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  I couldn't take it anymore, although still in because of my wife, I did this...

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  2. beliefs

  i dressed up in a hoodie, double layer so that the cameras at the kingdom hall couldn't recognize me.

  i looked in the mirror up and down so i knew that the cameras, at least at the angle that i knew couldn't see my face.

  i took this disassociation letter, stuck it in the envelope, labeled it, "(congregation's name...boe" by hand and sealed it.

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  JaniceA

  Prudent and discreet? They are so prudent that they refuse to comply with societal and ethical norms, they can't keep their membership and they have spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a showplace in the middle of a resort area. You could find a long list of impudent deeds, and their lack of transparency is NOT the same as discretion.

  People with power have always done their best to keep their indiscretions to themselves, rather than parading their crazy on the front porch. That discretion has bitten the butt of various churches, ministries and governments recently. Including theirs. It seems that the leaking just keeps along at a steady drip until it reaches a tipping point where no one can claim to be ignorant of the real issues.

  Right now JWs have to keep their heads firmly up their butts to ignore the truth of it. Or they become accomplices and enablers.
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  Canadian Donations

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i stumbled upon this charitable status page for canada and thought that i would look for the watchtower society of canada.

  as they say the report is incomplete because it lacks the normal auditors process details.

  but donations received $64.4 canadian dollars!

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  JaniceA

  It must be all the Bible’s that are printing to give away that’s costing so much. Cause that’s what they do, right?
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  Moving Back to Chicago - Don't care

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife was diagnosed with ms about two years ago.

  we have been living in ohio for the last 5 years but were recently assigned to a new congregation because of the dissolving and sale of our congregation/kh.

  my wife's symptoms spiked after being relocated to our new hall back in january.

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  JaniceA

  I’m glad you’re so careful for your wife’s wellbeing. I hope any karma that’s in the world rewards you and your family and may your wife find solace in familiar surroundings and have her symptoms recede. MS is so unpredictable, but you can guarantee that great emotional stress exacerbates it. I hope the next transition is smooth!
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  tommy Robinson --update

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8b_xqi_nm.

  this is self explanatory.

  please if you are in a commonwealth country write /phone /fax your local member to support tr release from his current place of imprisonment.. you may not receive any reply but do so anyway.

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  JaniceA

  Wasn't he on probation from an earlier offence? Then reoffended?

  I f he pled guilty, why keep him out of jail? Pleas usually result in less time served than a retrial and conviction. If he knows he's guilty and evidence won't exonerate him, why waste money? He built the reputation that makes convictions easier. It's unfortunate that he broke laws. If you all think he's the best thing ever, change laws, I guess.

  I'm not a UK citizen so I don't have rights to say how things ought to be in their country, but it you don't like things, I imagine you can vote and you do have representive govt.
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  Welcoming Our Latest JW Apologist JTrottigy

  by pale.emperor in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i'd like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome our newest jw apologist jtrottigy.

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  he'll likely only be here for a few days like most jw defenders before he runs away when presented with his own doctrine.. so far he's already said some hilarious stuff, like "there's no such thing as nepotism in jehovah's organisation", "confidentiality is paramount to elders" and, my personal favourite "the overlapping generation is so simple to understand".. yh don't think i don't remember you from jwtalk..

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  JaniceA

  I would love for this guy to explain the new generation teaching from the bible.
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  Tell me this is not more locker room talk!

  by JaniceA in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://thetab.com/uk/warwick/2018/05/09/named-and-pictured-the-warwick-boys-who-made-rape-jokes-in-their-group-chat-28615.

  these look like nice, middle class boys going to uni, involved in sports, government, etc.

  they are pretty much standard college kids.

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  https://thetab.com/uk/warwick/2018/05/09/named-and-pictured-the-warwick-boys-who-made-rape-jokes-in-their-group-chat-28615

  these look like nice, middle class boys going to uni, involved in sports, government, etc. They are pretty much standard college kids.

  So I ask the men here: is that the way most guys talk when no one is looking, or are they perverts who found their particular tribe?
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  Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad

  by charonsdog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today, july 1, i wrote what has become my annual contact with my parents.

  it is their 51st wedding anniversary.

  i e-mail them from across the world where i now live to let them know that i haven't forgotten them, i still love them, and that i'm doing okay.

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  It’s a sad thing you shared with us. I hope your family finds an exit from the cult.
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  Do You Ever Wish That Hillary Was President?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hillary is very supportive of doing whatever it takes to undermine trump.

  would you be happy if she were your president?.

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  JaniceA

  I didn't like Hilary, but on the continuum, Trump is so low that I'd prefer her.

  I work with a socially and economically conservative person who is extremely wealthy. He knows her personally and after the election, when he lost any possibility of benefiting from his association with a incumbent (as we mostly felt she was until election night) he told me reasons that he loves and respects her as a person. None of them will be in headlines or if so, would be considered as a thing done for optics. She did a lot of good for people who could do nothing beyond their vote for her. She was kind and generous when no one was writing a story of taking a picture.

  I don't know her. This is me and my friend is one person who knows her well. I'm not saying I think she's all that and a bag of chips, but I don't think she is the evil female portrayed by the right wing media.

  The man was a longtime conservative who has known her for about 12 years. He voted for her because he had no other viable option. He knows trump for a bit longer and never imagined that he'd make that decision. But he has done business with trump so there's a different perspective.

  It's funny because he would personally benefit from a strong conservative leader, but he sees trump as a man who's out for his #1. Which would be trump. He doesn't think he's good at all.

  Yep. This is hearsay. I know the integrity of my business associate though.

  I'm still surprised that he won. i wish anyone else had won, but it's still america. So far.
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  Anyone ever know gays in the hall that are lying to them selfs or others?

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i know of three situations i saw myself.

  the first one was when i lived in arcadia.

  all the people i use names on are dead and gone so no probs.

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  JaniceA

  Yeah, some stereotypes rub me the wrong way. Carpentry and gardening. I loved working in shop with dad, rebuilt engines, went hunting and fishing and my hetero creds are well established and firm. My dad was a carpenter and iron worker was also an avid gardener and baker (awesome at it). My uncle who was in army 20 years crochets avidly. He collects eagle paraphernalia and has flamingos and trolls in his yard and looks like a biker. Not gay or in denial. Just an individual.
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  The biggest news of the year for Mr. and Mrs. Totally ADD

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is bigger than christmas and birthdays wrap into one.

  thanks to the australian royal commission our youngest son has woke up.

  we received a e-mail from him tonight where he apologized to us for shunning us all these years, how bad he felt for doing this.

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  JaniceA

  This is great news, for your family in whole, but especially your son. I hope his family soon exits also.