Posts by Magwitch

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Does having priveleges in the congregation mean you will have a successful marriage?

by hoser in

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after reading about tight pant tony's rant about sisters only marrying ministerial servants lest their marriage will be a failure what anecdotal evidence do you have to support this.

the divorces that i am familiar with in the congregation show me that having priveledges in the congregation do not improve the odds of a better marriage.

i would say about 60% of the divorces had at least one spouse who was a pioneer, elder or ministerial servant.

Magwitch

I was a regular pioneer and married an elder and regular pioneer. I gave it my all for 20 years. It was nothing but a sham from the very, very beginning. We had absolutely nothing in common other than we both belonged to the same cult.....not a strong enough basis for anything, especially a marriage.

How very sad that nothing other than is the man spiritualis considered. News Alert Tony.....A marriage mate that is willing to get a job, engage in meaningful conversation, and do something in bed other than 30 seconds of missionary style goes a hell of lot further than whether my man is on the KH stage come Sunday morning!!

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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Magwitch

If DF'ed riff raff like me can be a part of this meeting, how jaw dropping of an announcement can it be?

Unfortunately I had planned to trim my toe nails on Saturday and the liklihood of me being able to attend this meeting is looking dubious.

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Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

by breakfast of champions in

this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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Magwitch

Whatever the announcement is, it will be met with an agreeing head shake, frisbee eyes, and a mutual agreement that "Only we have the truth. How wonderful to be a part of Jehovah's GRAND organization"

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Name the GOOD things and NICE things about Jehovah's Witnesses

by stuckinarut2 in

ok, so in the interests of balance....(as it has rightly been pointed out that i am getting more bitter toward the org), can we think of any positive or nice things about jehovah's witnesses?.

just throwing this topic out there....... .

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Magwitch

They never smell of cigarettes

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Governing Body Member Gerrit Loesch Must Eventually Take The Witness Stand In Child Molestation Lawsuits

by frankiespeakin in

with many more cases in the offing the zalkin lawfirm will press the issue again and again and force gerrit loesch to testify.

what say you?.

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Magwitch

If any GB II members are put on stand, then we can be sure to expect a Watchtower article stating that the event coincided with the locusts and trumpet blasts of Revelation. My parents (and company) will be so excited, get teary eyed and know we are on THE BRINK....

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Why don't parents of an abused child go straight to police, why go to an elder first??

by FeelingFree in

i hope i don't come across as judgemental but having read a lot on the current child abuse cases and the different threads on here, i am left wondering why on earth a parent of an abuse victim would go to an elder with the problem first and not straight to police?.

as a parent myself i know that if anything like that happend to my child (this applies to when i was still an active jw as well as now) i would not hesitate in going to the authorities as soon as i found out, it wouldn't of crossed mine or my husbands mind to go to an elder.

maybe after we had reported it but definitely never as the first port of call.

Magwitch

We had an elder in our hall that seemed to always be hosting a girl's sleepover for his 9 year old newly adopted daughter. Yes, come to find out he was molesting them. One young sister went straight to her mother the next morning after one of these infamous parties. The mother called the police before calling the elders. It broke the story wide open. He was DF'ed and then committed suicide the night before his sentencing. It split the congregation. Some were really angry with this sister for all the bad publicity in the papers (as if it was her fault)

I wish they all were like this mother!!!!!!

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$13.5 million to a San Diego man

by truthseekeriam in

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http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html#.

the national organization for jehovah's witnesses was ordered to pay $13.5 million to a san diego man who says he was abused as a child by his bible teacher.

nbc 7's rory devine reports on oct. 30, 2014.

Magwitch

Makes me almost believe in God....

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Do you remember the 15 minute break at the Sun. meeting?

by 3rdgen in

a poster on another thread reminded me of when there was a 15 min.

break between the talk and the wt study on sundays.

the break was supposed to be to allow jw's time to drive their bible studys home from the talk.

Magwitch

I remember that 15 minutes quite well......It was just enough time for my very strong Ukrainian mother to haul us five kids to the back room and give us all a good beating. It made no difference whether we were guilty of any mischief or not, the beating got delivered.

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A QUESTION FOR JW'S who say, "The brothers were overly zealous" about 1975

by Terry in

"what was the actual significance of that year, then?".

if jw's were overly zealous, what was the exact amount of zeal encouraged by the wts for a non-event which took up.

over 7 years of every jw's time?.

Magwitch

Trustworthy Bible chronology ...... What a laugh. One of my favorite parts of the book Crisis of Conscience is the GB discussion around changing the 1914 date to the Sputnik launch. Trustworthy Bible chronology at it's finest......

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What will you do to celebrate Oct 2 2014?

by jwfacts in

like most people reading this, i was convinced that by 2014 the new system would 'definitely' have been operating for at least a decade.

now that i know this is not going to be the case i am going to have to think of some way to recognise 100 years of wts let downs and failed predictions.

there is no point fretting over the past so i think it will be a good time to celebrate.

Magwitch

Worked, enjoyed a Scooby treat and am now waiting for the OR and AZ game. Here's to hoping the Ducks are totally humiliated tonight and Hovah does not rapture me till the game is over.