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  Is it worth it to sue the Society?

  by Pathofthorns in

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  a few weeks back i helped my brother move out of a shared apartment to a rented room in a rooming house.

  there's no question that the years of having been a jw took their emotional, physical and mental toll on him and now as a former witness, life is not easy for him.. he understood when i refused to help him move the boxes and boxes of wt literature, the "apostate" cassettes/vhs tapes and other literature.

  i asked him why he had to keep these things that had hurt him so much and he replied that "it was for the lawsuits".. i wondered in the back of my mind how many others obsessed over suing the wt society.

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  Benefits to strengthing SOCIAL ties between us?

  by Pathofthorns in

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  i realize my comments are a bit wordy and my thoughts scattered, but i just thought i'd toss this out.

  in the past, jw's argued on doctrine and the xjw community argued also on doctrine.

  these days many jw's are no longer able to argue their own beliefs and the xjw communty has less interest in discussing jw doctrine or christian doctrine.

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  Reality check: World less happy about America

  by Pathofthorns in

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  facinating results from a global poll relating to public opinions of america in various countries around the world.. [url] http://www.torontostar.com/nasapp/cs/contentserver?pagename=thestar/layout/article_type1&c=article&cid=1035775217105&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724[/url].

  a major survey on international opinion released in washington yesterday shows u.s. popularity has plunged across much of the world amid mounting perceptions that the united states is running roughshod over other nations.

  the planet's sole superpower commands only tepid affection, just as the u.s. government struggles to win international support for a possible military incursion against iraq as the next stage in its war on terrorism.. in fact, the prospect of a u.s.-led offensive aimed at overthrowing iraqi dictator saddam hussein has become a major irritant between washington and even its closest allies.. .

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  Global Survey: Canadians are feeling pretty good

  by Pathofthorns in

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  for all those that think life is miserable outside of the us, canadians are quite content to be canadians .

  [url] http://www.torontostar.com/nasapp/cs/contentserver?pagename=thestar/layout/article_type1&c=article&cid=1035775215655&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467[/url].

  canada is a feel-good country indeed in no country in the western world do people feel better about their lives or the state of their nation, according to a just-released global survey.. .

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  Thinking about Bill Bowen...

  by Pathofthorns in

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  i was looking over the thread... "should i support bill bowen?".

  i realize i am one of the few people that gave bill somewhat of a difficult time pretty much from the beginning when it was not "fashionable" to do so.

  it was never my hope to see the man reduced to what he has, but rather to gain a better understanding of the issues involved, the intents and goals of silentlambs and to see reasonableness govern everyone's actions in the whole affair.. imo, i don't think there is any other single person in the last while that has done so much to help address the issue of child abuse among jw's while at the same time exposing them for what they really are.

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  JW takes cell-free blood - TorontoStar

  by Pathofthorns in

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  i'm not sure if this was posted yet, but here is the url to the article in yesterday's paper on the subject...[url] http://www.thestar.com/nasapp/cs/contentserver?pagename=thestar/layout/article_type1&c=article&cid=1035774253809&call_page=ts_news&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=news/news[/url].

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  4 Minimus

  by Pathofthorns in

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  it is pretty pathetic for some people that claim they don't like the content/style/quantity of your threads and then to constantly dog you in them.

  i think it takes a decent measure of talent and thought to consistently post interesting questions that generate good responses and from the number of replies/reads you get per thread, i would say others think similarly.. even your critics cannot seem to resist opening and reading what you write.

  personally, i think they are jealous and frustrated that simple questions generate more interest here than their long well-researched essays.

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  Forced Disassociations?

  by Pathofthorns in

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  an experience came my way recently that a "brother" that had not been involved for some time with the religion admitted to smoking when elders came visiting and questioning.

  failing to attend any judicial committees or show any interest in this matter, the brother was announced as having "disassociated himself" without any notice or explanation on the part of the elders 6 months after having confessed.

  he never stated that he wished to be disassociated and only expected to be disfellowshipped.. does anyone have any explanation as to why in this instance it was announced as a disassociation instead of a disfellowshipping?

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  Anyone have Panoramma program on VHS in N.America?

  by Pathofthorns in

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  just wondering if anyone in usa or canada has managed to get a copy of the panoramma program dealing with jw's and child abuse from someone in the uk and has transferred it to vhs in a viewable format for north american televisions.. it is very difficult to get jw's to watch the program on the internet and a real audio transfer to tape or vcd is very poor.

  if anyone has a copy i would be interested in purchasing a copy.. i think it would be more difficult for jw's to find fault with the bbc program than the dateline one and am curious as to what the local reaction would be to it.. path

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  Response to JW article in TorontoStar published

  by Pathofthorns in

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  a positive article on jw's in tuesday's edition of the toronto star that appeared to have obvious input and direction from the wt public affairs office left local jw's buzzing and glowing from some positive press for a change.

  in some halls reference to it was made from the platforms.

  if you haven't read the article you can read it here [url] http://www.thestar.com/nasapp/cs/contentserver?pagename=thestar/layout/article_type1&c=article&cid=1026143773683&call_page=ts_life&call_pageid=991479973472&call_pagepath=life/news&col=991929131147[/url].

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