Hayes Bridge Circuit Assembly - February 2005

Circuit Assembly - Surrey Assembly Hall

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[999Atwood]

Those poor sweet kids....many trapped forever in this nonsense.

[pjpix]

@999Atwood We're all trapped in some respect. We choose where we wish to be trapped.

[zoobydox]

What the heck!! hahahah i never seen this video b4!! yet its got me in it twice lol close ups aswell, not just background lol oh deer, do u have anymore like this?

[pjpix]

I'll see what I can do. I have quite a backlog to catch up with but I'm sure you're in there somewhere (singing karaoke I seem to remember)

[4dabeauty]

poor kids

[pjpix]

Yes, they really look like they're suffering, don't they.

[999Atwood]

@LiLLiNooRaJ Yes, We won't change each others mind. I think the society is 100% a money making machine that profits off the weak & naive. I grew up in a family of drunks & molesters, an environment that makes you street wise very young. I think the JW's are too trusting & refuse to look below the Watchtowers phoney exterior. Maybe some people just need someone to have someone make lifes decisions for them...tell them what to do?

[LiLLiNooRaJ]

@999Atwood humanitarian aid is given where it is needed. for example; haiti last year; homes build for those who lost everything when katrina destroyed new orleans..not just JW's helped, others too. i could go on. to be perfectly honest, this discussion is going nowhere. you are determined to think ill of JW's and spread your opinions around, that's your right, go ahead. who ever wants to know how things really are should take a good look around, on both sides, and then decide for themselves.

[999Atwood]

I just think The Watchtower Society takes advantage of a very innocent & some times naive people. It's like a college student scamming a 4th grader out of his lunch money & I don't like that.

[999Atwood]

@LiLLiNooRaJ I will give you the fact that JW' MEMBERS take care of their own very well but it ONLY COMES from the publishers pockets in the Kingdom Hall. No money flows OUT of the Watchtower Society it'self. The Watchtower Society loans money at interest, it does not give to charity. Very sad to see my former friends being milked like this. They pay up front for the magazines (Cha-Ching), They give direct donations (Cha-Ching) Then give money to help their brothers/Sisters on top of it all.

[LiLLiNooRaJ]

@999Atwood as someone on the inside i respectfully disagree on all accounts. the stats still do not say that religion causes illness. as concerned christians who care about our brothers and sisters needed measures are taken so that no one is without the basics needed, may it be food, shelter, clothing or professional medical attention.

[999Atwood]

@LiLLiNooRaJ Also I don't think it's accurate to say the medical facts do not back up my statement. The medical facts are that the illness rates ARE higher amoung these groups JW's/Mormons but they can only speculate why.....and I personally have an educated speculation as to why from my time on the inside.

[999Atwood]

@LiLLiNooRaJ Maybe, I don't know, I think 2 suicides & several seriously mentally ill people in the small circle of JW's I knew is pretty high. Our congregation & the neighboring one probably only numbered 100-120 people total. This does not include several couples who are retiring broke because they were lead to believe the end would surely be here by now. That must also carry some serious worry & depression, not being treated. Bet I could name 12 out of the 100 needing professional help.

[LiLLiNooRaJ]

@999Atwood i believe what was taught to me during my medical education about mental illnesses; a belief system cannot in it self cause such illnesses. you very well maybe observant but medical facts do not back your opinion as you yourself admitted. and lets not forget the thousands of people who have no one to take care of them and fall off the grid due to untreated mental illnesses. they could profoundly change the statistics about patients on psych ward and their religious background..

[999Atwood]

@LiLLiNooRaJ I think the studies admitted they didn't know if the religion caused more illness or if previously ill people were drawn to the religion. My own experience & what I saw was that the religion caused the illness. I am no doctor but I am pretty observant.

[LiLLiNooRaJ]

@999Atwood impressive.. how would this study differentiate between someone having higher risk of mental illness ('cause tendensy for these illnesses run in family) for having been brought up in a JW family and therefore becoming ill or someone after becoming a JW suddenly catching schizoprenia w/out any previous medical history or family history? as a medical professional i know there are more things involved than just religion, it's not that straight forward: join a group, get the illness..