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  New Guardian Article

  by Trilobite in

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  here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/story/0,2763,574175,00.html

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  Steve,
  Thank you so much for your hard work and time put into these articles.
  I look foward to seeing the full second article soon and any others you write about this cult.
  WTBS needs to be exposed for the hypocrites they are.
  Alot of us suffer terribly even after leaving this organization.
  Loss of friends& family,faith, time,plus the anger for being so deceived,is overwelming for us at times.

  Personal freedom is not satisfactory when so many we care about are still in chains mentally!

  Ranchette
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  October 7th

  by Jr in

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  october 7th.

  hmmm.

  jr

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  Can anyone fill me in on who this MDS is?
  What kind of person?
  Agenda if any?

  Is this someone along the lines of You KNow?
  Any input would be appreciated.
  Thanks,
  Ranchette
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  New Guardian Article

  by Trilobite in

  1. jw
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  here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/story/0,2763,574175,00.html

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  WOW,
  Looks like WT just took another punch in the gut!!
  The word HYPOCRITE was very appropriate for the first word in the headline.They deserved that and more.

  I thought it was interesting that the reporter says that Witnesses were "DEMANDING" to see the paper.
  How rude of them!!!
  Sounds like they are upset for some reason.

  Ranchette
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  Is Dateline Still ON?

  by bluesapphire in

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  or is it permanently nixed?

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  Blue,

  My email is open.
  Just click on the little envelope next to my name,
  send your message and I'll be glad to communicate with you.
  Look foward to hearing from you.

  Ranchette
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  Is Dateline Still ON?

  by bluesapphire in

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  or is it permanently nixed?

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  Blue,

  I have it on excellent authority,Dateline is still on.
  It's just postponed due to Terrorism,war and Anthrax.

  I mentioned this this morning on another thread,Dateline has spent too much time and money on this story to scrap it now.

  I'm sure you'll agree we want it to air when it will have the most impact anyway.

  Ranchette
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  Helping Simon

  by larc in

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  simon started this forum about a year and a half ago.

  when i came here last december, there were 350 people registered to post.

  now there are over 2700. over the time from the initiation of this forum, simon's costs have increased.

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  bttt.

  good reminder!
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  UN NGO...? for hawkaw

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  hi, hawkaw.

  i have a question for you.

  in all your discussions with the uns ngo chief, was there any talk about membership fees or dues required from ngos?

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  Marvin,
  Great question!
  Can't wait to find out the answer.
  Ranchette
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  what about the dateline/pedophile show?

  by crittersitter in

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  after all the recent events happening around us , i was wondering if any have kept an eye out for the dateline series on the peds in wtbs.. the way it's going this could end up being a mini-series about the "uncovering" of more wtbs lies and deceit.. the un thing sure was a shocker.

  can the pedophile issue be any less shocking to the r& f??.

  my own sister said she was sure the gb thought it over very carefully before they "joined".

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  ZaZu,
  You are right,Dateline is ready to go but was bumped by Terrorism,
  War,and Anthrax.
  It's going to air, no doubt at all about that.
  Dateline has invested much time and money on this story.They will air
  it when they feel it will have the most impact.

  Ranchette
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  The three reasons we leave the "Truth"

  by sleepy in

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  seems to me there are mainly three roads most of us have taken.

  1.we did something "wrong" and were disfellowshipped and after felt able to look at the society in a different light.. 2.we didn't like the "truth" and were looking for a way out.. 3.we wanted it to be the truth but were overcome by the mountain of evidence against it.. which is the most common i wonder.. also do our motives play a large part in how we deal with information criticising the org.. without a reason to act information seems useless.. for instance if a person feels he has nothing to gain by leaving the org will he read different things into the same info as us?.

  i think so and that all who leave must have a reason to do so, something to gain.. this does not make their reasoning wrong or prove they we are looking for just excuse.. but is a normal way in which humans deals with information.. two humans can have the same information but if they want or desire different things they may use the information differently.. maybe thats wht so many say "where else is there to go?

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  Fore me it's not just one. It was #3 & #4.

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  JW Children: Feeling alone and sad

  by Gopher in

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  friday many american schools recited the pledge of allegiance to the nation's flag simultaneously, at 2pm eastern time (8am in hawaii).

  to be sure, the pressure on children of jw's was great because of the nationalistic feelings that have swept america in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.. should jw parents simply have removed their children for that afternoon?

  or perhaps armed them with a better explanation (about why they won't say the pledge) then "it's because of my religion"???.

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  There is no way my mother would have removed my sister and I from school to avoid persecution!!!!!

  She would have viewed that as a lack of faith and trust in Jah!
  In fact she would a little sad if we didn't have a bad experience that she could talk about and feel ever more sure that we had Jah's aproval.

  I do feel sorry for the kids. I remember how hard it was for me and my sister.

  Ranchette