i'd like to start off this post by saying, we all know that the wt loves control.
it's clear by their history, their wt's, the elder arrangement and so on.
however, after witnessing and using the publish id program in person, it takes this need for control to a whole new level & it was scary.. if you've ever seen builder assist (the website program used for ldc volunteers) or the metro program, it actually looks pretty similar to that.
After reading this thread I am wondering if the big push to get everyone's addresses and phone numbers "in case of natural disaster" was another method of collecting data?
Its been awhile since I have been part of the organizational structure but I remember at one point them giving us a form to fill out containing name, address, phone number and a person to contact in the event of a disaster.
i read this recently in a stoics daily guide.. "the best way to avenge yourself is not be like that.
" written by marcus aurelius..
All the drug abusers, alcoholics, wife beaters and mate cheaters I know are active participating JWs.
just heard from a friend who keeps in touch with the jw's.
a person who has been studying found out some things on line about the witnesses and decided to not get baptized and stopped attending the meetings.
she lives with a witness.
Well the nice little nugget in all of this is the JWs have reinforced whatever doubts the woman had after her online doubt came up.
She got out in the nick of time and there is always another place to live.
a close-by young brother, actually your basic, garden-variety, sexually-repressed, 40-year old virgin in the congregation has been charged with sexual misconduct with a minor.
i've known this guy since he was a kid and he has always been strange, in a nerdy kind of way.
he always wants to sound knowledgeable and wise when he comments at meetings, but i think he is bi-polar and depressed about who he is in life.
Ah...my apologies. The article linked in this thread is about a different person then I am assuming?
a close-by young brother, actually your basic, garden-variety, sexually-repressed, 40-year old virgin in the congregation has been charged with sexual misconduct with a minor.
i've known this guy since he was a kid and he has always been strange, in a nerdy kind of way.
he always wants to sound knowledgeable and wise when he comments at meetings, but i think he is bi-polar and depressed about who he is in life.
Thank you for sharing this local experience stillin.
I don't think you sound like your sympathies are with the man being charged. Rather, it sounds like you are trying to examine all the factors in his life that could have led up to where things are now.
In my area of the world, we define a pedophile as one who has a sexual interest in pre-pubescent children.
This man was accused of sexual assault on a minor. I am thinking that would be someone under the age of 18?
A different category of offender.
in my experience, there were three types of witnesses.
some were barely witnesses while others were extremely conservative types who followed the letter of the law.
and then you had those in the middle who just went with the flow.. i knew many witnesses who “felt safe” being in a stricter environment.they were actually proud that they belonged to such and such congregation because it was filled with strict bethelites..
Even the liberal JWs are stricter than life needs to be but interestingly enough, I was in a stricter congo and preferred it.
The liberal congregation in the next town over was looked down on circuit wide. I think the JW leadership encourages that kind of congregation snobbery. People get a kick out of trying to "outrighteous" one another.
it's done.. during the last month i've been talking with my closest friends about leaving the org and yesterday i finally talked with my parents.. it's been almost 5 months after i said that i would do it, but i think that this extra time has been beneficial.
i've said several times that i would opt for sending a resignation letter, but after talking to my best friends some of them suggested me becoming inactive and blocking my congregation's elders.
i've changed my mind and i will do that because the people that i care the most now know what's going on so they won't be worrying about me not attending the meetings.
Good for you!
Everyone has said all the things above I would say so just know that I am happy for you. If you have any minor set backs just come here and get advice from people who care about you for all the right reasons.
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Isn't it wonderful that they advise a woman with PPH (postpartum hemorrhage) to have a hysterectomy rather than take a blood transfusion that would leave her and her life intact?
Wonder what the genius governing body would say if their options were remove a testicle or take a pint of blood?
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4442 j m turk road, flowery branch ga 30542. from the gainesville times:.
jehovah's witnesses open new kingdom hall in flowery branch.
Remember when there was a quick build almost every weekend?
Now when someplace named "Flowery" gets a hall it makes the news and we even start a thread about it!
leaving today for rome, and then a mediterranean cruise.
will not be online, i will miss you all.
hopefully, when i get back, the wt will have declared bankruptcy.
Have an epic trip!
