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The most stupid thing a sister said to me

by Newborn in

jw
friends

one of my "so called" closest sister friend in the congregation, said to me when we once had lunch that "if i was a man, i would want to have an affair with you"!!!

i just went numb...what a crazy thing to say.

i think she revealed her sick deep thoughts.

paramedic molesters

by lancelink in

here is an interesting article: .

url: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28179848/ .

paramedics accused of molesting patients .

here is an interesting article:

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28179848/

Paramedics accused of molesting patients
129 paramedics accused of sex-related crimes over last 18 months
The Associated Press
updated 1:21 p.m. CT, Thurs., Dec. 11, 2008

DALLAS - They answer the call 24-7, often risking their own safety to rescue the sick and injured and rush them to the hospital. But some paramedics have been more predator than hero.

Over the past 18 months, at least 129 ambulance attendants across the U.S. have been accused of sex-related crimes on duty or off, an investigation by The Associated Press found. Some of them molested patients in the back of an ambulance.

"It's a dream job for a sexual predator," said Greg Kafoury, a Portland, Ore., lawyer who represents three women who were groped by a paramedic. "Everything is there: Women who are incapacitated, so they're hugely distracted. Medical cover to put your hands in places where, in any other context, a predator would be immediately recognized as such."

Across the U.S., emergency medical technicians have been accused in recent months of such crimes as rape, soliciting minors over the Internet and possession of child porn, according to an AP survey of the state agencies that oversee those professions.

Some shocking cases
Exactly how many of these EMTs were alleged to have committed their crimes on the job is unclear. But some of more shocking cases include:
# A Standish, Mich., paramedic sent to prison in March for molesting a girl who was on her way to the hospital after she was injured at her 15th birthday party.
# A Pinellas County, Fla., paramedic arrested in July after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in an ambulance en route to a hospital.
# A Chester County, Pa., paramedic sentenced in July to up to 20 years in prison for engaging in sex and providing alcohol to teenagers he befriended through their interest in emergency medical service.
# A Copperas Cove, Texas, paramedic awaiting trial in January on charges he exposed and touched an 18-year-old accident victim's breasts while pretending to tend to her injuries.
# A Chattanooga, Tenn., EMT accused in a lawsuit of giving a 30-year-old woman an extra dose of morphine and then completely undressing her in the back of an ambulance even though her injuries were minor.

State health officials in 23 states reported receiving sex-related complaints involving EMS workers. New York reported the most complaints — 17. Thirteen of the complaints were substantiated and resulted in workers losing their certification. Texas reported 13 complaints, Massachusetts 11 and Virginia 10. No breakdown was immediately available showing how many of those allegations involved sexual misconduct on the job.

Several EMS officials said the number of complaints is troubling but does not necessarily point to an industrywide problem. They noted that the profession employs nearly 900,000 people in the U.S.

'Is even one case tolerable?'
"That number in and of itself doesn't shock me, knowing the number of providers we have in the country," said Steve Blessing, state EMS director in Delaware and president of the National Association of State EMS Officials. "Is even one case tolerable? I think most state directors would say no. But we're bound by reality here."

In Portland, paramedic Lannie Haszard was sentenced to five years in prison in August after pleading guilty to five counts of attempted sexual abuse. Haszard, 62, was charged with inappropriately touching four female patients while they were being taken by ambulance to hospitals.

Three of the women have sued Haszard and American Medical Response, his employer at the time. The lawsuits contend that the company, which operates ambulances in 40 states, failed to react to previous complaints about the paramedic's conduct.

Haszard's behavior came to light last December when a 28-year-old single mother of three, Royshekka Herring, told police that he touched her genitals while she was en route to the hospital for emergency treatment of a gastrointestinal condition.

In a recent taped deposition, Herring's voice shook with emotion as she described how a nurse tried to convince her that Haszard was probably performing an abdominal exam.

"I started yelling at her, because I didn't feel safe," Herring testified. "Somebody I never expected to touch me touched me."

A spokesman for American Medical Response had no comment on the case.

Former Dallas Fire Chief Steve Abraira suggested ambulances carry three workers. Ambulances usually have two — one in the front, one in the back.

"If there's a person predisposed to do something wrong, there's nobody there to witness or discourage that individual from doing something," said Abraira, now the fire chief in Palm Bay, Fla.

Twenty-eight states do not automatically bar known sex offenders from working as EMTs, the AP found.

Although most insist they would rarely, if ever, allow sex offenders to work those jobs, the AP found that Texas has knowingly allowed eight, Louisiana two and Maine, Virginia and North Carolina one each. There is no indication any of those people were accused of sexual misconduct after being allowed to work EMS jobs.

Twenty-two states strictly prohibit such offenders from working as EMTs.

"This is the type of person we don't want in the back of an ambulance with your mother or daughter," said March Tucker, an EMS regulator in West Virginia.

All but one of the eight registered sex offenders certified to work in Texas victimized children ranging in age from 6 to 16.

"Oh, my goodness, that's really scary," said Winfred Dean, who supervises the sex offender monitoring unit for the Harris County probation department in Houston. "I thought people like that would more than likely be eliminated."

Texas officials said state regulations call for EMS licensing decisions to be made on a case-by-case basis.

"The only thing we can do is follow the law, and the law allows this," said Maxie Bishop, state EMS director. "We have to take a look at the crime, how long it's been, the nature of it and what that person has done since."

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How To Get Fired as Congregation Secretary!

by metatron in

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friends

very simple, really.

say that witnesses are responsible adults and as such, need to turn in their field service reports on time without a lot of reminders.. don't check up on them by phone asking 'where's your time this month?'.

i know that doing things like this can get you canned as secretary.

lancelink

In 1979 there was a pioneer brother who decided one month that "counting time" was not the biblical correct thing to do and just stopped it,he still did his time, yet he did not report it.

my goodness, you would have thought that he killed someone with all the attention he got!

last i heard he is not pioneering or attending meetings anymore, i guess that thinking for yourself is a bad thing.

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Do you know of any df'd Swingers that got reinstated?

by asilentone in

lancelink

perhaps these guys ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9SaKYFR6ms&feature=related

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NOT patient enough

by lancelink in

since it is raining/snowing/cold outside i was cleaning out my cd case and ran across the wt cd from 1999. .

i was looking at different subjects, and came across this article and thought wtf !

they are the ones who have directed members to look at certain dates, time periods etc.

lancelink

Since it is raining/snowing/COLD outside i was cleaning out my CD case and ran across the WT CD from 1999.

I was looking at different subjects, and came across this article and thought WTF !

THEY are the ones who have directed members to look at certain dates, time periods etc. .
And paragraph #8:
"Other dedicated Christians have wrecked the ship of their faith by thrusting aside their conscience and indulging in this world's unbridled pleasure-seeking and its sexual immorality. "
Most people I know were having a hard time just surviving financially then, having this much fun was out of the question.

*** w99 7/15 17-18 Anchored by Hope, Impelled by Love ***
Why Some Suffer Shipwreck

7 When Paul warned of experiencing "shipwreck," he had in mind some who had "thrust aside" their good conscience and had lost their faith. (1 Timothy 1:19)
Among them were Hymenaeus and Alexander who fell into apostasy, deviating from the truth and speaking abusively. (1 Timothy 1:20, footnote; 2 Timothy 2:17,
18) Today, apostates, who deviate from the truth, verbally beat "the faithful and discreet slave," in effect biting the hand that had been feeding them spiritually. Some resemble the "evil slave," implicitly saying, "My master is delaying." (Matthew 24:44-49; 2 Timothy 4:14, 15) They deny that the end of this wicked system of things is near and criticize the spiritually alert slave class for maintaining a sense of urgency among Jehovah's people. (Isaiah 1:3) Such apostates succeed in "subverting the faith of some," inducing spiritual shipwreck.-2 Timothy 2:18.

8 Other dedicated Christians have wrecked the ship of their faith by thrusting aside their conscience and indulging in this world's unbridled
pleasure-seeking and its sexual immorality. (2 Peter 2:20-22) Still others scuttle their ship of faith because in their view the haven of the
new system of things does not yet seem to be appearing on the horizon. Unable to make time calculations concerning the fulfillment of certain
prophecies, and putting "Jehovah's day" off in their minds, they abandon true worship. (2 Peter 3:10-13; 1 Peter 1:9)
They soon find themselves back in the murky, troubled waters of the present system of things. (Isaiah 17:12, 13; 57:20)
Some who have stopped associating with the Christian congregation still believe that it practices the true religion.
However, they evidently lack the patience and endurance required to wait for the new world that Jehovah God has promised.
Life in Paradise has not come soon enough for them.

9 A few dedicated Christians in some parts of the world appear to have reefed the sails of their ship of faith. The ship is still afloat,
but instead of forging ahead in full faith, they have adopted a cruising speed. Drawn by the hope of "Paradise soon," some were prepared to
spare no efforts to attain it-zealous in the preaching work and regular in attendance at all meetings, assemblies, and conventions.
Now thinking that the realization of their hopes is farther off than they anticipated, they have lowered the price they are willing to pay.
This is evident in reduced preaching activity, irregularity at meetings, and willingness to miss parts of assembly or convention programs.
Others are devoting more time to recreation and to obtaining material comforts. These facts lead us to consider what should be the driving
force in our lives in line with our dedication to Jehovah. Should our zeal in his service be dependent on the hope of "Paradise soon"?

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What Is Your Worst Child Abuse Case Witnessed?

by Sarah Smiles in

in the 60s, i remember the book study at my mothers house!

it was a shocker when a new bible study came in with his wife and their three children, one a new born.

anyhow, we watched him beat the babies head with his fist.

lancelink

Back in the late 70's there was lady who was getting ready for baptism who had an abusive, alcoholic husband, they had four teenage kids.
 One night the guy gets in a fight with his wife over the JW's while he is drunk, he grabbed her, and threw her into a glass storm door.
 She fell thru, breaking the glass, and cutting herself pretty badly. all the while their kids were watching the whole scene.
 The wife called the cong. PO instead of the police !
 he came over with his wife, cleaned her up, wouldn't take her to the hospital (the police would get involved) and told her to
 pray to jehovah instead.
 Most of her kids today are neurotic adults who have very little to do when it comes to dealing in reality (one is married to a PO herself.)

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Religion May Help Extend Your Life

by lancelink in

religion may help extend your life .

regular attendance is key, researchers say, but they don't know why .

by serena gordon, healthday reporter .

lancelink

Religion May Help Extend Your Life
Regular attendance is key, researchers say, but they don't know why
By Serena Gordon, HealthDay Reporter
Regular attendance is key, researchers say, but they don't know why.

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Attending a weekly religious service, regardless of your faith, may lower your risk of death by 20 percent compared to people who don't attend services, researchers are reporting.

"Religion is always a hot topic, but particularly now, when people are perhaps in fear because of the recession and the threat of terrorism, people are looking for stability, and religion is something we find people reach out to for that stability. And, we see some health benefits here," said the study's lead author, Eliezer Schnall, a clinical assistant professor of psychology at Yeshiva College at Yeshiva University in New York City.

"Maybe it's the sense of community, or the support, or maybe people are less depressed when they join in religious services," he said, adding that the researchers tried to control the data to account for many of these factors, but "we have not completely explained it all."

Results of the study were published in the current issue of the journal Psychology and Health.

The study participants came from the large Women's Health Initiative observational study, and included nearly 95,000 women from all over the United States. The women were all between 50 and 79 years old at the start of the study.

When the study began, each woman filled out extensive questionnaires regarding health history, health behaviors, psychosocial factors, demographics and religion. Medical information was obtained yearly for each study volunteer, and the average follow-up time was 7.7 years.

Before adjusting the data, there was no significant difference in the risk of death between regular religious service attendees and those who chose not to attend. Schnall noted that there were many reasons why this could be so. But the main reason, he said, could be that people who go to religious services every week may be in better physical shape. "Maybe they're just healthy enough to go to services," he said.

When the researchers adjusted the data to account for physical health, age, ethnicity, income, education, social support, important life events and life satisfaction, they found that weekly religious service attendance was responsible for a 20 reduction in the risk of death. Attending less than once a week was responsible for a 15 percent drop in the risk of death.

But, attending religious services didn't improve the risk of death from cardiovascular disease or improve heart outcomes, the study found.

Although the study noted a decreased risk of death, Schnall wouldn't say that the prescription for good health is to attend religious services regularly.

"I'm not saying our study yields such a prescription, but our findings are intriguing and we do at least have some ideas of why there is a benefit, but we have not completely explained it all," he said.

Dr. Harold G. Koenig, founder and co-director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center, called the new research "a very well-done study that provides good, well-controlled evidence that religious attendance is related to lower mortality."

"And, they [the researchers] show it's not just the social factor, it's not just the behavioral factors, and it's not just that some people might be too sick to be able to go to church. The researchers controlled well for these, though they still don't explain it all at the end," said Koenig.

"But," he added, "that doesn't mean there are supernatural effects, just that we don't fully understand the mechanism by which religion does this yet."

More information

Read about another study on religion and health at the American Heart Association.

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NEED HELP RESPONDING TO THIS EMAIL, REGARDING HIGHER EDUCATION

by whereami in

jw
friends

help me respond in a way that's not confrontational.

i'd like some sound resonable answers to this email, thanks.

he's a good freind and i know he means well.. .

lancelink

I had a teenager in my old hall who recently graduated from HS. His testing scores were really good, and Loyola university from
Chicago Illinois offered him a complete scholarship up to, and completing medical school.
His parents are the ultra-religious JW type, they convinced him to "reject the worldy way of thinking" and instead pioneer !!

Well, we followed their advice, and he was trotted out this past summer and fall whenever an example of spiritual things first came up.
fast forward;
He recently was DF'ed, why? I don't know.

Can he get that scholarship back? unknown. But he has the prospect of being an absolute brain without any higher education right now.

Personally I had an opportunity when I graduated from HS to go to veterinary school on a scholarship also,, since JW's don't do that
I gave it up.
One of the worst decisions that I ever made, I kick myself almost everyday because i walked away from that.
And that was twenty years ago!!

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Those here who disassociated- do you regret it?

by JimmyPage in

does anyone here who disassociated regret it?

do you wish you had just faded instead?

did disassociating give you a liberating feeling of power over your life?

lancelink

No, not at all.

When I mailed my letter to the PO and WTS it felt like I felt as if a HUGE weight had been removed from my back.

Of course the "conditional friendship" issue is uneasy at times, but the personal freedom is unbelievable.

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JW Teenager in moral danger at my house!!!

by AuntBee in

just gotta vent here.

we're very close to a jw senior at my dau's hs.

he hangs out here all the time.

lancelink

There was an elder at my old hall,, his name if I remember correctly was J. Renfrow.
he was the local pedophile ,,always talking to, and getting cozy with ALL the early teenage girls.
If any young guy (excuse me a spiritual capable young man) walked into his group he would always make the girls doubt as to why the guy(s) were there.
He made it seem like anyone he did not personally "approve" of was a perverted sex offender. He did that to my son once at a picnic,I wish that I had some guts back then,(he was an elder, me,, just a common publisher)I would have thrown it right back at him as to why he was always around the younger girls.
This elder was the absolute worst one that I ever met (30 years worth)
I wonder if he ever got caught and labeled as a "sex offender" in the real world, that would have been a wonderful thing!
But,, since the JW's are bleeding capable brothers he is probably still in his position, protected by D.Redman, the WTS
and his unknowing associates at the hall.