The elders are so good at getting the congregation to look up to them for all things, especially problems.
Well...you'll certainly receive, value of service equal to what you've paid for it.
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12Is this policy in writing anywhere?
by Mulan inmy mother and i have been continually discussing the pedophile issue, and the dateline show.
she insists that there is no official policy of going to the elders first, when this situation occurs in a family.
she said she feels it is a family matter, and she personally, would go to the police first, and let them handle it.
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Watching my parents age and die.....
by LDH ini just posted this on teejay's thread, but in case some didn't read that thread i will repost it here, the enhanced version, because i believe it deserves its own thread.. recently, my parents visited with me.
(the great apostate, can you believe it?).
technically, they were here to visit my kids and husband, as i am df'd [8>].
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My second response to your story Leese’ is, it’s as if your parents are reacting to a gambling or alcohol addiction.
Your parents dysfunctional and self-absorbed behavior is not of your making and not necessarily yours to fix.
Perhaps educating others to recognize the symptoms of your parents ‘addiction’ and ultimately its cause is the best that can be expected. The worst thing you could do is ‘sweep all this under the rug’, my guess is you're not that kind of individual. :)
My first response is reflected in the thoughts of erstwhile expressions.
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joe-Of-The-WT throws scalding Coffee on...
by Tallyman in...paying customers!.
this image appears on page 233 .
of the watchtower bible and tract society, inc. of ny & pa - .
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... how bad would that hurt??
Beats having the Big J’ staple baloney to your face!
(If memory serves me correctly you might find face stapling depicted on page 9, 1953 January 15th Watchtower )
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JW becoming normal religion
by Realist inam i wrong or is there a trend to make the wt to a normal religion?
first they gave up to predict who the new king of the north is.
then they stopped predicting the end of the world.
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...they say they are from a christian congregation in your area
I was the one that invented that line when going door to door.
I felt announcing that I was one of Jehovah's Witnesses detracted from my presentation of the Watchtower and Awake!.
To stave off uncomfortable silence, I've also used the line when meeting a householder from school or work; I was visiting on behalf of the 'Watchtower Binder & Tractor Society'.
Oh...I also invented the triangle tear in the plastic coffee cup lid that allows you to drink coffee while driving and not spill as much.
Unfortunately I didn't patent the design; otherwise I'd now have as much money as the Borg Corporation.
If the Borg were ‘normal’…they’d lose the advantage of owning a niche market and would eventually have to revert to living off their investment returns and donations.
Wait a second!…that is 'normal'. :)
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Dateline discussed openly in our congregation
by TheMatrix inyesterday, the presiding overseer (elder h) read the letter from the christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses (us branch) regarding their policy on child abuse.
all scriptures were also looked up and read.. elder h is a very prepared brother.
he is a gilead graduate and served as a missionary for about 7 years in kenya before coming home because of illness.
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This makes them (whoever controls the Borg now)either fools or liars.
Running man, might I also add...or used car salesmen, albeit financially successful...at least in the corporate sense.
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muslims like osama bin laden
by yumyum inwe always hear the muslims such as osama bin laden, prayed for september 11, and always say more destruction will come to america and jews "god willing" but god is not willing, so besides for the devil, why does their prayers come true for them?
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we always hear the muslims such as osama bin laden, prayed for september 11, … why does their prayers come true for them?
Prayers! who needed prayers… Given the apparent tranquil condition of airport security during early September 2001 a determined gaggle of grandmothers could have accomplished what Ackmed and his merry band of airborne ‘rugriders’ did to the north end of New York Bay.
In fact, security appeared so lax prior to 9/11, if you had enough Airmile points on some cards, you could’ve traded them in for a session on a commercial airline flight simulator. I doubt the offer is available today.
Madmen with organizational abilities want the impressionable to attribute their simple yet destructive deeds to imaginary actions of ones perception of God, that’s what gives them the control.
Wake up and sniff the java, yum'…this is the 21st Century for Gods sake! :)
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Vacation - Where is everyone going?
by DevonMcBride inwhat is everyone's vacation plans?
in aug we are going to disneyworld and in november we will be going back to east africa for another safari.. .
last year we went to ngorongoro crater and lake manyara in tanzania and the masai mara region in kenya.
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What is everyone's vacation plans? In Aug we are going to DisneyWorld and in November we will be going back to East Africa for another safari.
Gee! that's great Dev'! What a coincidence, we're trying to do something similar...planning on asking COMF if we can have his permission to camp out in his new backyard for a couple of days...I figure if he didn't want drop-in's, he wouldn't have posted a picture of where he lived.
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Life is a funny ol' thang
by safe4kids inyesterday, my ex husband and i took our 9 year old daughter to camp for the first time.
delaney was bouncing off the walls with excitement, mom and dad were secretly dreading the departure while smiling and acting happy for her sake (we're good at that .
once we checked her in, we had to hike thru the woods to her bunk and i am talking woods here!
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Beautiful.
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He Loves Me After All!
by COMF inthis is a story about the heart-pounding rollercoaster ride of buying a house and how i saw the proof that god really does love me.. some of you, especially newer ones, probably don't know that when i left the organization in 1987, i left still believing that the organization was the true religion, which meant, since i couldn't stay in it and keep my sanity, that jehovah didn't want me.
after 12 years of trying as sincerely as is possible to get his help with what was wrong, i gave up and quit, and literally prayed to jehovah saying, "it's obvious that you don't intend to help me; therefore i can only assume you don't want me.
fine; have it your way.
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Obviously a prime Apostafest location, room enough for a Ginger Ale Garden and everything!
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Prince in the news, one more time
by Flip inno doubt about, the watchtower (insert digital temperature and time display here) environment appears to be loosening...if you have more money than the corporation.
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among other things, check out his personal comment rationalizing jehovah's concern over birthdays...i'm convinced.. http://www.canoe.ca/jammusic/jun1_prince-sun.html
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No doubt about, the Watchtower (insert digital temperature and time display here) environment appears to be loosening...if you have more money than the Corporation.
Among other things, check out his personal comment rationalizing Jehovah's concern over birthdays...I'm convinced.