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  BEATING KIDS IN THE WASHROOM

  by Rags in

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  i am 36 yr old female originally from toronto ontario canada.

  was raised jw till i was about 14. has anyone else had this happen in their hall?

  the mom's (thank god never mine!

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  144thousand_and_one

  The accounts listed by all who have posted before me in this thread are consistent with my experiences as a JW. I can remember seeing kids getting beaten with belts at the district assembly because they couldn't sit still in 90 - 100 degree temperatures for 8 hours on a wooden seat at Dodger Stadium in July. The washroom and the ministry school room were also routinely used for beatings, as was the exterior of the front entrance to the kingdumb hall. I remember sitting next to some fine witnesses at a district assembly who brought an actual paddle with holes drilled in it to the assembly. I guess they were really looking forward to beating their kids and actually planning on it.

  What a sick cult. I was very glad to leave as a young teenager, and have never regretted my decision. When I look back, all I remember is misery and unhappiness. Life is too short to waste on the diarrhea diatribe of the watchtower.
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  What films and TV shows couldn't you watch?

  by sleepy in

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  what films and tv shows couldn't you watch when you were a witness kid?.

  i remmember being banded from watching scooby doo, ghostbusters ,e.t., (some british ones)count duckula, rent a ghost, well basicly anything with ghosts in it.. my parents wouldn't watch any films with much swearing in them, especially the f-word.. which is fair enought.but i don't notice swearing so sometimes i recommend a film without realising its got lots of naughty words.. sometimes a very sensitive brother from the hall would come round to visit, and he would be visably shocked if there was any sex or swearing in a tv programme which often made it embarassing when watching tv when he was round.. once when we had some friends round and we got waynes world out on video, a couple of the brothers walked out as they thought it too worldly.

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  "Bewitched," because at one JW's house, they tried to turn this demonic program off and a hand came out of the TV set and turned the show back on.

  "Gilligan's Island," because the actor who played Gilligan (Bob Denver) was busted for pot.

  "Soap," because homosexuality was portrayed.

  "I Dream of Genie," because genies were considered "demonic."

  It was much more important for children to study publications of the WTBTS that contained graphic depictions of human and animals being slaughtered by natural catastrophic forces put into motion by the loving god of the Watchtower.
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  OK, I Can't Stand it Anymore...

  by NeonMadman in

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  what the heck is uadna??

  tom .

  "at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out and round up everyone that knows more than they do..." ---bob dylan

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  144thousand_and_one

  Who cares? Game's over, let's go out and get wasted man. To the 7-11, to the liquor store let's party all night let's party some more!

  -- Jello Biafra
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  How old were you when you lost your virginity...

  by butalbee in

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  how old were you when you lost your virginity and was it all that you thought it would be?????.

  i was 19, and my first time was a complete let down.

  i envisioned that gothic romance motif, all about romance and love, i didn't know what i was doing, didn't know sex was like that.

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  144thousand_and_one

  Yawn . . . flogging a dead horse.
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  Truth is not Always what it Seems

  by ThiChi in

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  as we have learned by our jw experience, truth and facts are not always what they seem........ gun control science misfires friday, april 13, 2001. by steven milloy.

  gun control advocates used to claim that more guns meant more crime.

  research demonstrated, though, that more guns meant less crime.

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  Thichi,

  It might not be causal in nature, but it is certainly true that statistics indicate a far lesser gun-crime rate in countries where handguns are either not legal for possession by the general public or are severely restricted.

  Notwithstanding that fact or Constitutional issues, it's too late in the US for a gun-ban to have any effect on crime. Eliminating the right to have guns will result in criminals being the only ones who have guns other than the cops. This might have the effect of making criminals bolder and result in an increase in crime.

  Reasonable restrictions on guns are necessary. Too many times, wackos are getting their hands on weapons. Waiting periods, etc., are the reasonable approach to dealing with this. But these restrictions must not be so broad as to infringe upon the right of the people to "keep and bear arms" as guaranteed by the Constitution.
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  Do the 144K have "Beautiful Minds?"

  by Mindchild in

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  do the anointed have a beautiful minds or bicameral minds?.

  as you sit here quietly reading this post you are probably not aware that im about to expose you to an intellectual shock.

  using published research material from perhaps one of the ten most important books in the 20th century; i have come to the conclusion that the anointed or 144,000, sometimes known as the faithful and discrete slave have only marginal consciousness and frequently experience auditory hallucinations.

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  Thanks for diagnosing my problem, Skipper! I've always known I process reality different than others, but now, I know the reason for it.

  BTW, are you using those sears catalogs or can I borrow them?
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  Do you ever feel secure?

  by flower in

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  today i had a thought and it sickened me to think it.

  i thought to myself 'it is possible that satan has blinded all of us and led us away.

  so i started to list the reasons why i know that the truth is a lie.

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  144thousand_and_one

  Flower,

  It sounds like you are experiencing the lingering effects of the brainwashing you've been subjected to. What you've said is exactly what the JWs want you to believe. They need a means for keeping their folks in line, and fear is a very effective tool utilized by them in their quest to control you. Don't let them succeed. Stand strong and keep fighting it, one day at a time. Good luck Flower!
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  How will Gen-Xers contribute to the fall of WTBS?

  by LDH in

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  is it because we're a cynical lot?.

  maybe because we were the first generation of latch-key kids who learned how to raise ourselves?.

  what is it that makes it so 'hard to lie to a gen xer?

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  144thousand_and_one

  Bravo, Reborn!

  I have a similar story, but I was out at the age of 14, and never ever thought of pioneering. I hated my "internment" in the JW cult, and the slavery (i.e., among other things, forced marketing for the corporation cult without compensation)and abuse that accompanied it. Education helped keep me away from hell on earth aka "being in the truth." I've been out for 22 years now, and only regret that I wasn't able to get out earlier.

  It makes me happy to hear of stories like yours. I have no problem with adults choosing to worship how they please, but I really resent the treatment JW kids are subjected to. Good for you!
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  How will Gen-Xers contribute to the fall of WTBS?

  by LDH in

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  is it because we're a cynical lot?.

  maybe because we were the first generation of latch-key kids who learned how to raise ourselves?.

  what is it that makes it so 'hard to lie to a gen xer?

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  144thousand_and_one

  35 is the cutoff? I don't think so. Billy Idol was the lead singer of a band known as "Generation X" when I was in junior high school (1978 - 1980). That was before his successful solo career. BTW, I'm 36.
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  BOE Letter

  by Simon in

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  emailed to me by doinmypart:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/tmp/boe20020318.pdf.

  posted on a separate thread so the topic is more related.

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  Island Woman,

  Where do you think I've been? I've been spending all my time watching you ala peeping tom style, so I didn't have time to read the society's admonitions about counseling women. BTW, nice thong!