Posts by Mrs. Fiorini

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New satiric magazine "THE WITCHTOWER"

by processor in

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friends

hi folks,.

i have published a german magazine called "erbrechet!

" for more than a year now.

Mrs. Fiorini

This is great! Satire is a very effective means to expose groups like the WT. And very enjoyable to read, too. Keep it up!

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Ted Jaracz is not one of Christs Brothers Special Day Assembly Report

by zarco in

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friends

during a recent special day assembly program, ted said that woman in a physically abusive marriage should submit to her husband so that eventually her husbands may respond to their submission and come to worship god.

my family was completely shocked.

can you imagine the culpability and responsibility of this man who claims to speak for the christ to encourage women to get beat up as way to encourage their abusive husbands to come into the truth.

Mrs. Fiorini

It's been a long time since I was a JW but I thought physical abuse was one of the circumstances that allowed a woman to leave her husband. That wasn't enough to justify a divorce, but did allow for not living together. Am I remembering wrong? Isn't it the same policy as for someone whose spouse is sharing apostate information with them and therefore "spiritually endangering" them?

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Not even say a "greeting" to them...

by integ in

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the new co in the area referenced the above quote from the bible during one of his talks recently.

his point was that we need to get out in the ministry and not take a bunch of breaks in service and stuff.

he said that jesus told his followers that when he sent them out.

Mrs. Fiorini

They say what ever suits their purposes at the time. An accurate interpretation of the scriptures or an attempt to see what the Bible writers might have actually meant is unimportant to them.

In my opinion, the WT is less interested in what the Bible says and more interested in how it furthers their agenda. The Bible has become a tool it uses to promote itself.

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Here at JWD did I have the most crap New Years? Can you beat it!

by Witness 007 in

worked nightshift so woke at 2pm and went out to buy some beer and scotch and a cigar to smoke for the first time!

realized my wife had taken my credit card so went home...didn't have time to buy a cigar..damn!

6.30pm had a polish beer and started the barbie.

Mrs. Fiorini

This was not our best New Years eve either. We had to take our cat into the emergency vet. He will be fine, but we have to give him meds twice a day for a week, and have had to postpone our trip to visit my family.

We got home about 11:30. My husband stayed awake long enough to give me a New Years kiss and then went to bed. (Actually, I might not have gotten that kiss if it wasn't for the vet trip. Mr. Fiorini usually conks out pretty early. If we hadn't had to go, he probably would have been in bed by 10.)

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Marrage manual

by is there help out there in

jw
friends

is there any such thing as a wt marrage manual.

if there is such a thing i would love to read it.

Mrs. Fiorini

MegaDude,

Would you care to elaborate?

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The only way to leave is to believe

by halcyon in

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friends

that it's okay for there to be no "other place" to go to.

once you realize that there doesn't have to be one right religion that one must be a part of, but that life is blessedly filled with imperfect ways and people who all have a little bit of truth, then you find that you can leave with peace of mind.

(that doesn't make it any easier to be shunned and lose family, but at least inside yourself you're not filled with a gnawing fear of your own decision.

Mrs. Fiorini

JWs say "where else would we go?" when they see flaws in the organization with such consistency. I believe the WT has deliberately planted that thought in their followers minds to discourage them from leaving.

One former brother, who also noticed how frequently that comment was made, said, "That's just not a reason to stay." I agree.

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