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  JW's caught laughing at Child rapist accusers"

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  jwvictims has done an excellent but disturbing article on how jw's feel about the child abuse problem.. http://jwvictims.org/2013/11/23/jehovahs-witnesses-caught-laughing-at-child-rape-accusers/.

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  Someone send this to the UK charity commission
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  Why do I suddenly want to start reading JW literature and going to Kingdom Halls?

  by yogosans14 in

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  is good calling me back or am i just letting my emotions get the best of me?also i really want to be closer to my jw family.

  btw i was never baptized and i consider myself a born again christian i go to a baptist church and wath televangelist and i have expirenced gods presence like never before but sometimes i get fearful and think "what if jws are right and i'm wrong" than i'm screwed!but if there wrong and i'm right it doesn't look to good for them.. i would prefer if nobody posted "god isn't real" type comments.

  i truly believe he is real but i respect why some are atheists..

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  Go back...taste it and see with eyes wide open...

  i went through the same thing..... One meeting was enough, the 'magic' was gone, the illusion worn off......the B.S. of it all was palpable.

  It was like being sat in front of a 2hr advert for a crazy cult. Never went back. I spent months shaking my head, seriously befuddled at how I had not figured it all out earlier, going back without ignorance, it is all so transparent.
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  Do JW Children Still Call Adults "Aunt" and "Uncle"?

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  when i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.

  was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.

  thanks.

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  Always found this weird and now I think back it seems EVEN WIERDER.

  The most embarassing part was trying to figure out when you were old enough to not say it anymore and likewise weird that some that were old or with status were still called it even by some adults...

  The whole thing was bizzare and dangerous...... The reality is these people are strangers that happen to pray and worship WT in the same building.
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  JW going to prestigious university

  by ivanatahan in

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  i've been debating this, and my mother (the spiritual head of my family, she even controls my father spiritually, who is an elder) doesn't seem to be starkly against me going to a prestigious university.

  in fact, i've been going over my chances, and i'd say i have a pretty decent chance of going to my dream university, oxford university, to study philosophy, politics, and economics.

  naturally i wouldn't tell my mother about me wanting to take the three most hated subjects of jws at a university that would bring me into bad relations with "spiritually sound jws".. do you guys know any ex-jw or knowledgeable jw who knows ttatt that went to a randall group or ivy league school?

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  Gilead is no university, it's a graduation of loyalty and indoctrination.
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  JW going to prestigious university

  by ivanatahan in

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  i've been debating this, and my mother (the spiritual head of my family, she even controls my father spiritually, who is an elder) doesn't seem to be starkly against me going to a prestigious university.

  in fact, i've been going over my chances, and i'd say i have a pretty decent chance of going to my dream university, oxford university, to study philosophy, politics, and economics.

  naturally i wouldn't tell my mother about me wanting to take the three most hated subjects of jws at a university that would bring me into bad relations with "spiritually sound jws".. do you guys know any ex-jw or knowledgeable jw who knows ttatt that went to a randall group or ivy league school?

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  I went to a Russell Group Uni, bit different to window cleaning....
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  IMPORTANT NEWS: ABC News' Nightline will air a segment about the Watchtower (JWs) Wednesday morning at 12:35 a.m. EST

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  important news:.

  here in the united states, on wednesday morning, march 11th at 12:35 a.m., est, barring any breaking news the day before, the program, nightline, will air as their lead story a 9-minute segment about the watchtower (jehovah's witnesses).

  the program is 30 minutes long and this segment is only one part of the show.

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  So grateful for your efforts BA, still working hard and informing.
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  A "body of elders" or really one main guy?

  by Simon in

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  2. beliefs

  the wts promotes the idea of congregations being managed by a body or elders who all follow their rules and so are in full agreement with how things should be done.. was your hall like this?.

  out hall was a constant battlefield for power between a couple of elders and their families - relatives that had been promoted to various positions.

  it wasn't some hidden secret, it was blatant and obvious.

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  I read Robert Jordan's wheel of time books where there was "The Game of Houses" which refered to internal politics and seeking authority in the families of the story. It is exactly how I saw the elder and elder family arrangement.

  Dirty politics with tactical appointments. One family could dominate with enough DNA on the body.

  So sad...... Church Mafia
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  I'm Ready... Thank you

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys,.

  so, something amazing happened recently.

  i recently met with an old and very good friend of mine.

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  You can do all those things without a DA letter. Also sending a DA letter makes their rules and silly games real, they are not. It's like writing to Santa to hell him you no longer believe in him.
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  Asshole Atheism – Not for me, now or ever.

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to start off with let me clarify that by asshole atheism i am not referring to strong atheism or any other type of upfront atheism.

  what i am referring to is the belligerent, hateful atheism that smacks of trolls and other types who want to derail conversation or comments at any cost..

  i enjoy hearing comments from both sides of the subjects of theism, nationalism or politics, especially from those who have intense opinions.

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  agree!
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  Education, education, education....

  by snare&racket in

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  an update on my life post education..... as the governing body continue to denounce higher education, reality continues to prove their words ignorant, ill informed and blatant lies.

  i am proud and astonished to say i have just been accepted for a university teaching hospital post.

  i have a seriously sought after, senior house officer job in intensive care, endocrinology and clinical pharmacology.

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  An update on my life post education....

  As the Governing Body continue to denounce higher education, reality continues to prove their words ignorant, ill informed and blatant lies.

  I am proud and astonished to say I have just been accepted for a University Teaching Hospital post. I have a seriously sought after, senior house officer job in Intensive Care, Endocrinology and Clinical Pharmacology. It's one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK and Europe and my senior is a well known professor who was awarded an OBE for his research. Ironically, he wrote some of the very textbooks that got me here and now he has offered me a post!

  I simply could not have even imagined any of this ten years ago. I would not have even laughed at the idea.....because I wouldn't have known what any of those jobs were!

  I was an unschooled, ex pioneer, ex Bethelite with ZERO prospects, on the cusp of losing my religion. I was sad, in turmoil and truly lost, I knew the inevitable was coming because my conscience would not allow me to stay in the WT bubble, but I had NO IDEA what awaited me in the future.......I left and immediately went back to school aged 27.

  Aged 19, I once partook in an assembly item where I spoke highly of pioneering and bethel life in contrast to the futility of careers and education. As a punishment, I will be ashamed for as long as I remember for unquestionably repeating such indoctrinated bull-shit! All the data says quite the opposite to the uneducated Governing Body and who was I a 19 year old kid, to talk about the futility of achievement? Again I was simply repeating the words of men who had never achieved anything but church appointment, the only prerequisite being loyalty and a closed mind.

  While I am able to come here and encourage education and its rewards, I shall, unashamedly so. I celebrate ambition and achievement because it is just so rewarding to the soul. In addition, education leads to freedom of mind. After years enslaved to the whim of ignorant men in Brooklyn , a free mind is beautiful and empowering, it is like breathing for the first time in decades.....

  It is not ego that motivates me in writing this, though I am proud, it is the hope that someone decides to also pursue their life goals, because we only get one chance at them!

  
  IF you have thought about pursuing a career or going back to school......go order a prospectus now.....go call the nearest institution now.......go ask for a career advisor appointment now.

  Do it today!

  Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

  WB Yeats