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  Over-protective parent?

  by GrownMidget in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was something like 20-21 and there was this young sister, maybe 16 who i happened to like back in the day ... uh oh ...we met in the summer convention because i made the first move while she was playing board games with her friend.

  we kept in touch via skype and text messages because lived kinda far from each other.

  eventually her mother heard of the stuff and said to her daughter that the chatting must stop.... well, when two people have a little crush on one another, it sure doesn't.

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  Diogenesister

  When I was a teen I always had crushes on older boys its normal people get a life
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  Over-protective parent?

  by GrownMidget in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was something like 20-21 and there was this young sister, maybe 16 who i happened to like back in the day ... uh oh ...we met in the summer convention because i made the first move while she was playing board games with her friend.

  we kept in touch via skype and text messages because lived kinda far from each other.

  eventually her mother heard of the stuff and said to her daughter that the chatting must stop.... well, when two people have a little crush on one another, it sure doesn't.

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  Hey kiddo don't worry listen the watchtower keeps people in an infantile state anyway.

  I mean normally at 20 you would have been meeting girls at college but in JW-dom assemblies are your only hope and at your ages you were both kids having a flirt.

  Totally normal, dont worry its the only bit of fun you could hope for. Good grief!I feel for jw kids so much.
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  My fade might well start today.

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  many here whom have read my previous posts know more or less my situation.

  wife is not hardcore but we still bump heads from time to time.

  if it wasn't for this cult, and while it was not an issue, we had an almost perfect marriage.

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  Angel listen I didnt even get to the end of your post before I had to reply.

  Listen I don't know where you are but if you are in the US you need to get hold of Steve Hassans office. He can do whats called a "supervision" with your therapist.

  He obviously does not understand what he is dealing with here is a cult.

  Listen you wouldn't get a gynaecologist to give you brain surgery would you? Get yourself some specialist help to protect your family, do it asap ring Hassans office at least for a recommendation

  good luck sister D
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  Shunning is psychologically terrorizing

  by poopie in

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  its barbaric.

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  Diogenesister

  The terminology is clever I was thinking.

  The Slave. Who can but doubt that with a name so humble 'the slave'is no threat to you?!

  We don't want to control your every move, every word, every thought do we?!!You are free ! We are the Slave!
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  Bullet Head Splane Governing Body Member Improper Skull Devlopment Suggest?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i subject to you some pictures of splane, which can examine and form you own opinion.

  before gb:.

  may i suggest that the before pic he was not so pointy but the after pick he he seems to have gained length with a shrinkage of width.

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  Brokeback Watchtower6 days ago

  I think the shape and size of the scull tells a lot about were the atrophy occurred and in which sector thus giving a sort of psychological to some degree as to what his limits are regarding preforming different task,

  
  

  It appears that this 'Alpha male' is definately a vegetarian, similar ridging is seen in another ape - our gorilla cousins - it's used to anchore the large muscles required for chewing rough vegetation
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  Rita Swan of Child Inc....

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  ...wrote a piece on the work of ajwrb and what had been accomplished, as well as how it was done.

  i had not read this before this evening when i came across it in their newsletter archives.

  its interesting to see the perspective of someone who works as a child advocate and non-jw.

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  Sociologist Richard Singelenberg calls the pro-hibition a "purification ritual" to create "structural boundaries" around a persecuted minority.

  2 Scholar Gerald Bergm~ who has published widely on the evolution of Witness transfusion doctrine, suggests that the opposition to transfusions grew out of the Witnesses' opposition to vaccines since the same Bible verses were cited to justify both positions.

  Interesting I would like to further study this guy's ideas.Great shout out to AJWRB, directly credits it as being responsible for the recent reform on blood fractions but rightly worries that not all witnesses will be aware. Correctly maintains that reform on fractions was not clearly stated in a directive to the congs but (typically for another doctrinal flip flop) it is mentioned in passing as an answer to a phoney Awake mag "Question's from readers".It mentions Bulgaria came to an 'agreement' with the Watchtower regarding the blood ban. To qualify as a religon they had to promise witnesses who accepted blood transfusions would not be subject to sanction specifically disfellowshipping . However Watchtower is right that this agreement changes nothing as currently witnesses who accept blood are considered to have 'disassociated' themselves from the congregation, which brings exactly the same sanctions as does disfellowshipping. The piece is silent as to this particular piece of watchtower shysterism though.Thanks for sharing👍
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  The Angels will guide a nuclear bomb away from the Governing Body!

  by John Aquila in

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  2. beliefs

  this is one major reason why i dont try to wake up anyone anymore.

  they need to take the first step, and then i will help---- if they ask.

  otherwise i just listen and marvel at how some of them think.

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  The funny thing is that guy & those that took out the twin towers have a lot in common.

  Dangerous & deluded.

  How many witnesses died in the towers does anyone know?

  Cruel man to be so callous & dismissive about those who died.
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  JWs have more good points than bad

  by lsw1961 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1) many who were on the destructive path have been transformed by their teachings (this includes me who was once vicious, and presumptuous and atheistic).

  2) equal monthly pay to all members of the bethel community regardless of whether they are bc members or sweepers.

  this is something that still remains as an unattainable dream for the world.

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  Diogenesister

  They effectively invited the attention of the world into the thinking that evolution theory is just a theory believed out of convenience rather than conviction [if it were a principle, all scientists would have unanimously accepted it)

  
  

  You do not understand the scientific definition of a theory and are confusing it with a hypothesis. A theory, as used within the scientific method , is a framework of observations and facts. It has to be well substantiated through repeated testing and confirmed as a principal that explains natural phenomena.

  Evolution via natural selection is believed by the JW's but on the micro scale ( ie different breeds of dogs or birds )as opposed to the macro scale (speciation, which is where two animals are so different they can no longer breed). Scientific Theories must also be predictive and the theory of evolution has been proven conclusively via genetics.

  I urge you to read a scientific book on the theory of evolution via natural selection before you condemn it out of hand. You cannot dismiss something you know nothing about. Wtbts science is wildly out of date, selectively "quote mined" and misleading.

  Biologists unanimously accept evolution.

  Glad to see you here though welcome😃
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  What actually DID you learn?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. beliefs

  my jw friends that still speak to me, tell me that they love the meetings because of the things they learn.. i wonder what they think they're learning?

  it an avenue that always perplexes me because their replies are just so wishy washy or i get a blank stare when i ask.. what's you r experience?.

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  I learnt about the nasty side of human nature from some particularly unpleasant bible characters.

  Any other subjects they touched on where at such a superficial level I have forgotten it all.
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  Your thoughts on the new Star Wars?

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  so i've thought for a while now that jj has the lowest bar to clear in cinema history.

  all he has to do is make a movie that's not as bad as the prequels.

  but upon viewing the recent trailers, it looks like he's actually got the "feel" of the originals down.

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  nicolau ❤❤love your post