Posts by millie210

for the past 1 year (more like 1.5 years) i have been quietly fading out of the hypocrisy of this organization, but since i still live in the town i grew up in it has been hard, and filled with different challenges.

millie210

Hi Citizen, do you have a reason or feel strongly that you need to go to this meeting with the elders?

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JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today

by ShirleyW in

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"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.

i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.

i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..

millie210

Isnt it one thing when people in the neighborhood do it and another when a man with a doctorate in counseling and who is on national television does it?

He should have been briefed better.

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JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today

by ShirleyW in

jw
friends

"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.

i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.

i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..

millie210

Dr Phil just said "I love the Lord, its Christians I cant stand."

Followed by: "This is not God telling you this. This is men interpreting God for you."

The above statement was made in reference to shunning.

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JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today

by ShirleyW in

jw
friends

"my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.

i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.

i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..

millie210

Right out of the gate the woman brought up 1975 and said they had "one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake" with that teaching.

However this goes, nice that she got that out there.

Dr Phil doesnt really know the correct pronunciation and keeps using the title "Jehovah Witness" to signify the group (plural).

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"May I have a copy of the 'Child-safegaurding policy' letter please?"

by stuckinarut2 in

so as we all know, the australian royal commission has it on record that a "child safegaurding policy" document was produced hurriedly at the tail end of the australian royal commission.. the commission was told by the society representatives that this would be "freely available to all congregants and interested people".. the commission quizzed the brothers as to whether it would "be freely handed out, or simply handed to those who requested it".

either way, it was to be freely available.. so imagine the surprise of one our fellow faders who attended a kh yesterday to ask for a copy!.

she politely and respectfully asked the brother at the door for a copy.

millie210

They should put it on the JW website so it can be "freely" downloaded.

Like a lot of their literature.

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Tuxedo

by Phoebe in

do you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.

millie210

Hi Phoebe,

I appreciate you posting this video because it gives perspective.

Tuxedo Park is well known as a luxury area by anyones standards.

And why do the GB members need second homes anyway? Why do they need them in the same area as they are supposedly living?

And who paid for these homes?

Interesting.

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CL&M part Jan 4 - annual meeting service report - our outstanding experiences

by loneranger in

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this was the first part in the "living as christians" section of the meeting tonight.

speaker had two pioneers on the stage to relate their outstanding experiences for 2017. we have 23 pioneers and over 160 publishers in the hall.

our territory is densely populated with single family houses, apartments and condominiums.

millie210

The witnesses have such a persecution complex that if someone who was rude becomes less so, they feel that is a huge accomplishment.

It escapes them that no one is persecuting them in the first place.

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Since leaving the JW Organization, who is believing?

by Issa in

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i left the jw organization last year during summer.

maybe some of you can relate.

who of you are agnostic or an atheist?

millie210

nicolaou
I know it wasn't your intention but this is the type of comment that really winds up many atheists. Why make the assumption that the only reason we abandoned god is because we got "hurt"? Didn't it occur to you that our reasoning may be sound? That perhaps we may have some intellectual integrity?

Hi nicolaou,

Fair question. I think the answer lies in my simply not explaining myself clearly.

I have zero problem with atheists. My closest relationship off the boards is with an atheist.

If I in my journey, were to become an atheist I would really want it to be based on where my conclusions lead me.

My statement about reactionary behavior would apply equally to the person who joins a church because they hate the Witnesses.

There is no belief or lack of that I take exception to. I take exception to the method of choosing the way forward.

I think it is better to act than react.

Thank you for your response and allowing me to explain that my post had no particular group in mind but rather a methodology.