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  Barbara Anderson's fancy new website

  by Dogpatch in

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  check it out!.

  very nice look and feel, though not all the downloads are linked properly yet.. http://watchtowerdocuments.com.

  randy.

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  meangirl

  Nice!
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  WT Society's Paranoia Over Spiral Binding of Elder's Textbook - Crazy

  by flipper in

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  this letter was sent as an addendum to the elders regarding their latest elders textbook.

  i think you'll find this interesting and also disconcerting as well.. to all bodies of elders.

  re: spiral binding of shepherding textbook.

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  meangirl

  I think this really shows how the org is really a boys club. I have always felt that way. Not just any boys club. To be accepted you must show yourself a company man. That is why they have to "watch" the baptized brothers bind them. In that way they are kind of flattering the non elder baptized brother by making him feel important enough to bind the book and let in to the club but not have full membership. This gives that guy something to aspire to so he too can be part of the almighty penis club I mean er elder body and have the "secret" book. This also shows the blatant sexism within the org. But hey what do I know, I have a vagina that interferes with my thinking ability.

  Thank you Mr. Flipper for your kind comments about women. They are much appreciated. Also you too WT Wizard.
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  I'm not sure how long I can stay married to the Witnesses

  by wifeofjw in

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  i don't post often, but i lurk a lot.

  i have fonund the information to be helpful and encouraging.. however, i'm not sure how much longer i can take being married to the jw's.. i have a wonderful husband, but he believes everything this cult tells him.

  most recently he has decided that because the end is near we don't have to worry about our bills.

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  Wow to hear that in your husband's congregation the majority of the men don't work but the women do......that is quite unusual in the witness world. They usually don't like their women to be empowered in anyway....weird. Well to let you know willfull non support is a ground to seperate in the cult. You may want to remind him of that......maybe that will bring him to his senses.
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  Danger JWs, your KH is falling apart in front of your eyes!

  by moshe in

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  it seems to me that the kh's in many areas have lost the critical mass they need to stay healthy and to expand.

  loss of their youth and loss of ministerial servants makes it obvious that these khs are doomed.

  maybe not this year, but before this decade is out we will see many closings and subsequent mergers of kh's to the point that it is obvious to jws that they have become a has-been religion.

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  meangirl

  We can only hope!
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  Born Ins vs Converts

  by Red Piller in

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  first of all, let me say that i do think this excuse of a religion is on a downward spiral, which will only accelerate.. as a born in, i always read comments here about how dedicated and hard-line we are.

  most of the born ins (who stayed) develop a casual attitude toward everything.

  even if you believe it, hearing about armageddon, constantly, doesn't excite you as much when it's the 1,000th time you've heard it.

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  Well I can see what you are saying. My mom was a convert and she was fanatical. You can really see that with the older ones who come in. I see your point too that they got to live their life and make their own choices. Then they look down on others. I pointed out to my mom that she got to celebrate holidays and birthdays and that it was HER choice to not do those things anymore but for me it was forced upon. They forget all the things they got to do when they were young and what sacrifices those who are young in the borg have made. I think they forget about that.....alot.
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  My Story Part I - My Parents

  by Farkel in

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  part 1 - my parents.

  it's a funny thing, time.

  notwithstanding einstein's relativity, time means vastly different things throughout life.

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  meangirl

  Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to reading more.
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  Thay just do not want you to do anything that is fun

  by I need a lot of help in

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  all they want you to do is anything that will make you feel depressed..

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  meangirl

  I know it is so ridiculous. Bunch of control freaks.
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  Uh oh.....

  by meangirl in

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  so many of you know that me and hubby were having a debate over christmas this year.

  i wanted to celebrate and he did not.

  he is not an active witness but was raised as one.

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  meangirl

  What gets me is I really did compromise on this with hubby and I am going to get so mad if I get "accused"...if only they knew.....Glad everyone got to enjoy Christmas! I did start crying on Christmas day because it was really hard for me. My hubby felt so bad. He did ask if I wanted to put up a tree next year.....so progress little by little.
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  Uh oh.....

  by meangirl in

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  so many of you know that me and hubby were having a debate over christmas this year.

  i wanted to celebrate and he did not.

  he is not an active witness but was raised as one.

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  meangirl

  So many of you know that me and hubby were having a debate over Christmas this year. I wanted to celebrate and he did not. He is not an active witness but was raised as one. I was not raised as one and had Christmas snatched from me when I was 13 with no apologies or sympathy by my JW mom. Anywho, we came to a compromise. Our daughter went to the Christmas party at school (yay for her). Then we had a family day the week after Christmas (to the day) where our daughter got a ton of presents. It was nice. We did an origami tree (we spray painted some branches silver, put them in a vase with colored glass beads in it). It was a fun family project and we all enjoyed making origami cranes, flowers, etc. The "tree" was beautiful. So I posted some pics on facebook and I did not say it was Christmas. I just said it was our celebration and showed off our origami tree. My JW mom commented on some other pics I had downloaded but not on our origami tree......I told my husband if it comes back that we celebrated Christmas then fine next year I will REALLY celebrate it and give them something to talk about....Just wanted to share. By the way happy new year everybody!
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  Are many couples having babies in order to be less zealous?

  by trillaz in

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  with some, you hear them say they don't want to raise children in this system... until they have children all of a sudden.. i know of many couples who are not only on their first child but multiple ones.

  or if they are newlywed, they soon.

  have their first child.

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  meangirl

  Yes I do think alot do that. I know in fact one couple who invited us over for dinner. They had only been married a year and she was pregnant. We were all having a frank discussion about crap in the org and the husband basically said something like he told his wife when she had the baby it was her ticket to basically get out of having to sit through the meetings. It is a passive agressive technique. It is like "rebelling" but not in an outwardly way and a good excuse not to do "more" for the society.