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  Article: Jehovah’s Witnesses Holds Women Back

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.fairobserver.com/region/europe/jehovahs-witnesses-women-religion-serena-williams-news-81664/.

  by lydia segebrecht december 16, 2016. an open letter to serena williams about jehovah’s witnesses’ treatment of women.. dear serena,.

  i want to start by applauding everything you said in your open letter that was reproduced on the guardian website last week.

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  ZAPPA-ESQUE

  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Rulz !

  Maybe ..........That would be something!
  
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  My Mother reach out to me AGAIN!

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  about 3 weeks ago i created a thread due to my mom reaching out to me (we hadn't talked in over 2 years due to typical jw politics).

  well, today she reached out again thought facebook messenger saying " i'm so sorry i hurt you my beautiful baby boy.

  i'm hurting very much also.

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  You did not overcook it at all - Good logic - But CD [Cognitive Dissonance] is a powerful psychological device in the human psyche ! Just let it be for now - And KEEP showing Her love ....

  Don't forget .....she is just a victim too !
  
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  You Need to Heal

  by TheLiberator in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it has been awhile since i posted.

  but i wanted to say a few things that may help those recovering from the watchtower, especially if you have just discovered ttatt.

  it is with humility that i come here to express these thoughts.

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  ZAPPA-ESQUE

  Not sure if I have got your point here - But I am interested in what you have raised.

  Just a question.....If you intend to embrace theses previously "missed things" like Xmas/ Birthdays/ Halloween/ Valentines etc etc are you not simply taking up in the boxes of the originators and inventors of these above things all over again? They too are / were in boxes of belief systems - So like the little Russian Matryoshka Dolls you are still inside one of them who is still in another etc etc etc.?
  
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  Dr Monica Applewhite's evidence rejected by Australian Child Abuse Royal Commission

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  australian child abuse royal commission rejects dr monica applewhite's evidence and testimony.. [quote] dr applewhite acknowledged that her report did not identify the basis on which she had formed her opinions.657 she accepted that her report failed to identify the ‘current standards’ of other religious organisations658 or which ‘religious organisations’ she referred to in writing her report.659 dr applewhite told the royal commission that her understanding of material provided to parents and families about sexual development in children by other faith-based organisations was ‘anecdotal’.660.

  dr applewhite accepted that it would be difficult for the royal commission to accept the opinions expressed in paragraphs 36, 45, and 46 of her report because her report did not identify the basis on which those opinions were formed.661.

  we do not consider that dr applewhite’s report and the opinions expressed therein assist the royal commission in its inquiry for the following reasons:.

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  ZAPPA-ESQUE

  I shall be sending the good Dr an e-mail expressing my thoughts on her "performance" at the ARC - [kindly worded]
  
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  "Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

  i hear a haunting sound from another room.

  "is that a children's song?

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  ZAPPA-ESQUE

  I cannot listen to more than the first few seconds of this ! Its puke syrupy cult-juice ! And the "chang-a-lang-a-lang" guitar is................so Gene Autry !

  https://youtu.be/2vLk1MyAcFE?list=PLFFAD520DE7E026AC&t=19
  
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  Quite Possibly The Most Sinister Speaker Ever?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi guys.. "brother" jose is quite possibly the most sinister speaker i've ever seen or heard.

  and i've seen/head a lot of cults in my time.. he's over the top with his voice tone and gestures.

  i see a future governing body member in the making here:.

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  He looks like the guy in the Sign Language Masturbation Video
  
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  Sanctimonious, "WE'RE Thankful EVERY day."

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thanksgiving is really just a nice, traditional, family-oriented day set aside on a national level.

  no babylon the great.

  give me a break with the holier than thou, "we don't celebrate thanksgiving.

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  ZAPPA-ESQUE

  As we don't have thanksgiving down South Africa way where I am ....what would be the sanction you could receive from JW were you to celebrate Thanksgiving ?

  What "reasons" would they cite for why you should not be celebrating?

  To my mind it is a time that should be grabbed with both hands to have the family and friends together.

  [Fortunately I am not a big fan of Turkey.............................then again......when have I ever eaten the bird??]
  
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  Depression, Anger and Anxiety

  by Sorry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for the last few months, i feel like i've been going through the 5 stages of grief.

  lately, it's been happening simultaneously.

  in my other posts, i've expressed anger at my family and congregation for their thoughtless ways.

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  ZAPPA-ESQUE

  When I was in the throes of deep dark clinical depression back in 2010 [30 months of hell] someone who was Buddhist spoke to me one day and told me to reflect on my life as with the Seasons.....and that I was at that moment in a Winter period of life ......After Winter comes Spring.....

  So your life is "moving" but the time frames can appear to be so painfully long -

  Of course seeking out professional assistance should not be discounted - I only came "right' when I combined the psychological therapies and interventions with going onto an SNRI medication [Venlafaxine] which I am still taking. Of course each one's therapy is not the same - so you must inform yourself to the fullest extent possible. Don't explore the internet over-much for therapies etc as it is filled with a lot of negative information and can mislead you too.

  Coming out of the cult was one of the most releasing events and the positives of having done that was attested to my the Psych. as well .

  With my whole family out now we are travelling in a glorious Spring of life [despite Cancer having visited my wife in this time too !]

  
  
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  Extra-Ordinary Meetings taking place at Kingdom Halls at this hour....???

  by AFRIKANMAN in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in south africa there are meetings taking place at the kh's at this time involving video hookup as well......anyone know anything or is similar occurring in your neck of the woods this week-end ??

  all involved not just the elite elders ..

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  Only Feedback my missus got from her sister was : "He was very humorous " ..........................No "spiritual" sharing from her!
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  Extra-Ordinary Meetings taking place at Kingdom Halls at this hour....???

  by AFRIKANMAN in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in south africa there are meetings taking place at the kh's at this time involving video hookup as well......anyone know anything or is similar occurring in your neck of the woods this week-end ??

  all involved not just the elite elders ..

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  ZAPPA-ESQUE

  Yes its him - He is a true "Whitehall Man" right? ........" Time to meet .......The men from the Ministry "

  https://youtu.be/gJhU0nL0o2c?list=PLGe9e5Br4osVRlp-cAil_Z96-TSSaxPlt&t=19