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  for the PIMO question as to A. Morris

  by enoughisenough in

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  have the rank and file been told not to "gossip", or "question" about mr morris yet?

  i am mindful of how questioning decisions was discouraged and being told to keep things confidential.

  ( maybe too soon, but do share if a special needs part comes up) you would think that common sense would tell them they cause the questions when they don't share reasons.

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  XBEHERE: Alcoholism is a health matter. Alcoholics have something in their brain that other folks don't, and it induces a craving for alcohol. I was married to an alcoholic and had to learn some things about it. There is supposedly a new drug which helps alcoholics diminish the craving for alcohol.
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  This is a Q for my aged Friends ....?...60 plus ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  over-all how would you view your life on this planet so far ?

  fair , good , satisfactory ,not so good ,terrible.,?.

  let me explain if i can ,i didn`t become a jw until my very late teens 19 and more likely close to 20. .

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  Mum

  Thank you, Ozzie. I'm very well to be an old lady. Hope you are, too.

  Best wishes to you as well.

  Mum
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  Anthony Moriss nervous breakdowns and Bethel stress!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so karl klien of the governing body gave his life story in the watchtower talking about his stress, nervous breakdowns and pressure to take the lead.

  it was aweful.

  maybe anthony had the same problem..

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  Mum

  Sooner or later, a Bethel PIMO will help us know the real story. I expect Morris to be bitter. He may lash out. I don't expect the kind of honest appraisal that Ray Franz wrote.
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  JWs mental health

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do they have any kind of mental health arrangements at bethel?

  i mean to help jws with mental problems.

  like a psychiatric.

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  Mum

  Like most organizations, psychopaths are most likely to be the leaders. They are rarely interested in any of the problems of their fellow humans. We've all heard the "sage advice" set out by cyberjesus above.
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  Can YOU see Jehovah's hand in this matter? May 2023 Study WT

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  study watchtower may 2023 p. 12, par.

  14: “she poured out her heart to jehovah, asking him for help.

  the consulting doctor took an interest in their case.

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  Mum

  No, I don't see "Jehovah's hand" in any of this. I see the government's hand. I see the doctor's hand. "Satan's system" can be counted on to come through.
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  This is a Q for my aged Friends ....?...60 plus ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  over-all how would you view your life on this planet so far ?

  fair , good , satisfactory ,not so good ,terrible.,?.

  let me explain if i can ,i didn`t become a jw until my very late teens 19 and more likely close to 20. .

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  Mum

  I'm 75 years old. I've had some hard times, but I realize I've been lucky overall.

  I spent my earliest years in Appalachia (Tennessee) with my grandparents. They were wonderful people. My mother was 16 when I was born, and married to my narcissistic father. I was lucky to live with my wonderful grandparents on a 12-acre farm. Like most Appalachians (hillbillies), we were poor by American standards.
  We lived in a 3-room log cabin chinked with mud, had no indoor plumbing, minimal electricity, and a shotgun.:-)

  For food, my grandparents planted all sorts of vegetables, and my grandfather plowed with a mule. My grandmother milked the cow every day as I watched. Then she churned butter. We had chickens which lay plenty of eggs. About once a week, my grandmother would catch a chicken, chop its head off on a tree stump, pluck it, singe it, and cook it. We had hogs, and a smoke house full of pork. In retrospect, I am very grateful to have had this experience.

  When I was 10, I had to go live with my parents, brother and sister in a 2-room apartment in Ohio. That was traumatic for me because my parents were quite different from my grandparents, and I was no longer an only child. I had to go to a big city school with city kids, which I did not find pleasant.

  About this time, I met the JW's. I posted my JW story on this forum. I was baptized at 17, the only one in my family to be that stupid at that time.

  At 21, I married a JW elder, 9 years older than me. I was not in love with him, and I deeply regret doing it. He was arrogant, uneducated, and had too many stupid rules.

  At 32, I moved to Nevada, where I had a cousin, leaving my JW husband behind. We had a daughter, so it was not easy. But I survived.

  After my daughter grew up, life got better. I finished college and had a decent life.
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  Family shares link: last of the last days

  by Gorb in

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  2. friends

  gorby's family is sharing a link with a jw.org video, that would indicate that the end of the end has started.. listen to the gb, they app.. https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=share&wtlocale=o&lank=pub-jwb-100_2_video.

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  Mum

  Bbbbut, the end started in 1914 and ended in 1975!
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  Desperation - 3 year old Becomes UnBaptized Publisher

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jw's seem to be getting desperate.

  this three year old is paraded on a jw blog in cuenca, ecuador.

  it is about 1/3 of the way down on the page.

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  Mum

  Children love it when they get positive feedback from adults. This makes them vulnerable to JW propaganda. It is pure evil not to wait until a child is educated and sufficiently mature to make their own choices.
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  The Hubris of the Governing Body

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's difficult to comprehend how arrogant the members of the governing body must be to sanction much of the content that appears in their literature.

  they identify themselves as the 'faithful and discreet slave' - that alone requires an astonishing degree of pride.

  but what is even more amazing - arguably to the level of insanity - is the way they then use that phrase to elevate themselves above the rest of the organisation.

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  Mum

  I can't cite the particular chapter and verse, but the Bible (which they profess to believe) says that one who is exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.

  It is the epitome of arrogance to claim that you, one of 9 white males and one black male, are the only people on earth who can understand scripture sufficiently to explain it, especially when not having studied ancient history, languages and culture!
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  What happened to Catholic church bashing.

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i remember back in the 80s almost every awake and watchtower magazine, think all, hade an article about how bad and evil catholic church was.

  what happened to all the bashing?

  was it because people in catholic countries got offended?

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  Mum

  Almost all new cults start out by bashing the Catholic church. Tony Alamo comes immediately to my mind. I'm not sure if he's still alive, but in the '80's, he was causing quite a stir in some quarters. In the old days, a lot of JW converts were formerly Catholic. All religions are look down upon by JW's, but they seemed to have a special hatred for Catholicism.

  slimboyfat: I didn't know Franz was Lutheran and went to Catholic school. Thanks

  Vidiot: You're probably right.