@ Igot2bme That's such a typical JW. You handled it well without shoving that dumb Watchtower where the sun doesn't shine.
@ Jean-Luc Picard, great advice!
3M
i was at home this morning typing up a couple legal documents for some general contractors to sign that were going to be doing some tree removal on my property, when i get a visit from a sister in the hall i used to attend.
she usually stops by at least once a week.
i haven't been to meetings for over a year now and didn't attend memorial this year, but she was quick to remind me how i missed out.
@ Igot2bme That's such a typical JW. You handled it well without shoving that dumb Watchtower where the sun doesn't shine.
@ Jean-Luc Picard, great advice!
3M
hi all hope you are enjoying the wonderful weather...... i havent been on the forum long, a few monthes, but it makes me laugh the differences in our language...... the two that really stand out are..... fanny.
english .
a ladies name (short for frances) or fanny = popular victorian name.
Queue (English/Australian)
Line (American)
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Footpath (English/Australian)
Sidewalk (American)
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Way Out & Exit (English/Australian)
Exit (American)
god has a standard.
man has an opinion of that standard.. the two disagree.. god has the power to kill man.. man dies.. but--wait, there's more!.
man tries to earn favor.
Someone dented a bread pan so we are all dented.
Jehovah fixed the dent by killing his only begotten son so one of his other sons could have time to prove he doesn't have the right to rule in front of his other sons
SPOT ON Elderelite
You have summed up the WT theology perfectly.
Now the question we all must ask ourselves: "Why did we believe such horseshit?"
3M
while i firmly believe in rewarding an author with financial revenue for his efforts and i myself purchased his book with joy - those of you that may have limited budgets or have been postponing the reading of this classic did you realize it is readily available on the net as a free pdf format - i found it under [edited].
From Don Cameron himself:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/200290/1/Reminder-About-Copyright
seen this?.
blogger is a partner of an ex-bethelite who attends a memorial after a decade out, takes a nibble and is asked to leave.
photographic evidence provided.. partner, meanwhile (non-jw, smoker, unmarried) is warmly welcomed.. .
Nice find Mr Monroe
Here is the first part to the story:
Crashing the Memorial: Better than a 1000 Therapy Sessions Spent Elsewhere
it bewilderers me how reluctant exjw australians are to take legal action on sexual, mental, physical and spiritual abuse !.
im an australian grew up during the failed generation prophecy and almost every kid i knew in my congregation was being molested by brother so and so ... or "elder so and so who looks after little sister whilst witnessing...... blar blar blar.
we all knew it .... us kids that is ... thought it was the norm ..... unspoken secrets we shared our stories with "promise to jehovah not to tell but ..... or did you know he's doing it to her as well ......... it makes me a tad bit angry that us aussies dont have the guts the u.s has had ...... does anyone know of a single lawsuit by an ex australian jehovah's witness regarding sexual abuse ?.
if you are Australian active/or exjw why are we so reluctant to even address the issue ?
Hi exjw1978, I am not reluctant to address the issue, I personally do not know anyone that was abused. If I was abused I would easily take the bastard to court.
does anyone know of a single lawsuit by an ex Australian Jehovah's witness regarding sexual abuse ?
Have you seen this:
enjoy!!.
http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong.html.
you will need to be signed in to youtube to see it, or go to the bulgarian website (link below).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mupvrlg-i8g&.
beat the pastors of jehovah's witnesses and wrecked their prayer house.. story from a bulgarian website - google translated.. .
Latest info:
Five followers of the Jehovah Witnesses sect have been injured late Sunday night in a clash with activists of the nationalist VMRO party.
The incident happened in the Black Sea city of Burgas, in front of the Jehovah Witnesses House of Prayer, where VMRO staged a protest rally.
The injuries are reported as light; furniture and equipment inside the House have been damaged and broken.
10 people are under arrest – all from VMRO, including the party's regional leader, Georgi Drakaliev, the Burgas police say. All are going to be questioned.
The protest rally against the Jehovah Witnesses was scheduled for 7 pm Sunday. The VMRO announcement was addressed to the "Chernomorets" football team fen club – "The Blue Sharks," the "Neftohimik" football team fen club, the Union "Patriot," and others. Police are still investigating who were the exact participants in the brawl and who instigated it.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/former-witness-taking-on-watch-tower/story-fn6bfmgc-1226036543156.
former witness taking on watch tower graeme hammond from: sunday herald sun april 10, 201112:00ama former jehovah's witness is to launch a private criminal prosecution against the religion's world headquarters.
his action is in protest at its refusal to require church elders to submit to working with children police checks in victoria.
Two comments were published in letters to the editor section of the Sunday Herald Sun April 10,2011
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/hot-topic-children-before-religion/story-fn6bn88w-1226040226153
OUR report on Jehovah's Witnesses not requiring police checks before working with children or doorknocking has readers asking why not, when other religions face up to such scrutiny.
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HOW is it that all religions are required to undergo a police check and they all abide by it, except Jehovah's Witnesses? (Taking on Watch Tower, SHS, April 10). Are they above the law? The next time they knock on my door the first thing I'll ask them is do you have a police check? When they answer in the negative I'll close the door.
Concerned parent, via email
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Check is best
"WHO'S looking after the children?" Those in authority should not ignore what alleged sexual assault victim Steven Unthank is saying about doing police checks on Jehovah's Witnesses ministers, prior to their dealing with unsupervised children, under Victoria's Working with Children act.
On January 1, 1986, the governing body of this organisation admitted in the Watchtower magazine that in the past year 36,638 individuals had been dis-fellowshipped from the organisation -- a great number of them for practising immorality.
This man has a big battle on his hands and needs all the help he can get.
George William Hudson, Certificate of Christian Ministry, Werribee
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i'm in n.c. but in our area we were spared the most severe storms but still had some minor damage.. i'm just curious if anyone has heard from any of the other n.c. posters and if they're alright.. if any of you have phone numbers or any other means to contact them let us know how they are doing.. also if any n.c. posters are reading this just weigh in and say hi to let us know you're alright..
Hundreds of killer tornadoes have struck the US, leaving 45 people dead and a countless number of houses destroyed.
Experts have predicted the weekend may have set a new record for the number of tornadoes in a three-day period.
North Carolina was the worst-hit state, with 62 twisters ripping through the region on Saturday night, leaving 23 people dead.
The storm system began in Oklahoma on Thursday evening before it strengthened and expanded through the southern states, including Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina.
Shocking!