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  The Cult of Four "Just Imperfect" Men

  by Farkel in

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  the cult of four "just imperfect" men.

  (please move on to the next thread, fluffers.

  move on!

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  Simple Minds

  Great summery

  you are able to take a lot of information that could be boring, but you made it interesting informative and funny, thanks
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  Warwick Photo Gallery 4 (May Through August 2015)

  by wifibandit in

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  2. beliefs

  full set: http://imgur.com/a/djhfe.

  sample:.

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  Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens, birds have nests and the governing body of Jehovah’s witnesses have a massive resort at Warwick, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
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  First Entry for Jehovah's Witnesses on Google

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://whyimcatholic.com/index.php/conversion-stories/jehovah-witness-converts/125-jehovahs-witness-convert-lou-everett.

  this story of a jehovah's witness who became catholic is at the top of the heap.

  i was angered at what happened when he opened up and poured out his heart to a "caring" brother.. cc.

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  I was raised a catholic, went to a catholic school it was a very unpleasant experience

  my parents worked hard and gave everything for the catholic church all there lives, but when they got too old to be of any use the church abandoned them.

  whether it is the Catholics or Jehovah wittiness my experience in life has shown me that religious organizations, use and abuse people and when they are of no use to then treat them like crap

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  After 17 years, I went to a KH....really shocked!!

  by Prometheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after severe pressure from my family, i have decided to attend to the nearest kh.

  and a little history regarding my self: i became inactive and lost completely contact of the wt changes and "new light" 17 years ago.. everything seemed so odd and strange during the meeting.

  latest technology, animated movies, watchtower web tv, a website that you can download everything, including km and wt study articles.

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  all the new shiny thing are just to pacify the restless rank and file who are starting to wake up

  ha ha, it must sound funny saying that to someone who has been out for seventeen years, it is me who is just waking up
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  How this Jehovah’s Witness feels about the Australian Royal Commission

  by Simple Minds in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i know the arc is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but i had to express how i feel because most of my jw friends and family dont want to hear .

  so this is how i feel.

  i have faithfully served as a jehovahs witness for over 25 years..

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  yes 99% of family and friends are JW

  i am physically in but mentally out

  i suppose until you disassociate or are DF you are still a Jehovah wittiness?

  my life is in transition i am trying to workout what i need to do to get my life back
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  Un shunning

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with change looming large on the horizon what will those people do who make a wt/career of shunning should it become just a 'conscience issue'.

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  hopefully they can learn to treat all people with dignity

  everyone should be allowed to express there thoughts and feelings with out fear.
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  How this Jehovah’s Witness feels about the Australian Royal Commission

  by Simple Minds in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i know the arc is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but i had to express how i feel because most of my jw friends and family dont want to hear .

  so this is how i feel.

  i have faithfully served as a jehovahs witness for over 25 years..

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  I am not remaining silent

  but i am learning that if i go in all guns blazing they just shut down

  I tried talking to a friend and he tried to say leave it in Jehovah hands so i screamed "don't you care about the abuse victims" he said you sound like an apostate, so i said "since when has caring about child abuse victims been apostasy? they left soon afterwords

  so i am learning to say little bits at a time rather than screaming at them.
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  How this Jehovah’s Witness feels about the Australian Royal Commission

  by Simple Minds in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i know the arc is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but i had to express how i feel because most of my jw friends and family dont want to hear .

  so this is how i feel.

  i have faithfully served as a jehovahs witness for over 25 years..

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  Girl next door

  I loved that you quoted Martin Luther King he has always been someone I have looked up to
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  Dis-association Vs Inactivity

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it just me or is this just really bad double talk?.

  9.372 moreover, the suggested finding has no connection with preventing or responding to child sexual abuse and, furthermore, appears not to appreciate the difference between disassociation and inactivity.

  as was explained, if someone decides to no longer associate with jehovahs witnesses that is a personal decision and no disciplinary action is taken against that person.

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  what the org says publicly and what happens in reality are two completely different things

  if you are inactive most will ignore you but they will talk behind your back about how spiritually weak you are and that you secretly must be doing something wrong, it is all about control and them feeling superior to boost there own egos

  but not me i have decided not to worry about there judgments
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  How this Jehovah’s Witness feels about the Australian Royal Commission

  by Simple Minds in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i know the arc is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but i had to express how i feel because most of my jw friends and family dont want to hear .

  so this is how i feel.

  i have faithfully served as a jehovahs witness for over 25 years..

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  I know The ARC is old news i know i am preaching to the converted but I had to express how I feel because most of my JW friends and family don’t want to hear

  So this is how I feel

  I have faithfully served as a Jehovah’s Witness for over 25 years.

  I was deeply distressed by the reports coming out of the ARC into child sexual abuse with in our organization

  When I heard the testimony from the victims, how there innocence and trust had been ripped away from them by so-called “brothers” I was heartbroken and so deeply saddened I cried.

  Jesus said,“ There is nothing hidden that will not become manifest, nor anything carefully concealed that will never become known and not come out in the open” Luke 8:17

  I still can’t get the thought out of my mind that these animals have ruined hundreds of thousands of young lives, and their suffering is still on going. I feel disillusioned thinking how could this be happening in Jehovah’s spiritual paradise?

  When the ACR was in session, there were thousands of news agencies worldwide running Critical headlines like “The ARC has brought to light evidence that the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses child abuse policies have fail to protect children, have traumatize the victims, and protect the abusers.”

  I feel deeply saddened that the way organization has handed cases of child abuse has brought so much negative criticism on Jehovah’s people and reproach on Jehovah’s name.

  I understand that we are all sinful and imperfect, but I am still really shocked by the fact that there are so many child abusers within our organization.

  I remember being out in the ministry and pointing the finger at the Catholic Church when the media first started revealing the truth about pedophiles in their church, I remember saying

  “By there fruits you will recognize them” But now feel like a hypocrite

  The information the ARC reviled was from Bethels own secret files and the testimony of elders that showing that we do have a serious problem with child abuse, In regards to child abuse I see we are no different from other religious organization, but it is not just the fact that we have this problem, its all the secrecy and the way abuse victims are treated that really

  Upsets me, Jesus said “whoever stumbles one of these little ones who have faith, it would be better for him if a millstone that is turned by a donkey were put around his neck and he were pitched into the sea” Mark 9:42

  As a Jehovah’s Witness, I know I have to remain silent, about what I think and feel if it is in any way critical of the organizations child abuse policies, because that would be viewed as causing divisions. But if the organization wants to know how I feel about the ARC I feel disillusioned, depressed but most of all you silencing any criticism make me feel helpless.