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  Geoffrey jackson quote on fading/ leaving with no sanction

  by Tornintwo in

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  can anyone help me find geoffrey jacksons quote about people deciding to walk away from the religion and not facing sanctions, i need it to cope with some busybody elders.

  please xxx.

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  Hardline or more mainstream.... I think we now have the answer!

  by Tornintwo in

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  2. friends

  this latest convention with the shunning and bunker videos shows the organisation getting more and more extreme and more cultish.. i think for the last few years they have wavered between the softer more mainstream, loving version of christianity (last year's jesus convention for example) and a harder line, there were even posters on here optimistically suggesting they might relax the shunning rules.

  whoever it is on the gb who has the harder stance has clearly won out (my guesses lett and morris!).

  i am sure i am not the only one breathing a sigh of relief, "phew, we got out in time".

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  Memorial mixed emotions...

  by Tornintwo in

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  does anyone else feel 'pulled back in' at this time of year?.

  i still consider myself to a believer, believe in god and jesus christ, on the whole i think he taught tolerance, love, acceptance and i think we can benefit from following his example.

  i love ray franzs book in search of christian freedom.

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  If all the world were JWs....

  by Tornintwo in

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  2. friends

  in my former indoctrinated state, i used to yearn for a time when all the world would be jws.

  but hang on minute, let's just think about what the world would be like if everyone was a jw,.

  first of all, no higher education, so no medical advances, no scientific research, no modern day medicine, infectious disease rife, no doctors, no engineers, so no modern day comforts.

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  Youths who leave

  by Tornintwo in

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  having 2 teenagers myself the plight of young people leaving the organisation is close to my heart, shunning of young ones and destruction of families is what triggered my awakening.. ive just heard about a friend of my daughters who is df'd and being shunned by his family, apparently he is part of a campaign to take the shunning issue to the echr, i'm trying to find out more but does anyone else know about this?.

  another friend of hers is also being shunned, he's is being allowed to stay at home for now because he can't afford to leave but he isn't allowed to speak to his sister at all and is limited to short greetings with his parents, after which he has to stay in his room.

  poor boy has tried to commit suicide.

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  Daily Mirror article about JWs destroying evidence

  by Tornintwo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i can't see another thread but maybe i missed it:.

  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jehovahs-witnesses-paedophile-sex-abuse-7278824#comments-section.

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  Jw style encouragement - Return or perish....

  by Tornintwo in

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  i haven't been able to post much recently, just started a new job with long hours... but i'm thinking of you all and drop in when i can.

  anyway i've been meaning to tell you about this because thought it would tickle some of you.... 5 months after my last meeting, i've just had two "kind and loving" 'come back' messages/cards from different people both using the same days text from dec. 31st which says: .

  "it is not a desirable thing with my father who is in heaven for one of these little ones to perish" matt 18:14. jehovah cares deeply about all those who have expressed love for his name, even if they are not actively serving him at present.

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  Favourite Movie quotes...

  by Tornintwo in

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  inspiring, funny...you choose.... i'll start with inspiring: .

  frodo: i wish the ring had never come to me.

  i wish none of this had happened.gandalf: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.

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  Sundays without the indoctrination session...

  by Tornintwo in

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  2. friends

  what are you doing instead of the meeting?.

  i'm ordering cool personalised pressies for all of my non jw family online, whilst listening to some great 80's classics (currently fade to grey, visage).

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  Pistorius charge changed to murder

  by Tornintwo in

  1. social
  2. current

  just read on sky news that pistorius' charge has been changed to murder by the appeals court, on the basis that: .

  "pistorius must have foreseen that firing into the toilet would likely have killed whoever was inside - but he went ahead anyway".

  quite right too imo, he should go back to prison now.

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