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  Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any U.S. religion

  by new light in

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  2. friends

  well i'll be darned.

  serves 'em right.

  man does that put a smile on my face.'.

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  erbie

  Yep, grinning from ear to ear 😆
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  What Was Your Body of Elders Like?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  were they pretty much a good group of men?

  we're they jerks?.

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  In our old congregation (Gloucestershire UK) we had a sly tax inspector as a PO, a wet door mat as secretary and a few other oldies who would potter around and mostly speak nonsense in the name of 'theocratic' service.

  My goodness, they were a crooked and twisted bunch.

  I'm just thankful that my children won't be influenced by them at all because in the end...

  I won 😜
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  How did your family react when you made it known that you did not want to be a JW anymore?

  by Yondaime in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  please share your experiences..

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  Like a swarm of very angry hornets.
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  BRITAIN - A High Court Judge has ruled that a Jehovah's Witness boy can receive a Blood Transfusion

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  britain - a high court judge has ruled that the son of two jehovahs witnesses can be given a blood transfusion despite religious objections from his parents.. mr justice moylan was told by doctors that the very young boy had suffered severe burns in an accident and might need a blood transfusion.

  the judge concluded that a blood transfusion would be in the youngsters best interests in spite of the deeply held views of his mother and father.. the judge said a health trust with responsibility for treating the boy had asked for a ruling.

  he did not name anyone involved and did not give the childs age.. judgment - www.jwleaks.org/blood/case-no-fd14p00803.

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  erbie

  Yes, I heard this on the radio today.

  It is actually quite comforting to see common sense prevail at a time when there seems to be so much madness in the world.
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  "Tight Pants" by Mentally Diseased - a tribute to Anthony Morris III

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  too tight pants by mentally diseased.

  (with thanks to baggy trousers by madness).

  too tight pants in kingdom halls.

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  erbie

  Priceless!
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  I tripped into a JW literature cart

  by diana netherton in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i wasn't looking where i put my feet, and i almost took the cart out!

  anyway, i stopped and chatted with the people for a bit.

  three women and a man -- an elder and his wife.

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  Absolutely, just be your usual, happy self. They are half expecting you to be belligerent because that is what they have been led to believe. When they visit me now believe me, I am far more effective at doing what they do than they are. And they find that very troubling indeed...

  Error, cannot compute...
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  Another subliminal picture in the WT!!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.

  imagine my delight!.

  a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.

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  erbie

  Hey, I see the goats heads above the heel too. But where's Wally???
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  Ongoing frustration with wife

  by Flipping El in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've tried taking the slow, patient approach with my wife.

  i believe i first posted here about 13 months ago about my wife.. we've always had good communication and could talk endlessly about philosophy, neuroscience, sociology and then when i learned the ttatt, i clammed up a bit about spiritual things.

  i'd always been fairly liberal, suggesting other alternative ideas, but then i told my wife about the un/ngo scandal (i ran across the guardian story doing a talk as an ms, lol!

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  erbie

  Wow, it seems that a few of us are going through the same thing. It is somehow comforting to know that.

  I have an appointment with my solicitor today at 10:30 UK time to deal with just this issue.

  I was first to leave, at first she carried on without me and took the kids. Then she had an affair and decided to leave the cult and is now basically an atheist and an extremely angry one at that. She says she hates me, the thought of sleeping next to me makes her skin crawl etc, etc.

  She is now extremely angry, aggressive and abusive both physically and verbally. I had to go on anti depressants earlier this year and am also on a programme of CBT as my self confidence and particularly my self belief are shot to hell.

  I am as nervous as hell about dismantling the marriage after 20 years and it terrifies me, making me feel physically sick, waking in the night and so on.

  Anyone out there who is going through the same, I feel for you because I've lived through hell for ten long years.

  She will not leave because she is afraid of her Witness parents but I have been told by several different doctors not to suffer the abuse any longer.

  I love my children and they don't want this but it has made me ill both mentally and physically so I need to extricate myself or there won't be anything left of me to give them.

  This isnt my thread, I just stumbled across it and I guess I ought to post my own when I have more time and if you would like to hear how I get on.

  Good look to everyone who suffers the same 👍✋
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  A young girl shouts down a Street preacher

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  got to admit that when some of these screechers get wound up, ive felt the same as the young lady.. http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/11/06/08/34/girl-tells-street-preacher-to-shut-up.

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  erbie

  She's certainly not going to grow into a lady.

  One day she'll be shouting like that at her husband and telling him to 'shut up'.

  In fact, I'd bet a years wages that she speaks like that to her father already.
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  Is Anthony Morris III gay?

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why else would he constantly bring up "gay-inspired" clothing when speaking to such large audiences?.

  nothing wrong with being gay.

  but he should just come out of the closet already and stop all this stupidity... just saying.. .

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  erbie

  The above picture of Morris in tight pants NEEDS to go viral.

  How can we make that happen?