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  Is "Theocratic Warfare" a Guaranteed Right?

  by ABibleStudent in

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  quote from: july 15, 2011 watchtower study guide, left-side insert on page 6. why a russian verdict is reviewed in france.

  on february 28, 1996, russia signed the european convention on human rights.

  (on may 5, 1998, russia ratified the convention.

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  uh, yeah... about that article... Jerry Bergman PhD is probly not the best "expert witness" to use when presenting your case in court.

  Just sayin'.
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  What's the most dumbest/petty thing you've heard of someone being "stumbled" over?

  by Reality79 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  - some loser once took offense that i hugged a sister goodbye at a leaving do and ran back to the elders like a little child telling on me.

  i was 15, this sister was in her 40s at the time.. - this elder said someone told him they saw me with a copy of the sun newspaper.

  yes, this paper is known for its 'page 3' topless girls but far from pornagraphic and i wasn't even thinking along those lines.. - one brother who had a good job was 'counselled' because he was actually able to buy himself nice things including a new car (shock, horror!!

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  What's the most dumbest/petty thing you've heard of someone being "stumbled" over?

  by Reality79 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  - some loser once took offense that i hugged a sister goodbye at a leaving do and ran back to the elders like a little child telling on me.

  i was 15, this sister was in her 40s at the time.. - this elder said someone told him they saw me with a copy of the sun newspaper.

  yes, this paper is known for its 'page 3' topless girls but far from pornagraphic and i wasn't even thinking along those lines.. - one brother who had a good job was 'counselled' because he was actually able to buy himself nice things including a new car (shock, horror!!

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  An older Sister™ told me that I was Stumbling™ her for buying a Glamour magazine and getting my hair done like one of the photos in the magazine. She claimed that "those trashy magazines" were the first step in leaving The Truth™. Now that I think of it, the only "trashy magazines" that drove me out of The Truth™ were The Watchtower and Awake!

  

  I thought to myself It figures... just look at how she keeps her hair.
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  "Spiritual Endagerment As Grounds For Divorce"? Paleeez!!!

  by itscrap&theyknowit! in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've noticed my husband (w/the backing of the brothers) trying his best to 'catch me' or imply inproper dealings or what whatever with the opposite sex.

  we had a big blow up where it resulted in his being terribly cursed out and demeaned (by me, of course and i hate doing that but it is the only way to keep him at bey).

  i hate when he tries to incriminate me when it comes to a simple acquaintance or phone call.

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  re: your daughter - I can tell she is really stressed about it (baptism at an early age)

  Keep telling her that she doesn't have to do it if she doesn't feel ready. Remind her, as often as you need to, that Jesus didn't get baptized until he was 30 years old. Besides, what is the big rush? So your husband can shun her if she makes a mistake a few years down the road and gets DFd??

  I'd also ask your husband why he is colluding with the elders to entrap you with this legally unrecognized charge of Spiritual Endangerment™? Tell him that legally he's free to leave without going through all those stupid hoops - tell him "just don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!"

  (puts $5 wager on the table that he's the one sneaking around with someone else)
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  Did Jesus make wine or grape juice

  by jam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  proverbs 23;31-33, commands, "do not look on the wine when it is red,.

  when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

  bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder (viper).

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  I think someone peed in a cup and they called it champagne.
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  My Wife is reading "Learn From a Great Teacher" to my oldest daughter.

  by garyneal in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the past, i've tried reasoning with my wife concerning the reading of religious materials to our children but the reasoning is not getting through.

  she believes that since my oldest daughter prefers church to the kingdom hall (no surprise) that in order to provide any kind of 'true' religious instruction she must read wt material geared to the kiddies.

  in the past, i reasoned that if she insists on reading material to her that will ultimately trash my way of life then i could do the same.

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  Band on the Run:

  Yet I know many Jewish-Christian marriages from being in NY. I don't sense shame there but they respect each other very much. The problem I see is that the Witnesses are relentless. Grey does not exist for them.

  The problem is neither shame nor that the JWs are relentless. It is that they have no respect for views other than their own. When mutual respect is part of the dynamic, all that secrecy, shame and my-way-or-the-highway mentality has nowhere to take root. If you get a JW to agree to a cooperative coparenting relationship with a non-JW or ex-JW it would solve these issues in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, the WTS requires and compels JWs to take an all-or-nothing approach and encourages bullying the other parent into letting them take over the spiritual leadership in a family. They really truly want to create as much misery as possible. What a loving arrangement, no?
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  This stopped me in my tracks. Sad but inspiring, please read...

  by unshackled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is sad but also quite inspiring...thought i'd share it.. .

  a gentleman named derek miller passed away yesterday from cancer.

  he was loved and admired by many in the vancouver area (and beyond).

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  but

  I'm a frikkin mess now.
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  When You Don't Like a Person ...

  by snowbird in

  1. social
  2. current

  ... you don't like to say his/her name.. years ago, i was told that by a psychology major.. http://blog.al.com/live/2011/05/sarah_palin_praises_familes_of.html.

  see paragraph 13.. also, in a speech in denver, colorado, on monday evening, she refused to call the president by his name.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/03/sarah-palin-osama-bin-laden_n_856811.html.

  yet, she's a christian.. syl.

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  kinda like Voldemort, eh?
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  If One More Person Calls Me "Boo" LOL

  by PublishingCult in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  seems to be the trend today to call another, a friend or loved one, "boo".

  it was cute about five years ago when it was seldom used.. it's old, it's overdone, it's done by everyone, it should stop now.

  find a new pet name you damned boo-hooers .

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  Anything you say, Buttercup.
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  Now my marriage vow is directly connected to remaining a witness...

  by DavinciCodeBreaker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  i recently informed my wife of 25 years (the love of my life) that i just cannot go on any longer with this facade.

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  When I was ready to quit the JWs, I had already tolerated over a year of psychological abuse by the Witnesses in our congregation. They excluded me from Field Service™ arrangements, they gossiped about me, they made up lies about me, they'd treat me like a DFd person by turning their backs to me when I'd walk up to them at the KH to say hello. Mr Scully had witnessed most of these incidents. When I told him that I wasn't going to go Door-to-Door™ anymore, I said that my conscience wouldn't permit me to try and invite unsuspecting people to join our congregation, knowing what a pit of vipers it had turned out to be. I told my parents the same thing - there was no way I was going to go to someone's door, and LIE TO THEM, tacitly conveying that the congregation I belonged to was a shining example of the love that Jesus promised would be evident among his true disciples.

  There were no further arguments, and within a few months, Mr Scully was ready to quit the JWs as well. He, too, realized that there was no love in that congregation, and every other congregation we had belonged to. Every time we moved (more than 10 times in the first 10 years of our marriage), it was the same story - it wasn't just a local anomaly.