was there anything positive about your jehovah's witness experience?.
a) I have stayed clear of smoking and drugs and never felt interest in getting wasted on alcohol.
b) I've learned to speak in public and acquired some strategies to empathize with others.
c) I have learned the rudiments of sales techniques.
d) I have learned the value and the challenges of living in a community.
That's about it.
Eden
many of us have had the experience of trying to share our knowledge of the dark side of the watchtower with those we love, only to have it end badly with the person getting deeply upset and refusing to believe any of it.
a new study might shed some light on the problem.
this brain study looked at what happens when someone's belief system is challenged.
Very interesting OP, LisaRose. Thank you.
Eden
https://www.revealnews.org/blog/jehovahs-witnesses-settle-lawsuit-alleging-coverup-of-child-sex-abuse/.
by trey bundy / february 17, 2017 .
the jehovah’s witnesses settled a lawsuit this week brought by a pennsylvania woman who says the religion’s leaders covered up sexual abuse she suffered as a teenager.. the settlement came five days into a trial in which stephanie fessler, a former jehovah’s witness, claimed the religion’s parent corporation violated pennsylvania’s child abuse reporting laws by instructing local leaders – known as elders – not to report her allegations to police.. according to fessler, a middle-aged jehovah’s witness woman, terry monheim, began sexually abusing her when she was 14. at 15, fessler disclosed the abuse to her parents.
Simple fact remains:
If the plaintiff didn't have a case, the Watchtower wouldn't make a settlement. It's an admission of - at least - partial responsibility, which stems from their official policies. Even if the parents ALSO failed to show due diligence.
Eden
quick question because of a current writing project i have in hands .... if you live on staten island, what would be the assembly hall you would attend for a circuit assembly ?.
another question: in 2014 were there still circuit assemblies?
or had it been already narrowed down to special assembly days?.
Quick question because of a current writing project I have in hands ...
If you live on Staten Island, what would be the Assembly Hall you would attend for a Circuit Assembly ?
Another question: in 2014 were there still circuit assemblies? Or had it been already narrowed down to Special Assembly days?
hemosep – blood recycling system.
a blood recycling system, the hemosep cell savage, was developped at brightwake ltd. it is praised as costsaving and lifesaving device for jw who undertake major surgery.
one of the company's trading arms advancis surgical markets the device.
Wasn't a JW involved in the development of the HemoPure mentioned in that article as an accepted product to use with Hemosep?
my ex-wife actually opened up to me today over the phone.
she was quite anxious and, i could sense, i little upset.
for those that dont know my situation im separated from my wife.
Pale, that's encouraging news. Now, proceed with caution so that you don't get caught by manipulation. I second what someone else said here before ... I think your GF is a bit reckless to get involved with a man who is only 4 months recently separated, with a child and the cult history behind it. You are a ticking time bomb now for her. Don't break her heart.
As for your wife, and based solely on what you said, it may well be that she is now seeing the WTS with different eyes and realized the monstrosity of the condition she is trapped into now. But she may just be manipulating you to keep you "close" as an option in her life, in an attempt to break your new relationship, so that you can remain available for her if she so wishes to leave the cult. Be careful not to be a mere option on someone's life and not the first choice. Remember that not long ago she chose her religion and her family over you. It could happen again, and her being overly concerned about losing friends and family is natural but also is a red flag, because, as it was said, she isn't emotionally reliable. I would consider a sure sign if she expressed concern about not exposing your child to be raised in the toxic environment of the cult, but has she expressed such concern? Or is she just worried about what SHE might lose?
You have some tough choices ahead to make. Be sure to make them in YOUR best concerns and those of your child - not necessarily your wife's wishes. If you truly believe your marriage is worth saving, you must act now so that you don't break someone's heart and wreck another life. If not, be supportive to your "ex" but keep a safe distance. Remember it's not your responsibility anymore.
straight from the article friends... .
*** w61 12/15 pp.
767-768 questions from readers *** .
Then if a girl understandingly takes care of herself while the ovum is at large and is causing sex disturbance and cravings within her, she will be able to act like a true lady of irreproachable morals at all times.
WTF ... do I read this right? The writer is suggesting women to masturbate when her sexual cravings take over?
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:.
First worldly thing I did when I exited ... I played the Euromillions lottery :) There was a huge jackpot that week. I figured that If i win, then my decision had Yahweh's blessing :P
in the june 2016 issue of cmaj, dr. hebert published an article, survival without transfusion is possible but not recommended for all, that critiques dr. aryeh shander's research study outcomes of protocol-driven care of critically ill severely anemic patients for whom blood transfusion is not an option, published in critical care medicine 2016. .
http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/citation/2016/06000/survival_without_transfusion_is_possible_but_not.31.aspx.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26807684.
Thank you for this great piece of information, OC.
Once again, the stench of something rotten can't be avoided when someone notices the alliance between the WT and the "bloodless surgery" industry. I wonder who's using who.
after a very quiet couple of hours detecting this afternoon i was chuffed to find this silver coin.. it is a groat of edward iii of england.
for a long time the only coin available was the silver penny.
if you wanted to spend half a penny or a quarter you literally cut it up.
Cool find.
I'm about to pull the trigger and order a Minelab X-Terra 705 with a few extras. I'm ordering it from a UK shop, JoanAllen.
