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  "The Shack" by William P Young helped me to Deal with Life's Big Questions

  by HomebytheSea in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way wt never could.

  if helped me alot when i started questioning wt teachings.

  has anyone else read it?

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  I would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way WT never could. If helped me alot when I started questioning WT teachings. Has anyone else read it?
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  watching "scandal," drinking wine, and reading jw.com

  by embarrassed in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if i'm not on facebook, i'm on j-w.com.

  my idea of entertainment, and it makes me feel like i didn't waste the last 11 years of my life!

  anybody here watch "scandal"?

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  Ha!! My husband & I do the same thing! Ridiculously entertaining:)
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  Our CLAM meeting (vid): SELF-NEGATION is the first "treasure" from first meeting segment

  by Gilgamesh in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the first sample video of the clam meeting (christian life and ministry) at about 5 minutes, 50 seconds in, a brother (steven phillips) is assigned the first segment of the new meeting, "treasures from god's word.

  " ( http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwbrd_201510_5_video ).

  he shows just how sloppy the wts still is at trying to explain the deeper meanings of scriptures.

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  It might seem like a minor point, but it's common to high control groups to try to emphasize that the members are "sheep" even to the point of "sheepishness" when it comes to speaking out against wrong or bad decisions.

  I think it's ridiculous and also scary that people with knowledge, men or women, are expected to keep quiet. I'm a nurse, and I'm expected to speak up if I know something is wrong, even if my superior happens to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. Also, if we are in the middle of performing CPR, everyone works as a team, regardless of what letters we have after our names. I feel like the hierarchy is so much more of a "thing" in the Borg than in the real world where we actually accomplish real things!
  
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  My Mom Is Dying

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

  she is on morphine and hanging on.

  she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

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  Minimus,

  I'm so sorry!!!
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  Template to dump Special Pioneers

  by avaddohn94 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "downsizing" has reached special pioneers.. this is the template mexico is using to get rid of many of its special pioneers.

  see how cold and unloving is the language they use.

  a translation attempt is as follows:.

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  Giordano,

  I agree with you! I wish the paedophile issue was getting more publicity right now, so it could be seen as a possible cause of the downsizing & lack of funds. I hope we hear more soon, especially from the ARC investigations.
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  Link Between Child Abuse Cases and Financial Upheaval

  by HomebytheSea in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i really hope that, with all of the layoffs and construction suspensions going on that something more widespread comes out in the media discussing the huge payouts that wt will be responsible for regarding child abuse cases in the near future.

  at least this might be a wake up call to some.

  i fear that so many just think the end is coming & they aren't questioning what's really going on.

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  I'm sure there are several factors playing into the mess. I just hate to hear my JW mom say "Maybe this means Armageddon will be here before January!" It would be nice to have some clear evidence for JW's to see what's really happening. Many wouldn't believe it, but some would. We can't even really bring up the ARC in the US because most know nothing about it. We need some national news segment asap.
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  Link Between Child Abuse Cases and Financial Upheaval

  by HomebytheSea in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i really hope that, with all of the layoffs and construction suspensions going on that something more widespread comes out in the media discussing the huge payouts that wt will be responsible for regarding child abuse cases in the near future.

  at least this might be a wake up call to some.

  i fear that so many just think the end is coming & they aren't questioning what's really going on.

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  I really hope that, with all of the layoffs and construction suspensions going on that something more widespread comes out in the media discussing the huge payouts that WT will be responsible for regarding child abuse cases in the near future. At least this might be a wake up call to some. I fear that so many just think the end is coming & they aren't questioning what's really going on. I know that reality can be painful, but at least people might get a chance to live the remainder of their lives in freedom, doing what they choose.
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  My Mom Is Dying

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

  she is on morphine and hanging on.

  she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

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  Minimus,

  That's wonderful news! I wish her a quick recovery.
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  If your Bethelite Brother Doesn't Know About It, It Musn't Be True

  by HomebytheSea in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  a few weeks ago my deeply indoctrinated father who is a long time elder was wondering why we hadn't been attending meetings, and why my 8 yr old son wasn't on the theocratic school ( sounds like i almost off the hook with that one...lol).

  we live in a different state, but i came to find out that one of the elders in our hall called my father, who he never met, to see why our meeting attendance had been so sporadic (i am in my mid-40's, so that knowledge made my blood boil, to put it mildly!

  i tried not to answer, but he kept pressuring me, so i brought up the arc and child abuse cases i had heard of in our area.

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  SecretSlaveClass, you should meet my mom! She's even more hard core!

  Jwfacts, I feel the same way. If God was really involved, one victim, or the concept of one victim in someone's perverted mind would have been too much!

  Punkofnice, I'll have to remember that for next time & ask him what he would do if it was his grandson. It MIGHT make him think twice. Once when I was going through a divorce about 15 yrs ago, my abusive ex broke into my apartment, which I was renting from a witness couple. I called the police, and my presiding overseer @ the time said "I can't believe you'd take a brother to court!" I asked him what he would do if a "brother" broke into his house & raped his wife. I got no response, of course!
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  S*** JW Parents Say

  by Dissonant15 in

  1. social
  2. family

  my mom especially had some go-to phrases that to this day echo in my head and piss me off.

  things like, .

  "don't get mad at me for enforcing the rules, because jehovah made them, so if you don't like it, you're disrespecting him.

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  HomebytheSea

  "Even if Daddy or Mommy don't see what you're doing, Jehovah does! He sees everything....."