Pete Zahut

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  Who, when and whu

  by dogisgod in

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  my mother became a witness right after i was born.

  1951. i was indoctrinated from that time forward for 50 yrs.

  during that time i did not hear anything about the 2 witness rule as applied to child molestation.

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  For 50 years, you must not have been paying "more than the usual attention" at the meetings and assemblies.

  They based all their decisions regarding accusations of wrongdoing on

  2 Corinthians 13:1

  Matthew 18:16
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  Old Literature 

  by RolRod in

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  what did you do with your jw literature when you left?

  kept it, sold it or dumped it?

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  I threw all but a few choice pieces of literature I wanted to keep as evidence, into the paper recycling bin. Then I suddenly remembered those old District Assembly and JW Yearbook experiences where someone supposedly found a discarded piece of literature and eventually became a JW.

  I took everything back out of the recycling bin and had a good ol' time for myself ripping it to shreds to make sure that no one else's life would be ruined by it and no one else would die from lack of blood the way my Father did . It was quite cathartic.
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  Cute: A Goose Quacked And Pecked At A Cop’s Car. When He Followed Her, He Couldn’t Believe What He Saw!

  by Hecce in

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  officer james givens has served with the cincinnati police department for over 26 years, but has never quite experienced anything like this before.

  he was sitting in his patrol car in a parking lot when he got an unexpected visitor.

  a goose came up to his car and started pecking on the side of it.

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  I saw this story a few months ago and it reminded me of when I was about 6 or 7 we had a cat that I was particularly fond of and she was also fond of me and that meant a lot to me. One night she kept jumping up onto my bed and back down off of it, meowing loudly until I woke up and followed her to a closet down the hall. Once I was there, she jumped into a cardboard box containing some old clothes and she began having kittens right there in front of me. I was touched that she chose to come and get me rather than my parents or my siblings and insisted that I follow her to the closet before she would begin giving birth.

  Since I was a kid, I have always had (what I imagine to be) a special bond with animals and I could never understand why God made it so that even though they were innocent, they too were punished along with mankind. Looking back, I even resented him for this among a lot other unfair and unkind things he allowed to happen in this world.

  Even though this story had a happy ending, the way my brain is wired, I can't help but wonder about all the animals who are mistreated or who don't get the help they need or who die in the wild of illnesses or injuries not to mention eaten by another animal . I can't stand seeing those Sara McLachlan animal cruelty ads on TV. I have to immediately switch them off.
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  The Secret of Life

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my elementary school teacher, miss allen, gathered us in a circle just outside the classroom under overspreading limbs of a pecan tree.

  as she spoke, we all listened intently - the expression on her face seemed to say, "this is very important.".

  "sometimes life doesn't go so well and we feel afraid.

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  It must be noted that although her students loved her dearly, school districts officials had long suspected that Miss Allen didn't always have both oars in the water.

  Several weeks later the beloved Teacher was apprehended while consuming a Marijuana cigarette behind a Pecan tree just outside her classroom while her students were at recess and was sent up river to the Ft Worth Women's Correctional Center.

  Who's merrily paddling their boat now, Miss Allen?
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  Are You Starting To Feel Bad About Being A Racist??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  you probably didn’t even realize you were a racist until you were enlightened by the “woke” group.

  so do you feel the need to make amends and do the right thing??

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  Pete Zahut

  I don't feel badly about my actions or attitudes toward people of other races but I do feel badly that because of my skin color that they may automatically assume, now more than ever before that I am somehow against them. This of course would be racist on their part but in today's climate, it seems that it's only wrong for white people to make assumptions about people based on the color of their skin.
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  Results of the 2018 Global Survey of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Unstuck in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's long overdue, i know, and i apologise profusely but it's tough working full-time and trying to spend time on all the ex-jw work that i want to do...... that said - here are the 2018 survey results for anyone interested and i am already working on the 2019 results.

  also, i'm tweaking the survey for the 2020 release which will be soon..... hugs to all!.

  sherrie d'souza (aka unstuck!).

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  https://jwsurvey.org/general-information/results-of-the-2018-global-survey-of-jehovahs-witnesses
  
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  Bringing Reproach on Jehovah's Name

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all my jw life i was reminded constantly about the importance of not bringing reproach on jehovah's name.

  decisions on whether or not to disfellowship an individual often turned, not on the seriousness of the sin, but on whether the incident was public knowledge and had resulted in bad publicity for the congregation.

  i recall a middle-aged lady being reported to the elders for shoplifting a sweet worth less than £1- and the elders' insistence that a judicial committee must be formed because the store manager and staff knew that she was a jw (i successfully argued that all she needed was support for her dreadful family life, but that's another story).

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  Pete Zahut

  In view of all the bad P.R they're getting, I'm sure there are many many JW's in Australia who are very glad that the preaching work has been put on hold for Covid 19. Can you imagine what sitting ducks they'd be if they were to stand on a sidewalk with a cart or go from door right now?
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  Have You Lost Any “Friends” Because Of Your Political Views?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have lost a couple of fb friends.

  i have had conversations with many of my friends regarding politics and since we generally view politics in the same way, there is little dissension.

  however i do have some friends that don’t see things properly, my way, and i still like them.🤗lol....i know of some families that have stopped talking to each other because of something as stupid as political differences..

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  Pete Zahut

  Does that mean, with all due respect, that only those who don't view things your way are not viewing things "properly?
  

  You must not have seen the smiling emoji he used, indicating that he was being facetious.

  Perfect people like me saw the emoji and knew that he was only kidding. (that's me being facetious)
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  Have You Lost Any “Friends” Because Of Your Political Views?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have lost a couple of fb friends.

  i have had conversations with many of my friends regarding politics and since we generally view politics in the same way, there is little dissension.

  however i do have some friends that don’t see things properly, my way, and i still like them.🤗lol....i know of some families that have stopped talking to each other because of something as stupid as political differences..

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  Pete Zahut

  The other day my Son's very privileged mix race (white/asian) girlfriend (former JW) made yet another post on her Facebook/Instagram about BLM and "White Privilege" and this one was particularly unfair and almost propaganda like. It was meant to prove "white privilege" by showing silly photos of of white people on sidewalks holding up picket signs pleading for more toilet paper and demanding that strip clubs, hair salons, gun ranges, golf courses and massage parlors be opened up. Then it showed photos of very concerned and earnest looking black people holding up blood stained picket signs demanding justice and pleading for the police not to kill their sons etc. I felt this was an unfair comparison and the photos were blatantly biased and not helpful to anyone.

  I had already had enough of the whole topic a couple of weeks ago and stopped listening to the news because I was starting to feel depressed and anxious. While my wife was at work, I began "snoozing" from our Facebook and Instagram accounts the posts of anyone we know who was making any kind of political/ racial/ negative posts or comments and this included my sons girlfriend. My wife was unaware of what I'd done, and a few hours later, the girlfriend sent us a scathing group text message. Up to this point she always seemed to adore my wife and I and turned to us like a second parents. She demanded to know why she had been blocked and why we wouldn't allow her to have her own opinions. My wife who was unaware of what I had done, said there must have been some mistake or maybe our account got hacked. The girlfriend as much as said she was lying and said that we said we were unbelievably ridiculous and narrow-minded etc.

  Earlier, I heard my phone ping but didn't check my messages for about 10 minutes. When I did, I saw to my horror, the exchange between my wife and the girlfriend and realized what was going on. I immediately sent a text message to both, explaining what happened.

  I said, "I've been feeling pretty low what with the worries over Covid 19 and with all that's been going on in the world these past couple of weeks, so for my own mental health, I decided to stop watching the news and to "snooze" anyone on our social media accounts who are making political comments of any kind, for now, until all of this blows over because it seems to me these comments may be doing more harm and could be making things worse. It's not that I believe you aren't entitled to your own opinions, it's more about me not being able to tolerate any more negativity in my life. I only want to see our baby grandchildren's photos and our friends vacation photos etc. for now. My plan is to unsnooze everyone once all of this blows over and I didn't realize that anyone would be able to see that I had snoozed them. (apparently I had hit the "blocked or unfollow" button instead of snooze)

  My wife sent the girlfriend a message asking if she was OK and if she could call her and she said she didn't want to talk to us.

  I have a feeling she's feeling bad about having turned on us so quickly and easily in defense of complete strangers and is feeling foolish. Especially since we've been nothing but welcoming and have helped her and my son in so many ways.

  I hope she will get over this and realize that we too have the right to handle our social media accounts as we see fit and that we meant no harm to her.
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  Remember this

  by James Jack in

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  2. experiences

  this was my elder bag.

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  Pete Zahut

  They were always out in the aisle and often the owner of the bag would forget that it was there and would stumble over it when he got up during the meeting to use the bathroom or take care of some other urgent business that couldn't wait.