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  Can baptism be considered a legal verbal agreement?

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  2. beliefs

  based on the requirements set forth and the questions answered at the end.

  i believe this question has been asked before.

  the fact that you can only be expelled after having been put under this oath of allegiance and that you have witnesses to you making this agreement ( i remember my name was shout to the crowd when i entered the pool ).. if it can be considered so, would there be a legal ground to say minors can not enter this agreement?.

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  What if the verbal contract is a result of coercion?

  How do they prove the verbal contract?

  I suspect, if tested, their "verbal contract" with a minor or an adult wouldn't hold water.

  There's no need to annul something that doesn't legally exist.
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  JW as a secret society - a weak link in the Information Age.

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. beliefs

  in the late 1990s there was magazine article that asked the question, are jws a secret society?

  obviously they said no, because they claim to be transparent to outsiders and new members.

  but they really are not transparent at all.

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  Much like the Wizard of Oz.

  The people kept as mushrooms, the obedient members who obey the command to "not listen to the voice of strangers" know jack squat, to them WT is still the keeper of divine secrets and the arbiter of who needs to know For anyone else much of their so-called "secrets" are available online.

  I still reckon they have secrets though, and not the organizational smoke and mirrors 'look we can pull a holy spirit rabbit out of our asses" kind either. They are doing something dodgy I can feel it in my buns.
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  Recent mistakes of the Governing Body contributing to the decline of JWs

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they have made so many strategical mistakes it's hard to keep track.

  some changes within the last decade or so that are contributing to declining numbers of jws:.

  1. elimination of book study groups, the most informal, enjoyable and sociable of the jw meetings, contributed to loss of sense of community among jws.. 2. policy of consolidating kingdom halls.

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  Surely exposure to GB members in all their crazy weirdness via the broadcasts will backfire for some - especially in countries other than America, where most JWs in these countries have previously been spared the "privilege" of seeing and hearing their GB-Gods.

  Oh, BTW - Hey d4g's in da house ☺
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  How would the world be different if there were no JWs?

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i think this would be a great question to ask active jws.

  they love to say how the world would be so different if everyone was a jw.

  however, what if we flip the question and ask, would the world really be much different if the jw faith never came into existence?

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  In an alternative reality, a sliding doors moment, where a guy called Chuck Russell decided to start a Pyramid Appreciation Society (instead of a bible interpretaion business) who met together once a month to talk excitedly and nerdily about the Egyptian sructures and then have a cup of coffee and cake would have avoided all the disappointments, loss of potential, poverty, suffering, mismatched marriages and needless deaths of JWs and JW kids.
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  There is a new letter to elders about Child Abuse

  by ttdtt in

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  2. scandals

  anyone see that there is a long letter on how to handle child abuse?.

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  The thing is they cannot exclude a parent from anything JW or no JW.

  The Organization is not a substitute for the police or Child Protective Servises and elders have NO authority.

  If any non-JW parent out there is excuded from anything to do with their children and WT call the police!
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  What will happen when they go full cult mode

  by RobertT18 in

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  2. beliefs

  and they start delivering their message of judgment?

  what do you think will happen when they start knocking on doors and telling people that their families will be killed in armageddon because they did not believed in jehovah.

  i'm curious how people will react.

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  My question to any dub considering going full retard... hhmm I mean full cult mode is this.

  If the police will be hauling JW asses off to ...wherever...cult concentration camps??? which ironically sounds like life as a JW. Then why oh why does the GB need a Jollywood style broadcasting studio!!! Huh??
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  There is a new letter to elders about Child Abuse

  by ttdtt in

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  2. scandals

  anyone see that there is a long letter on how to handle child abuse?.

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  This letter is a shining example of Jehovah's Organization (according to Lett) doing more than anyone else to "protect our young ones" and Jehovah's Organization "abhorring child abuse" and this letter puts to rest those unfair accusations from lying apostates that JWs care more about their Talmudic rules and reputation than the welfare of it's members or the community.

  NOT!!!
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  Single Sisters Over A Certain Age Group Getting A Bad Rap

  by HiddlesWife in

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  i'm new here; one of my relatives was a member on this forum a few years ago and told me about it.

  anyways, as a sister who has been in the org since childhood and now in her late 40's (plus as a woman of color), i have noticed that a number of brothers have an ageist attitude.

  they are very accepting of young women under 26 and rejecting women over that age, particularly those in their 30's and over.. is this an unspoken mindset from wthq (specifically from bethel), or is it that quite a number of males (sorry, i'm not sexist here) have this type of mentality?

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  Finally, an Olive Oil that reflects real women.

  Now let's reverse engineer Popeye his forearm muscles are unattractively disproportionate to the rest of his body!
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  I conclude this thread is guided for maximum attention by the OP.
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  Single Sisters Over A Certain Age Group Getting A Bad Rap

  by HiddlesWife in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i'm new here; one of my relatives was a member on this forum a few years ago and told me about it.

  anyways, as a sister who has been in the org since childhood and now in her late 40's (plus as a woman of color), i have noticed that a number of brothers have an ageist attitude.

  they are very accepting of young women under 26 and rejecting women over that age, particularly those in their 30's and over.. is this an unspoken mindset from wthq (specifically from bethel), or is it that quite a number of males (sorry, i'm not sexist here) have this type of mentality?

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  That's much better OUTLAW.

  Now can you give her some hips and some muscle mass so she can carry those girls tall and proud!