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  WTS cannot take a "kinder, gentler" stand on GLBT

  by irondork in

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  in another thread, socrateswannebe shared district convention notes:.

  a kinder, gentler jehovah emerges at the 2012 dc?.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/227660/1/a-kinder-gentler-jehovah-emerges-at-the-2012-dc.

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  Scully

  I see this as a for-public-consumption message. They often soft-peddle their beliefs in the interests of not scaring off the non-JW visitors who might be at the District Convention™.

  There has been so much in the news recently about bullying occurring in schools of GLBTQ kids to the point of their wanting to (and sometimes succeeding to) commit suicide. Youth are one of their prime targets - kids seeking to rebel against their parents' rules, explore different experiences, etc. To tell a kid who identifies as "different" from everyone else because of their orientation, that they will be accepted regardless of their sexual orientation, is - to put it quite bluntly - bait to these vulnerable individuals.

  To me, it is a disgusting ploy to lure in fragile personalities with a promise of unconditional acceptance, only to switch to a message that promotes unequivocal self-loathing for the person they are once they have been ensnared.

  Then again, with the new "research" into the born-this-way nature of certain pedophiles, maybe the message is for them too.
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  Just venting - I hate the Society.

  by donny in

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  Scully

  donny,

  I'm so sorry. I also hate how the WTS turns decent people into assholes.
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  Is it okay for a JW to handle blood in a medical place of work?

  by trailerfitter in

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  2. medical

  hi everyone, i am curious to the stance and opinions of those who are in the know.

  my jw partner (we are seperated) applied for and got a job in a hospital working as a phlebotomist,.. odd i thought at first.

  as i am aware they collect blood samples and deliver blood to wards for a sister (uk senior nurse term) for administration to patients.

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  One can't help but think that if you train as a nurse, you will encouter some "conscience matters" along the way.

  Exactly. You either suck it up and do the job, or you find a job more suited to your "conscience".
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  Is it okay for a JW to handle blood in a medical place of work?

  by trailerfitter in

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  2. medical

  hi everyone, i am curious to the stance and opinions of those who are in the know.

  my jw partner (we are seperated) applied for and got a job in a hospital working as a phlebotomist,.. odd i thought at first.

  as i am aware they collect blood samples and deliver blood to wards for a sister (uk senior nurse term) for administration to patients.

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  Scully

  It's NEVER a nurse's decision to give blood to a patient. It is a physician order.

  As a nurse, you are supposed to leave your personal beliefs at the door if they are in conflict with what is in the patient's best interests. If the nature of your employment creates such an internal dilemma for you (for instance, nursing patients who have therapeutic abortions, administration of blood and blood products, etc.) then you need to find an alternative form of employment rather than impose your religious beliefs and issues on your colleagues.
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  2 years and 380 abuse, a judicial committe, a repentant "brother"

  by chasson in

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  2. child-abuse

  if you can read french, the last story in france concerning a sexual abuse of a young girl of 10 years during the year 2000 to 2002 by a jw.

  the judicial committee of the "brother" has found him repentant, even if he has abused her nearly 380 times.

  it seems that they have never told it to the police because the victim has taken ten years to make it by herself:.

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  Scully

  Google translation, though not perfect, gives the gist of the story:

  The ideal is considered inexcusable tonton

  The foundations of the Aisne, the ideal uncle recognizes he had "no excuse" for violating his 10-year-old niece from 2000 to 2002 in a small town of Laon.

  Very surrounded by his family, the victim of his actions (the number of 380 penetrations by magistrate), hard to hold back her sobs. She was silent for nearly ten years for fear of family tensions. His family increasing stories of attention and affection to her and trying to erase his nightmares.

  Their misunderstanding is total. "I had such confidence in my sister and my brother. They were Jehovah's Witnesses, it was a guarantee of morality," says the mother of the young woman.

  She feels guilty, "when I nursed my daughter for what the doctor thought was constipation, I did not ask the right questions."

  The wife of the accused is appalled: "I was very attached to my niece. I feel for betraying his people." She does not like that one evokes the Jehovah's Witnesses, which she joined the movement in the 1970s.

  Her husband followed her, as he has done many things he could not say no. Certainly, it passed a judicial committee of the movement and was punished for his behavior, losing some "privileges" as to intervene and ask questions.

  But it has not been excluded. "It was enough to repent," he says. Treatment is not given to women who can not be ministers or perform administrative tasks.

  "They are far from being equal to men," commented Mr. Antonini, lawyer of the plaintiff. In the box, the nearly sixty years old made his acts of contrition as if he wanted to finish, as soon as possible, with his trial and be alone with his conscience.
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  does the wts shield women pedophiles, ... ?

  by mP in

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  just wondering if the org is quite as habitable to women pedophikes as the men ?

  are they equal opportunity ?.

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  I think society, in general, is not as clued in to the possibility that some women can and do molest children. The WTS is even less inclined to accept their existence.

  That being said, one 50-something lady in the congregation where I grew up couldn't resist pinching little boys' bums. Everyone thought it was "innocent", but the little boys who tried to avoid her like the plague.
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  THINNER-Me? Maintain/gain weight

  by JWdaughter in

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  anyone ever read stephen king's book "thinner"?

  ) i kind of forgot how it ends, but being king, i don't think it ended well for the protagonist.. anyway i feel like that is what happened to me.

  only i didn't sell my soul.

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  00DAD:

  Cursed by a Gypsy

  Hmmm, there was a show called Touched by an Angel... I think this could be a spin off.
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  THINNER-Me? Maintain/gain weight

  by JWdaughter in

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  anyone ever read stephen king's book "thinner"?

  ) i kind of forgot how it ends, but being king, i don't think it ended well for the protagonist.. anyway i feel like that is what happened to me.

  only i didn't sell my soul.

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  Don't give the PITB doctors a second thought. That's how they "evolve" during their training. You shouldn't let that keep you from looking after yourself. They get paid good money to help you, don't let them intimidate you.

  Now, for "Pharaoh's Revenge", try the BRAT diet (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast) for a couple of days to give your system a chance to rest. Make sure you're getting enough fluid. If you're concerned about water quality, you should boil your drinking/cooking water for 5-10 minutes, then store it in sterilized containers. If you're making ice cubes for your drinks, make sure you use the sterilized water.

  You should also be looking at electrolyte replacement if you're having persistent vomiting and/or diarrhea.
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  THINNER-Me? Maintain/gain weight

  by JWdaughter in

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  anyone ever read stephen king's book "thinner"?

  ) i kind of forgot how it ends, but being king, i don't think it ended well for the protagonist.. anyway i feel like that is what happened to me.

  only i didn't sell my soul.

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  Scully

  You should definitely see a doctor. It could be something easily fixable, like a hyperactive thyroid, or it could be something else. You want to know if it's something bad, right??

  Anyway, Thinner is the only Stephen King novel I've ever read. The guy pissed off a gypsy, who stalked him for a while and uttered the word "thinner" to him and cursed him. He ended up wasting away and dying.
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  It's still bugging me...

  by mrsjones5 in

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  but instead saying something i most likely would regret later i'm going to rant here.. this was touched on on otwo's thread.

  there's a jw woman who's kids go to the same school as mine.

  my oldest son is friends with this woman's oldest son.

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  Scully

  Start with some plausible misinformation.

  Doesn't have to be crazy or silly, just plausible. That way everybody wins. Your mother gets gossip about you/your family (albeit false information), and the go-between feels useful. Your privacy is maintained and you get to wear a $h!t-eatin' grin like the cat that ate the canary.

  "Smile - it makes people wonder what you've been up to."