Mad Sweeney

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  Hi - I'm new here!

  by Flicka in

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  i have been lurking on this site for the past 2 months.

  for the past few years i have been going to the meetings and doing fieldservice out of guilt.. my husband (twisty) told me regularly i only do it out of guilt but i denied it and said it i want to do these things because i love jehovah and it is the right thing to do, but how can it be the right thing if you don't feel welcome and it feels like everyone is judging you the moment you walk into the kingdom hall.. it has taken a few years and a lot of tears to open my eyes.. over the past few years twisty spoke to me about the various things he didn't agree with but it just went over my head.

  a few months ago we were lying in bed and he brought up his concerns again, and i'm not sure what was different this time but i understood and agreed with the points he was making.

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  Mad Sweeney

  Welcome.

  Although it all sounds pretty simple it's not like you all know. I grew up being a JW and my whole family are still in. They are not very open minded and I'm not sure how to tell them I no longer believe the organization is Jehovahs' spirit anointed organization but I guess we all learn how to deal with it over time.

  You don't owe anyone an explanation about anything. If pressured about why you're not participating in the dog and pony show anymore just say that you're working on some things right now and they're personal.
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  D.C. 2012

  by bobld in

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  anyone know when and where d.c. are in canada?.

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  Anyone know theme of 2012 DC?

  I think they're going to call it "The Still Holding Breath District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses"
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  "We needed to use the library"... and other wacky Watchtower excuses.

  by cedars in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm sure we're all familiar with the crazy excuse that the watch tower society leadership came up with to justify their nine year period as a un ngo (non governmental organization).

  amazingly, this seems to make perfect sense with watch tower apologists, who don't stop for a moment to ponder the following:.

  you don't need to be a un ngo to use the un libraryif it was so innocent for them to hold un ngo status just to use the library, why did they withdraw their status when the issue received media attention?that aside, we are now witnessing the unravelling of fresh scandals to hit the society, most notably:.

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  I will LMAO if it turns out these barrels were buried in the 80s or even better, the 90s. Then the "we didn't know it would hurt anything" excuse would hold even less water than it already does.
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  WT Library 2012 CD ROM?

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  it is usually out by now.

  did i miss a thread?.

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  Mad Sweeney

  It is usually out by now. Did I miss a thread?
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  Review wts books--easy way to make a difference #1

  by rebel8 in

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  if you write an actual review of a book (not just spout opinions about the religion) your book reviews can actually be approved by amazon.com and have a fairly widespread audience.. and it's therapeutic.. revelation book.

  the truth book.

  youth book.

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  Mad Sweeney

  Awesome. I'm going to bogart the idea and pimp it on a FB group I'm in.
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  WT Letter To Ray Franz

  by Bangalore in

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  Mad Sweeney

  Page 348 of Crisis of Conscience.
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  Victoria, Australia: The long edition (new) of Part 2 of Steven Unthank's report of molestation/rape within the Traralgon Cong.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.jwnews.net/.

  crisis of conscience within the traralgon congregation of jehovahs witnesses?

  part 2december 18, 2011 by sitepost .

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  One problem I see is that the United States corporation of the Borg can simply hang the Australian one out to dry if they need to, unless this same issue gets media attention in the USA. This is NOT a remote or local problem. It is organization wide.
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  THE WATCHTOWER SAY'S THEY ARE / ARE NOT INSPIRED

  by wasblind in

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  " if any ...organization claim to represent god, but decline to use god's.

  personal name....are they measuring up to this important qualification.

  of a true prophet?

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  They're never "wrong" they're just "tacking" are they?

  I believe that's been debunked as fallacious before.
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  Not sure what to tell my 4 year old about Santa

  by jwfacts in

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  my adorable little son is very excited about christmas.

  i have not made a big thing about it, but he must have picked up the christmas spirit from what he is seeing in the shops and on tv.

  he loves the music, and movies and all the decorations.

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  If he already believes in it, you don't need to say anything to confirm or debunk his belief at this point. He will begin to doubt on his own and then you can tell him the truth as you see it when he asks you. Then if he wonders why you didn't correct him sooner you can just explain it is because pretending is so much fun. But I wouldn't lie. If my kid asked I'd answer truthfully, but I'd wait for him to ask.
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  J.R. Brown at local k hall

  by reds in

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  was made aware that over 600 people attended a talk given at a local k hall.

  j.r. brown was the speaker.

  it seems to me that this is pretty much like the pope visiting.

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  Mad Sweeney

  I used to have a tape of a talk he gave that was passed all around among the Dubs. That stuff's not allowed anymore.