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  As Witnesses we were Trained to be Obedient - Rather than Show Love

  by flipper in

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  i can list many examples of this : probably the most glaring thing i saw proving this in 1982 was when an 83 year old sister died of a heart attack on the stage at an assembly part where she gave her experience then sat down next to me and died right on my shoulder on the stage.

  i motioned to a brother sitting near me on the stage to help me carry her off the stage - which we did - and the brother and i behind the curtain tried administering cpr.

  a registered nurse ran behind the curtain from the audience also - but the annoying thing is the elder giving the talk just kept right on talking to the 3,000 in the audience with no reference to what had just happened !

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  I see it as duty over compassion.

  When my daughter told us about being molested, we were completely devastated and shocked. We were in desperate need of comfort and compassion, so we called an elder that we just knew would help us and comfort us. Imagine the second shock when they were anything but:(

  This brother who I thought I knew as being kind and sweet became interrogator #1 on a mission that I didn't understand. Asking questions that should have never been asked to a child, let alone a child that was already suffering.

  From that day, I saw for myself that their is nothing loving or compassionate in the way things are done in the Org... It's all about duty and obedience to the instructions from the top.

  It was a very sad, but needed wake up call, telling me these people are not anything like Jesus.

  It's really hard dealing with the loss of your child's innocence and the loss of your life as you know it, all within a few years.
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  Pedophiles in your congregation??

  by ziddina in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm listening to the "six screens of the watchtower" broadcast from october 25, 2008 [yeah, i know, i'm waaay behind...], discussing pedophilia... that broadcast caused me to look up the current status of 'pedophilia notification' in the u.s.a..... rebel8 posted a link sometime back that gave locations of pedophiles in one's (u.s.a.) neighborhood... that portion of the link is, unfortunately, not working right now.... i decided to check out my [old] site, http://www.nsopw.gov/core/offendersearchcriteria.aspx to see if it still functioned the same way.... again, unfortunately, that site is also no longer giving out maps of one's area.... but, as pointed out in rebel8's posted link, pedophiles tend to move around.

  this was also mentioned in the six screens broadcast by a lady named "lilly".... the new versions of both sites simply allow one to input the name of someone suspected to be a pedophile... not as effective, imo, but perhaps the cost of updating the maps due to pedophiles' high mobility became prohibitive.. so, here's my suggestion... using the 'name' search function, check out every name in .

  your congregation, starting with the elders!!!.

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  Thanks for all the information Ziddina.
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  Which is the latest movie you have seen ??

  by on the rocks in

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  avataar-brilliant.

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  Avatar 3D (loved it) , Alice in Wonderland 3D Imax (pretty good) Shutter Island (left confused, but liked it)
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  Are you a stay at home mom, working woman with or with out children or a combination of both?

  by restrangled in

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  i am asking this based on sd-7's posts and am curious what you consider fair as far as house upkeep in the position you are in.. i was raised in the 60/70 decades from parents married in the 1950's so i seem to have a pretty old fashioned idea of what "housewife" means.. when i was working i had no tolerance for any slop habits, but since i'm home i don't require much.. so what are your ideals, how does your home operate?

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  I'm a stay at home Mom and the house is always clean(to the naked eye) and laundry done but supper may or may not be on the table..LOL.

  My husband is used to the last minute text to pick up dinner.

  But Hey!! I can't do it all:)

  I clean, taxi the kids around and make sure they all have clean draws not to mention other important must do's.

  He never complains..thankfully.
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  Memorial 2010 Your Experiences

  by scotinsw in

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  2. experiences

  just got back from memorial.

  only went so that i could say to my parents that i had gone and to remind myself why i left.. oh my word!!!

  it was sooooo painful.. got there a bit late - it was a couple of minutes into the talk.

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  Made up our minds not to go.

  Hubby is bringing home pizza and hopefully a six pack of Modelo Negro.

  I sat down with the teens to read together the account of the last supper in Matt, we took 10 verses back and forth and stopped in between each to share what we thought of it. It was nice to do it without a Watchtower to tell us what we should be thinking about that account.

  I may be totally turned off from organized religion, but I still love God and appreciate what Jesus did for us.
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  My mom's love for me is based on well I am doing 'spiritually'---

  by QuestioningEverything in

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  this is the comment that my husband made to me this morning about his mom.

  i felt terrible for him.

  his childhood was very jw structured.

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  Boy do I know how you feel:(

  Just give him extra love and tell him all the wonderful things you told us about him. They love hearing it.
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  The New "Do More" Kingdom Song

  by pirata in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  inspired by the recent "do more!

  " posts, i started putting together some verses for a "do more!

  " kingdom song.

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  Do more! do more!
  You never want to snore
  Do more! do more!
  you must reach the highest score.
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  Paedophile used religion to keep abuse secret

  by behemot in

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  2. child-abuse

  paedophile used religion to keep abuse secrettuesday, march 30, 2010, 06:30a paedophile raped and sexually assaulted women and girls over a period of 40 years by using their religion to keep the abuse secret.. despite one revealing it to the jehovah's witness elders, no help was given, a court heard.. now george arthur cockerill, 78, has been jailed indefinitely after he admitted 19 rapes, four counts of sexual activity with a child, six counts of indecency with a child, one sex assault and two counts of indecency with a child.. judge roger thorn qc, sitting at hull crown court, said: "you have pleaded guilty to 32 serious counts that reflect your sexual depravity.. "the reality is that, from beginning to end, it is extended over 40 years.

  you have wasted your life and caused untold misery.. "as one victim said, you have stolen her childhood.. "you have been the most terrible hypocrite, passing yourself off as a law-abiding member of the community and using religion as a tool of subjection to control your victims.. "that is why i'm satisfied this remained a secret for so long.".

  cockerill was sentenced to imprisonment for public protection for a minimum of six years.. he will not be released until the parole board believe he is no longer a danger.. cockerill, of hull, was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.. he allegedly had five victims, three of whom were subject to the convictions he pleaded guilty to and two more have made allegations against him.. police believe there could be more.. in a statement read to the court, one victim said: "he took my childhood away.".

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  Jordan 12...

  http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Swansea-paedophile-17-year-barrage-child-abuse/article-1929376-detail/article.html

  I think this was a week ago.
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  Pedophiles in your congregation??

  by ziddina in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm listening to the "six screens of the watchtower" broadcast from october 25, 2008 [yeah, i know, i'm waaay behind...], discussing pedophilia... that broadcast caused me to look up the current status of 'pedophilia notification' in the u.s.a..... rebel8 posted a link sometime back that gave locations of pedophiles in one's (u.s.a.) neighborhood... that portion of the link is, unfortunately, not working right now.... i decided to check out my [old] site, http://www.nsopw.gov/core/offendersearchcriteria.aspx to see if it still functioned the same way.... again, unfortunately, that site is also no longer giving out maps of one's area.... but, as pointed out in rebel8's posted link, pedophiles tend to move around.

  this was also mentioned in the six screens broadcast by a lady named "lilly".... the new versions of both sites simply allow one to input the name of someone suspected to be a pedophile... not as effective, imo, but perhaps the cost of updating the maps due to pedophiles' high mobility became prohibitive.. so, here's my suggestion... using the 'name' search function, check out every name in .

  your congregation, starting with the elders!!!.

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  As a mother of a child that was molested in this religion...Jordan12 is creeping me out and making me a bit angry!!

  I'll be good and not blow up..but I just had to say something.
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  The Beard Starts TODAY

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  it was only this past weekend that i finally stated (both aloud and in print) that i would never attend another meeting again.

  like many brothers before me, i have decided to symbolize this new dedication to freedom for myself and my family with a beard..

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  This topix made me smile because my husband was thrilled to try and grow out a goatee... until it came in grey:)

  I think it looks great.