The organization can't afford to loose any pedophilia elders until they can get more of the younger generation to step up and qualify to serve..... by not wearing tight pants and haircuts they don't like.
They have priorities you know.
october 3, 2016 to the bodies of elders re: minors.
3 de octubre de 2016 a los cuerpos de ancianos asunto: menores de edad.
The organization can't afford to loose any pedophilia elders until they can get more of the younger generation to step up and qualify to serve..... by not wearing tight pants and haircuts they don't like.
They have priorities you know.
yes my holy anionted mom who has cancer is concerned that the loving god jehovah may ask her in heaven to destroy here non believer family including her 5 year old grandchild during armagedon....how messed up are these crazy people!!?
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Stupid death cult!
this is my first time posting on here so i’m not sure where to start.
i’m trying to keep it as short as possible since i could expand much more.
i’ve been in the process of waking up in the last year and a half.
Welcome Untruth,
Good advice from Greybeard and others. Take it slow.
I think there is a very fine line between getting a spouse mentally free and divorce.
For many, myself included, breaking that 3 fold cord, inevitably leads to divorce.
i have never understood this.
was it because of legal reasons?
i cant think of any other reason why it wouldn't be allowed, but i know the elders ask you repeatedly that you are not taping.
Just get one of these... Don't just record them, record them in HD!
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
I don't see a problem with his fee.
First, if he is in a 25% tax bracket that $400 just became $300. I work in the IT field and it is common for consultants with a specific skill set can get $250 to $300 per hour.
I would assume that he just does not go into his Skype call cold. There is more than likely some amount of time spent to get background from the family, and likely a follow up call.
I was a juror recently and it came out in the trial that a Dr. who gave a deposition charged $750 per hour for his time because it was taking him away from his practice where he earned his living.
I would have much more concern if Hassan wanted to sell a course or program that could drain a person financially over a longer period of time. i.e. fortune tellers, Scientology etc.
when you finally and officially exited the cult, whether it be by disfellowshipping, disassociating or fading - what was the first things you did that are considered "worldly"?.
for me, it was like crash landing on another planet that looked like earth but was completely different to the earth i knew.
i wanted to learn everything that i thought i already knew.. first things i did:.
Got a 2 door car.
Watched an R rated movie.
Went for a swim at the YMCA.
Went for coffee with with someone without a chaperone.
Registered to vote.
Volunteered my time at the food bank.
Wore some tight pants.
Grew some facial hair.
Got a tattoo.
i am still in and was assigned to collect the contribution after the meeting.
i checked the boxes with another brother and there was nothing inside.
no contributions were made that day.
In the second edition of Zion's Watchtower in 1879 C.T. Russell stated:
"'Zion's Watch Tower' has, we believe, JEHOVAH for its backer, and while this is the case it will never beg nor petition men for support. When He who says: 'All the gold and silver of the mountains are mine,' fails to provide necessary funds, we will understand it to be time to suspend the publication."
This may be the only prophecy of Russell that might actually come true.
in my old congregation there are two brothers (non related) who are in the early 30s.
they've never dated girls.
they're "best friends".
What were the two guys' names? Patrick Fitzwilliam and William Fitzpatrick?
Pat Mcgroin maybe?
I know of two pioneer partners who had a gay relationship. One married and the other single. Neither were disfellowshiped. Probably because the married one was married to an elder.
due to unforeseen circumstances, i need to say goodbye.
proverbs 14:16 nlt.
i have every faith that the governing body of jehovah's witnesses will bring about needed change very soon given the continuous pressure they face.
Did you get the full force of the iron fist in the velvet glove for writing those letters to WT?
I would be interested to know what exactly the GB has done that gives you 'faith' that they will change for good?
"if you are a young person you need to face the fact you will never grow old in this system of things.. why not?
because all the evidence in fulfilment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years...as a young person you will never fulfil any career that this system offers".
may 22 awake!
Didn't the Watchtower issue an apology for these statements around 1980?