my still in wife informed me this morning that she must be on time to the meeting as they are locking the door when it starts now.. i said that's crazy.
she said it's because of the times we are living in.. we live in a rural area and crime isn't terrible though it's worse than it used to be.. i told her if that's the way it is then why bother leaving the house at all?.
she said they are just trying to be safe.. is this a thing now?
There are no armed appointed JW's at meetings or assemblies sanctioned by the WT.
Whether to lock doors during meetings, have an alarm system, video monitoring, peppermint scented urinal cakes in the bathroom urinals, ect... Its all up to the individual operating committees within each KH.
Been abused and on both sides of JC abuse handling.
Well done video.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/judge-rules-against-pregnant-teen-who-wanted-to-refuse-blood-at-birth-20180831-p5012k.html.
this article has come up in my newsfeed on facebook today.
it was posted by a non witness midwife who is up in arms about the girl not being able to choose her own course of treatment in pregnancy.
The posting above got me to thinking yesterday so this morning over coffee (and missing Sat morning service where we do usually do 4 RV's and Dunkin Doughnuts) I brought up the subject.
My wife said that she would let our minor children die vs. approving a blood transfusion.
I said, "If we were to go to the meeting tomorrow and in the WT new light came out that blood transfusions were now a personal decision, would you still let our children die?"
Answer = "No. I'd allow the transfusion with a clear conscience."
Am I missing something here? If this isn't the epitome of mind control what the hell is?
a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.
many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.
well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.
This topic must have really been making the rounds as I heard this version in the SE USA:
JW parents expecting their first child were getting the new nursery all ready. They put up wallpaper (this had to be the 80's right?) that had Smurfs printed on it. Baby born and when sleeping on its own in its own crib started screaming horribly one night, blood curdling screams...parents rushed down the hall and into the room, turned on the lights and behold....little red bite marks all over the baby's exposed skin! Gasp! then they noticed....you guessed it friends, the Smurf's once permanently printed on the wallpaper were all now gone. Little evil demons.
Why would we welcome such Satanic influence into our home?
WHORESHITE!
seems like such an obviously correct decision to overturn the previous overreach - it should never have been necessary to go to the supreme court but happened because the rights of the religious were being ignored.. as the fundamental level, no one should be able to compel you to work for them or to provide services that go against your beliefs, and certainly not have the government be able to force you to comply.. if this was allowed there would be so many unreconcilable situations that would clog up courts over nonsense.. i also have little patience for these activists that intentionally look to be offended.
it really doesn't do their cause any good to go round looking to make trouble for people.
it's also misguided because it ends up strengthening religious rights over effectively stupid issues.. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court-sides-with-baker-who-turned-away-gay-couple.html.
Married 10 times before? No problem, here's your cake.
Run a loan shark business? No Problem, here's your cake.
Sell firearms to felons? No Problem, here's your cake.
Adulterer? No problem, here's your cake.
Heterosexual sodomite? No problem, here's your cake.
Gay? NO CAKE FOR YOU!!!
After all, hypocrisy IS a Christian value.
When you provide a service or product to the general public you loose some of your individual liberty right?
due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?
remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.
what about the thousands that don't get caught?
flipper: I'm so sorry you were abused as a child and I'm sorry to hear the WT made you sweep child abuse under the rug. You weren't the only elder who was told to do that, so don't be too hard on yourself. The main thing is you know it was wrong now and now is all we have to change our lives and the lives of others.
Thank you for that. $140 bucks an hour for a PhD continues to help me though the being hard on myself part. I cant speak for other PIMO or POMO elders but the biggest pain is knowing what the victim went through, crying with them and their families, being in a position to truly be worth the supposed "double honor" and consciously knowing my hands were tied.
As both the chairman of abuse JC's and appeal JC's: The last few years felt like going under the knife under anesthesia but still feeling everything. Often tears shed in the KH backroom or the victims living room was pain that the protocol I was following was to save my arse vs. truly being a tender protective shepherd. My God some of the cases, emotions, sickening acts against children Ill take to my grave. To this day it affects how i trust (or lack thereof) others, esp the ones around my own children whether Im at the kingdom hall, town hall, or in a vauxhall. Completely life changing.
due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?
remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.
what about the thousands that don't get caught?
Were you or someone you know sexually molested by a Jehovah's Witness ?
Yes and Yes.
Swept under the rug by elders when I was a young victim. Fast forward.......Swept under the rug (non-reporting state) by me as an elder per branch legal direction.
just spoke to an elder at the carts, whilst discussing the gb (faithful slave) he informs me they are nowpart of the 'domestics'?
anyone have any 'new light' on this?.
Wheres Waldo? Yup, there he is.....just one of the domestics like everyone else.
This was the illustration from the 7/15/13 WT to help us "see" among other things, how humble the F&D slave is
here's the outlines in english and spanish, grouped together in order for september 2018-february 2019.. english: https://we.tl/6orrqltrya.
spanish: https://we.tl/6w0acsdefr.
as per usual, these links will expire in 7 days from the date of this post so get them whilst they're hot!.
Much appreciated.
Short story: Getting these in the past actually was one of the most powerful tools in getting my kids to the point of PIMO. When they sat at the convention and actually followed word for word in advance, in print, in their own hand what was being regurgitated from the 8 popes of Warwick it was like a light went off in their head.
"wait they are just reading this from a piece of paper?.....its not from their heart?......they didn't have to write what they are saying?......whats the point of all this effort to come to a convention (hotel, dry cleaning, eating out, gas, time off work) when I could have just read this at home instead of having someone read it to me?..."
hallelujah
from the 11/2018 wt study edition:.
lap dancing is a form of lewd conduct that is becoming more common in the world”.
perhaps this observation goes hand in hand with the previous article pp.17 that “….
From the 11/2018 WT Study Edition:
P25 pp12: “…. lap dancing is a form of lewd conduct that is becoming more common in the world”.
Perhaps this observation goes hand in hand with the previous article pp.17 that “…. their thinking will rub off on us.”
Is it just me or is there some hidden connections here?
