Posts by not bitter

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Parents forum - moaning about JW's knocking

by not bitter in

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one of the mums on this forum is complaining about dubs knocking her door.

she wont answer the door because they unintentionally upset her very much the last time they called which was a few years back.

apparently she answered the door and the witness ladies opening statement, with a lovely smiling face, was .

not bitter

Well I remember being told to ingore those signs of no callers or canvasers because tecnically we weren't selling anything

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Parents forum - moaning about JW's knocking

by not bitter in

jw
friends

one of the mums on this forum is complaining about dubs knocking her door.

she wont answer the door because they unintentionally upset her very much the last time they called which was a few years back.

apparently she answered the door and the witness ladies opening statement, with a lovely smiling face, was .

One of the mums on this forum is complaining about dubs knocking her door. She won’t answer the door because they unintentionally upset her very much the last time they called which was a few years back. Apparently she answered the door and the witness ladies opening statement, with a lovely smiling face, was

What a lovely home you have and a beautiful garden, such a nice neighbourhood. How lucky you are. (not sure she would have used the term luck though)

Anyway this householder burst into tears and shut the door on them and has refused to answer the door to them ever since. Reason she got so upset was because she had just given birth to a severely disabled child who was not expected to live long. She says she can’t believe that people can come around making statements like that to complete strangers on their own door steps without knowing a thing about them.

I’m now reading through the thread and learning about peoples views on JW’s and other religious cold callers.

I can almost imagine using that opening statement myself when going door to door many years ago. Or something similar.

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Question on Parenting........

by on the rocks in

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friends

whats the most effective way of teaching a 6 yr old on values?.

not bitter

I have a 6 yr old. We talk lots about values and how we want to be treated and how we should treat others. Try to get them thinking, ask questions.

Do you have something specific in mind?

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Especially for Cedars - My Cunning Plan. Or maybe not

by not bitter in

until the conti case came to light, i was not aware of the extent of child abuse going on in the org.

and i was completely unaware of the jw policies on these matters.

i read their offical policy on child abuse on jw.org and was gob smacked to say the least.

not bitter

Giordano - I am most definitely out. I left about 20 years ago but am very close to my parents providing we don't discuss the truth.

i read their offical policy on child abuse on jw.org and was gob smacked to say the least.

not bitter

You're absolutely right Cedars

My parents would be horrified and devastated if anything like that happened to one of their grandchildren as I imagine any witness would. But when it comes to a story of a witness elsewhere its as if they have a shield or blinkers on and it hasn't really happened.

Mamochan13 - I think your idea is excellent. To use my idea as a basis but explain to them upfront that its hypothetical.

But somehow I don't think it will work even then as I know they won't have a bad word said against the society.

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Especially for Cedars - My Cunning Plan. Or maybe not

by not bitter in

until the conti case came to light, i was not aware of the extent of child abuse going on in the org.

and i was completely unaware of the jw policies on these matters.

i read their offical policy on child abuse on jw.org and was gob smacked to say the least.

not bitter

Entirely Possible - you need to read the post again.

I didn't do it. I had no intention of doing it. It was an angry conversation I had in my mind.