Agreed!!!
Posts by 3rdgen
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38Danny Boyle - Genius
by Slidin Fast ini think the opening ceremony was brilliant.
what say you?.
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How do you feel about pranks/practical jokes?
by Chemical Emotions ini've always felt kind of torn on the subject.
but honestly, i don't like pranks.
in general i think they're unkind, especially when done to a child, an animal, an elderly person, or someone already stressed/distraught or not in good mental health.. i've always really hated two things: 1) seeing people embarrased.
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3rdgen
I don't like them. I even hate the TV shows like Punked and others that pull practical jokes. I once caught my kids making a prank phone call. Let's just say they didn't do it again.
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An additional thought: Question #9 HAD to be written by a pedophile! Who else would assume a child "asked for it"????????
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Your most DISTURBING WATCHTOWER Bethel/Branch experience? (No full names please)
by Balaamsass inok.. you 70 plus bethelite members.... this is your chance to share stories!
inquiring minds want to know !no full names please..follow t.o.s.
to avoid borg libel lawsuits).. i will start the ball rolling with week one.
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Jnrtig, So let's see if I have this straight. If a Bethelite plays what is considered a violent video game he can be sent home. But if he actually participates in a fistfight, he is simply moved to another dept.?! GB logic at work. LOL
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kurtbethel, is that YOU???? LOL
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New York - Washington - Oregon - Anyone?
by pmljohn init has been a few years since i last reached out, so here i go again.
i was pretty much raised jw, from a very early age.
my dad was always an elder, usually the main one.
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Pmljohn,Congratulations to you and your siblings for escaping the cult. So glad you are able to block out the bad and live happily ever after. Just curious, do your uber Dub parents shun you? Are they ashamed that their efforts to bring you up in the "dicipline and mental regulating" (brainwashing) failed?
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RESOURCE for Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Survivors. Are you willing to be interviewed ?
by Balaamsass inmany survivors of abuse have found it healing and enpowering to confront their abusers.
they can "shed" their victim status and fight back!.
many newspapers have "independent contractor" status reporters.
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bump
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JW couple beats daughter to death
by saltiest ini just read this article in the chicago sun times.
when i started reading the parents were religious and then saw home-schooling, i had a gut feeling they were jw's.
i read on and found out i was right.
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The WT$ flipped flopped on the application of the scriptures advocating the use of the "rod" because and ONLY because they were essentially FORCED to by "Ceaser". Neighbors living near KHs started calling the police when they would hear the screams of babies and children being hit. The police started showing up at the meetings and arresting the accused parents. Announcements started to be made at the KH "Parents please stop taking your children outside to be spanked. The loud noise is disturbing the neighbors. Instead take them to the library or the restroom to spank them" I heard the announcements with my own ears.
In time some JW children starting confiding in teachers, councilors, and the police about their abuse. The parents were "bringing reproach on the organization". The heat was on -public opinion mattered to the GB. Then, and ONLY then, did they officially change their message.
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Dubs badmouthing children
by rebel8 ini was remembering the 1980s when it was in vogue to shun children.
they went through a fad when they'd call unbaptized excommunication as "disassociation".
within a short period of time, most of the teens and preteens were "disassociated" or disfellowshipped.
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I had shirtail relatives this happened to. They were brothers whose parents had a bitter divorce and cutody battle. They were kidnapped and taken to another country for at least 7 years until the FBI eventually got involved and returned them to the USA. By this time they were understandably very mixed up teens. They got caught breaking a decrative light in front of a subdivision. They were arrested and ordered to pay restatution. Their names were read off the platform and they were shunned.
The guidence councilor at their school was furious that their church would use shunning instead of trying to help. He wondered why there were no youth groups or any other assistance efforts made.
Needless to say they are not JWs anymore.
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Do You any Witnesses that Just Married Someone Because they Came From A Prestigious Family?
by Pitchess Co-Gen indo you guy know any witnesses that married for privilege?
for example the lowly male publisher married the c.o.t.b.o.e daughter and quickly move up the ranks.
another example is that the witness girl that only date or marries up( only dates m.s,elders,ex-bethelites,or pioneers ).. .
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Pete rose is marrying her for her mind.