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  Lack of Elders in your hall?

  by stuckinamovement in

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  2. friends

  there is an upcoming study article trying to encourage men to reach out.

  in my cong there are more former elders and servants than current ones.

  i was looking around the other day during a meeting and could only spot one young guy who is reaching out to be an ms. the 5 elders are now running mics.

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  Huge pressure on Elders to have PERFECT FAMILIES. Impossible for any middle aged man with teenagers to have a balanced family life and DO ALL THE BUSY WORK the WTBTS loads on him. Kids are kids, so almost NO ONE qualifies as presiding over their families in a fine manner if they have normal teenagers who "act out" a bit.... WHEN DAD IS NEVER HOME, AND WHEN HE IS, HE PRESSURES THEM TO APPEAR PERFECT.

  What adjusted person who loves his family will put his wife and kids through that? At the first sign of trouble at home they step aside.

  Hearing the CO ramble on with nonsense, and reading all the private "letters" from WTBTS, doing the mental limbo to deal with the Watchtower legal on crap like pedophilia will slap that "True Believer " out of you darn quick. Having to be "harmonious" with mean spirited, pharisaical A Holes in judicial matters gives most healthy men coronary problems in short order.
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  What's The Biggest Difference In Today's JWs And The Witnesses From Decades Ago?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i believe today's witnesses lack zeal, resolve, "love" of the "truth"......just to name a few things.. years ago, witnesses were excited to knock on doors and tell people they were gonna die if they didn't accept paradise.. now, when you see jws in service, they all look zombied out.. it's a slowly dying religion that will last probably forever like an ancient rotted out tree..

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  "There is no comraderie anymore, instead there is a culture of fear as everyone walks on pins and needles trying not to stumble their brother in word or deed. If you screw up, the elders will be on you like stink on poop. This fact deincentivizes gaining close freinds in the organization. It is safer to remain acquaintances with a shallow level of interpersonal contact and not get burned. "

  Well said Stuck!
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  The Most Insane Thing Ever Printed by the Watchtower?

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this while perusing through old golden ages at the new york public library.

  it is so patently ridiculous and offensive, i thought i'd just post the thing without comment.

  *** g27 11/30 pp.

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  Watchtower and Hedge Funds

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  our "beloved" watchtower, "a spokesman of god on earth," is everywhere: on the one hand say they yearnto live with christ in heaven and on the other hand - strange as it may seem - also have their interests in the land of mortals.

  let's explain!.

  each year, the watchtower (watchtower bible and tract society) meets with the most important world of high finance, in its meeting of "hedge fund", obviously without telling its members to support the worldwide and that they fill the coffers.. .

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  Out of the couple of hundred attendees many BIG money Managers, Mutual fund groups, and Fortune 500 companies WERE NOT invited!!!!!! How big is the WATCHTOWER ACCOUNT??????????????
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  WT And Hedge Funds?

  by Bangalore in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.hedgefundintelligence.com/product/12525/forthcoming-events/investhedge-forum-2010.html?elementid=9148.

  bangalore.

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  The Watchtower Society Hedge Fund

  by TJ Curioso in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the watchtower society hedge fundseveral weeks ago it came to my attention via the e-jehovahs-witnesses discussion board that the watchtower society had devised a new money raising scheme.

  the scheme is to beg and borrow money from each individual congregation account, which they deem to be in excess of the congregation's actual expenses.

  i half jokingly responded to the topic then that the watchtower has become a hedge fund.

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  Are there any cases of JW physical child abuse,,,going to the courts now?

  by LyinEyes in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  there is so much talk of the sexual molestation of children in the jw's right now , and thank all that is holy , that it is taken seriously .

  i am always grateful for information about these court cases involving jw's and i truly believe the surface of the problem is just beginning to really show.

  more and more cases are going to be going to court over this particular issue , that is great and i long to see the day the wt pays dearly for their coverups and lies,,,,and those who did the abuse , indiviually , are punished .

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  Abusive Families Drawn Like Moths to a Flame or Does WTS Help Develop Abusive Attitude?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so many ex-jw's are stepping forward here and other places and relaying information about their upbringing in the jw's being an abusive one.. we have the two types of abuse- physical and sexual.

  i thought i would give a chance to everyone to ponder on what's up with the high levels within watchtower congregations.

  i know the subject has been covered before, but some fresh voices and some new readers might want to know that they are not the freak, not the problem in their family, not alone, able to relate to others.. as far as physical abuse goes, i consider the attitude of wts that is passed on- beat the littlest of children in order to keep them quiet during meetings.

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  DO YOU BELIEVE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES "SHUNNING" OF MINORS IS CHILD ABUSE?

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have been reading countless heartbreaking accounts on this site of children of jehovah's witnesses being "disfellowshipped" and shunned by entire families, their congregations, basicly everyone they have ever known for simply questioning their parent's religion!!.

  some have been tossed out of family homes to live in cars!!!

  this is not christian.

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  Interesting Outside Viewpoint of how Danes look at JWs Shunning of Minors. Awardwinning Docu-drama of a JW family and a children affected by Disfellowshipping.

  8 part You Tube movie. Very well done. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EIDwXYACfmM
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  Award Winning Danish Movie on leaving JWs. You Tube link

  by Balaamsass in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  saw this movie mentioned on you tube from an old thread.

  seeing if it will post:.

  <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eidwxyacfmm" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>.

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  It comes up in 15 minute increments on UTUBE I watched half the movie. Surprizingly accurate glimpse into JWs for a commercial film. You can see how strange the JW viewpoints are from an outside perspective. Since the Danes don't have Amish, JWs will have to do.