Probably social and religious pressure. I've heard of people in Africa shunning their children who contract hiv. It's considered a shame to the family or they're afraid of catching it themselves. Also consider cultures in which honour killings are performed. A father will kill his own daughter if she's raped because it's considered a shame to the family. That any parent can do that shows that they are not loving and too caught up in the pressures of their social and religious beliefs and values.
Julia Orwell
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What allows parents to shun their children ?
by man in black inmy son, went to college and got his bachelors degree.
he started his own anmation company about two years ago, and it really has taken off.. while my wife and i were witnesses, we both received grief about allowing our son to go to college, but we stood up for him and backed his decision to attend 110%.. anyway, this past week he finally closed on a very nice, neat condiminium .. and while he is getting ready to move out on his own, i have quite a few feelings of sadness,as a parent, seeing him move on is kinda rough, but realizing that this is a very good thing for him makes it easier.
he will only be about 7 miles away.
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Is The Governing Body Over Jehovah's Witnesses A Bunch Of Arrogant Old Retirees Considering After All That They Claim To Be Christ's Right Hand Man Directing His Dad's Organization On Earth?
by frankiespeakin inthese guys believe that they are running and directing "god's organization" and it is all based on some flimsy parable interpetation about a master who left a slave in charge while he went away with the outcome uncertain upon his return.
not a very solid case to be pointedly honest.
jesus would have made a better choice of donald trump to run his father's business/watchtower corporation, he's less arrogant and doesn't discourage higher education, and plastic children's toys are not a major concern of his.. what is arrogance?.
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Julia Orwell
Wow Saul, talk about straw man arguments and secondary behavior. I reckon you should see a psychiatrist too to help your stability. I'm not hating on you, just noticing that your writing is all over the place and might indicate that your head is in a similar state. There is help to be had.
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Why Is Alcoholism Deeply Embeded In JW Culture?
by RottenRiley inwe get plenty of company men passing through our circuit, often filled with misinformation and lugging around a suitcase of guilt, they bring more guilt to the weak while praising the braggart pioneers and slapping the "righteous over much" elders.
why are the wrong people getting praise in this distorted community?
i know for a fact many of the elders i served with have issues with alcoholism, when "brother guilt" brought his emotional hurricane through our circuit, i had the chance to eat and help pay for his "seven shots of tequila", both him and his wife were not immune to over-indulgences.
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Julia Orwell
I live in a country in which alcohol is a big part of culture and I find the jws tend to be less inclined to over indulge than the general population. Depends on where you live I suppose. Jws seem to put less emphasis on booze than other people around here that's for sure.
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Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On
by MrFreeze ini'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.
i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.
i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.
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Julia Orwell
It's all about exerting control in those cases.
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ACTUALLY any form of pants are wrong wrong wrong!!
by hamsterbait intight pants - tempting the gays to chase you: you cannot resist their advances bad bad bad!!!!!!!!!!!!.
baggy pants - in a 1993 witchtower baggy pants were a sign you are a rapper : bad bad bad!!!!!!!!!!.
pants just right?
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Julia Orwell
Whatever the fashion is, it's bad. If tight pants are in, then loose pants are good. If loose pants are in, then JWs have to wear tight pants. If waistlines are low, JWs should wear high waisted pants. If the fashion is for high waists, then wear low or medium. They just want everyone to look the same and boring.
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Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On
by MrFreeze ini'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.
i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.
i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.
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Julia Orwell
At a CA in a talk the CO said we shouldn't refer to the Australian cricket team as "our team" or "our side" when talking about the cricket. We were not Australians he told us, we were only JWs and had to refer to sporting teams or prime ministers as "Australian" as in "The Australian cricket team," or "Australian prime minister" instead of "our cricket team" or "our prime minister". Or else, we were showing nationalistic pride. What an idiot!
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Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On
by MrFreeze ini'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.
i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.
i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.
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Julia Orwell
Counselled by MS for using a big word in a TMS talk
Counselled by elder for using words like "bloody"
Counselled by sister for low cut top (it wasn't)
Counselled by elder for doing an impression of Bono (it's a sin to pretend to be a man!)
Counselled by snotty sister for drawing on my WT- it was like the second time in my life I'd been to the meeting.
Counselled for being unchaperoned with my fiance (I was 30 , he was 40 and divorced)- we know you're not doing anything sexual, but think about what other people think! I said, "well that shows how dirty minded they are."
Counselled by an elder and a piosneer middle aged single bitch for going on RVs alone with a married, elderly pioneer male friend
Counselled by elders for retelling a story about a sister who left a nasty note in another sister's bible
Abused by a brother I worked with for talking about 'worldly things' to the non-JW staff instead of witnessing to them
Counselled by a friend/MS for saying my congregation was not as good as someone else's
That's all I can think of right now. I can add more later.
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Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On
by MrFreeze ini'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.
i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.
i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.
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Julia Orwell
Oh gosh, counselled by who? Elders? Nosey sisters? Where can I start?
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WT for This Sunday...1/26/2014..Were they still in Egypt?
by Legacy in12:1:jehovah now said to moses and aaron in the land of egypt: .
this is from this weeks wt..obey jehovahs shepherds....(no matter what).
i added that part.. .
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Julia Orwell
More "Obey, obey, obey," from the WT. I reckon it's increasing. Helped me to wake up and hopefully will help others too.
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Does Anyone Feel the Ministerial School Helped Them?
by Band on the Run inas a born-in, i was eager to join the ministry school.
my cousins were also born-in but lived in different states.
there was keen competition to see who could do mature things, such as baptism (my mom said when i was 35) and ministry school.
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Julia Orwell
I once condensed the best main points on public speaking from the book onto a handout for when I was teaching senior English. It was tips on posture, stance, eye contact and that. It was the book without all the crap. I put it onto one A4 page. That was the benefit I got from it, or rather my classes did.