Posts by Magwitch

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Anthony Morris III: "...we cannot control everything that an individual might say..."

by cappytan in

i noticed that anthony morris iii just said on the broadcast: "while we cannot control everything that an individual might say, it is clear that over the decades protecting children from abuse is a top priority for this organization.".

that, in my opinion, is a direct response to the richard ashe "spiritual protection not physical protection" deposition.. here's a video putting the two statements side by side.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgevpuyn7gy.

Magwitch

Did that "Landmark" Awake have anything to do with protecting children from predators "INSIDE" the congregation?

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Romance After Walking UP.

by John Aquila in

in the jw world when men look for marriage mates, their criteria are young, gorgeous, regular pioneer, submissive, no children, ------and hopefully no in-laws..

when woman look for a marriage mate in the jw world, he has to be baptized, but better if regular pioneer, but better if a bethelite or pattersonite, but better if ministerial servant, but better if elder, but better if elder and successful businessman, but better if elder and a doctor, or a lawyer with a big house and a pool, but better with all the above and no children and no in-laws..

what do single men look for?.

Magwitch

I'm up to 3 cats. I guess I know what category I am in.

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INTERVIEW: with an Elder

by TerryWalstrom in

elder: "i'm not sure i know what you mean by 'diversity.'.

elder: "well, it's not quite like that.

elder: "um.

Magwitch

Terry, That was absolutely fantastic!!!

This elder reminded me of something Joe Grundy said on another thread......

The few (JW;s) I have met tended to be ignorant, arrogant and tell lies

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Ran into some JW's.......but this time I did the teaching ;) x

by snare&racket in

jw
friends

so i went out today with my broken leg and got accosted by an old lady, with some magazines.. it was my first ever encounter with a jw in ten years, and i had said 'i know you are jw's, i'm not interested thank you.

" twice.....then she started talking about my broken leg and how wonderful we are made and how amazing the healing process is.... and that's when it all started...."i used to be a bethelite pioneer, now i'm an atheist doctor...".

she was with me a good 30 mins, her elder husband left very annoyed but she stayed, and she was dying to hear everything i spurted out, despite aggressively defending every point, from military engines to paedophilia.

Magwitch

Loved reading this! Thank you so much snare&racket.

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A Renewed Friendship After 10 Years

by confuzzlediam in

jw
friends

a little background first....i have been dating my boyfriend for a year.

both of us are disfellowshipped.

we attended the same congregation 7+ years ago when we were both married.

Magwitch

So nice to read this post. Thank you so much for sharing. I am so happy for you.

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Looking Back In Retrospect To 1975...

by titch in

greetings, folks: so, it's been 40 years since 1975. and, if you were actively involved with the witnesses back then, the mindset of many was, that by early autumn of 1975, it would mark the anniversary of 6000 years of human existence.

and, the hope was then, that it would mark the start of the 1000-year of christ, from the heavenly realm.

but, looking back now, 40 years ago, in june of 1975, only 3 more months remained until early autumn.

Magwitch

I was 10 and terrified of what was about to happen. My parents, who lived through terrible religious abuse during WW2, prepared us kids for some very horrible days ahead. We were about to be beaten, starved and put in camps similar to Nazi Germany. We were going to be separated from everyone we loved and my mother told me that most likely we would have to eat my beautiful Persian cat Niki.

But, I am happy to report Niki lived to the ripe age of 18, passing away in 1978 and we never had to eat her to survive the Great Tribulation of 1975!!!!!!

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How do you manage to keep JW friendships after you left the organization?

by Bonsai in

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friends

it seems incredibly difficult.

those who leave the org.

(or fade) no longer have anything in common with jehovah's witnesses, nor do they want to stick around to get radiated by the fear and guilt that saturates every aspect of a witnesses' life.. i've lost all but one of my jw friends quite simply because i can no longer condone the evil things that they condone.

Magwitch

How do you manage to keep JW friendships after you left the organization

Why would you want to keep their friendship? I judge friendship by two things.....How interesting you are and how much interest you show in others. My interests this week include Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, the new strain of weed and the confederate flag. I cannot think of one witness that could show interest or be interesting on any of those subjects and in return I cannot show interest or be interesting regarding anything they want to talk about. It is a lose-lose situation.

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Irreligious- Bill Maher

by purrpurr in

jw
friends

i just watched this film on netflix.

if you haven't seen it its worth watching just for the ways he demolishes the religious advocates he interviews.. the most worrying things i saw in it were the us senator who says that having a high iq isn't a criteria for being senator and also all the muslims he interviews who despite claiming to have read the quran also claim that islam is a religion of peace..

Magwitch

Bill Maher is brilliant! The movie is fabulous, but his live show on Friday nights is such a treat week after week. He does stand up in my town on the 18th of July if anyone wants to join me.

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