Oubliette

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  2014 Fully Accomplish Your Ministry-PDF!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2014 fully accomplish your ministry-pdf!..

  this file was not easy to get!

  the informant had to carefully wait until each time his regular pioneer wife left the house to get into her service bag.

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  Oubliette

  Thanks!
  
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  New Jersey Star-Ledger - OPINION: Fifty Shades of Grey is about the trauma of childhood abuse, not sex

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/02/50_shades_of_grey_is_about_the_trauma_of_childhood.html.

  guest columnist.

  by robert hoatson, ph.d.. february 26, 2015 i am an ex-irish christian brother, ex-priest, survivor of sexual abuse, and advocate for thousands of sexual abuse victims for over a decade.

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  Oubliette

  Barbara, thanks for sharing this very different perspective on this popular movie.

  I've not seen it or read the book, but my daughter-in-law talks about it as if it's the best thing ever. I know for a fact that she is into it for the kinky aspects and would never connect to Hoatson's premise.
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  March JW Broadcast: Once again disparaging Higher Education - this time in the Music Video.

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i will have the music video separated shortly.

  will post the link once it's done..

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  Oubliette

  Propaganda 101
  
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  my 10 year old son is paying attention at the meetings

  by user100 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the public talk on sunday was about evolution.. my son pointed out flaws in the speakers arguments during and after the meeting... mostly about how animals aren't able to communicate etc.

  he even brought up coco the ape that is able to communicate via sign.. i told him that i heard a ton of inconsistencies but i am afraid to say anything because your mom will get angry :).

  im glad he is paying attention.. and the school system must be doing something right..

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  user100, That's fantastic! Keep encouraging your son's critical thinking skills!
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  The floodgates are about to open in the UK.. Sunday Times article

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah church faces flood of sex abuse cases.

  "a woman who was abused from the age of four by a senior officer of the jehovahs witnesses has lodged a 500,000 claim for compensation in a test case that could open the door to hundreds more suits involving members of the religious organisation in the uk.".

  http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/crime/article1525363.ece.

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  "I would never have gone to court if I had had an apology,” [Abigail] said.

  This is a very important statement. From what I've read over the years, many victims have expressed similar sentiments.

  Many abuse survivors are more outraged at the refusal to take responsibility by church officials than they are at the initial abuse.

  The leaders of the JW religion are hypocrites of the worst kind.
  

  
  
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  Just woke up

  by Doctor Who in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  new to the site.

  currently i am a ministerial servant and was told i was appointed to be an elder.

  i told the brothers i was not ready for that assignment.

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  Oubliette

  Welcome, time to devise your exit strategy and plan your fade!
  
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  Circuit Overseer's Cars - Anybody got the answers?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  atlantis provided a uk branch letter regarding a 3 levy per publisher to pay for the britain branch c.o.s 85 new cars.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/126700001/2-new-boes-watchtower-begging-money-volunteers.

  with approximately 120,000 publishers in the uk, that will rake in 360,000. .

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  Again, why don't the COs make tents and pay for their own damn cars like the rest of us? I think the GB boys should get with this program too! - Acts 18:3
  
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  Circuit Overseer's Cars - Anybody got the answers?

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  atlantis provided a uk branch letter regarding a 3 levy per publisher to pay for the britain branch c.o.s 85 new cars.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/126700001/2-new-boes-watchtower-begging-money-volunteers.

  with approximately 120,000 publishers in the uk, that will rake in 360,000. .

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  Splash: Divided into 85 cars = £17,000 per car. Vauxhall Astra's start at about £15,500. Then there's the insurance and service costs over 4 years.

  I'm pretty sure if you were to buy 85 cars you'd get a significant discount. It's called Fleet Sales.

  Another thing. The WTBTS doesn't necessarily have to make a huge profit on this. But notice that the Society has a large number of activities going on in which they profit: cars for COs, hotels for conventions, purchase of equipment for jw.tv broadcasts in the congregations, and of course the biggest money maker: their real estate activities!
  
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  Donations

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think that since i am the sole wage-earner in our household, i need to make it clear to my wife that i don't want any of my hard-earned wages going to the wt.

  i know she makes a monthly contribution to an animal shelter and i am fine with that.

  what do you think?

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  FTB, I've been in your situation. I know how tough it is.

  I tried for years to get my wife to sit down and talk openly and honestly about my concerns about our religion. She wouldn't do it.

  One time I raised a particularly difficult issue (mind you I was an elder for over 20 years), she walked away from me with her hands over her ears shouting, "I'm not listening to any of this!"

  In retrospect, I realize now that that moment was the end for our marriage. We continued to live together for another 6 or 7 years, but we were essentially little more than roommates; although we did continue to "keep up appearances" while at the meetings.

  Eventually I left her. I do regret that I couldn't figure out a way to reach her and get her to wake up, but I would still do it all over again. The only things I'd do differently would be to resign as an elder without any explanation to my fellow elders, quit going to all meetings and then I'd have separated and eventually filed for divorce.

  Your own individual integrity is just too important to live a fake life pretending to be someone you're not for the sake of people that would drop you in a second if they really knew how you felt and what you believed.

  Hang in there, make an exit strategy and keep moving forward!

  I wish you all the best,

  Oubliette
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  How to get my kids out

  by SaneAgain in

  1. social
  2. family

  i've been disfellowshipped for about 5 years and extremely happy to be out.

  my ex wife is still a regular meeting attender and takes our two young kids with her (8 and 6 years old).

  i recently saw some of the caleb and sophia videos on the jw.org website and was completely appalled, i remember what i was taught as a kid growing up in the organization but this seems so much worse and now that i'm out i can plainly see the mind control.

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  Viviane: "I'm not going anywhere for now, let's deal with that when Armageddon comes."

  That's pretty fucking brilliant!

  Viviane's strategy of doing fun things with your kids that aren't forbidden by JWs is a really good idea too. While I don't advocate the strategy that many parents adopt of being the "Disneyland Dad/Mom," showing them that you are a completely normal person living a fulfilling life is huge. It just is.