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  Ignored Aspect of Pedophilia

  by Francois in

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  much has been said about pedophilia among jws, as it should be.

  but there is one aspect of it that i don't remember anyone bringing up, and it's very, very telling.. in something like 95% of all cases of pedophilia, the spouse knows what's going on.

  ninety five percent.

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  My niece who was around 10 or 12 at the time, but is retarded and has the functioning of about 4 years old enjoyed visiting the elderly 'grandpaents" in the neighborhood. "Grandma" like to bake cookies, but "Grandpa" like to have time alone in the bedroom with the girl. When "Grandma" would see them go in the bedroom, she would quitely close the door after them. "Grandpa" went to prison. It seems to me that "Grandma" should have been punished too.

  Along that line, my asshole father-in-law was a flasher. Every woman in the family was subjected to it. It was worse when he was drunk, which was every weekend/holiday. Like many cases, he was married to a real nice person whom everyone cared about and no one wanted to confront the issue and upset her.
  One day when I went to their house he was wearing his bathrobe and nothing else and sitting in a chair, he opened his robe and she saw him. Instead of the shocked reaction I expected from her, she just gave him a disgusted look and said "Oh Lionel!" It was obvious this was something she had known about all along.
  When the spouse knows about it and says and does nothing, they are enabling the abuser.
  Some times there is justice in the natural course of things. My father-in-law is old and sick. Diabetes made him quit drinking. It also took his eyesight so he can't see the woman to flash them. He will most likely die in the near future and no one cares. His tombstone should read "The Asshole is finally dead"
  What a way to be remembered.

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  Feng Shui

  by Lost Diamond in

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  have any of you ever looked into feng shui?

  if so, what is your feeling on it?

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  My son had gotten interested in it so just to satisfy him I rearranged my bedroom according to feng shui and I couldn't believe the difference in how I feel in there now. I see a difference in my husband now too. Before I had two very large mirrors reflecting at the bed. So I figured what the hell, it don't hurt so I made a few other changes and it got to be kind of fun. I don't take it real seriously but they were right about acupunture so maybe they are about this too. They are both about energy flow.

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  Who believes in a firey hell?

  by rekless in

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  is hell the grave.

  is it dante' pit.. or is it.

  hell is truth seen too late.

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  CHICHI MAMA:
  OK, tell me about CHI CHI. He/she is adorable. I am a real dog lover and that is about the cutest I have seen. Brag a little.

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  Another reason NOT to live behind the Baptists...

  by Princess in

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  i hate the baptist church behind our house.

  they are loud and obnoxious in the summer.

  their youth group meets on tuesday evenings and more than once my husband has had to go over and ask them to be quiet.

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  many years ago we lived across the street from a church in Tennessee. One Sunday morning all the people were outside and no one was going in the church. The minister came out to see what was wrong and found a dog in heat with a dozen male dogs on the steps of the church and they were very much engaged in their natural activity. If the people tried to shoo them away, they got growled at. They had to wait until the dogs left on their own.

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  One of my Elders was a Flasher.

  by sleepy in

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  i don't know whether its good to spread stories regarding individual cases of perverts in the congregation.. but this case shows to me that you just can not tell very easily who is likely to be a pervert or not , even if are elders in the congregation.. this particular elder was very prominent in our area and was a regular pioneer for some time.i belive he also served on the hospital liaison committe.. one day it just appears in the local newspaper "****** has been charged with flashing in a public park" i believe young girls were the victims , though i cant remmeber.. it was only when this appeared in the newspaper that he confessed his crime to the elders, well he couldn't hide it now could he?.

  even though he had been caught and charged and then taken to court , a process that most have teken many months , he had not confessed and continued serving as an elder and on the hospital team.. no one could believe he could actually do this , yet he admited his guilt in court.. just goes to show , that in this so called clean organistaion there could be many more covering up their crimes.. (in my area also two brothers were covicted with rape and jailed).

  so if anyone thinks that in general jehovahs witness are better than normal people, well i know a flasher and two rapists, there are plenty of "good" associations in gods organisation.

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  One of my Elders was a Flasher.

  by sleepy in

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  i don't know whether its good to spread stories regarding individual cases of perverts in the congregation.. but this case shows to me that you just can not tell very easily who is likely to be a pervert or not , even if are elders in the congregation.. this particular elder was very prominent in our area and was a regular pioneer for some time.i belive he also served on the hospital liaison committe.. one day it just appears in the local newspaper "****** has been charged with flashing in a public park" i believe young girls were the victims , though i cant remmeber.. it was only when this appeared in the newspaper that he confessed his crime to the elders, well he couldn't hide it now could he?.

  even though he had been caught and charged and then taken to court , a process that most have teken many months , he had not confessed and continued serving as an elder and on the hospital team.. no one could believe he could actually do this , yet he admited his guilt in court.. just goes to show , that in this so called clean organistaion there could be many more covering up their crimes.. (in my area also two brothers were covicted with rape and jailed).

  so if anyone thinks that in general jehovahs witness are better than normal people, well i know a flasher and two rapists, there are plenty of "good" associations in gods organisation.

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  Flashing can be dangerous. This is from this mornings paper:

  Girl grabs flasher's zipper - and yanks up

  Associated Press
  April 04, 2002 08:02:00

  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A 12-year-old girl confronted by a flasher in a Virginia hotel elevator this week came to her own defense - she grabbed his zipper and yanked up.

  Investigators believe the youngster's quick thinking will help them find the suspect.

  Police spokesman Mike Carey says the incident happened in an elevator at a Virginia Beach lodge Monday night. He says the man was injured, and the girl ran out of the elevator and found her stepfather. The stepfather found the suspect running from the building, and the two men fought - but the suspect broke free and ran away.

  Carey says the suspect may have suffered injuries serious enough for him to seek medical treatment. If caught, he faces a felony charge of taking indecent liberties with a minor.
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  Hypnotism

  by sleepy in

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  has any one here ever been hypnotised?.

  i'm intrested in whether there is a link to repetative meetings and book studies and hypnotism.. hypnosis is defined as a "sleep like state in which people are open suggestion and will act how they are told to.".

  can this wok over a long term period , such as the years in the "truth' or only on a short term basis like in a hypnotists show?.

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  I went to a therapist to help me deal with my relationship with my mother and one brother that had inflicted a lot of trauma. She used hypnosis to change the way I reacted to both of them. I was aware the whole time of what was going on. I was able to disconnect from both of them and no longer have overwhelming emotional feelings when I thought about them. A lot like how JWs disconnect from their DA or DF family and friends. It only took a few sessions. And remember, I was AWARE the whole time the sessions were going on and yet they were very effective.

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  All the damage I have done

  by Elsewhere in

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  sometimes i think back at all the people i helped "into the truth".

  all of those people now in the borg.

  all of those people now under its control.. one of my regrets in life.. anyone else here ever think about this?.

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  I never studied with anyone who lasted long enough to come into the 'truth', but at the time I was studying, I convinced a friend to study and we both were baptised at the same time. She went on to think she was annointed. That was all she thought about and didn't even notice her family was crumbling around her until they were all gone. She is all alone now but still 'faithful'. Yep, I regret that one.

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  PS. I remember her telling her son that if he didn't remain faithful, she wouldn't even remember him in the new order because we were to be happy there and that could only be so if we did not even remember loved ones who die at the big "A". But then, she was supposedly going to be in Heaven. I guess they are to have amnesia there too
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  How Do You Deal With Telemarketers?

  by Outaservice in

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  jw's at your door are a nuisance, but so are telemarketers on the phone.

  how do you deal with them?.

  i sometimes say, "i'm very interested in what you have to say, but excuse me for just a minute, i have to go to the bathroom.".

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  I tell them my husband has just left me and I have six kids and I don't know how I am going to pay the bills and he has run us so far into debt and then I start crying and ask if I can borrow some money

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  Meridian and Energy Therapies

  by NoOnesMan2002 in

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  i was passed this link over the weekend, and since then have been using some of the techniques with apparent success.. http://livingbyheart.tripod.com/lauriekristensen/id22.html.

  love and regards,.

  george

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  I have looked into meridian therapy and have found it to be very effective. I don't care what some negative person has to say about it, if it works for me, that is what counts. I have also read about other's experiences with it on other chat pages and they have all had positive results.
  Generally, people turn to alternative measures when they are not getting the results they need with traditional medicine. That does not mean they don't use traditional medicine when it is called for. Sometimes one solution is better than another.
  When it comes to medicine, some people are just as closed minded as others are about religion.

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