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  Jehovah’s Witness Information For Indianapolis

  by Tofayel in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

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  [endif]now people are strongly organized against jehovahs witnesses in indianapolis.

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  drewcoul

  The website the OP links to is stupid. There is a list of towns on the left. What is strange is when you click on a city, you get the EXACT same site. What's the point of the links to different cities.

  2Tone: I am also in Indy (Carmel actually) and I agree. There's nothing that says Indy is dedicated to protecting children. The only thing we seem dedicated to right now is the upcoming Superbowl.

  Anway, I know nearly each of the individuals in the website that is linked in the OP. Bob Edinger, as far as I know, is a very good man. I remember seeing him at a DC and he spoke to me and my wife at the time. Her mother was disfellowshipped and he told her: "Tell her we love her, and we miss her." That has always stuck with me.

  Steve Steuer and Chuck Davis are also good individuals. Perhaps misguided as we all were, but good men.
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  University after leaving the Watchtower?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, you sexy sassy posters of jwn.

  i'm starting this thread in the hopes of finding... uh, hope.... and sharing it with others who are in a similar boat.

  i'm looking for input from anyone who meets the following criteria:.

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  drewcoul

  • raised by devout JWs
  • skipped university after high school due to WT propaganda
  • got married and had one or more kids
  • woke up later and left the WT
  • decided to invest in a real university education
  • not made of time or money

  Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes.

  My brother (Twin) was the first of us to go to college. He ended up getting his law degree and currently is a prosecutor. I remember talking with him in my car when he visited and telling him he sounded like an apostate. It turns out he was just ahead of me by about ten years. I started going to night classes a number of years ago, then quit. I have since restarted my education, and have two years to go to be a full fledged engineer. It is a sacrafice of time due to the studying and papers to write, but absolutely worth it. My son quit going to the meetings about two years ago (he's now 18) and he sees the flaws in the org. He was baptized when he was 12. I am trying to get him to go to college when he graduates this spring. Fortunately, though, he isn't going to serve the WTBTS until his early 30's before waking up like his dad did.
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  Jehovah’s Witness Information For Evansville

  by Tofayel in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

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  drewcoul

  Tofayel- You have a PM
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  Are we living with the last generation of Scientologists?

  by Gayle in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.thevine.com.au/news/current-affairs/know-this-tv-binging,-immaterial-products,-scientology's-end,-italian-tears,-the-kickstarter-scam20120122.aspx.

  are we living with the last generation of scientologists?

  over the past decade, membership has dropped in the us by 20,000. in an article for lrb titled "religion, grrrr" rachel aviv reviews one of the only academic studies of scientology to date.

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  drewcoul

  On an episode of "Family Guy," Peter went to a Scientology church for some reason......he was in an office talking to a leader for some reason and there was a poster in the room that said:

  "SCIENTOLOGY- Making Mormons look sane since 1952"
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  Rand Paul Detained by TSA

  by NewChapter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  rand paul set off the scanner at the airport.

  they wanted to do a full body patdown.

  he refused it and asked to be scanned again.

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  drewcoul

  Are they out of control?

  Yes. They are poorly trained, and for the most part, unintelligent dolts. Have you ever had a conversation with any of them? I have and I was surprised at how unbelievably stupid and simple minded they are. Do they really believe a senator or congressman (regardless of party) are a threat to the airlines. For god's sake, these are the same people who voted to put the TSA into existence in the first place!!!!
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  "NEW LIGHT" FROM BROTHER WALDO D/O SANTA MARIA ,CALIFORNIA 1/22/2012 "HOW JEHOVAH IS LIKE BROTHERS ACCUSED OF BEING A CHILD MOLESTER!

  by Bubblegum Apotheosis in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was shocked to hear how the slander against jehovah's name that we see in the world can be compared to a good man accused of being a child molester.

  he went on to describe how terrible such an accusation would be, and how "friends" of the accused would know he's not capable of such an act and would rally to his defense.

  at several points in the talk, he refers back to the child molester "example" and how eventually, despite the hideous slander heaped on a man in this situation (depicting jehovah in the bigger picture, we assume), that man's good reputation would be restored.

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  Correct me if I am wrong but nothing gets said at a district convention that isn't word for word in the manuscript provided by headquarters! NOTHING!!!

  Speakers are provided a manuscript and someone sits in the audience and follows along to make sure there are no changes.

  Lady Lee: There are two types of talks given at the DC. One is a manuscript and the other is an outline. DO's and CO's don't usually give manuscript talks except for the Public Address at the DC. The symposiums are usually Manuscripts as well as the talks with the new releases. I'm not sure exactly which ones are which with regard to the rest of the program, but I do know there are both outlines and manuscripts.
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  UGH! WT & Awake at my client's office!

  by baltar447 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i have a client i'm working at this morning.

  in the break room i saw about 3 wt & awake!

  rags.

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  drewcoul

  @Troubled mind: LMAO!!!!.... I don't know how to put in an emoticon of a smiley face rolling on the floor laughing, but that's what I would like to put here.
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  FAO Yknot!!!

  by Mickey mouse in

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  2. friends

  we missed you!.

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  drewcoul

  She's back????!!! Hooray!! YNOT, We've missed you and your insight!!

  What topics has she posted on recently?
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  Petition to get "Johnny the Bethelite" to START posting on JWN

  by drewcoul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in response to the petition to get rick fearon to stop posting on jwn (which i don't agree with despite the fact he can seldom be taken seriously), i would like to start this thread to try to compel johnny the bethelite to join jwn and start posting!!

  please johnny, what do you have to fear?

  rick- could you compel johnny to start posting to this forum?

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  drewcoul

  No kidding oz! Much safer to make an occasional post than to be on the phone for an hour every other week from a closet.
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  Petition to get "Johnny the Bethelite" to START posting on JWN

  by drewcoul in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in response to the petition to get rick fearon to stop posting on jwn (which i don't agree with despite the fact he can seldom be taken seriously), i would like to start this thread to try to compel johnny the bethelite to join jwn and start posting!!

  please johnny, what do you have to fear?

  rick- could you compel johnny to start posting to this forum?

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  drewcoul

  That was a fake Johnny the Bethelite. He admitted it and apologized to Rick for telling him to call. I mean the real (if I can use the term "real" with regard to JTB) Johnny needs to post here and tell us his story, respond to our questions and have a discourse with us.