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Book offer
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
howdy everyone!

before i am accused of anything, i only came in here to fulfill a promise i made a couple of years ago.

this place keeps getting crazier.. i have a copy of a book that was given to me by a member of this group for free.
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The origin of the word Lullaby
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
reading around the subject of lillith, the alledged, rebel first wife of adam, i stumbled upon this link and many others that link the custom of singing babies to sleep as an ancient jewish superstition.. http://www.jeanniemusick.com/lilith-world/lilith-as-the-origin-of-the-lullaby/.

some of the research could probably be argued but looking at it from the wt perspective and mirroring their usual reasoning, i could imagine the following.... ... it appears that the word "lullaby" originates from the the hebrew "lilith-abi", which means "lilith be gone".

jewish mothers used to sing these songs to their babies in bed in hopes that they would be protected from this baby snatching demon called lilith.
Random Musing of an ex-JW Closing a Chapter
by StarTrekAngel in
1. jw
2. experiences
as you all may recall, i made it public a few months back that i was moving away from my former neighboorhood.

well, we moved into our new place during the christmas/new year week, and it has been an awesome decision.

more on that later.naturally, after having hauled all our "material possessions" to our new place, we embarked on the process of giving our old home a touch of paint, etc.
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Random Musings of an ex-JW Closing a Chapter
by StarTrekAngel in
1. jw
2. experiences
as you all may recall, i made it public a few months back that i was moving away from my former neighboorhood.

well, we moved into our new place during the christmas/new year week, and it has been an awesome decision.

more on that later.naturally, after having hauled all our "material possessions" to our new place, we embarked on the process of giving our old home a touch of paint, etc.
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RBC... something I heard this weekend and I want to confirm
by StarTrekAngel in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have not been around much or even cared to dig into jw land.

i been working on moving to a new place and leaving behind my old jw past, even the neighborhood where it all happened.. but something i heard this weekend had me thinking.

my mother in law has a small, run down wooden home near the kh where we used to attend.
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KH Hall doors to remain locked during meetings?
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my mother in law told us this morning that they read a letter in her cong last night.

from now on kh doors will be locked after 15 min of meeting start.

only the fire exit (one way door) will remain unlocked.
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Random Musing of an ex-JW Pondering About ex-JWs
by StarTrekAngel in
1. jw
2. experiences
long ago during my awakening process i was presented with a somewhat extrange proposition.

i can’t recall for sure where i read it.

i wandered thru so many sites over the years.
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Is it clergy privilege?
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
just wanted to pose the question to the group and see what the general opinion is vs what the wt may have claimed in other cases.. we all know that they have argued over clergy privilege when elder learn of a crime but keep quiet about it.

regardless of what one may feel about this, lets assume for a minute that they are correct.. all elders are directed to contact the branch when they learn of a case of child abuse.

would the conversation between the elder and the branch be considered under the "clergy privilege"?
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Help me spread the word. Local TV station looking for abuse survivors willing to share story. Deep South Texas area
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
you all may recall a recent news article i posted.

it was about a bus driver who abused several school children.

while the news never really dived into his personal life, i did mention here that he is a well known elder to the hall i used to attend.. two new charges have been brought against him and now the bail is up to $420,000.
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Random Musing of an ex-JW between a rock and a hard place.
by StarTrekAngel in
1. jw
2. experiences
many of you may recall pass postings of mine where i mentioned my plans of moving away from my current neighborhood.

mainly because my office got moved and now my commute is about one hour each way.

my employer is pretty flexible so showing up on time, for now, is not an issue.