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  Born In JWs: Were You Abused According to the CDC?

  by ABibleStudent in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  child abuse in the usa.

  child abuse is the physical, sexual or emotional maltreatment or neglect of a child or children.

  in the united states, the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) and the department for children and families (dcf) define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child.

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  Pete Zahut

  Catholics are told they will go to hell if they are bad.

  It's one thing to tell children that there's an unseen place called Hell that they might go to someday if they're really bad, but it's another thing to tell them that without a doubt, the very world they live in and see around them and the people they see everyday (including their unbeleiving fathers, uncles cousins etc) are going to turn on them and hand them over to the authorities to be tortured and will themselves later will be killed by God.

  It's easier for kids to mentally block an imaginary place like Hell if they need to, but it's another to block out daily feedings that the world they live in will soon be destroyed but only after there's been a horrible time period where the will likely be tortured and if they don't survive it they might be resurrected but they will never marry or have a family of their own.

  There are worse forms of child abuse out there but putting the burden on children of saving the public from pending destruction, making them go from door to door selling books and magazines with untrue information and pressuring them to give up things they are interested in so that they can save others from a cataclysmic event that will be happening any day, is definitely not healthy and would never be recommended by anyone who has studied child psychology.
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  Sweat/Yoga pants are replacing blue jeans

  by Quarterback in

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  2. friends

  the news stated this week that blue jeans are not fashionable any longer.

  a fad that got started as a working mans pants is being replaced by yoga pants.

  or, sweat pants.

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  Pete Zahut

  Yoga pants are a PRIVELEDGE.....NOT a Right !
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  Half Of US Can't Come Up With $400

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://wealthydebates.com/half-americans-cant-come-400/.

  there are a number of such observations being recently made - such as a large number with debts subject to collection and people facing retirement with no savings.. i advise the wts to 'take the money and run'.

  hard to see this situation getting better.. .

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  Pete Zahut

  What ages were included in the survey. When they say half, are they including children, teens, college students, elderly?
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  Disfellowshipped for 3 years. One JW still persistent I will return some day...

  by TimothyTr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for some reason i am not able to log in to my account so i have created this one instead.. as many of you may know i am a disfellowshipped gay.

  here was my story for those who dont:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/215019/1/living-as-a-gay-jehovahs-witness-my-story#.u_mrcvlduvk.

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  Pete Zahut

  Either you aren't being direct enough or she has some kind of mental block when it comes to you. She is obviously not hearing you. Do whatever it was they said to do with emotionally imbalanced people, when you studied counseling.
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  Does the President of the WT have any power?

  by BU2B in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought about this after reading incognito's thread.

  i was wondering if anyone here has any idea what the president of the wt actually does or if he truly has any real power, or if he is merely the gb puppet..

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  He gets final say over what color the yearbook will be each year.
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  'She wasn't a Jehovah's Witness anyway...'

  by NAVYTOWN in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  years ago, when i was studying with the witnesses, my bible studty conductor's sister in ohio died.

  of cancer as i recall.

  so he flew back to ohio ( from san diego ) to be with his family .

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  Pete Zahut

  Navytown, I'm impressed that you picked up on this trait and that it was one of the things that turned you away from going any farther with your study. This say's a lot about you as a person.

  Your post reminds me of a tradgedy that happened in our Congregation. There was a family with 4 very cute little girls and each were each a year or so apart in age and were identical to eachother. They were like stair steps when you stood them next to eachother in order of age.

  The 4girls along with another little girl from the Hall were splashing about at the edge of a small shallow river with as their Mothers looked on. Suddenly without warnig, a wall of water came rushing from upstream and the ensuing surge of water, washed two of the littlest sisters and the 1 other little JW girl, away. Aparrently they had released some water from the Dam upstream and the wall of water created enough of a current that it swept the girls away. They were found days later in another City near the mouth of the river.

  The families and the congregation grieved of course but the Mother of the 4 girls ("M" ) and oldest surviving girl (who had clung onto her little sisters as long as she could) were inconsolable. They grieved for the longest time. One day in a car group out in service, a very sad "M"was at a door and an elders wife (mother of 4 herself ) said to the rest of us in the car " Oh I wish "M"would just get over it....she's needs a good slap....she's showing a complete lack of faith in Jehovah....doesn't she know she'll see the girls again in the New System"

  This tragedy happened over 30 years ago and we still see the "M" and the two remaining girls(now grown and beautiful) from time to time. You can't help but think of the missing sisters and what it would have been like to see them all together. But like you Navytown,the words of that elders Wife, stuck with me and they really reflected the callousness some JW's develop regarding loss of life and the distorted view of what kind of greif is appropriate in situations like this. I saw this time and again over the years with individuals and I beleive it's a direct result of the constant steady diet of Armageddon talks at the meetings and assemblies and the harping on about the nearness of the new system and destruction of the worlds population that one reads in the publications.
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  The Watchtower 11/15/2014

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.

  select "premium download".

  (thanks breakfast of champions).

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  I'd like to see a photo that shows them still hunkered down in the basement 3 months later when nothing has happened yet supplies and brotherly love have become scarce and they've begun using the letters from the society as toilet paper.
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  More JW bragging about the Landover, MD. convention. Please have barf bag at the ready before reading

  by AndDontCallMeShirley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following e-mail is circulating among jws about the international convention at fedex stadium in landover, md.

  note the all-too-familiar jw claims: everything they do (including the simple act of parking cars) is proof of jehovah'stm blessing, and everything wt did at the convention was the fastest, greatest, best ever.

  oh, and the never-fails-to-get-mentioned alleged 'persecution'/resistance from some unnamed authority who tried to get in watchtower's way and hamper the effort...but jws prevailed anyway (as always):.

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  I'm glad Jehovah is blessing the parking arrangement.....maybe he's trying to encourage people to drive their own cars since riding the bus to the assembly sometimes doesn't go so well.

  http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/One-Dead-Others-Injured-in-Tour-Bus-Accident-at-Miami-International-Airport-Officials-181670701.html
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  POSTING VIDEOS?

  by NoMoreHustle in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  how do you post a video from youtube.

  so it shows the video to (not just the link).

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  Pete Zahut

  Paste the link from youtube into the body of the comment...

  Highlight the link and then click on the little "chain" icon up above the text box .

  A box will pop up.

  Past the link again in the space marked LINK URL, then click the "INSERT" button.
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  You should meet Brother Smart Engineer

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife, who now thinks i am not competent enough to discuss spiritual matters with the kids, thinks that i could really benefit from discussing matters of the bible with this nasa engineer who attends meetings at her kingdom hall.

  apparently, he is quite knowledgeable in the bible and has a good grasp of their doctrines.

  at least according to her as i never actually spoken with the man at length but i do know that he is an elder.

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  Pete Zahut

  If a NASA Engineer or any highly educated person agrees with or becomes a JW, they feel it gives them more credibility and they'll quote him and use him as an example of how even intellegent ones can recognize the truth of their message. If that same person were to later point out the flaws in the doctrine or the science in the Bible, they'd dismiss him and say they are blinded by mere human thinking and knowledge and use him as an example of how dangerous higher education is to ones spirituality.

  Your wife is impressed by his non JW credentials and assumes that if someone like him can accept the "truth" there must be more to it than even she herself realized and surely a smart guy like him should be able to hold his own with you better than she is able to.