Posts by Diogenesister

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News report - Montana Supreme Court Hearing: Silent No More: The Justices (Silent Part 4)

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.wlwt.com/article/silent-no-more-part-4-the-justices/29040023?fbclid=iwar1beverlfko8g4lz5hbsize6dl1b87ukfabevyv07iizgziawzq1gfvevu .

silent no more: the justices.

jehovah’s witnesses argue montana supreme court justices should overturn $35 million verdict—largest in u.s.. mark albert .

Diogenesister

Vidiotthe insistence that the WTS is "God's Exclusive Earthly Organization" becomes increasingly undermined.

And when that's eroded away...

...there's virtually zero incentive to stay.

Absolutely. Simple as that. Reporter law or not they will not report for that simple reason. The parents fear DF for bringing reproach, brazen conduct or whatever the current buzz words are now. The elders fear going against direction because they will loose their position.

Its just not a simple as going to Satan for help and ignoring gods direction for just this once

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Post convention grumps..

by zeb in

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hm of you with a divided house have to put up with this?

in this house its walking a mine field.. also our little cat has been gone for some 24 hours and her absence is also my fault apparently..

Diogenesister

Snakes.....

I saw a programme once where some vets in the USA carry out charity work fixing up of sadly euthanising the terribly mangled victims of cats, mainly birds. Apparently millions of birds a year are killed by more and more especially feral cats.

My cat is an indoor cat on the advice of our local vet since we live near main roads. Your cat net thing sounds fantastic. We are lucky and have this kind of outdoor roof garden for our cat. Which is just as well since he’s a holy terror. A baby bird flew in to my bedroom window the other day and luckily landed on me briefly waking me up and I as able to wrestle the cat out of my room whilst my husband set the bird free. It was a damn close call and that bird was nearly a goner.

I love cats but boy they do some damage to wildlife especially in New Zealand and places they were not native to.

Zeb As to post convention blues, well I’d get sad in the past but it’s not very Christian to take it out on others imho. Is there no way of distracting her by going to some nice very unjw places such as museums etc?

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Netflix “Explained: Cults”

by Butterfly607 in

has anyone else seen the netflix documentary “explained: cults”?

i thought it was well done.

i feel like a jw might watch it and feel uncomfortable as the show goes through the definition of cults and then the step by step indoctrination process.

Diogenesister

I heard that Jehovahs witnesses were briefly mentioned on a piece of text or a written list, which is interesting.

Im definitely going to watch.

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See you in a couple weeks

by Biahi in

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leaving today for rome, and then a mediterranean cruise.

will not be online, i will miss you all.

hopefully, when i get back, the wt will have declared bankruptcy.

Diogenesister

Ooooo very jealous!! Can we have some wonderful scenic photos when you get back please?

My son is going to Iceland with the school next year for Geography GCSE. Very exited for him.

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Sex before marriage.

by nicolaou in

mrs nic' and i were 16 and 18 years old respectively when we first met at a circuit assembly in corby.

three years later we were married.

we've had a great time, we're very lucky but looking back i can see how crazy it is to put that pressure to marry on teenagers.

Diogenesister

I agree with road to nowhere it’s not even the sex per sa, it’s the inability to get to know a prospective mate intimately AT ALL, even in the sense of spending time being physically close - whatever that means to any particular couple. Never mind having shared interests or things to talk about, even. Since you’re only allowed to be interested in Watchtower.

its also incredibly damaging having to be a “narc” on your partner ie grassing them up for any perceived watchtower faux pas.

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Killers of The Flower Moon by David Grann

by smiddy3 in

i am presently reading this book and so far have read only 100 pages and it boggles my mind !!.

has anybody on the board read it ?

if so i would like to hear your views on it,if not now after i have finished reading it myself lol.

Diogenesister

Thank you smiddy for the recommendation.

you know how sometimes you are bereft when you finish a good book and want another in a similar vein? I recommend “ Empire of the Summer Moon”by S.C.Gwynne. About Quanner and Cynthia Parker. The film the searcher loosely based on

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5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale

by usualusername1 in

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i had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.

price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.

am in shock.

Diogenesister

Hi you Caterham lot. Anyone know the Lazenby’s from Bedford? Or Wilson?

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Self Limiting Beliefs

by abishephard in

left the jw’s as a teenager; as with most exjws i have struggled throughout the years with being a successful adult.

i have recently starting addressing some of the psychological trauma of my childhood, and i wonder if anyone else here can identify with any of these self limiting beliefs:.

- pursuit of wealth is bad (i.e.

Diogenesister

That’s a very apt expression for so many of the behaviours I’ve exhibited over the years.

I am naturally a very curious and ambitious person, there was so much I wanted to achieve but I refused to become a “taker” as I saw it. Wealth was a dirty word to me, so I I chose nursing as a career, which I won’t say I didn’t enjoy, but I felt creatively and intellectually stifled. I don’t know how I would have gotten through seeing so much suffering if I hadn’t believed there was something better awaiting people.

Now I almost have a kind of ptsd about illness, suffering and death it’s almost a phobia. I’ve also gone from taking wild chances to being super risk averse.

Ironically I did always believe the world ( or Satan) was out to stumble me and I was suspicious of anything good that came my way....thinking there was a price attached! I now realise I self sabotage and that it wasnt the world but me creating stumbling blocks all along!

I do think that the wealth thing is partly generational, in my youth flashy displays of wealth were considered tasteless by everyone, not just witnesses!

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Demonic Possession

by Nihilistic Journey in

i am looking for articles that i recall reading from the magazines.

i recall getting the magazines through subscription so it must have been in the 1980's.

they were "biographies" from sisters that dealt with demonic possession and attacks.

Diogenesister

I love the look on their faces when I'd ask them about the used cars they were driving

Yes and unless they were living in a brand new house what's the point of avoiding pre-loved items!

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Absolutely worth seeing - Kevin from Dubtown tells about himself

by fastJehu in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhd-xbj9yoq.

@ kevini love your dubtown videos.

but this video - where you tell something about yourself - is the most valuable of all previous videos.

Diogenesister

@Kevin Macfree's struggles with coming to term with knowing he will always be disabled, having looked forward to good health in paradise, is so very sad.

I too am coming to terms with a beloved relative dying young and leaving their baby without a daddy. I always believed death was temporary - as did we all.

It's absolute agony.

Shunning is bad enough, but I always say 'while there's life there's hope'.