I hope it instigates a separating work
quietlyleaving
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What will be the Reaction to Barbera Anderson`s New CD?
by OUTLAW inwe all know the shit is going to hit the fan,with the release of barbera anderson`s new cd:"secrets of pedophilia in an american religion:jehovah`s witness`s in crisis".....the wbt$ is going to take a beating,so are the jehovah`s witness`s.....there are two reactions to consider..and..they are the subject of this thread................what will be the reaction of the wbt$?..and..what will be the reaction of jehovah`s witness`s?...outlaw
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UK Branch Committee now has 9 members
by quietlyleaving inannounced today at bethel - the new members aren't old school imo but i don't know if that's going to make much of a difference
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Announced today at Bethel - the new members aren't old school imo but I don't know if that's going to make much of a difference
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Coming to terms with your death - immortality options
by Crumpet ini must say its terribly hard to dredge up any enthusiasm for today or even this week at work, but i dont feel depressed.
the weather has been so undecided these last few weeks, a little sun, but mostly pregnant clouds breaking water over our heads several times a day.
its also quite warm and clammy as if we are in a limbo land between seasons and there is little in terms of beauty to redeem it.
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Nina I'd logged off and then just as I was about to exit I saw and read your thread and have t say you have summed up life very truly and poetically.
Keep on writing - I agree with everyone else - you have a gift -
How much have you written? I'm sure if you were to put it all together you'd have a book already.
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The Book of St Thomas
by WTWizard ini found an interesting site where the hidden book of st thomas is found.
the site is www.earlychristianwritings.com/thomas/ .
there, you can find all 114 verses in that book, in three different versions, and user comments about the subject.. what i have noticed was more of a seek and you shall find theme.
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I have a copy of the gospel of Thomas and enjoy it very much. I love that it is a book of mostly Jesus' sayings - lots of wisdom. I remember reading somewhere that most of what jesus said was originally in the form of word of mouth sayings and then they were written down as such. The padding that we see in Mathew, Mark, Luke and John came much later apparently - don't know how much truth there is in that though.
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may need some help soon
by Missanna inok so i send my father a letter telling him several reasons i do not believe the witnesses are jehovah's organization.i also told my father at the end of the letter that i was setting some boundaries once and for all.
that i would not be emotionally blackmailed or verbally abused anymore that if he wanted to talk to me as a father then i welcome that and if he can't do that then i do not wish to comunicate with him.
i sent it about a week ago and was waiting for all hell to break loose but nothing happend.
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may need some help soon
by Missanna inok so i send my father a letter telling him several reasons i do not believe the witnesses are jehovah's organization.i also told my father at the end of the letter that i was setting some boundaries once and for all.
that i would not be emotionally blackmailed or verbally abused anymore that if he wanted to talk to me as a father then i welcome that and if he can't do that then i do not wish to comunicate with him.
i sent it about a week ago and was waiting for all hell to break loose but nothing happend.
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quietlyleaving
wow - your sis has a lot of propaganda going on in her reply.
Don't know if this will help, but what I'm finding useful at the moment is to discuss with my relatives how people like Hitler and communist regimes used propaganda to twist the truth and manipulate people. I am forced to steer clear of 'truth' issues - so am trying to get them to think - don't know if I'm succeeding but time will tell.
best of luck to you
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I need help, friendly suggestions, or a shoulder to cry on...
by FreedomFrog inok, here's the situation.. i have no friends that live close to me and i'm up to my eyeballs in bills.
i have applied to a few jobs that could potentially help me turn things around.
the things is, because i don't have parents/friends or any other people in my life.... 1. how do i get a babysitter when i have to go on the interviews?.
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sounds very stressful hugs to you.
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The Way I Are.
by RichieRich indamn!!!.
i hit enter way too soon.. i've got a long post coming, so hold your applause for a moment, ok?
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glad you're back, really missed your insightful posts.
What a typical jw response from your mum - guess she is showing love in her own way.
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I am dropping off the face of the web...
by jgnat ini leave in a few days.
nothing drastic, just a glorious road trip through the rockies.
unless i drag hubby in to a cyber cafe along the way, i will be incommunicado.
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Nothing drastic, just a glorious road trip through the Rockies.
4 weeks through the rockies - wow - fantastic -
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Healing touch - the line between good & bad
by cstherapist inhello everyone, i am a norwegian therapist using various treatment modalities in my work.
i have heard that jw's are against the use of touch in therapy, and i am wondering if this statement is correct?
or does it only apply to bodywork where the therapist has a "spiritual intention", for example by asking silently for answers to specific questions?
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quietlyleaving
Hi cstherapist
Hello everyone, I am a Norwegian therapist using various treatment modalities in my work. I have heard that JW's are against the use of touch in therapy, and I am wondering if this statement is correct? Or does it only apply to bodywork where the therapist has a "spiritual intention", for example by asking silently for answers to specific questions?
I am trained in myofascial release techniques (deep tissue massage), and here I mainly detect contracted tissue by looking at the client's posture and performing range of motion-tests. I have problems seeing how this could be forbidden by the Bible. It is simply body sculpting.
Some of my other techniques, however, are far more subtle and of a more "listening" character. This is especially true of craniosacral therapy, which is based on mechanical principles but, as the manual pressure is extremely light and the goal is to follow the direction of ease in which the client's body moves, it can be reminiscent of meditation. The therapist must be very quiet and tune in to the minute movements of the client. This work can have profound emotional effects and give both the client and therapist visions, for example of the accident wherein the touched body part was injured.
Personally I believe in biointelligence and tissue memory - it does not seem far-fetched to me that information can be received from another individual by experiencing their electromagnetic energy field, which permeates and to a certain degree extends beyond the human organism. (By the way, it is this field that MRI, ECG and EEG scans monitor - the field's existence is proven beyond doubt.) Does it not sound reasonable that the sense of this field is a sixth sense, comparable to sight or hearing? The blind rely on more than just their hearing to visualise their surroundings. An active use of this sense is, in my opinion, what allows some people to feel what is troubling people they have never met before. The information is stored in their bioenergetic field. Have you never felt stress or "bad vibes" from a person passing you on the street, even though you didn't look at him and therefore couldn't read his body language?
I have a friend who is a JW, and she is warning me against using these subtle techniques. But I cannot see how it can be a bad thing that I am helping people with loving intention. I'm not asking angels for help while I do my work, I just follow the client's movements, letting the client "unwind" himself. The client has to repair himself. All I do is offer some external energy (my own energy) in order for the repair to start. It is very difficult for me to imagine working as a therapist without doing my best, so it is frustrating when my friend tells me that many of my best techniques will only bring trouble. What does the Bible say regarding this matter?
I believe my intuition comes from knowledge within the client's biomechanism - not from demons. Past life experiences (which none of my clients have had thus far, I might add) can be explained with the fact that fragments of one's ancestors are in the DNA. How can it be bad to try doing good? I don't get it.
I've highlighted the words and phrases that are likely to cause JWs to become very suspicious of your techniques. Just don't use those words and phrases when you are treating JWs. Lots of JWs I know have had craniosacral therapy, releasing techniques and kineisology but on the other hand lots have refused such treatments because of fear of the demons