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  I Do Not Think Everyone That is a JW Wastes Their Life

  by Magwitch in

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  my 97 year old grandmother died last week.

  she was actually born and raised a jw.

  her mother (my great grandmother) was a russelite.

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  VIII

  Sorry for your loss magwitch.

  Personally, I have zero fond memories of my Grandmother. She abandoned her family to go preach Jehovah's word in the 1950's. My mother was left as a 12YO to raise her siblings.

  Grandma showed up years later (decades) when I was 13 and told me I was going to die at Armagedon because I hadn't put in enough hours out in FS. This was in 1975, the summer. First time out of the two times I met the old lunatic.

  While I suppose some of those "old school witnesses" could be nice, the vast majority I knew in the Chicago area were a bunch of eff'd up angry, waiting for The Great Tribulation to start nut jobs. This includes my great-grandparents, my grandparents and my Mom and her siblings.

  Saying they were fulfilled and lived happy lives is like saying a Stepford Wife lives one.

  But, again, sorry for your loss.
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  ABOUT TERRY

  by Quentin in

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  terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

  he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

  his face and neck are very swollen.

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  I'm so glad to read you are doing better Terry!

  Hopefully you'll be home soon and completely mended.

  Hugs!
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  ABOUT TERRY

  by Quentin in

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  terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

  he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

  his face and neck are very swollen.

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  Hi Terry, perhaps if you're at home you'll recover quicker. Hospitals are pits of staph and other infection. Even with all the antibiotics they are giving you, you may be safer at home. My thoughts are with you. I hope you feel better!

  Hugs!
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  ABOUT TERRY

  by Quentin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  terry was admitted to the hospital yesterday.

  he has a severe case of cellulites which has affected his neck glands.

  his face and neck are very swollen.

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  VIII

  I'm very sorry to hear about Terry and wish him a swift recovery. Thank you for letting us know!
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  FOURTEEN DEAD IN DENVER SHOOTING !

  by Phizzy in

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  2. current

  more than one gunman seems to be involved in this terrible act.

  families were attending mid-night showings of the dark knight movie.. the media should not give publicity tothe names of the perpetrators, they often crave the fame.

  give them that fame and others will crave it too.. my thoughts are with the families of all that are affected, a horrific and pointless act that will bring so much pain and sorrow.. edited to say, seems as though it was a lone gunman..

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  Very sad. I was so sad reading the blog to of the young woman who wanted to be a sportscaster and was gunned down. She barely escaped a similar fate recently.

  Here is her brother's blog on her and her last tweet to him only 20 minutes before she died last night: Opens in new window

  http://deadspin.com/5927673/aspiring-sportscaster-killed-in-shooting-at-colorado-movie-theater

  I don't believe in any new gun laws. Coming from Chicago and all the gang killings going on, well, if the criminals have guns, what is a private citizen to do? Wait to be hit on by them? If we have a gun at least we have a small chance of survival.
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  Irish slaves: the forgotten history of slavery in the New World

  by King Solomon in

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  2. beliefs

  the bible, ot & nt, certainty doesn't prohibit the most basic of human civil rights, freedom from slavery.

  of course, the bible was used to justify the ownership of slaves in america, as in many other lands.. an often-forgotten footnote in the history of america is that there was a time when poor white irish were imported from ireland to be sold as slaves during the 17th and 18th century.

  in fact, their worth was considered even lower than that of black slaves, who often fetched a price 10x that of an irish slave!

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  Very interesting. You both gave information I was unaware of. I am going to research this at the library (not Wiki) just for my own information. I am sure the vast majority, if not 99% of Americans are unaware of this.

  King S and BotR, I appreciate both of your efforts to educate us.
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  Can You See How Idiotic The JW Religion Now Is?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i was telling my gf about my mom's removal as a regular pioneer when she was about 80 years old because she went to my daughter's wedding (and she married a non-jw).. my girlfriend couldn't grasp the severity of my mother's sin and as i explained the witnesses' position, it all sounded so absurd!.

  have you experienced anything similar?.

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  I was just explaining the Shunning to an aquaintaince and she was stunned. She kept asking me "how can they do that and be Christians? What would Jesus do? Would Jesus act that way"? That is such a common response when I have explained the JW approach. People are so unaware of how JWs treat their own, it is surprising.
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  Is the Borg "really" guilty in the Candace Conti case ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  full disclosure:.

  i am an active (2-4 hrs/month) 3rd generation jw hovering under the radar.

  been posting here for 10 years.

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  VIII

  I have not read any of these responses.

  I was 13 when I made friends with a new gal in the cong. Her Mom was a Baptized JW her dad was not interested.

  I met my friend at the KH and then at high school and we ended up having sleepovers. I slept over at her home usually. We had less room and my mom was divorced. That was kind of a deal breaker in our cong.

  Her dad was a creepy bathroom creeper. He would come in when I showered in the morning and would use he toilet while I was using the shower!!

  He would then peek into the shower and ask was in there? He would pull back the curtain while holding his weiner and look me over. He would then lean on the toilet for a minute while I fumbled with the curtain and tried to cover up. I was freaking out! I was a 13 YO girl who was embarrassed to go into the girls locker room in gym class and this creep is looking in on me in the shower. I don't know what he was doing to himself while I tried to cover up, but I can guess.

  I told my JW mom who told me to not tell anyone and just be quiet. We needed to encourage Mr. G. to come into the Truth and this might be way.

  I ended up going to my friends home two more times and her creepy father did it again. My mother threw me under the bus for the Watchtower.

  I confronted her about it recently and she admitted it,yet, wouldn't say it was the wrong thing to do to recruit someone.

  This still bothers me 35 years later. I can only guess what he did to his daughter and no one did a thing for her.

  The worst part is my Mom's total disconnect and inability to see that allowing your child to be molested for the Watchtower is insane.

  God, I hate those people.
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  CAN EVERYONE DO ME A FAVOUR?

  by Mary in

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  2. friends

  i haven't been on here much lately, but i read barb anderson's report on the court case in california the other day.

  nice to see the borg finally getting what they deserve.. anyway, the daily mail has done a story about it and at the end you can give your comments.

  i think there are a number of 'faithful witlesses' on there who are giving the "thumbs down" to any negative comments about the borg, including mine.

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  I did!
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  Kendrick in good standing in Oakley Congregation ... wow !

  by RubaDub in

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  2. child-abuse

  can anyone imagine the what the elders in his current congregation must be going through ?!.

  in their ideal world, they would have df'd him once they knew there would be a trial so they could play the card "he's not one of jw's.

  " but since it occurred in a different congregation and he was already punished, there is little they can currently do.. wow, imagine the buzz in the kh when the info started leaking out.

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  I found out my Mom had been at the Assembly all day Friday and yesterday; she hadn't heard about this. I found the ABC link and e-mailed that with a short note.

  She just phoned me to tell me she was surprised.

  She knows that the Society is going to appeal.

  Her words on Kendrick: "The bible said there will be be wolves among us". I just grunted.

  She then asked if I had looked at the pedo registry for my area? I said I hadn't since I don't have children at home and I'm not a child.

  She was trying to deflect.

  She is very upset by this but believes the Society will get off.