Tech49, "Like a crack addict...... more and more is required to get high.........and soon enough NOTHING gives the required thrill to maintain the feeling." SO true! Makes me wonder what will be the next drug.
Posts by 3rdgen
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13Question for those attending mid week
by All for show indo you all know how many attend vs sundays?
talking to friends and family all find it so boring/difficult to sit through they say their meeting midweek attendance is about 50 percent less than sundays, with at least 15 percent of those leaving at the half.
we have had 3 local needs this year on staying the entire meeting, but people still leave, happily.
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What Was Your Opinion of Elder's Wives?
by minimus ini think that many of them were saints.
some were bitches and others seemed like they hated their status.
many wives were very good examples and were more "qualified" than their elder husbands.. .
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3rdgen
Aunt Fancy, You made me think of something I had long forgotton. When I was a young elders' wife frequently other sisters (sometimes brothers) would start telling me about jucy/naughty stuff going on in the Hall that was being covered over with the other Elders and kids. I knew I shouldn't be listening but I was too young and too social to resist. I never spread what I heard but I did go straight to hubby with it, which was the plan of the person telling me. They wanted my hubby to DO SOMETHING about the problem. Worse yet, 1st hubby disreguarded confidentiality and told me EVERYTHING that went on. It was a heavy burden for such a young couple to know so much and soon hubby quit the job.
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Throw Out Your Blood Cards!
by Coded Logic inex-jehovah's witness bled to death after surgery .
in 2006, riddell signed a declaration that she did not want to be given blood during any medical procedure because of her jehovah's witness beliefs, even if healthcare providers believed that it was necessary to preserve her life.. she later stopped practising the religion but her brother told hill she maintained the declaration because she had researched the use of blood transfusions and made an informed decision not to receive any blood.. riddell opted for the surgery after being diagnosed with symptomatic gallstones, hill said.. parry met with riddell before the surgery but did not discuss receiving blood with her as he told hill the chances of someone bleeding during the surgery were less than one per cent.. that meant the surgery began at wairau hospital at 9am without parry knowing about the declaration, although his anaesthetist did.. it was originally supposed to be a keyhole only surgery, but parry made the decision to go to an open surgery as he could not access the gall bladder through the keyhole technique.. during the surgery there was a small amount of bleeding, which parry was unconcerned about.. the surgery finished at 11.15am and parry went away to perform another surgery.
during that time, riddell's blood pressure dropped and fluids increased.. the anaesthetist visited parry during his surgery and told him "we have a problem, she's bleeding.
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3rdgen
SOP said ..............." nobody else has the RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT YOU DECIDE" (bold type mine) USA has strict privacy laws that are routinely ignored by JW's who work for doctors, hospitals, and labs. They are taught that he Borg comes before Ceasar's law. If one of these workers tells the elders of your decision on blood (this has happened many times) they are breaking the law and they and the hospital should be sued.
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What Was Your Opinion of Elder's Wives?
by minimus ini think that many of them were saints.
some were bitches and others seemed like they hated their status.
many wives were very good examples and were more "qualified" than their elder husbands.. .
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3rdgen
I was the wife of two different elders. 1st time: I was in my mid 20's in the late 70's. I can honestly say that in our congregation the elders wives were sincerely trying to be faithful and encouraging. Several were married to assh@#%s but never complained. One wife was a convert who was not as zealous as the others and often missed meetings. She and her hubby got so much flack for it she gave up and quit. Later the whole family joined her. The 2ond time: was about 15 years ago in a much larger cong. in a different town. What a difference! Most of the other elders wives were classic insufferable Elderettes, pious snobs who wanted nothing to do with me and the feeling was mutual! Being an elders wife simply means your husband is seldom available for you and you and your children are scrutinized more than the R&F. I neither felt nor received any status. Since Elderettes are SELF APPOINTED they throw their opinions and their weight around at will. They are truely hard to stomach.
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Not on JW.org: SIX Texas victims acuse Jehovah's Witness Elder & Circuit Overseer of sexual abuse, and bring lawsuit against Watchtower for cover-up.
by Balaamsass2 insexual exploitation and abuse of six young children leads to lawsuit in dallas county.
dallas, oct. 23, 2014 /news.gnom.es/ six young adults, from north texas, all sexually abused as children, filed suit today in dallas, texas state court against three north texas jehovahs witnesses congregations (dallas, plano, and greenville), the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, and an elder.. sexually abused when they were ages 4 through 14, the plaintiffs were children of members of the dallas, plano, and greenville jehovahs witnesses congregations.
the suit states that they were repeatedly sexually abused and molested by an elder and an unknown regional circuit overseer, and that they and their families were threatened with discipline and harm if they disclosed the abuse to anyone.
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3rdgen
The chickens are coming home to roost.
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Not on Jw.org: Victim recounts rape by Jehovah's Witness Elder and Watchtower cover-up.
by Balaamsass2 invictim speaks about rape ordeal.
jailed: mark sewell.
first published thursday 23 october 2014 in news.
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3rdgen
There is no such thing as too much negative publicity for the WTBT$.
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Listen to the Pilot Episode of JW Podcast
by God_Delusion inhi guys,.
check out our first ever podcast here - http://www.jwpodcast.org/2014/10/19/s01e00-macclesfield-forest, or download this episode (right click and save).
it's finally here, our first ever jehovah's witness podcast!
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3rdgen
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Positive proof that prayer works!
by 3rdgen inabout a week ago my adult daughter called me crying.
it seems her beloved expensive cat had jumped out of her second story window and disappeared.
"oh dear!
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3rdgen
Sorry Punky, Maybe I can get the born agains to put in a good word for ya.
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Positive proof that prayer works!
by 3rdgen inabout a week ago my adult daughter called me crying.
it seems her beloved expensive cat had jumped out of her second story window and disappeared.
"oh dear!
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3rdgen
I am so impressed by the depth of this debate!
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baby or no baby?
by Dudu inthat is the question for the next months ... i am 32 and i will turn 33 on december....i am freaking out!!!
my hubby and i have no children and we are not looking for one right now because im studying a masters.
i will finish subjects in june and after that i will write my thesis (6 more months).
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3rdgen
If you have to ask-get your degree. If your desire to have a child is not overwhelming you might resent how much more difficult getting your degree is with a baby or toddler. 40 is the new 30. There is plenty of time.