zalkin proposing huge sanctions if jw leadership fails to produce documents.
unredacted this time!
feds need to get involved with this.
sp74bb
That article is from 14. April 16 and not the news we are waiting for.
It's a good overview of what happened till 14. April.
What interests me is what happened next, if they can make Watchtower produce those documents and what happens if they don't comply.
this afternoon is the 3 hour zone visit talk in selters, german branch.. i am together with my son (3 years) this weekend.
so i am happy that he can be with me doing fun stuff (maybe we'll eat some ice cream at the ice cafe after being on the playground) instead of sitting calm for 3 hours.
so there is no way i will attend this "boredom fest.".
This afternoon is the 3 hour zone visit talk in Selters, German branch.
I am together with my son (3 years) this weekend. So I am happy that he can be with me doing fun stuff (maybe we'll eat some ice cream at the ice cafe after being on the playground) instead of sitting calm for 3 hours. So there is no way I will attend this "boredom fest."
My parents and my ex will attend though.
Could anyone of you who is attending highlight some "gems" of this "not to be missed" event?
howdy guys!
this is our latest video on the jw broadcast in short form.
we talk about jw marriage challenges.
I love your videos....
A great hug from Switzerland 😉
today spiegel online & bento have an article about the anti-gay video.. spiegel is one of the biggest and most serious news media in germany.. they also report and show that youtubers cut the video and changed it in a funny way.
sofia tells her mother that the teacher said it's fine if they live each other.
then sofia's mother says: "thats wonderful.".
Today Spiegel Online & Bento have an article about the Anti-Gay video.
Spiegel is one of the biggest and most serious news media in Germany.
They also report and show that Youtubers cut the video and changed it in a funny way. Sofia tells her mother that the teacher said it's fine if they love each other. Then Sofia's mother says: "Thats wonderful."
;-)
Here the link:
http://www.bento.de/queer/zeugen-jehovas-gegen-homo-ehe-557656/#refsponi
hi guys, don't know if this is the right place to ask but id like to hear other peoples experiences with raising kids in a household with split faiths.
just for a bit of a back story, my wife and i have been married for comming up 6 years.
we have 3 kids, 2 boys aged 5 and 3 and a 8 week old girl.
I can recommend you to read the book "Raising Freethinkers - A practical guide for parenting beyond belief."
It has a lot of good ideas how to strengthen the children's critical thinking skills.
I think you can only succeed if you with a lot of love teach them how to think critically for themselves. Don't talk negatively about the faith of your wife as it will be counterproductive.
Show them that it is normal that people have different feelings about religion or believe different things. The importance is not in what you believe but how you act.
They will see that you have a different belief than your mum. They will ask questions. Tell them how you feel about this or that bit never in a downgrading way.
I am father of a 3.5 year old boy who is heavily indoctrinated by his jw mum. Lately he said "in a church are bad people."
I try my best in counteracting this indoctrination and teach him critical thinking but also tolerance and respect for different views.
I will make it clear for him, that he can change his religion a thousand times in his life; I will always love him and be there for him.
I wish you all the best. It is not easy.
i've decided to go full public with a new username on this forum.
it's been almost a decade since i've been out and i don't care at this point who knows.
that being said, here's a letter that i'm mailing to bethel.
Great letter, very logical and respectful.
I also sent a similar letter once. They answered, if there is a contradiction between science and the bible, they would believe the bible.
Why are there many flood myths globally?
At the end of the ice ages (around 10000 - 8000 years ago) the sea level rose dramatically. There were many local floods worldwide, as the ice melt and the sea level rose more than 100 metres.
Very interesting is the work of scientists Pitman and Ryan, who proved, that about 8000 years ago the Bosporus broke and the mediterranian flooded into the black sea. This might have been the root of the middle eastern flood stories.
my eyes for ttatt opened in 1995 with the generation change and the wt magazine stated "some witness thought that the generation started in 1914".
since 1997, with internet at low speed, i followed h2o hourglass, www.xjw.com and later on www.jehovahs-witness.net.. did a bachelor and post bachelor since then.. now, nearly completed with fading, i feel it's time to go on with my life and do some other things, spending more time with my wife abd children instead of thinking about jw topics in my head.
goal is being a better person and less grumpy at 45.... everything what could be said is already said.
Hey Gorby
It's great to spend more time with the family and think less on JW topics.
I loved your posts and threads from Holland. I myself am half dutch and half swiss, so I love the Netherlands too and am sometimes there too.
I wish you and your family all the best. Still would be great to read from time to time something from you.
Dani
in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.
now, on with the leaks & releases!
first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.
now that the soc has accepted the use of technology.
what is next?
could it be the disfellowshipping?
the lesson 22 video or better called anti gay video went viral.. there is another thread that main dutch media covered it in their articles.. i wanted to write to one of the biggest swiss newspapers about it.
that newspaper also covered the controversy about the "meeting" cartoon, where the message is made that if jw children don't listen at the meetings they might get killed finally.. then i realized that it is not available in german.. it is available in so many other languages, like guarani (never heard of that language), but german is missing.. are they afraid to offer it in german?
do they expect too much controversy in germany?.
Wannaexit: In the Video you can choose the language. Many exotic languages are possible, German isn't. And it is not available in the german jw website.
I wonder if they don't offer german because of legal reasons.
They probably see already the mistake they made, translating it into dutch.
