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  Newspaper article on Conventions—why so glowing?

  by Londo111 in

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  every year in dozens of cities where conventions are being held, newspapers typically write an article about the event.

  there are exceptions, but usually it is like the articles above.

  i would love to see more newspaper articles that did some actual objective reporting, rather than puff pieces.

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  Why so glowing?

  JWs are boring.

  JW conventions are boring.

  Most cities and towns advertise acts, performances, and conventions that come to town as a way of advertising the city or town.
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  Help needed: transgender people and other unclear topics

  by TeaBiscuit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first of all, i am not quite sure whether this is the right place to ask my questions.

  if this is not really appropriate, please tell me in advance, but i really did not know who to turn to, so i thought why not ask the internet... now, i know many of you are apostates and i'm not really looking for "leave it all behind you" answers, but really for experiences, thoughts and ideas... as well as maybe some verses if you can think of any.. anyway, first things first.

  since this is very anonymous and i'd like to keep it that way, i will not give you my name, but still, i think some background info might be helpful.

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  Yes TB, you are the boss of you, and you have the right to make your own decisions and by getting baptized as a JW you will be giving up that right. You need to be crystal clear on that. They will try and gloss over that and tell you it's for your own benefit etc but that is a lie! Giving up your personal right to think and decide is never in your best interest.
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  Help needed: transgender people and other unclear topics

  by TeaBiscuit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first of all, i am not quite sure whether this is the right place to ask my questions.

  if this is not really appropriate, please tell me in advance, but i really did not know who to turn to, so i thought why not ask the internet... now, i know many of you are apostates and i'm not really looking for "leave it all behind you" answers, but really for experiences, thoughts and ideas... as well as maybe some verses if you can think of any.. anyway, first things first.

  since this is very anonymous and i'd like to keep it that way, i will not give you my name, but still, i think some background info might be helpful.

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  TeaBiscuit "Of course the organisation sees it differently"

  You have answered your own question. The organization's opinion is the only one that matters.

  JW message is quite simple you either agree with everything the GB says, give up your personal thoughts and feelings and your right to decide on your own personal matters or you don't. There is no negotiating or compromising with these people and their rules.
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  RUSSIA: Jehovah's Witnesses face possible liquidation

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2181.

  24 may 2016. russia: jehovah's witnesses face possible liquidation.

  by victoria arnold, forum 18. if prosecutors proceed with their threat to liquidate the jehovah's witness headquarters near st petersburg, thousands of local congregations across russia could also face prohibition of their activities and individuals could be vulnerable to criminal charges for expressing their beliefs, forum 18 notes.. the jehovah's witnesses' principal body in russia is under threat of dissolution as an "extremist" organisation after the deadline in an official warning from the general prosecutor's office expired on 10 may, forum 18 notes.

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  I believe WT is against freedom of religion. You can't become a JW and decide to go along to the catholic church at the same time, yet I could decide to become catholic and go the KH at the same time.

  WT are lying hypocrites and deserve what's coming to them from Governments that see through their "freedom of religion" bullshit.
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  Help needed: transgender people and other unclear topics

  by TeaBiscuit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first of all, i am not quite sure whether this is the right place to ask my questions.

  if this is not really appropriate, please tell me in advance, but i really did not know who to turn to, so i thought why not ask the internet... now, i know many of you are apostates and i'm not really looking for "leave it all behind you" answers, but really for experiences, thoughts and ideas... as well as maybe some verses if you can think of any.. anyway, first things first.

  since this is very anonymous and i'd like to keep it that way, i will not give you my name, but still, i think some background info might be helpful.

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  Yes, if you decide to be baptised what you think about what the scripture means doesn't count, so get used to that feeling.
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  Help needed: transgender people and other unclear topics

  by TeaBiscuit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first of all, i am not quite sure whether this is the right place to ask my questions.

  if this is not really appropriate, please tell me in advance, but i really did not know who to turn to, so i thought why not ask the internet... now, i know many of you are apostates and i'm not really looking for "leave it all behind you" answers, but really for experiences, thoughts and ideas... as well as maybe some verses if you can think of any.. anyway, first things first.

  since this is very anonymous and i'd like to keep it that way, i will not give you my name, but still, i think some background info might be helpful.

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  You have a right to check, check and double-check everything you have been told. Most of it though is hidden in plain sight in the books you studied, either stated outright or implied. You would have have come across the scripture in the book of Deut 22:5 talking about men not dressing as women. You would have come across the scripture in Romans 9 that talks about fornicators and homosexuals not inheritng the kingdom.

  You have probably been so seduced by the love-bombing that you didn't notice their obsession with the old testament rules and regulations. But, obsessed they are, and these people mean business. If, you decide to go against any of their rules once baptised you will be dealt with strongly - which usually means a withdrawal of all that lovely christian love - so no more love for you!

  So you're absolutely right the time to question is now. And by god question everything especially the things that do not sit well with your conscience. Do not ignore your conscience it is trying to tell you something.

  BTW, you do NOT need a large mega-rich organisation to believe in god or Jesus if you feel that is what you want.

  In fact you do not need an organisation to do that at all, regardless of JWs insisting that you do.

  Jesus supposedly came to sever the slavery to the harsh controlling religious leaders of the day and make faith a personal matter then why are JWs constantly harking back to old testament rules?

  Just another thing to ask yourself and think about.
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  You wear tight pants and you will be in trouble

  by wannaexit in

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  2. friends

  i was reading in another forum, that a letter to the elders instructed them to speak to anybody who persists in wearing tight pants.

  if changes don't happen then the instructions are to disqualify him from being a publisher but it won't be announced to the congregation.

  i am am curious to see if this letter will surface.

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  Yeah, I know it's a stick but, Boozerford looks like he's carrying a gun in that photo.

  His motto was "Speak LOUDLY, spit alot, and carry a BIG-ASS STICK!"
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  Jw want desperately to be shunned according to G no 4 pg 9

  by poopie in

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  2. friends

  jw strive to follow golden rule by treating others the way themselves would like to be treated so they want to be shunned because they shunn others.

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  There were no conditions placed on the prodigal's son returning as per the bible story.

  If it were WT he would have had to live as a homeless person on the edge of the property for a few months.

  Then, he could live in the barn and have bread and water for a few months.

  Then, he could have a meal with the fam once a month for a few more months.

  Then after a year or two it would be "my son, my son has returned. Kill the fatted calf we are part-ay-ing tonight!"
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  Why do witnesses feel the need to put JW ORG on all their social media sites?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you all noticed the obsession witnesses have of putting jw.org on all their social media sites like facebook, twitter, instagram etc?.

  so many put it in their bio section...like some sort of loud proclamation to other witnesses that they are righteous and spreading the message.. it's also very lazy.

  now with no personal effort at all, they can just say jw.org and be "witnessing".

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  The Blue (depressing) Borg (collective)

  You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
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  You wear tight pants and you will be in trouble

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was reading in another forum, that a letter to the elders instructed them to speak to anybody who persists in wearing tight pants.

  if changes don't happen then the instructions are to disqualify him from being a publisher but it won't be announced to the congregation.

  i am am curious to see if this letter will surface.

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  Everybody's talkin bout my tight pants...my tight pants...got my tightpants....

  Hmmm, maybe the tight-panted hottie brothers were getting hit-on out in FS, and some were accepting the offers.

  Everybody's talkin bout my tightpants....