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  So poopie decided to go to meeting today so poopie now say

  by poopie in

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  after a long long time after today's wt i can finally say hello to df ones because they are made in gods image yes i can even ask how they are doing without feare i will get df because if an elder walks up i will pull out trusty wt that says fellow humans deserve hover and respect..

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  Good for you (I guess).
  
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  How much time and money did we waste traveling to meetings alone?

  by longgone in

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  quick answer: way too much!.

  this is something that really gets to me, all the way back to my childhood.

  twenty minutes each way, three times a week.

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  Twenty minutes each way, three times a week. Month after month. Year after year. Wow. Plus the wear on the vehicle. That money could have gone toward food and clothes which we were already short of.
  

  I wish it was at least that! As as have posted, my uber JW father felt that he had to be more devoted than anyone. He volunteered to use his own vehicle to transport people to/from the KH. to do that he made two and sometimes three trips to/from the KH taking people. Of course, he would take us his family first, so we were at the KH at 5pm for the 7pm meeting. Also we were the last people to leave as he would take the others he transported first, meaning that we were still in the KH at 10:30pm, sometimes 11pm waiting for him to come pick us up.

  He saw absolutely nothing wrong with that, still to this day he doesn't. I refuse to even look at how much it costed him in gas and time, but the largest cost was in the resentment that he got from his own family, all for his attitude that he always had to do more than the rest.
  
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  This is a txt message I just had with a JW

  by joe134cd in

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  the following is a txt message i just had with a jw about why i decided not to attend meeting.

  i fully realize that this will get me blocked.. jw : you dont want to answer me why you dont go to the meetings.. joe : ok.. (1) the 2 witness rule in the handling of a accusations of child sex abuse.. (2)the covering it up and out of court settlements that they are making to victims of sexual abuse.

  unfortunatley the brothers and sisters are totally unaware of what is going on and the magnitude of it.. (3) the comments of geoffrey jackson when testifying before the australian royal commision on its handling of child sex abuse.

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  Conversation ends and I am yet to get a reply. So I'm guessing I'll either be blocked or get the imperfect humans reply. I fully realize many here will tell me this is the wrong approach, but I needed to vent.
  

  I think time will tell about that being the best approach. That is how you feel, those are your thoughts, so I personally see nothing wrong with that approach.

  Also, I know that we call it a conversation, but those lame reaching out attempts are unilateral. they ask questions but not with any interest in anything you have to say. Their purpose is a mixture of curiosity, they want to know what you thin, but only with the purpose of determining how they will treat you from than point on, not because they have any interest in you.

  If you asked me, you got a whole lot of nosy brainwashed inappropriate people off your back.
  
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  TED talk on education

  by zeb in

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  i have been viewing the ted talks.

  a huge range of topics schools of thought religions and races.. take a look at this one.. https://www.ted.com/talks/karim_abouelnaga_a_summer_school_kids_actually_want_to_attend.

  hugs.

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  So much of our education reform is driven by a sympathetic approach, where people are saying, "Let's go and help these poor inner city kids, or these poor black and Latino kids," instead of an empathetic approach, where someone like me, who had grown up in this environment, could say, "I know the adversities that you're facing and I want to help you overcome them."
  

  That's the best line of the talk. I know that even with the best of intentions, this "talk down" attitude that decision makers have towards education in this country is causing harm and has proven to be ineffective.

  Great talk. Very inspiring.
  
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  Who wants to place the opening bid?

  by stillin in

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  I bet there will be some idiot who will think that it has actually been signed by Jesus.
  
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  DEMONISM👿

  by minimus in

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  when i was a kid and even in my adult life i believed in demons.

  the demons were always around.

  we had to be careful that we didn't do anything to upset jehovah or else the demons would make their way to us.

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  Were you affected by the demons or did you always think it was purely nonsense?
  

  As a child yes. Nobody bothered to explain to me how that demon thing works, so I made up my own script around it and was scary. I thought they were very powerful beings capable of owning your own mind and body. Scary for a child to grow up believing that.

  Sometimes I wonder how I managed to stay relatively sane.
  
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  Just got back from Field Service

  by biblexaminer in

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  i had to work with an elder in fs today.

  there was no way out.. this elder is from africa somewhere, right off the boat.

  how do they view children?.

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  I grew up seeing that fear of whatever (people in general, being seen preaching, encountering a coworker, a former drinking buddy, a former lover/girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse, being judged the same way they judge others, the list is endless). That avoidance is reflective of the attitude that many JWs have. To me that's clear evidence of what really in the hearts of many JWs and try to have their children do and be what they don't/aren't. Just pathetic.
  
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  Step 1. Steal a cadaver (Check!)

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  i live in fort worth.

  for a time, so did serial murderer henry howard holmes.henry, as a young medical student in 1861, was a future serial killer.

  did he know his destiny?

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  Interesting creepy facts about the town where you live. Sadly we always remember the criminal and never the victims.
  
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  Guys ... Be honest here ... Do you ever Pee in the bathroom sink

  by RubaDub in

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  last month i got caught by my wife after a late night out with her (and some drinks).

  i guess i am evil.. just wondering if anyone else has had this misfortune.. rub a dub.

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  scratchme1010

  Guys ... Be honest here ... Do you ever Pee in the bathroom sink
  

  No, and why are you asking only guys?
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  Would This Be Adultery?

  by FedUpJW in

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  i just happened to read a news article from some months ago about doctors having performed a successful penis transplant.

  the recipient lost his due to cancer, and doctors expect him to gain full use of his "new" penis, including sexual activities.

  considering some of the more goofy interpretations of doctrine that the gooberning body trots out that the rank and file must obey under penalty of shunning i wonder if a man had this surgery, would he and or his wife be df'd for adultery?

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  I just happened to read a news article from some months ago about doctors having performed a successful penis transplant. The recipient lost his due to cancer, and doctors expect him to gain full use of his "new" penis, including sexual activities. Considering some of the more goofy interpretations of doctrine that the gooberning body trots out that the rank and file must obey under penalty of shunning I wonder if a man had this surgery, would he and or his wife be DF'd for adultery? Another mans penis would have penetrated her, and it would have been done with his full approval. That just HAS to be wrong according to the GB.
  

  And masturbation will be considered a homosexual act?