I remember a meeting part about a man and woman should NEVER allow themselves to be alone together. It was uncomfortable if only a male and female showed up before others for service. Usually the guy would step outside. I guess if there are only two for service and it's a man and woman, they have to cancel and go home?
Posts by Cacky
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Update: I'M HAVING A BABY!! Yay! but...
by lil.lady.03 ini don't no why, but i tend to lurk more than i do post.
sometimes i feel like i don't have anything to worth while to talk about.
lol.
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Cacky
Don't have time to read the other posts, but I'd certainly bone up on all the major holidays, Christmas, even New Year's, Easter and Halloween, then even the smaller ones. Most all families due the Christmas, Easter and Halloween. The others, it varies from family to family. But those holidays bring such joyful memories to a child, that your child will grow up with different and much more joyful memories from those you had. Birthdays are kind of family to family, too. Some always have a huge party for the the whole family. Some just have a cake and give the child a present, that's what my family did, we'd have a cake with candles after supper, made a wish and blew out the candles. But even those memories, of seeing the cake sitting there in anticipation (oh, you need ice cream for the cake, too). Anyway, your child will develop wonderful, joyful memories that you probably can't imagine. My grandkids' belief in Santa is so joyful to see. They truly believe. And these traditions are not necessarily religious, there really was a man, a priest, who in some ancient times, used to leave boxes of clothes, shoes and toys on the doorstep of poor families from time to time in his area, and that's what started the Santa Claus tradition. I believe he usually did it in the winter, when he saw kids without warm enough clothes or shoes. So see, no religious attachment. So what if he was a priest, anyone could have done it and started the same tradition. And I read in ancient times, in Germany, people used to decorate the fir trees during the long dreary winters just to make things seem more cheery, so what's wrong with that? Nothing religious.
Anyway, that's my take on things.
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JW Study - OUT!!
by uk_ex_jw ina few months ago, i posted about a study who was getting baptised this summer at the upcoming dc.. we discussed a few things on fb.
i showed him evidence that the watchtower does not have the truth.
the last i heard was that he had gone to the elder's with the information i had given him.. i haven't heard from him since.. however, yesterday he contacted a jw, elder's son on fb.
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Cacky
I'm sure, as a guy, he was getting overly love bombed! Especially by the men in the cong. Well, the women, too, for that matter! I think also if possible he should be made aware of why the love bombing stopped and give him some kind of encouragement.
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By the end of the year, what will the org look like ?
by mP inim predicting a loss in both numbers in the us and western countries with significant drop in hours preached particularly in the usa.. commetns ?
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Cacky
I hope and believe this lawsuit should trigger many more. We all know the pedos in the org are in a very high number compared to general population.
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Kendrick in good standing in Oakley Congregation ... wow !
by RubaDub incan 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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Cacky
I remember once an announcement was made that parents shouldn't let their children go to the bathroom by themselves. At the time, I wondered if some boys were messing up the bathroom or something. Only after leaving the org did I learn that was supposed to be code for, their is a pedo in the congregation!! Like how were we "rank and file" supposed to know that?
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Did anyone else get somewhat offended by the term "rank and file" that the WT attorney used.
by life is to short ini was just surprised by that term being used by jim mccabe when he said "jonathan kendrick was not a leader or a pastor, he was just a rank-and-file member.".
i thought that was only an apostate term and also what a put down to us lowly members.
we are just a rank-and-file person.
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Cacky
I thought it sounded pretty offensive to the rank and file jws, too.
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The UN Debacle, Disfellowshipping Policies, Child Abuse Cases---Will ANYTHING Ever Sway A JW From "The Truth"?
by minimus ini wonder..
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Cacky
I learned only in recent years that when my husband was sick 20 years ago, he developed a condition where his body destroyed ALL of his blood platelets, he was not expected to live the night. If he so much as coughed or sneezed, he would have bled out. His blood pressure was extremely high and they expected a massive brain bleed. Somehow that didn't happen, though. He was in the hospital for several days, including during our congregation's two day assembly, and all the "friends" would have driven past the hospital on their way homes. Not one visit. Not one. ANd recently I learned that my kids, who are grown now, back then, once we got back to the meetings, the kids were being told by other kids in the congregation that their parents said that my kids' dad must have taken a blood transfusion or he wouldn't have lived! He didn't, he happened to not have a bleed out that they expected, he was very fortunate. Now I realize why we were always looked down on, they all thought we secretely had him take a blood transfusion! What love, that's all I can say!
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My JW mum is in hospital
by nugget inmy poor mum fell over on sunday and broke her hip.
she was taken to hospital and yesterday had an operation to place a pin in the joint.
this was obviously a worrying time for all concerned and my dad let us all know what was going on.
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Cacky
I hope your mom recovers quickly and well. I never thought of it before, how their refusal of blood is like a way of parading around how spiritual they are. I've seen more jws who were completely inactive yet still if the issue came up, they would steadfastly be against blood. How did they all get so darned brainwashed about that one, but let so any other things slip.
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Watchtower Talk Removed From YouTube As "Shocking And Disgusting Content"
by DT inthere was a youtube video that contained an excerpt of ciro aulicino's talk "you will be with me in paradise".
at some point it was removed by youtube.
it now shows the message, "this video has been removed as a violation of youtube's policy on shocking and disgusting content.".
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Cacky
I've seen it before. God, I wonder how we parents didn't see the emotional abuse going on with our kids raised in that cult!! Their damn scripture from the OT about gathering the men, women, AND children kept making me think, even though it went against what I was feeling, that I guess God knows best. I finally learned that HE DOESN'T!
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What Some Loyal JW's Are Saying About The Oakland Case.
by Bangalore inform the pro-jw site jwtalk.
this is such a ronald mcdonald court case.
i can't believe what i am reading.. lie: "the lawsuit alleged that watchtower had a policy that instructed elders in its jehovah's witnesses congregations to keep reports of child sex abusers within the religious group secret to avoid lawsuits.".
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Cacky
It has been said recently before, if you can't believe the media about this type of thing, why believe them when they report about earthquakes? That's what I'll be asking my jw family members if this subject comes up.