the following story appears this morning in the south florida sun-sentinel at:.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cmurdsui26aug26,1,2987431.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines.
fort lauderdale police suspect father killed son, then self in home shooting.
Mouthy,
I think you misread what I wrote. I'm in complete agreement with you. It's Amac who keeps insisting that circuit overseers and elders haven't been telling battered wives to stay with their brutal husbands. Amac claims that if they have been giving wives the wrong advice, it's not the Society's fault. He claims the COs and elders got it from the world, not the Society.
fjt
to all my friends,.
i have good news and bad news.
bad news first, the judge is on vacation and will not give her ruling now until the middle of sept.. good news!
Right on, Mouthy!
the following story appears this morning in the south florida sun-sentinel at:.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cmurdsui26aug26,1,2987431.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines.
fort lauderdale police suspect father killed son, then self in home shooting.
I ... stepped down before being appointed an elder. Is that enough street cred for ya?
And I'll bet you "stepped down" due to your awesome humility!!!
I was a Bethelite ... pioneer for 6 years ... raised by an elder ... appointed MS at 18 ... gave public talks
MY! MY! Remind us to never, ever, doubt your credibility again! Nor your modesty, meekness and lowliness of mind!
to all my friends,.
i have good news and bad news.
bad news first, the judge is on vacation and will not give her ruling now until the middle of sept.. good news!
the following story appears this morning in the south florida sun-sentinel at:.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cmurdsui26aug26,1,2987431.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines.
fort lauderdale police suspect father killed son, then self in home shooting.
amac,
I can only shake my head in disbelief as I wonder what kind of dream world you were living in for 29 years. You simply have no idea how much hurt and misery has been caused to thousands of helpless JWs by official WT policy. If you are aware of it, and you should be, you choose to live in a state of denial. You would rather dismiss it because you simply can't conceive of the WT Society being any worse than the rest of the world.
I'm even starting to wonder if you really were a JW. You sound more and more like a "Bible study" who never progressed beyond the propaganda your mind was spoon-fed year after year.
You can go ahead and feel I'm mean-spirited if you wish. God knows and I know that I'm not. I know what I saw decade after decade, and I can't close my eyes to it as you seem to be able to do so easily.
fjt
the following story appears this morning in the south florida sun-sentinel at:.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cmurdsui26aug26,1,2987431.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines.
fort lauderdale police suspect father killed son, then self in home shooting.
amac,
I didn't intend to be insulting. To tell you that you're naïve is simply to tell it like it is. I just wish you would open your eyes, focus your memory, and get off your high horse. Part of the reason I left JWs after being in there for 50 years was because of observing all the hurt that was meted out to so many people due to the stupidity of COs and other elders. Many women never had a chance and simply accepted what they were told out of a sense of duty to be submissive to men said to be "appointed to their positions by the holy spirit."
But I disagree that elders everywhere will tell an abused wife to stay with her mate.
And I haven't said that this bad advice is given by all elders everywhere. But enough of it is given that it's foolish to deny that it originates in the influence of the WT Society.
Again, I haven't had time to dig up my WT CD to look up all that is published on this, so I can't really continue my argument beyond my personal experience of being a JW for 29 years and ALWAYS understanding that a wife could and should leave an abusive husband.
One very important factor you're forgetting is that elders receive letters that the rank and file never see. They also meet with the CO and DO at every circuit assembly and at other times. They attend KM school and other seminars arranged only for them. So there's a lot the elders have been told that you won't find on any WT CD.
fjt
PS: I'm glad you like my picture.
mouthy (grace) just called me.
her computer has totally broken.
she has taken it for repairs, but she wants everyone here to know she is thinking of them and misses talking to everybody.
mouthy (grace) just called me.
her computer has totally broken.
she has taken it for repairs, but she wants everyone here to know she is thinking of them and misses talking to everybody.
