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  Oprah For President!

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.

  she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.

  good luck ms. winfrey.

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  I`m sure she wouldn`t make such a spectacle of herself as Donald Trump has and made a jackass of herself as he has with his constant tweeting putting one foot in his mouth after another.
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  JW story - "husbands JW beliefs ruining the family" - on Dr. Phil today

  by ShirleyW in

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  2. friends

  "my husbands religious beliefs are ruining our family" is the topic.

  i"m not home when it airs on cbs in the afternoon so i watch a rerun on ch 55 here in nyc at 8pm.

  i have my cable box all set to switch over at the appropriate time..

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  I watched it today via this forum and thought over-all it was a great anti-witness .When Dr.Phil said words to this effect that if a religious organization shunned my wife and she wasn`t welcome their then i wouldn`t want to be their either.And the audience clapped in agreement.

  So I don`t think anybody who saw this show would entertain becoming a JW overall they were shown in a bad light.
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  Introduce myself

  by dantoole87 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'd like share why i went from being a teenager determined to work in full time service for jehovah my entire life, to now being on here commiserating with you all.

  i use to be an atheist but i now believe in god.

  but i'm not preachy about god.

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  If their really was/is a GOD I don`t know what the problem is of not being up front being honest and revealing himself instead of all this subterfuge ?
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  Will #metoo have an affect on forcing changing attitudes at Watchtower?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  despite decades of the feminist movement, watchtower's attitude of woman being inferior has changed little, with pauline sexism justified as inspired, on the basis that women are lesser emotionally, intellectually and physically.

  jehovah's witnesses seem to accept this with little resistance.

  is there anything about the #metoo movement that may wake followers up?

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  Their is nothing new under the sun.King David lusted after another mans wife effectively had him killed then bedded the widow. { It`s good being the King}

  Nothing has changed and probably never will me-too or no me-too
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  My fading suffered a miscarriage

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought of successfully fading out, but suffered a miscarriage last week.

  i gradually decreased the number of meetings i attended.

  in the latter half of the year it became once a month, then once in two months, once in three months ….. last week, two elders who visited me, after their bla..bla..asked: “where will you go leaving the motherly organization—the only truth now available on earth?”.

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  Welcome to the forum Ireneus now you have said your piece to the two elders you have no more need to speak to any of them again and certainly do not need to attend a JC

  Do not be intimidated into thinking they have power /authority over you they do not .

  keep us informed of your progress in knowing TTATT.

  take care and I wish you well.
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  I am getting disfellowshipped

  by CitizenofEarth in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  maybe some of you remember me, maybe not.

  for general information i am now 19 years old, and living by myself.

  for the past 1 year (more like 1.5 years) i have been quietly fading out of the hypocrisy of this organization, but since i still live in the town i grew up in it has been hard, and filled with different challenges.

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  You could jump the gun on them and write your own DA letter to the BOE and just slip it under the door of the KH before they have their meeting Whichever way it goes in time you will realize this is the best thing to happen to you..

  You will be totally free of the cult .

  Take care Citizen
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  "May I have a copy of the 'Child-safegaurding policy' letter please?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  so as we all know, the australian royal commission has it on record that a "child safegaurding policy" document was produced hurriedly at the tail end of the australian royal commission.. the commission was told by the society representatives that this would be "freely available to all congregants and interested people".. the commission quizzed the brothers as to whether it would "be freely handed out, or simply handed to those who requested it".

  either way, it was to be freely available.. so imagine the surprise of one our fellow faders who attended a kh yesterday to ask for a copy!.

  she politely and respectfully asked the brother at the door for a copy.

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  The Commission was told by the Society representatives that this would be "freely available to all congregants and interested people".

  It would be an interesting exercise if as many as possible Australians went to a KH even posing as a family member of someone who had a JW relative and requested a "Child safeguarding policy"

  Even going to an out of town KH where nobody knew you just to see what sort of response you would get and forwarding that on to the Australian Royal Commission .

  Of course to appear genuine you would have to attend a public talk and wt study I`m seriously considering this.

  What do you think ?
  
  
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  Tuxedo

  by Phoebe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.

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  I can see how they can justify themselves with this. Many years ago I think it was when they got their new HQ`s in Brooklyn and they were showing the staircase of the building and the obvious money that was spent in the building and someone queried why such expense was out layed in this project and the answer given was something like this.

  No expense was spared in building Solomons Temple Christendom spare no expense in building churches to their Gods We have the truth about the one true God so shouldn`t we spare no expense in honouring him ?

  ( or words to that effect )

  And of course Solomon King David benefited by living in such quarters so why not the latter day Guardians Of Doctrine benefit after all their responsible for saving all of humankind on a grander scale than Noah providing they obey us.
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  They have nowhere else to go!

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think the overwhelming problem with trying to wake up friends and family is they have nowhere else to go.

  i mean these people all their friends are jws a lot of them their family is jws.

  if they wake up or agree with you in anyway they know instantly that they loose all this, many will even loose jobs.

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  I truly feel sorry for those that have woken up to TTATT themselves but still have family members that are die-hard JW`s still in like spouses or adult children or parents and are afraid of losing them through shunning or DF or Da .

  These poor bastards {I mean that in a nice sense} are held to ransom by the WT/JW Society and they genuinely feel they have no place to go.

  That is the real EVIL of the WTB&TS their policy on shunning, DF, DA, and ostracizing anyone who just leaves the religion .
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  SKE, and other acronymic crap

  by MTSman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, i was sort of forced to spend time with my uber-in parents.

  they went on gushing about the website, and the new business cards they have to give out to busy people.

  business cards?

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  O K ,I give up what is DILLIGAF ? I Thought I knew them all ,obviously not.