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  My introduction and confession

  by elderINewton in

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  2. friends

  well another big bad elder here just wanting to say sorry.. i'm sorry that so many were treated like crap, and shown that god's love is not to be found around jehovah's witnesses.

  i'm sorry that inadvertently i've likely taught many to judge and as such see that racism permeates every corner of the jw world, else why else would someone be of the world, or even inactive.

  i'm sorry i sat in on a jc, and voted to df.

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  ElderNewton,

  A lot of us have been in your shoes. Welcome. As Oubilette said, escape as quickly and quietly as you can with all that is yours. We understand.

  Welcome to freedom.
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  Just an introduction

  by Israel Ricky Gonzales in

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  2. experiences

  just wanted to say hello since i am new to this forum.

  allow myself to introduce myself.

  lol.

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  Ricky,

  Welcome to the site, thank you for sharing your touching story and good luck to you with your family.
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  Hi all, the prodigal daughter returns to JWD.

  by cattails in

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  2. friends

  it's been four years (has it really been that long) that i haven't been on jwd.. i was back out west for a long while and i came back to new england.

  just got an appartment with another sister and things are looking up.

  i'm keeping under the radar and avoiding elder visits--not fully out of the kingdom hall yet.

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  Welcome back, Cat,

  Freemind, Morpheus and Village - Funny, funny stuff!
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  'Equality' at Wimbledon

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. entertainment

  serena williams has just won the wimbledon ladies' singles championship.

  she beat garbine muguruza in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. the match lasted 1 hour 24 minutes.. tomorrow, djokovic plays federer in the men's singles final.

  it is a rematch of last year's men's final.

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  Ruby456, did you really just say that? "I challenge any male tennis player to go five sets with Serena's ample female endowments."

  
  That's awesome! You have been hanging around bad association (me) too long!!
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  Bethelite"s wife storms out of headquarters and leaves him...she was forced into Bethel. My story begins....

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  we were all in our 20's the 1990's pioneers who still hoped the 1914 generation was for real.

  jenny {names changed} loved peter who was younger then me and very handsome.

  he wanted to go to bethel since he was a kid.

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  Sad, very sad. Such a waste of human potential.

  Sounds like a sadly sweet scene from Forrest Gump, with Witness 007 playing Forrest:

  Forrest: Now Jennay, my mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get, so make that laundry room yours.

  So Witness (Forrest), did you ever get Jennay?

  
  
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  Hello Everyone

  by MarieK in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i hope everyone is having a good saturday.

  i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!

  needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.

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  MarieK,

  Welcome to the site and to freedom. We've been there; we understand.
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  'Equality' at Wimbledon

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  serena williams has just won the wimbledon ladies' singles championship.

  she beat garbine muguruza in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. the match lasted 1 hour 24 minutes.. tomorrow, djokovic plays federer in the men's singles final.

  it is a rematch of last year's men's final.

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  Splash,

  More accurately she would likely not be ranked, by her own admission. There are many male tennis players who could soundly beat her and you have never and will never hear their names. There simply is a big difference in strength, endurance and speed.
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  'Equality' at Wimbledon

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  serena williams has just won the wimbledon ladies' singles championship.

  she beat garbine muguruza in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. the match lasted 1 hour 24 minutes.. tomorrow, djokovic plays federer in the men's singles final.

  it is a rematch of last year's men's final.

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  Nicolau: "Name me any other profession where women get equal pay for less than equal work?"

  I will name two: modeling and porn actor. In both industries, women make a lot more than their male counterparts, for the same work.
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  Why Is This New Batch of Governing Body Members So Stupid?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  2. beliefs

  well there are lots of reason for sure, denial, delusion, wishful thinking, ego maniac, infantile understanding of ancient writings, satanophobia, xenophobia, out of touch with reality, limited choices scrapping the bottom of the barrel,and many more.. listen to this ted talk and see if you can pick out something that helps explain why these guys are such ass holes:.

  organizations are often run according to the superchicken model, where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others.

  and yet, this isnt what drives the most high-achieving teams.

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  I'm impressed. Lots of excellent comments from Oppostate, Frank, LisaRose and Steve2, as well as others. Having said that, the chicken Ted Talk has some truths, but it is also very simplistic and not completely transferrable to human teams. The Dark Lords seem to be employing a very successful strategy used by Jack Clarke, the CEO of G.E. from 1981 - 2001. Welch understood that the Pareto principle, aka the 80/20 rule, almost always exists in organizations - and nearly everything else in life. In other words, 20% of a company's employees do 80% of the work. These 'stars,' if you want to call them that, are vital to a company's success (or government, church, etc.).

  From Wiki: Under Welch's leadership, GE increased market value from $12 billion in 1981 to $280 billion, making 600 acquisitions while shifting into emerging markets. Welch worked to streamline GE, eradicating inefficiencies by trimming inventories and dismantling the 9 layer management bureaucracy, closing factories, reducing payrolls and cutting lackluster units. And rewarding the 'stars.'

  Each year, Welch would fire the bottom 10% of his managers, regardless of absolute performance. He rewarded those in the top 20% with bonuses and stock options. Welch also strongly believed that upper management, the leaders, deserved all the glory and $ they got, and he wasn't at all concerned with the disparity.

  It seems that the Dark Lords have hired an efficiency and management consultant; from what I hear you all say, the Dark Tower's changes the past few years are strikingly similar to Welch's reforms.
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  Feel like a new fire has been lit

  by The_Doctor10 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i've spent the last 6 months or so really in depth into ttatt, really angry at times, cursing the cult that is the wts led by the fds, and today i feel like i've found a new fire.

  i'd been completely opposed to listening to anything to do with the organization, but today i watched the brie video on youtube, young high school girl pouring her heart out in opposition of the wts and its practices.. from there, i found jwstruggle on youtube, johncedars, and derekohare... it's just a wonderful thing finding people willing to out the wts for what it is.

  i had felt such anger, like, they're getting away with their bologna, but to see people like this making stands against the wts is an amazing source of hope.. besides forums such as this, what have you found that helped you?.

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  TheDoctor,

  I understand completely what you are feeling. The anger I had after learning that the Dark Lords had misled us all was overwhelming. I hit the ground running upon my exit of the cult over 20 years ago, channeling my anger into positive actions.

  I went back to school, completing 2 college degrees over a period of 5 years - and working on a third, volunteering, traveling a lot, spending enormous amounts of time with my two beautiful, amazing children who also exited with me, and simply trying to recapture what I had wasted spending so many years in the Dark Tower.

  I haven't looked back. I didn't join or participate in any ex-Dub forums until 2 years ago upon joining this site. I spent the previous 20 or so years living my life to the full.

  That's how I handled my anger. But I'm still angry at those evil men. I try every day to use it as rocket fuel.