http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse-children-beliefs-rules.html.
This is my old circuit, the one I grew up in.
And, boy, the skeletons are coming out of the closet.
Disturbingly, it looks like they haven't learned their lessons yet.
Somewhat ironically, one of the kingdom halls in this circuit was sold off and now serves as a local court!
my belief in prayer was once bolstered by my strong attachment to what i had read in aid to bible understanding.
my having a part in its initial prep in the factory and, later, a detailed proofing of thousands of references to it made this bible dictionary an influence in my former life.
please note this extract on jehovah's seeming delay in the answering of prayer.
For awhile, I solved the unanswered prayer conundrum with the thought that sometimes the answer to your prayer is, "No."
Then I realized that with the answer being, "Yes," sometimes and , "No," others, the result wasn't materially different than God not being involved at all.
I still kind of miss the situations I had imagined in my head:
"She wants a husband? Oh, I don't think so! She needs to get herself together, first!"
greetings, fellow word lovers:.
please add your favorite, clever smithing of words.. ****************************.
time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana..
Commas save lives!
Let's eat, Grandma.
Let's eat Grandma.
greetings, fellow lexophiles:.
last night, i watched a cool road movie, the trip, with steve coogan and rob brydon.
they were counseled by steve's dad to take an "anticlockwise" route home, rather than the clockwise one steve had proposed.
I love the word 'subitize' because it sounds so formal for such an easy skill-- to be able to know the quantity just by looking briefly at a pattern.
So, when you roll a die, and you see a dot in each corner and one in the middle, you know by the pattern that it's the number five. ⚄ You have just successfully subitized!
Congratulations to all you subitizers out there who didn't know you held that title!
"if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” ― george orwell, 1984 this video is leaked in interest of human dignity; you deserve to know who is keeping personal data and how they plan to expand their nets.
open to your comments... https://youtu.be/xz1arhu0fg0
[videos 1 to 4 leaked as own posts, with specific comments for each video].
Morph, it's like you're being deliberately obtuse here, my friend.
Lots of people here, for REALLY obvious reasons, don't want their "spiritual" information in one convenient, easily-searchable place.
I don't think anybody's too worried about their name and address getting out..
Did traffic get you down today? I thought it sucked.
Maybe drink a beer and chill out? 🍺
below i link the article.
i thought some points on the claim were interesting.
such as how prolonged direct exposure to sunlight hurts us vs other animals, sicknesses, etc.
Diogenesister, you might be thinking of Blackwolf instead.
That poster seems to be a teenage girl.
we urgently need to offer "resistance strategy" help to pimos who are likely to be harassed by elders seeking their consent for wtbt$ to leech their data.
what questions could pimos ask elders, that elders would be unable to answer?
(thus buying time, because elder would need to "check with branch").
Tell them you have had an issue with your data being stolen and your lawyer asked you to run any requests like this past him.
Tell them you'll get back to him as soon as you hear from your lawyer.
below i link the article.
i thought some points on the claim were interesting.
such as how prolonged direct exposure to sunlight hurts us vs other animals, sicknesses, etc.
I mean...I generally shed my reptile skin and then put on sunscreen before going out in the sun, but that's just me...
i know this thread has probably been covered in the past but i thought it would be nice for newbies and lurkers and just a reminder to those that left a while ago.. how has your life improved since leaving the cult?
are you happy?
have you made some amazing friends or maybe met an amazing partner in the world?.
I met and married a wonderful "worldly" guy.
We just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary this weekend.
roll call for the benefit of newbies and lurkers.
in one sentence tell why you left the org.
not 2 sentences.
I grew up, and I couldn't imagine living an adult JW life.
