in the congregation themselves- is it any wonder that unscrupulous child molesters can enter any congregation pretending to be " spiritual " and take advantage of unsuspecting children or the parents ?

think about it : an individual is judged as a " spiritual " person within the jw organization based on what wt functions or duties they are good at performing.
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Religion...is regarded by the rulers as useful
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
lucius annaeus seneca, roman statesman, 4bc - 65ad: "religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.".

this comes to mind as trump has been throwing the word "god" around.

there are a lot of outwardly religious people in this government.. benjamin franklin: "the way to see faith is to shut the eye of reason.".
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper in
1. social
2. entertainment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.

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Musicians Who Died in the Last Year - or Through the Years- Who Do you Miss Most ?
by flipper in
1. social
2. entertainment
i think for me in the last year the death of david bowie got to me the most.

not only in the way he handled his demise so classy by even making a song about it and a you tube about dying and sharing it with fans, but just his whole persona i always thought was pretty cool.

plus i enjoyed a good many of his songs.
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Did you get " Counseled " about the Music you Listened to While you were a JW ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
from the time i was a small boy - i loved rock n' roll music.

beatles, rolling stones, led zeppelin, hendrix.

i started getting slighted for the music i listened to as i lay in my bedroom listening on headphones to led zeppelin's song " black dog " at age 14 with my elder dad looking suspiciously at me as i'm rocking out .
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For Martin Luther King's Day: Freedom Songs
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpubgcng6tw.

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