Julia Orwell

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  Another Witness Goes on about Syria and the Big "A"

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  was speaking with a jw about an issue of mutual interest and he went on about how close we are to the end and "we just dont know how this syria situation may turn the un against religion".

  gimme a break.

  but this time, first ever, there was despair in his voice as if he didn't believe it any longer.

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  Julia Orwell

  More depression than desperation.

  This Syria situation and the JWs' reaction to it reminds me of when the US et al were preparing for war with Afghanistan and then Iraq. Even before that however, when doing the Daniel book first time around, someone said maybe North Korea could be the 'king of the north' or whatever who will come up against JWs. Yeah right. As if North Korea could or would do that!!!

  But the JWs are so hypervigilant after decades of "Armageddon's just around the corner!" they'll latch onto any USA-the world event.
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  US DIPLOMATIC CABLES RELATING TO JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

  by jwleaks in

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  us diplomatic cables relating to jehovah's witnesses and the watch tower society.

  jw leaks has commenced publishing us diplomatic cables relating to jehovahs witnesses and the watch tower society.. the first series of diplomatic cables deals with the years 1973 1976 and provides a unique insight into the role the us government played in assisting the watch tower society around the world during the turbulent mid-1970s.. these diplomatic cables deal with the treatment of jehovahs witnesses in malawi, the banning of the watch tower society in kenya and argentina, arrests of jehovahs witness missionaries and members around the world (incl.

  turkey, spain, greece, kenya, mozambique), the us governments diplomatic political assistance in trying to get grant suiter and milton henschel into south africa for a visit, and the seizing of watch tower society property in various countries.. when taken together the cables show the degree of reliance the watch tower society has placed in the us department of state and various us embassies to secure the presence of the corporation in africa, asia, and south america.. these diplomatic cables will especially assist those who are researching the history of jehovahs witnesses in africa, asia, south america, turkey, greece, and spain.. .

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  Julia Orwell

  Nice. It will also show that they put their trust in men and not their god.
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  Gorby's father collapses at home after new light watchtower study

  by Gorbatchov in

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  friends,.

  sunday my father, a strong believing witness, former elder and still a ms, collapses at home after the new light watchtower study.. the cause was extreme stress.

  i asked him about his worries.

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  Maybe take him somewhere nice like the beach or a park just to soothe his soul.
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  Byron Bay peeps x

  by snare&racket in

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  hello cool people, .

  my degree is to end with 4-8 weeks of elective, i.e.

  practicing medicine anywhere in the world!.

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  Julia Orwell

  Also you could stay at a share house if you can't find anyone to stay with. I don't recall there being a hospital in Byron as the hospitals are in Tweed, Murwillumbah and possibly Lismore. Ballina might have one too. But check NSW Health's website.
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  Byron Bay peeps x

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
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  hello cool people, .

  my degree is to end with 4-8 weeks of elective, i.e.

  practicing medicine anywhere in the world!.

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  Hiya I live not too far from Byron and while I don't know anyone there, I'll see what I can do. A good place to start would be to look up NSW Health to locate government hospitals in the area. Southern Cross University near Byron (campus in Lismore) might be able to assist you with placement.
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  Are JWs more negative than normal people?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  compare a typical conversation with a jw to one with a random non-jw:.

  run into jw in the shops.. .

  jw:[surprised] julia!

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  Flipper, you're spot on that years of the pressure of Jw life n negativity n constant expectations to do more makes you physically ill. It's happened to me. I once had to spend three nights in hospital because of an infection and I remember those days as being like a holiday rather than a miserable time because in the hospital there was no pressure and I could lie down all day and just read and sleep. Sure, had iv lines in me the whole time and had to sleep with them in which is uncomfortable, but I felt like I was on a holiday because I had the perfect excuse to rest guilt free. Now if you remember your hospital stay where you have an operation and iv drips in you as a holiday when you're a Jw, something is seriously wrong with being a Jw...
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  Qualified to be elders?

  by Andyman in

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  this is an issue that really bothers me.

  the elders are supposed to be looking after the well being of the congregation.

  they are supposed to be helping those in need.

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  It's been said that the path to hell is paved with good intentions. So even the ones who are humble and know when they're out of their depth are part of the apparatus of oppression.

  And the ones who don't, which is most of them: well Frazzled, similar to your story, a friend of mine was being beaten black and blue by her sociopath husband (a non Jw for the record) and went to the elders for help. She went to them rather than the police because 30 years of Jw conditioning told her to trust these men because they had holy spirit so could help her. Well, having no clue about domestic violence and the men who do it, they told her to go back to him and be more submissive. I don't know how a mother can be submissive when her son is being smashed and kicked and starved. Anyway she stayed with him and he broke her spine. She's now a cripple living for years in constant agony. She ended up leaving of course but the damage was done. She'd be dead if she hadn't sinned by leaving him. That's what untrained, ignorant advice from people who think they're appointed by god gets you.
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  What is it about the Jehovah Witnesses that disturb you most.

  by Narcissistic Supply in

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  Waking up 60, you have a pm.
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  Qualified to be elders?

  by Andyman in

  1. jw
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  this is an issue that really bothers me.

  the elders are supposed to be looking after the well being of the congregation.

  they are supposed to be helping those in need.

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  Julia Orwell

  Bump
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  Be ready to obey any instructions we may receive

  by Narcissistic Supply in

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  this is the kind of crap that re establishes my ego on a weekly basis....which one of the governing body punks said this???

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  So dyou think this is a prelude to some crackpot demand they'll make, or just another screw in the "wow, the brothers are really preparing us for the end!" edifice?