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Shanagirl
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My Christmas Card Internet Style!!
by charlie brown jr. inmerry christmas and may you all stay safe...... family and friends....... eat and be merry!!.
yep we're pagans!!!!!!!!!.
my love 2 all!.
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My Christmas Card Internet Style!!
by charlie brown jr. inmerry christmas and may you all stay safe...... family and friends....... eat and be merry!!.
yep we're pagans!!!!!!!!!.
my love 2 all!.
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Shanagirl
FlyingHighNow, I LOVE the Trans Siberian Orchestra-Christmas Canon. It's Awesome to listen to! I play it throughout the Christmas Season and enjoy the lights, the smells of Christmas, everything!
Shana
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Shanagirl
OOPs forgot the link. here it is
Click here: On the Origin of the World -- The Nag Hammadi Library
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Shanagirl
Has anyone read this? I find it Facinatiing.
Shana
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Do YOU Believe That JWs Have A Huge Problem With Pedophiles?
by minimus ini don't think there are more pedophiles in the religion than there are in others.. i understand that one is too many.
but i think some believe that it's an epidemic within the organization.
i believe their 2 witness rule can help pedophiles secretly abuse kids.. but i don't think that this particular crime dominates those in the religion.. .
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Shanagirl
I think you miss the point here, minimus. Lumping Catholics, other religions, scammers thieves etc. together is not the same as the pedophile issue in the WTBTS. They have a HUGE problem in the way they handle the ones molested. Not only will the elders protect organizationally the perpetrator, if the elders are other elders ara related to the perpetrator, invested in keeping it from getting out. Also if the perp decides to move to another congregation in the circuit, he can do it with the confidentiality of his elder family members. Also the WT legal is invested in keeping the accuser from being believed. There is also the issue of the fact that if there are lots of family memebers banding together in favor of the pedophile they are backed by WT secrecy to keep the accuser from exposing the perp. WT's problem in the way it deals with all the issues is Huge because it is what it is.
Shana
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Do YOU Believe That JWs Have A Huge Problem With Pedophiles?
by minimus ini don't think there are more pedophiles in the religion than there are in others.. i understand that one is too many.
but i think some believe that it's an epidemic within the organization.
i believe their 2 witness rule can help pedophiles secretly abuse kids.. but i don't think that this particular crime dominates those in the religion.. .
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Do YOU Believe That JWs Have A Huge Problem With Pedophiles?
by minimus ini don't think there are more pedophiles in the religion than there are in others.. i understand that one is too many.
but i think some believe that it's an epidemic within the organization.
i believe their 2 witness rule can help pedophiles secretly abuse kids.. but i don't think that this particular crime dominates those in the religion.. .
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Shanagirl
The JW's made it a pedophile paradise by protecting the pedophiles and making it hard for the victims. Even the two witness rule. If a pedophile was known to molest several victims and they wanted to come foreward and validate each other, they were threatened by those elders or freinds of pedophile not to speak of it or risk judicial action. I think Bill Bowen was right when he said it's a pedophile paradise.
Shana
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Do YOU Believe That JWs Have A Huge Problem With Pedophiles?
by minimus ini don't think there are more pedophiles in the religion than there are in others.. i understand that one is too many.
but i think some believe that it's an epidemic within the organization.
i believe their 2 witness rule can help pedophiles secretly abuse kids.. but i don't think that this particular crime dominates those in the religion.. .
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Shanagirl
This is my opinion. I believe the JW religion has an extensive problem with pedophilia due to it's family run congregations. You get pedophiles molesting children in his family. These family members grow up keeping his secret problem a secret. There is even more eagerness to keep the pedophile's secret when these victims marry into other congregations, and other family members become elders. It's an incestuous mess in the JW's. There is nepotism, and incest, and a high motivation to keep it all from becoming known lest you "besmearch Jehovah's name". Not only does the victim hear from the pedophile not to talk about it, but then the elders tell victims not to talk about it even among other members in the family. JWs make the pedophile priests look miniscule in comparison. JMHO
Shana
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the cult is slowly taking my family apart
by Evidently Apostate inits been 3 years since i made my decision to fade and i am starting to think our marriage might not survive.
my wife is under pressure from her parents to push away from me.
the anniversay card they gave her(not me) was nothing more than jw propaganda, parts were actually highlighted.
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Shanagirl
Tell her all the things you mentioned above about how you feel about her, the children, and your marriage. Tell her you clearly can't continue following the doctrines of Watchtower because it goes against what you believe is decent and right. Use your in-laws anniversary card to her and show her how it feels hurtful to you the way they highlighted the JW propaganda to her. Let her know that you really are a spiritual man, and that's what it's about to you. There's a difference between Spirituality and Religiosity.
Shana
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Are We in Danger of Religious Beliefs?
by mankkeli inthis is taken from the wt 2010, 9/1.
are we in danger?.
is it not an exaggeration to say that all of us are in danger of being deceived with regard to our religious beliefs?
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Shanagirl
mankkeli, Maybe you are the one who is decieved by the great deciever.
Shana