I have been to Samoa and attended an assembly where Jackson was the key speaker. The poverty is absolutely terrible. The brothers and sisters I met there where kind and hospitable (as I am sure Jackson's new wife is). But she is still married to a man who will protect pedophiles in front of a Royal Commission wearing a watch that would feed 10 families in Samoa for a year. Good healthy mature relationships don't need to be based around patriarchal power Feminist theory defines patriarchy as an unjust social system that enforces gender roles and is oppressive to both men and women.....................
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Governing body member engaged... Again!
by OneDayillBeFree injust found out that the australian governong body member known as geoffrey jackson got engaged to a sister about two weeks ago.
it really shocked me at first but then i remembered how other members of the gb have remarried in the past like daniel sidlik.
what made me say "woah" was hearing that the holy bride to be is really young!
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Governing body member engaged... Again!
by OneDayillBeFree injust found out that the australian governong body member known as geoffrey jackson got engaged to a sister about two weeks ago.
it really shocked me at first but then i remembered how other members of the gb have remarried in the past like daniel sidlik.
what made me say "woah" was hearing that the holy bride to be is really young!
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frankiespeakin I'm thinking 1Kings 1:2 So his attendants said to him, "Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm."Still a power imbalance hes got it! she hasn't! makes her a WT groupie
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knock knock
by Sabin inif jw`s come knocking at your door, do you open it & engage in conversation, tell them to sod off, or just not answer the door?.
my husband`s has asked me not to answer the door to them if he isn't here?
he hate`s the fact that they make a point of calling when they know he will be at work.
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Mr Possum loves to "anti witness". But they never come back. I keep telling him hes no good at it because he accidentally keeps using witness buzz words that give him away. I have to walk away I just get too cranky........at the blah blah blah....... -
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How intelligent people get recruited and psychologically trapped in manipulative groups like Jehovah's Witnesses.
by Island Man inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iauhr-trkhy
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Introducing...ME
by Heartsafire inlong time lurker here.
i'm a fifth gen born-in baptized jw.
to say i've been struggling with doubts is an understatement.
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Welcome heartsafire
Hang in there. My husband woke up along time before me. Keep reading (Steve Hassans book was great!) vent as needed on the forum ! Knowledge is power and remember some self care. The best revenge you can have is to live a happy and successful life.
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New member checking in
by Old Major inbeen reading for about 2 and a half years, thought i would take the plunge and sign up.. my circumstances... i live in uk, serving as ms. i am fully awake.
i can not leave due to family, so just treating the meetings as a bit of a social club.
i would like to give out more details, but i think you all know the drill.. complete disillusionment and i suppose natural curiosity woke me up.. don't know what else to say right now, just hello, and i hope to get to know some of you guys better.
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hello and welcome from Australia
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First thoughts on "new" meeting...
by konceptual99 inhad a quick look at the workbook and flicked through the sample meeting video.. the increased use of video shows the trend for more centralised dissemination of "best practice" .
sure there isn't really a "school" any more and the format is a bit different but i think those that called it as the same old crap just in new package got it pretty much right.
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or children being disiplined in the carpark! Or brothers with bad backs/migraines/pushing babies in strollers....any excuse to be out of the mind numbing/soul destroying dribble..... strolling around outside passing the time. Why not!
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Another great video of someone waking up!!! Using our "thinking mind"
by Olivia Wilde ini love the fact what he said about reading crises of conscious: if you read that book as a jw and still think the wt has the truth, something is wrong with you....the song played at the end is simply classic and very appropriate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwvditiopv4&list=llz1w0ll081jjiycjb298pow.
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Remember when you could wear casual clothes to the congregation book study?
by RULES & REGULATIONS ini would get home from work,eat dinner,shower and put on jeans,a shirt and gym shoes to the book study.
then,one day a letter was read where men would need to wear a suit and tie and the woman would have to wear dresses.
it was stated in a letter that the change was due to, '' giving a better witness to anyone who would watch us walking into our local congregation or a neighbor's house.''.
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Always modest/modest/modest........................I think WT has a very deep distrust of women....what grown women needs some elder in a polyester suit to tell her to dress? Or are women or scheming Jezebels ready to seduce poor unsuspecting brothers at any time??? very Stepford wives........ -
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When I Was School Overseer . . .
by compound complex inwe were instructed not to give public counsel to the students, but to use the two minutes alloted afterwards to supplement, from the aid book, the subject matter presented by the students.
the following information on jehovah's answering of prayer came to mind when replying to another thread moments ago.. doubtless, our viewpoint on this and other scriptural matters has taken on a new direction -- if any at all.
having worked on this bible dictionary while at bethel, i retain a fondness for it.
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Compound Complex Thanks so much for sincere apologizes. We are all in the same boat. That organisation took advantage of our sincere desire to please Jehovah god (and men if we are honest) and we where controlled with distorted/unbiblical teachings. We appreciate being able to interact with fellow survivors who prove by their behavior on this site that they are far from mentally diseased, demonized persons not fit for the company of jehovahs witnesses (thank goodness). So gratefull that you use this forum to share your extensive knowledge (which is power) WT loss is our gain! It works toward a healing for my family so thank you for posting and continuing the good fight. Mustn't let all those years of theocratic ministry school training go to waste! thanks again!