Posts by Quandary

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Another Deposition with Watchtower Attorneys

by Amazing in

jw
friends

well folks, ever since the end of 1999, when the issue of child abuse among jws was raised, things seemed to have moved slowly ... at least too slowly for those who need and want to see justice done for the vctims.

in 2000, bill bowen, who was teaming up with those of us already working on the topic, finally emerged in public to start silentlambs, and brought in nbc dateline, etc.

for much welcome attention.

Quandary

Amen Jim!!

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Another Deposition with Watchtower Attorneys

by Amazing in

jw
friends

well folks, ever since the end of 1999, when the issue of child abuse among jws was raised, things seemed to have moved slowly ... at least too slowly for those who need and want to see justice done for the vctims.

in 2000, bill bowen, who was teaming up with those of us already working on the topic, finally emerged in public to start silentlambs, and brought in nbc dateline, etc.

for much welcome attention.

Quandary

Thank you for the update, and Godspeed!!

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What's the most meetings you went to in a row, without missing any?

by JH in

jw
friends

lets put it at 3 meetings a week.. my record is about 12 meetings in a row without missing.. normally, i'd miss 1 meeting per 2 weeks, in my best days..

Quandary

Uninformed:

I know of someone who gave the public talk for his congregation the sunday after his saturday wedding, the meeting time was 9:30am!! I think that takes the cake of "stupider"! This was in the early 90's.

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What's the most meetings you went to in a row, without missing any?

by JH in

jw
friends

lets put it at 3 meetings a week.. my record is about 12 meetings in a row without missing.. normally, i'd miss 1 meeting per 2 weeks, in my best days..

Quandary

Unfortuneatly, too many to count!

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-17-06 WT Study (Sacred Gatherings)

by blondie in

: the special assembly day, the two-day circuit assembly, and the three- or four-day district convention.

q9) how can we show our respect for sacred gatherings by our dress and behavior?.

- how can children show that they respect the sacred nature of our meetings?.

Quandary

Doubting Bro-

Same atmosphere at our meeting today. Very lack lustre comments and interestingly, on paragraph 17 there was only one comment and it didn't even mention the 'no missing meetings for work, homework, etc... the conductor (my dad) skipped over it as well and just proceeded to the box. The meeting ended 10 minutes early today, thank God for small favors.

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Bright spots after having left the organization

by The wanderer in

jw
friends

bright spots after having left the organization .

often, after having left the organization a person experiences.

a host of negative emotions regarding their life in the watch-.

Quandary

I can't wait to be able to post a reply to this question! Soon, very soon.

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Revelation book study. A look at Watchtower changes to prophetic meanings

by jwfacts in

with the upcoming study of the old-new revelation book i thought it would be good to expand an article i had done on the watchtower's ability to understand bible prophecy.

it appears at http://jwfacts.com/index_files/revelation.htm i can not understand how anyone that knows of the number of changes the watchtower has made can believe jehovah's holy spirit directs the watchtower.

particularly interesting is the changes that have been made to the understanding of the 1260, 1290, 1335, 2300 and 2520 days that appears towards the end of this article.the current explanation of these are an embarrasment.

Quandary

I really cannot believe the GB decided to expose, through a systematic study, throughout the next year and a half, all of those most embarrasing written "truths"!! I believe this will be real eye opener for many who are still on the fence about the validity of this organization as the "channel" God uses to communicate to mankind.

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child getting baptized

by Cindyrenee in

nine year old grandson studying to be babtized.

any thoughts on this??

i think it is insane.

Quandary

This is absolutely ridiculous!! I can't believe an elder body approving a 9 year old for baptism. How long has he been an unbaptized publisher? A month or two?

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Sensational news in my Cong!

by Zico in

i've just found out something that's going to be a massive thing in my congregation when it gets out.

it all starts with a former jw, who faded away probably about a decade ago, and then moved away, came out as a homosexual a few years ago.

he was never baptised, and he left so long ago, he never got chased up or disfellowshipped.

Quandary

I have real empathy for anyone who is trying to "tow the line" between losing family and friends and living his/her life. I have a feeling the "double lifers" in this organization are a VERY large number.

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Saying I love you foreign languages

by BlackSwan of Memphis in

jw
friends

hey all, i could really use some help.. i am looking for the proper way a parent might say to their child i love you in these languages.. spanish, french, italian.

i am definitely interested in other languages, gaelic, arabic, russian etc.

but many languages involved alphabet characters i am not familiar with.. i do know that there are online translators, babelfish etc.but i have found out the hard way, those are really not reliable, and i need to know as specifically as possible.. i am finding that unlike the english language, there might be one way to say i love you in a romantic manner and a way to say i love you in friendly, non romantic manner.

Quandary

Greek: Se agapo = I love you, Se latrevo= I adore you