Posts by zebagain

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How far behind the Watchtower is on child abuse reform compared to the Catholics

by besty in

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/11/qedcplwxs0ljsg3jk6zyhp/story.html.

pope takes responsibility for child abuse scandaltalks of sanctions; victims groups call for actionby john l. allen jr. | globe staff april 11, 2014pope francis asked forgiveness for the child sexual abuse scandals in the catholic church on friday, the first time hes done so as pope, and also said the church must be very strong in responding to the ongoing legacy of that crisis, including imposing forceful sanctions.. in remarks during an address to a french child protection group, francis said he took personal responsibility for what he described as the evil of child sexual abuse in the catholic church.. i feel called to take upon myself all the evil that some priests many, many in number, though not in proportion to the totality to take it upon myself and to ask forgiveness for the harm theyve done, for the sexual abuse of children, the pope said.the church is aware of this harm, he said.

its a personal and moral harm, but by men of the church.

zebagain

and the wts has appealed against the judgement against in the Candace Conti case thereby defending the offender.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 04-13-2014 WT Study (HAIL JC)

by blondie in

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http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140215/hail-christ-glorious-king/.

http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com.

united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.

zebagain

All to much for little me. What of the jw who took shelter in the kh in the Phillipines that fell on them and killed many?

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Watchtower study for Sunday 13th April.

by stuckinarut2 in

ok, so here we go again..... those of us still stuck in have to sit through another study today.... any suggestions on comments to drop through the study?.

zebagain

During the 'public talks' those interminable exercises in boredom i used to do those pelvic exercises where you retract ... well you know. I could get up to 50 retractions, rest a while, do it all again. It was most useful and for those who have never sat through a PT.. read on.

Public talks: for the speaker to keep to the allocated time even if it means expanding (stretching) his information to fill in the time. Of course to stretch something usually means making it thinner. The speaker will stand behind the lecturn and show no animation and will always wear a suite whether it is hot or not. He may use a some prepared hi-lights on a 'whyte'- board this device being officially sanctioned where as 'power-point' is not.

He will remain ever 'he' as women are not permitted to give talks.

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What a wonderful age in which to live

by fulltimestudent in

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when i was young ( quite a while ago now) an old lady lived near us.

sadly for her, she had had surgery to remove her whole nose and what was fitted with a very obvious prosthetic nose, a nose that was instant fascination for small boys, who would often jeer at her.

i called her to mind and the difficulty she likely faced whenever she went out when i read this report.. scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose.

zebagain

wow!

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Anyone Here Used to Fear Persecution?

by kneehighmiah in

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i was thinking today about how i no longer have to fear the attack of satan against the jws.

i used to fear being rounded up and beaten by mobs.

seeing my family tortured.

zebagain

I recall one elder who would go over what "they" would do to 'us'. He taught his little daughter to sneak off and study. To what end i cant imagine.

Yes as an adult i was distressed as our first born came along. As for parents enforcing eating with persecution threats they are beneath contempt.

The elder concerned later died quite young suddenly, without any life insurance leaving his wife and many kids (!) in a rented house to live off the govt provided pension.

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Misappropriation of funds (Project for an Assembly Hall in Guadalajara)

by avaddohn94 in

at the extj.com forum, a very serious scandal is being discussed regarding a potential misappropriation of funds by mexico's branch.. http://www.extj.com/showthread.php?24740-denuncia--quot-proyecto-fantasma-quot-salon-de-asambleas-de-guadalajara-o-robo-de-fondos.

though the situation may not be quite uncommon, below you will find an overview:.

a member of mexico's branch committee went to guadalajara to inform the brothers that a plot of land had been donated for the construction of an assembly hall.

zebagain

and the day that the un or obama calls in unpaid taxes they will scream from the rooftops. persecution persecution!

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Describe a Model Exemplary Jehovah's Witness

by minimus in

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is it someone who doesn't drink?.

is it someone who avidly studies the bible and follows it to a tee?.

i think a model jw is simply a braindead folower..

zebagain

Aproclaimer: you missed always wears the 'correct' clothing and shoes.

all in all sounds just like the one who sexually abused my kids.

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Do You Reply To Your PM's?

by snowbird in

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all of them?.

zebagain

yes. I am ever delighted that someone has taken the trouble to write to me.

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Studied with JW grandma for 3 years and went to meetings, I have now seen the light!

by yogosans14 in

im new here and im 17, going to turn 18 in 1 week.

i studied with my gradma the bible teach book and went to meeting with her and other relatives (considering most my relatives are jw except my parents) and i believe in all of it because i never read the bible for myself.

after reading the gospels i started noticing contradictions in the jw doctrine like when jesus said many would dine with the patriachs in the kingdom of heaven (yet only 144,000 jws can) which would seem odd considering the fact he adressed this to more then the apostles.