Topics Started by orbison11

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Did they use to applaud after reinstatement after being Disfellowshipped, but then it stopped?
by ThomasCovenant in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't remember disfellowshippings happening very often and announcements about being re instated but i think i remember that we used to clap hands if someone came back after being disfellowshipped.

but then i think clapping wasn't allowed.

am i correct in my recollections?.
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Interesting but sad video
by LoveUniHateExams in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
very interesting, if very sad, youtube video by a young woman who grew up in a jw household.. i wonder how many more jw kids grew up in similar circumstances to this poor young lady?.

please post an encouraging comment below her video, if you have a youtube account.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-o2k7mfmbi.
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Where are you from?
by BeautifulMind in
1. jw
2. friends
i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.
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Pedophile on John Walsh's "The Hunt" Killed Today After Airing Last Night!
by BucketShopBill in
1. social
2. current
hi, i posted that john walsh "the hunt" is going to be airing freddy cecil mclean soon, let's hope he is taken alive!.

i am sad the police officers and us marshalls were shot, and hope their wounds heal quickly!

moiser was a pedophile on the run, john walsh made sure to say this man is deadly, he will kill to survive!
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Get well Grace (Mouthy)
by label licker in
1. jw
2. friends
a loud get well grace from all of us to you.

everyone, grace has been in and out of the hospital and i'm sure she would love to read your get wells.

we miss you grace:) wish i could post pictures.
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WT's 2 BOE Letters Flip-Flop!
by JW GoneBad in
1. jw
2. experiences
everyone knows about the recent across-the-board okay to use electronic devices in jw worship.

few, though, know about how not long ago it was considered a taboo.. first, there was that dc talk a couple of years back where they nearly demonized simply the ownership of a smart phone, ipads (i phones, blackberries, etc) let alone the use of them at meetings.

they brought out that they were a waste of time, expensive and that they exposed a christian to satan's world on the internet.
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Clergy Face Jail Over Abuse Secrets ?
by smiddy in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
"clergy who fail to report child abuse by their colleagues should face jail,a landmark state parliamentary inquiry is set to recommend.".

"australia`s first parliamentary investigation into the handling of child sexual abuse by religous and other organisations is due to table its recommendations next week" heraldsun.com.au.

they could face up to a year in jail for" failing to protect a child from harm" and "concealing offences for benefit".
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Cognizant Dissident says Hi!
by cognizant dissident in
1. jw
2. friends
just thought i'd pop in after a couple of years and say hi to all my old discussion mates if any are still posting on here.. how you all doing?

anything new in jwdland i should know about?.

cheers.
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JW family made contact....
by LouBelle in
1. jw
2. friends
.....after 8 years of us being disfellowshipped.

the made contact through my aunt who is still 'in' - as in she has faded but is not disfellowshipped and will pop to a meeting now and again - she does this for my grans' sake.. the contact was from my aunt and uncle (he's an elder) these were the 2 witnesses used against me in my judicial case.

they contacted my aunt and said to forward the message onto us.
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Do any of you know of a religion that does not believe in the Trinoity?
by orbison11 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have such internal conflict on the trinity,,,i do not believe it,,,i dont know if it is jw brainwashing.

or if logically thinking applies here.

help :).