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Posts by Zoos
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46Just read this on JW Talk......
by WHATSGOINGON injust saw this on the public area of jwtalk (i am not a member).
here is the link.. http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/23523-privvy-news/.
such a shame - i do feel for these ones - i just don't know what to say.... wgo.
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The Bible can help JWs to stop judging homosexuals. Try this method.
by DATA-DOG ini ask, "did god cause evil?
god did it!
whether they answer with #1 or #2, you've got them.
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"..Witnesses suffer from anxiety, depression, addiction...many have been lost to suicide. After reading this story, you may understand why.”
by Penelope1 infrom the book, the least of gods priorities, by bo juel.
please support bo in his efforts to expose the truth about the watchtower organization a secretive and destructive cult posing as gods organization on earth.
his publication is now available in paperback or kindle through amazon.com.. check out chapter two--but grab some tissue first!.
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About 4 years before I started making the connections that there was something wrong with the organization and not me, I was in a pretty frazzled state and asked my doctor for Prozac (or some kind of anti-depressant.) He told me I would have to make an appointment with one of the clinic's psychiatrists. So I did.
I felt perfectly comfortable telling her exactly what had me twisted up, and that it mostly centered around the teachings, obligations etc... from my religion. Without hesitation she pointed out a few contradictory points that caused MASSIVE dissonance (now I know what that phenomenon is) in my brain and I knew immediately she was an agent of Satan trying to trip up my faith.
She asked me what I hoped to accomplish with this visit. I answered, "I'm not leaving here without a prescription..." and then the tears started. I couldn't help it. She told me a lot could be resolved if I were to just step back and examine my situation. I said, No!
She shook her head and wrote the prescription.
It took another 4 years for me to wake up. I went through hell to get here but I think I... WE are the lucky ones. How many never get to wake up?
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You have a $100,000,000 budget to do a global campaign against the WTBS worldwide. How would you spend it?
by JWchange inwhat if by inheritance, winning the lottery or any other way, you suddenly got your hands on $150m after tax.
you maybe would spend a third of this giving your extended family financial security for life.
you maybe would buy a boat and a few investment properties.
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Police: Teen killed in N.Y. church assault wanted out
by KiddingMe inhttp://www.cnn.com/2015/10/16/us/new-york-church-assault-case/index.html.
police: teen killed in n.y. church assault wanted out.
by ray sanchez, cnn.
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Zoos
the US is one of the most unsafe and dangerous places to live
The religious whacks in this country scare a lot of us... AND THE GUBBERMENT PROTECTS THEM!!!
There is a movement in this country among fundamentalist Christians to "take back" the government and return America to her god-given, god-ordained glory. To speak with one of these fanatics (and regrettably I work with a few) you get the sense that they are no more capable of separating God from the American dirt we live on than Jehovah's Witnesses are able to separate God from the organization they bow to.
It's American fascism brewing... perhaps boiling, and it's going to come to a head eventually. It's SCARY!
That extremist Christian churches have back rooms for "adjusting" dissenters is no surprise to me, given the mentality I witness in these people all the time. They have an "our way or death" political/religious mindset that is being fostered by, among other things, elements of conservative talk radio personalities (Rush Limbaugh and his ilk). In my area there are two 2-hour radio shows just like the Limbaugh program directly preceding the Limbaugh show. A steady diet of god hates fags, god hates liberals, god hates atheists, god loves conservatives, god loves America - but only if we get rid of the liberals... and they all promote a TAKE NO PRISONERS AND MAKE NO APOLOGIES attitude.
These people are out for blood and they are making the U.S. one of the most unsafe and dangerous places to live.
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Have you heard the one about "Back to the Future" Predicting 911??
by EndofMysteries inwhen somebody posted this on fb, i was anxious to see how ridiculous it would be, probably worse then the gb prophecies, etc.
after watching the clip, i honestly don't know what to believe.
at the very least it's very entertaining and interesting.
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You have a $100,000,000 budget to do a global campaign against the WTBS worldwide. How would you spend it?
by JWchange inwhat if by inheritance, winning the lottery or any other way, you suddenly got your hands on $150m after tax.
you maybe would spend a third of this giving your extended family financial security for life.
you maybe would buy a boat and a few investment properties.
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Lobby the governments of the world to make one of Steve Hassan's books a mandatory class for all middle and high school students.
The passage of time will take care of the rest.
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Global attack On Religion
by Bonsai inwitnesses on facebook are salivating over this atlanta-journal constitution newspaper article.. http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-atlanta-journal-constitution/20151015/281479275254108/textview.
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ISIS IN HISTORY:
As the Israelites moved through the promised land killing everyone of different religions who stood in their path, they developed quite a reputation for their intolerance of others. Communities would post a sentry to warn the villagers when the Israelites were coming.
"Israelite slaves! Israelite slaves!", the boy would shout.
After awhile they just yelled, "ISIS!, ISIS!," and the villagers would run and scurry away in fear of the global attack on religion.
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No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'
by wizzstick inin short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?
)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.
wow.
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...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry
And the punishment is....??? Did I miss something?
"Brother, you act like a sissy. From now on you get to sleep in on Saturdays."
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Jehovah’s Witness jailed for sexual activity with a child
by LevelThePlayingField insource: http://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/jehovahs-witness-jailed-for-sexual-activity-with-a-child-8997/.
a jehovahs witness from stratford who took part in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl has been struggling with those demons for the last seven or eight years, a judge has heard.. but pleas for craig allen, who was said to have support from the jehovahs witness congregation, not to be jailed cut no ice with a judge at warwick crown court.. the 43 year-old of evesham road, dodwell, was jailed for two years and eight months and ordered to register as a sex offender for life after he pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual activity with a child.. prosecutor andrew wallace said allen had met the girl in the mid-2000s through the church.. the girl, now a young woman in her 20s, said she began to fancy allen, who had started to pay her compliments.. then on one occasion when he gave her a lift, despite being fully aware she was only 15, allen sexually touched her.. she did not object or tell anyone what had happened, and there were further consensual incidents between them, including various types of sexual activity but not full intercourse.. someone who suspected what was going on between allen, a family man in his 30s, and the girl said something to her mother.. but when she challenged both her daughter and allen about what she had heard, they both denied it.. things stopped after the girl began to feel guilty about what was happening, and she eventually decided to come forward last year and contacted the police.. she said she had been dramatically affected by what had gone on, and that what happened with allen caused her to suffer a breakdown and still haunted her.. when allen was questioned by the police he accepted the incidents had taken place, but claimed it was the girl who had taken the lead.. elizabeth power, defending, said allen, who has a son and a daughter who were now both in their 20s, had attended for a voluntary interview with the police and made admissions.. he did not force himself on her but he was the adult and she was a child.
he says he was weak and was attracted to her.
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Zoos
Even if a 15 year could legally consent to sex, it does not make this sort of relationship appropriate or healthy.
I agree 100%. What I question is whether it rises to the level of a criminal act.
My concern is, if we start coloring outside the lines on this issue it could have the effect of watering down the seriousness of REAL child molestation. I realize those line become a little fuzzy as the child becomes a teenager and I AM NOT QUALIFIED TO DEFINE THEM... but this particular case gives me pause.