It's good to be a Watchtower man, if you don't mind being an egomaniac, you get to choose one of the Selma's in the congregation.
Even more so if your a power tripping apathetic narcissist, having a submissive JW can really serve you well.
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I went to the Watchtower Study with the "Selma and Steve" article today, and....
by cedars inno, i didn't really - but i'm anxious to hear from anyone who did!!.
what happened after the paragraph was read?
did anyone try to denounce abusing one's spouse under any circumstances, or were most answers supportive of the "advice" given to selma, i.e.
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Got my Privileges Removed today, any advice?
by mrbunyrabit insooo i was a ministerial servant (omg a ministerial servant on this site!?
you apostate!!!
) yea yea i just wanted to see what other people think and whatever, coz i had a few questions myself, (butttt its not like i was about to start throwing them with rocks and stuff, they arent that bad).
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Why would you be pissed since you showed a lack of zeal in the ministry ?
People who are chosen to be MS, are usually seen as exemplary not questionable doubters.
The other puzzling question is why would you come to the biggest and longest running anti-JWS web
site probably in the world to ask such pertinent personal question such as this ?
Weird
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I went to the Watchtower Study with the "Selma and Steve" article today, and....
by cedars inno, i didn't really - but i'm anxious to hear from anyone who did!!.
what happened after the paragraph was read?
did anyone try to denounce abusing one's spouse under any circumstances, or were most answers supportive of the "advice" given to selma, i.e.
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It's a loop designed to protect men at the cost of the quality of life of women and children. The Watchtower protects men because they worship the idea of a Man as the head of the household. Egotism + Chauvinism = The Watchtower's policy for men.
Well said Sab.
Another proverbial equation.... religion = power = control = money
No wonder there's so many men getting involved or starting up their own religions.
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If is saw this at my kingdom hall I would return - What would you need to see to return
by usualusername inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_qz6qv7ou.
what would you need to see to return?.
discuss........ .
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Finkelstein
There's obviously more to the JWS publishing cult than good gospel singing could ever possibly overcome.
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Long but Good CNN Article Re: Stand Your Ground/Make My Day Laws
by Justitia Themis inhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/us/stand-your-ground/index.html?hpt=hp_c1.
laveen, arizona (cnn) -- daniel adkins knew his son would never leave lady.
so when animal control officers showed up at the door with daniel jr.'s yellow lab in tow, "i felt like he was calling out to me for help.".
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Finkelstein
The obvious answer to that Marvin is a gun of course because the perpetrators have deadly weapons
and are making deadly threats to you and your other family members.
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Long but Good CNN Article Re: Stand Your Ground/Make My Day Laws
by Justitia Themis inhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/us/stand-your-ground/index.html?hpt=hp_c1.
laveen, arizona (cnn) -- daniel adkins knew his son would never leave lady.
so when animal control officers showed up at the door with daniel jr.'s yellow lab in tow, "i felt like he was calling out to me for help.".
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I think this sentence sums it up nicely.
But Stand Your Ground, she adds, is "a bad, bad law that gives people an excuse to just blow people away. Fire now and deal with the consequences later. It's a bad law because it is based on lies and half-truths."
Lets just assume that Zimmerman gets off from prosecution, because of this established law, how many people are going to take this, well
if I ever get into a fight with another person , I'll just shoot them dead and get off Scott free.
This could incite more people to carry guns and create more situations where people get themselves involved in deadly violence.
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How To Learn A Second Language, Ideas, Thoughts On Which To Learn?
by Bubblegum Apotheosis inno doubt there are polyglots on jwn, what do you think the best language to learn is?
spanish, french, german, tagalog or?????.
what language did you find most diffucult to learn, does anyone speak hindi, farsi, arabic or any asian languages?
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It all depends where you might be able to use a second language, like if your going on a extended trip to Europe or South America.
French and Spanish have similarities to English pronunciations alphabetically so they're easier for people who
are already culturally immersed with this language.
I play around with a computer software called Rosetta Stone, which helps in your pronunciations, check it out, it makes learning fun.
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To Attend or Not Attend JW Relative Funeral - Experiences You've Had ?
by flipper ini was moved to put this thread out after talking to a board member here who was treated very disrespectfully from her jw family after her own husband died.
my question isn't trying to pigeonhole anybody or i'm not saying there's a right or wrong answer - the question is designed to just openly discuss the negatives and positives of going to a jw funeral or not, and the implications or ramifications for doing so or not.. i believe it's definitely a personal decision based on different circumstances for each individual.
for example : let's say a person is an inactive jw and they were sexually abused or treated in other inhumane ways by still active jw relatives .
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The last time I went to a JW funeral was my own mother's, which was an anomaly in itself.
People hadn't seen me at a JW hall or a assembly for over 25 years, some thought I must have been DFed or something
and because of this some JWS who did recognize me, avoided talking to me, which was kind of humorous in its own little way
since I was never baptized or DA, just left on my own initiative. Although most who did recognize me did offer their condolences.
I think it depends really just how much you thought of the person who died and what they meant to you in your life experience with them
that matters the most. When making a decision upon should you attend or not attend a JWS funeral, one should weigh this into their decision making.
As far as the other people attending JWS or not, should have little relevance in the matter, in my opinion.
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I went to the Watchtower Study with the "Selma and Steve" article today, and....
by cedars inno, i didn't really - but i'm anxious to hear from anyone who did!!.
what happened after the paragraph was read?
did anyone try to denounce abusing one's spouse under any circumstances, or were most answers supportive of the "advice" given to selma, i.e.
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Good for you NewChapter for calling the police, an intervention from the police authorities might make the situation between
those two people realize that relationship should most likely be dissolved or at least come to a conclusion that there needs to be very
different direction taken in the relationship.
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I went to the Watchtower Study with the "Selma and Steve" article today, and....
by cedars inno, i didn't really - but i'm anxious to hear from anyone who did!!.
what happened after the paragraph was read?
did anyone try to denounce abusing one's spouse under any circumstances, or were most answers supportive of the "advice" given to selma, i.e.
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Finkelstein
Well this is what happens when people try to emulate the social moral standards of a civilization that existed 3000 years ago.
Woman back then were mostly seen in that societal situation as bought for chattel close to what a sheep or goat would be perceived.
Under this arrangement men had complete power and control in any marriage arrangement. There wasn't equality of the sexes back then to be realized.
Sure there is encouragement for husbands to love their wifes but there's also a clause attached to this arrangement which dictates that
woman must succumb to the power and authority of their husbands at all times.
If a woman doesn't abide to this arrangement within a marriage, she might very be deemed not to loved and duly respected
by the husband in accordance to this set law and a unstable and shaky marriage relationship would occur.
So its easy to see why there's so much diverse amount of strife that can come out this very old marriage laws, here now today in the 21st century.