Pale emporer I agree with you there is no organizationally sanctioned racism ( not to say there are not individual racists), homophobia is endemic and sexism IS most definitely not only sanctioned but encouraged in all areas of life. Not to see it as such is just perverse.
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I went to see my Dr about the blood card issue
by purrpurr ini booked a double appointment so that she wouldn't be rushed.
i explained that i'd been brought up in the jw's and woken up to what a load of shite it was.
i explained that they have changed the blood card and that the elders in the cong are being told to effectively force people into signing it.
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Luke 15:4 Has this ever happened in your congregation?
by pleaseresearch inluke 15:4. new international version.
"suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.
doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?.
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Cognitive Dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.
by Sledracer incognitive dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.
this is what is wrong with me, i have a love hate relationship with the jw's.
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Sledracer This is normal...don't worry, you are grieving...you have lost the one thing you trusted and believed in, it takes time. Post and rant/share as much and often..we all empathize.
GoneAwolLOL!Atrocious!!!! ( thanks for the blood post BTW)
Pale emperor great post and so true.
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I went to see my Dr about the blood card issue
by purrpurr ini booked a double appointment so that she wouldn't be rushed.
i explained that i'd been brought up in the jw's and woken up to what a load of shite it was.
i explained that they have changed the blood card and that the elders in the cong are being told to effectively force people into signing it.
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Thank you goneawol for your post, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR ALL UK EXJW'S TO BE AWARE OF.
I am a nurse and currently a law student ( doing my LLB).
To take this further, it is true, would expose purrpurr.
My fear is that a nieve SHO in casualty, say following an accident, as you correctly say with this card may allow elders to gain access to immediate care records - which would include a fluid intake or IV chart/blood chart.
Also, unfortunately many dubs do hand over power of attorney to the elders.
These cards have to be stopped. I cannot believe they are legal given the potential to use them for punishment or as a tool to pressurize dubs into conformity on pain of loosing family members. I am so Keen for this to be challenged in the UK courts. It would require someone's who was prepared to go " public" unfortunately, at least to some extent.
Fantastic chat purrpurr...congrats for your courage and for bringing this out into the open.
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S-77 Form--Britain!
by Atlantis insay wifi, if we don't have this one in the archives would you throw it in there.
some kind folks sent it over and we may need it some day.
.. s-77 form britain (a lot of boxes to check on this one!)..
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Atlantis said
" SAY..wifi..."
Ahhhhh! Adorable! Makes me think of those westerns I would love to watch with my grandpa!!! Love that accent!!
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Another JW Literature Trolly Experience
by Athanasius inthis morning i stopped at dollar general to get a cheap container for waste paper.
it was 11:30 am and there were two jw literature trolleys parked near the store and manned by three jws, on old man in a rolling chair, a 30 something man, and 30 something woman.
as i walked by them i glanced at the their literature rack and proceeded into the store.. i was in the store for 20 minutes and made my purchase.
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" From what others on the forum have related, I didn't think the trolley JWs were suppose to talk to the public. Perhaps this guy was the exception.
What? Really? Is this true? I always suspected that the reason this trolley witnessing started was because they didn't want their people conversing with a public who will give them so much " anti witness" information. Like any cult I believe the move to Warwick is part of a policy of retreat from society in general...an informed and knowledgeable society that is a threat to the ignorance of any cult member. The bigwigs KNOW there is no Armageddon any time "soon".
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Tiger numbers in the wild have risen slightly
by Xanthippe inin 1900 there were 100,000 tigers in the wild.
a hundred or so years later there were only 3,200 due to habitat destruction and poaching for traditional medicine.
for the first time in a hundred years the numbers have risen.. .
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Told my tiger mad son who is delighted.
Tiger- tiger byBlake is his favourite poem.
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Suppose I ought to introduce myself.....
by Andy Dufresne ini've left a couple of semi-"humorous" remarks, but not yet said a proper hello....but firstly thank you, to all, for this site and all its comments.i have been lurking on this site for 4-5 years, awake for 5-6 years and seriously fading for the last 4 years.
i am now "out" and widely considered "out" by the congregation but due being very cautious and playing a very long game, (and having a wife who understand the repercussions of blowing the whistle on the few viewpoints i have discussed with her) i have not been df'd of da'd.
this forum has been a crutch and guide as well as helping me wake - and the humour many on here use has been a welcome relief.
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Hi Andy!!welcome!So hope your boy chooses life!oh, by the way..
Can ya do my tax returns for me?!
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Help messy problem
by poopie inthe problem is i have a baptized witness going out on service door to door giveing comments at kh who for the last 4 years has had sex with at least 10 prostitutes and regularly takes drugs ie speed the cong has no idea he's doing this he says he will never go to elders for fear his family will shun him if df so he continues i know because he tells me everything should i tell the elders or not.
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Ha ha Joe...you sure you were never a dub??!!
Poopie...sure he's a hypocrite and all...but the old bills right..his real problem is speed. Talk to him privately and insist he speaks to his local addictions directorate, to be honest the girls are probably connected to the whole " self harm" thing he's got going on. He really needs PROFFESSIONAL HELP BIG TIME. BE A REAL MATE AND HELP HIM GET IT.
And forget the elders.
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Excellent Conversation At Literature Trolley
by cofty inyesterday my wife and i enjoyed one of our regular days out at edinburgh - movie, lunch, walk, meal etc.. in the late afternoon while mrs cofty went shopping i had an hour at the excellent museum of scotland and arranged to meet up outside the national gallery on princes street.
on my way back i saw the jw trolley was at the usual spot on the royal mile.
there was an older man and a young woman standing well back trying hard to look inconspicuous.
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Fantastic. Thanks for the post link to the blood issue ' I've bookmarked it. I feel for the guy..he's obviously struggling but doesn't want to actively search feeling it to be a betrayal of his god....hence his wish to continue the talk with you, as you brought the information to him.👍👍good one anyway!