Posts by exjwlemming

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Caption This

by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

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exjwlemming

Caleb 2.0. Who says that the GB doesn't support affirmative action?

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Some Good News About A Local Boy

by Amelia Ashton in

they must be so relieved after all they've been through..

This is great news for the family and I'm happy for them. Ironically, if the boy was hit by a car and needed a simple transfusion to save his life, they would let him die with a remedy just feet away?

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The laziness of JW parents....

by stuckinarut2 in

it struck me that the society has created a culture of lazy jw parenting.. rather than parents being there to guide and direct and help their children through all stages of life, the gb / society has become the "go-too" for everything.. if the child has an issue, there is a wt article for that.. does the child need help with something else?

ah, there is a caleb and sophia cartoon for that.. what about that other topic?

ah, there is a book for that.. so rather than being present parents, the average jw parent simply outsources their parenting to the organization!

exjwlemming

Being a JW parent absolves you from performing many duties of regular parents. For example, JW parents don't have to spend the time to travel and visit college campuses. They don't help their kids to make career choices and choose courses and a curriculum. They don't have to apply for financial aid or work some overtime or a second job to help pay for their kids education. The typical JW kid gets his secular start by having the "privilege" of working a no benefits part time gig for a fellow "believing" business owner while pioneering for the org. Meanwhile, the business owner is living high on the hog with honest hardworking young men and women at their disposal that are being duped. I know so many that fell into this trap. As full grown adults, they struggle to make ends meet, are heavily in debt, have no savings, no health care insurance, no retirement, and no meaningful employment that provides some satisfaction. It's no wonder that they pour everything into the org and trying to advance for a sense of some accomplishment.

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Solicitors Appontment Tomorrow - Advice Appreciated

by pale.emperor in

following up on this thread: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5012900121935872/am-overreacting-here?page=3#!#5179106934128640.

im seeing my solicitor tomorrow to see about getting an order in place making sure any contact my daughter has with my jw family goes through me and not my ex-wife.. explained the situation briefly to the lawyer, she was asking more and more about why should i be concerned if a jw had access to my child.. i mentioned the blood issue, the shunning, the inappropriate pictures of armageddon in books/mags etc.

do you think i should bring in watchtower literature to show them what i mean?

exjwlemming

Bring some popcorn and cue up John Cedars' "Worst Convention Ever." The bunker and shunning videos would speak volumes.

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Find Family Happiness ... NOT!

by jp1692 in

the other day my wife and i were in sonoma.

we were just walking around enjoying the pleasant afternoon in the quaint, old downtown area when i saw two jw women standing by their “witnessing cart.” .

normally, i just ignore them whenever i see jws standing by a cart, but i gotta admit it: this time it really bugged me because of the title on the cart: find family happiness.

exjwlemming

When I was PIMO and separated from my wife at the time, a friend sent me a screenshot of my wife's instagram account. She posted a picture of herself working a JW booth set up at the county fair. The booth was decorated with JW posters claiming, "The Secret to Family Happiness." It was ironic considering I left her after 20 plus years of physical and emotional abuse. She even tagged the pictures #bestlifeever and #helpingfamiliesbehappy. It was all I could do but sit back and have a good laugh.

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Find Family Happiness ... NOT!

by jp1692 in

the other day my wife and i were in sonoma.

we were just walking around enjoying the pleasant afternoon in the quaint, old downtown area when i saw two jw women standing by their “witnessing cart.” .

normally, i just ignore them whenever i see jws standing by a cart, but i gotta admit it: this time it really bugged me because of the title on the cart: find family happiness.

exjwlemming

Is that Katey Sagal with the shades on?

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Leaked 2018 Elders Training Video RE: Elders Reviewing Pionieers

by pale.emperor in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhq5viughny&feature=youtu.be.

quite frankly im disturbed at the lack of love and compassion.

especially for the first sister they talk about!.

exjwlemming

Talk about legalistic! You would think that these guys were sitting on the Supreme Court and submitting dissenting opinions. They must think very highly of themselves to be able to render such judgments to who is able to hold some BS title, "pioneer." After nearly 15 years, my mother volunteered to come off the pioneer list sometime ago. The eldurs were holding her to a higher standard that the R&F and criticized her for some minor infractions, such as, not giving the list of the not at homes to the eldur, but directly to the one that checked out the territory card. Shame on her. The eldur must of felt slighted by being bypassed. She still makes the pioneer hours by is a lowly "publisher." The eldurs were concerned that the CO would question this situation, which he did. This gave her the opportunity to tell the CO about the wolves in sheep's clothing. Needless to say, nothing changed and she had been blacklisted for being a rabble rouser. She still faithfully serves the borg and quickly defends them.

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Oprah For President!

by minimus in

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i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.

she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.

good luck ms. winfrey.

exjwlemming

Oprah would be a "vassal" president in JW speak. It would be a power vacuum where others would wield influence behind the scenes and take advantage of her naive and limited political experience. She would be just like Trump without the cold hearted brashness, utter stupidity, selfishness....and obviously without the racists behind the scenes pulling the strings. Fool me once with Trump...shame on you...fool me again with Oprah...shame on me. Though I truly believe that Oprah would have noble and genuine ideas to make America better, there would be too many special interests groups, lobbyists, and people trying to sabotage her work and keep the status quo. Bernie supporter here. Biden/Warren 2020!

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Will The Governing Body Sell Out The Watchtower Corporation In A Plea Bargin With Prosecutors?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

as the lawsuits continue to increase world wide against the watchtower corporation and it's branches,, things could get very dire for the governing body to plea bargin for a lighter sentence and so turn over crucial evidence against their fellow f&dss, technically beat their fellow slave and what not.. now i know a lot of you will be thinking: "what on earth could lead to the gb blowing the whistle on fellow his fellow gbs?

" i think that a legitimate question and offer no answer but just use your imagination as if this thing led them to make a run to the opposition to rat on others to get a lighter sentence.. hey i'm thinking about man's powerful desire to save one's own skin at the expense of his loyal companion..

exjwlemming

I think it would be the other way around. The corporation would throw the GB under the bus. The "Guardians of Doctrine" are the whole reason why these issues exist.