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  Response to the recent "infallible" Governing Body propaganda

  by web-blog in

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  i am outraged by the recent "infallible" governing body propaganda.

  so, i posted a blog for anyone who might still be confused.

  http://faithfulslave.weebly.com/

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  NikL

  Nice job. I wish I could put things so eloquently.
  
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  CBC Canada - Jehovah's Witnesses: Internal judicial process 'catastrophic' for members alleging child sex abuse

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witnesses: internal judicial process 'catastrophic' for members alleging child sex abuse.

  radio-canada's enquête investigates allegations that the closed religious movement fails to protect children.

  cbc news posted: dec 01, 2016 5:00 am et.

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  NikL

  I just popped on to the CBC News website to check out the news and it was the first story staring at me
  
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  Do you still go to meetings?

  by NikL in

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  as i was sitting in the meeting last night i thought about this question.. sometimes it feels really lonely because i don't connect with most others in the congregation and i have to be so careful with the ones with whom i do associate.. quick rundown on my life...got baptized at 17...married at 20...became inactive at 28 wife still active though...came back to meetings with her 20 years later just to keep her quiet and see if they had changed (for a while i actually thought they had)...now i am still inactive and haven't gone out in service or anything.

  i just go to meetings with my wife who is happy as a lark to have me there with her...just go to meetings and think...and think...and think.... anyway, i just wondered if there are any out there like me who are going to meetings and nothing else?.

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  NikL

  
  

  scratchme1010 12 hours ago

  What change do you think needs to happen for you to feel like going back?

  I didn't want to get into the gory details in my OP but my wife has had lots of medical and mental problems and after her pleading with me to just TRY and give Jehovah something to bless I said fine I would go to the meetings with her. No promises were made beyond that.

  So, I went with her for about a year.
  Of course I was subjected to the usual love bombing:-) During that time I noticed more talks and studies seem to be dealing with love and Jesus and not so much on doomsday. The old starched shirt way of doing things seemed to be mostly passed.

  In answer to your question, I would like to see more freedom of diversity of thought.

  Do you believe in what they preach?

  Not all of it.

  Do you support what they do?

  Some things. Although their motives may be skewed.

  Seems to me like there may be something there that you may like about that organization, if you have gone back to see if the environment is better for you.

  Not really. I don't feel like I need to have a religious organization to tell me what to do or what is right. I don't mind a religion giving me suggestions. But anytime I'm told it's their way or the highway (in this case the Highway to Armageddon and the second death) I get real twitchy.

  I know you want a happy wife, but isolation and loneliness are not exactly the signs of being in a great place in life.

  I didn't mean for my situation to sound so woeful. I'm not isolated or lonely except when I go to the meetings. And that's just for a couple of hours a week so I can take it for my wife's well-being and sanity.
  

  Have you considered talking directly to your wife about where you stand with that organization? Do you know where you stand with that organization?

  Good Lord! been there done that. I truly believe that she will have a mental breakdown if and when the Org crumbles. By being there I can MAYBE act as sort of a buffer for her and protect her from getting too deep and drinking the cool-aid.
  
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  Do you still go to meetings?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i was sitting in the meeting last night i thought about this question.. sometimes it feels really lonely because i don't connect with most others in the congregation and i have to be so careful with the ones with whom i do associate.. quick rundown on my life...got baptized at 17...married at 20...became inactive at 28 wife still active though...came back to meetings with her 20 years later just to keep her quiet and see if they had changed (for a while i actually thought they had)...now i am still inactive and haven't gone out in service or anything.

  i just go to meetings with my wife who is happy as a lark to have me there with her...just go to meetings and think...and think...and think.... anyway, i just wondered if there are any out there like me who are going to meetings and nothing else?.

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  @ punkofnice

  I've heard that is a beautiful Cathedral. Nothing like that in my neck of the woods. I've often dream t of visiting your island but so far the only time I was there I was on a layover at Gatwick for an hour
  
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  Was kidnap victim Sherri Papini a JW?

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  sherri papini is that woman kidnapped in california and released on thanksgiving day making the news right now.. during one of the reports this morning on the today show there was a quick scene of an investigation going on at a kingdom hall.

  there was crime tape up and everything.

  credit goes to my wife for catching it.. i just wondered why the kingdom hall was a crime scene when she was abducted and released somewhere else?anybody else catch this?.

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  NikL

  Thanks Blondie. I know someone out there would know.
  
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  Was kidnap victim Sherri Papini a JW?

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  sherri papini is that woman kidnapped in california and released on thanksgiving day making the news right now.. during one of the reports this morning on the today show there was a quick scene of an investigation going on at a kingdom hall.

  there was crime tape up and everything.

  credit goes to my wife for catching it.. i just wondered why the kingdom hall was a crime scene when she was abducted and released somewhere else?anybody else catch this?.

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  NikL

  Sherri Papini is that woman kidnapped in California and released on Thanksgiving day making the news right now.
  

  During one of the reports this morning on the Today Show there was a quick scene of an investigation going on at a Kingdom Hall. there was crime tape up and everything. Credit goes to my wife for catching it.

  I just wondered why the Kingdom Hall was a crime scene when she was abducted and released somewhere else?
  Anybody else catch this?
  
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  Do you still go to meetings?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i was sitting in the meeting last night i thought about this question.. sometimes it feels really lonely because i don't connect with most others in the congregation and i have to be so careful with the ones with whom i do associate.. quick rundown on my life...got baptized at 17...married at 20...became inactive at 28 wife still active though...came back to meetings with her 20 years later just to keep her quiet and see if they had changed (for a while i actually thought they had)...now i am still inactive and haven't gone out in service or anything.

  i just go to meetings with my wife who is happy as a lark to have me there with her...just go to meetings and think...and think...and think.... anyway, i just wondered if there are any out there like me who are going to meetings and nothing else?.

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  NikL

  LOL @ OUTLAW
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  Do you still go to meetings?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as i was sitting in the meeting last night i thought about this question.. sometimes it feels really lonely because i don't connect with most others in the congregation and i have to be so careful with the ones with whom i do associate.. quick rundown on my life...got baptized at 17...married at 20...became inactive at 28 wife still active though...came back to meetings with her 20 years later just to keep her quiet and see if they had changed (for a while i actually thought they had)...now i am still inactive and haven't gone out in service or anything.

  i just go to meetings with my wife who is happy as a lark to have me there with her...just go to meetings and think...and think...and think.... anyway, i just wondered if there are any out there like me who are going to meetings and nothing else?.

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  NikL

  As I was sitting in the meeting last night i thought about this question.
  

  Sometimes it feels really lonely because I don't connect with most others in the congregation and I have to be so careful with the ones with whom I do associate.
  

  Quick rundown on my life...Got baptized at 17...married at 20...became inactive at 28 wife still active though...came back to meetings with her 20 years later just to keep her quiet and see if they had changed (for a while i actually thought they had)...now I am still inactive and haven't gone out in service or anything. I just go to meetings with my wife who is happy as a lark to have me there with her...just go to meetings and think...and think...and think...

  Anyway, I just wondered if there are any out there like me who are going to meetings and nothing else?
  
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  I'm not the only one who sees the similarity am I?

  by NikL in

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  i've been thinking this for some time.

  we all know what this picture is.... .

  well, this is dachau concentration camp.... .

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  NikL

  I've been thinking this for some time.
  

  We all know what this picture is...

  

  Well, this is Dachau Concentration camp...

  

  Ever since I first saw the tower at the new HQ I've thought about this.
  
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  WTBTS' corrupt translation - to elevate elders!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wt march 2017, p.11, par.

  13 quotes ephesians 4:8 as saying, "the bible refers to them as 'gifts in men.

  however, the org's own kingdom interlinear translation (and every other bible translation) gives a truthful translation of the verse: .

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  NikL

  I was just thinking, maybe all this new fluff about the elders being "all that and a bag of chips" plays into the GB saying they are "not inspired". Meaning the GB is not responsible for any of the bad stuff the org is being sued over?

  I dunno, just a thought.