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  Jehovah's Witnesses on BBC World Service radio

  by jw news 2017 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  © copyright bbc world service © copyright bbc heart and soul **" witness protectionheart and souljehovah’s witnesses follow a strict interpretation of the bible.

  it is supposed to shape every facet of the lives of its 8 million followers around the world.its beliefs set it apart not only from non-believers and other christian faiths.but what has emerged in recent years is an alleged catalogue of sexual abuse that has gone unreported and unpunished due to this adherence to the literal word of god.david cook meets the survivors of years of abuse who say their claims were ignored because of the lack of two witnesses to the crime, a major law of the organisation which it says is enshrined in the bible.jehovah’s witnesses deny they shelter any abusers but he will hear how some alleged abusers were allowed to remain part of the organisation because of the lack of witnesses.he will also investigate how this insular worldwide community is responding to mounting pressure to turn over decades of testimonies which could expose thousands more cases of abuse... "~ quoted text, and video image, from the web page:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p056p7wgaudio of the programme:'heart and soul ~ witness protection' ~ broadcast on bbc world service at13:32 uk time, on 30th june 2017© copyright bbc world service © copyright bbc heart and soul

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  Great!
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  Subliminal images - why and who are the individuals behind it?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i remember about 5 years ago reading on another site about subliminal images in wt literature.

  i honestly thought it a load of bs until i checked out one glaringly obvious image of a creepy skull in clouds within the knowledge book.

  i was shocked and even showed my wife at the time who thought it was creepy.. so my question is why?

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  Fantastic info CC! Useful to clarify the definitions between secondary, hidden and subliminal.

  Why would they do this?

  Advertisers know the powerful psychology behind the use of imagery. Every colour, number, actor, prop, etc that are used in adverts are chosen for a reason by the advertising company.

  I figure with WT has a similar purpose, this is especially notable in the videos they produce - propoganda in word and image, even the choice of the actors! If you look carefully in the back ground of scenes all sorts of things show up that don't seem to have any rhyme or reason to the placement but just like movies and commercials nothing is left to chance in productions. It would be naive to believe otherwise.

  WT has always peddled cult propoganda shamelessly and purposefully because they know with enough exposure the message really does get in to your brain.
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  JW harassment

  by blasphemous.mouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is there a way to have a jw who will not leave someone alone spammed with anti-cult information and anti-jw information?

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  Is that harrassed "someone" you?

  If so, just strike a deal "I will read yours if you read mine."
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  Introducing Our Rockstar Governing Body

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  isnt nice to see the governing body being so humble, meek and not seeking their own importance?.

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  stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/005df9f7e68e40cb9b013248fe7b670c.html

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  Introducing the WTBTS's GB members and the women who love them.
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  "Child abuse is abhorrent to us."

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  birds of a feather flock together.

  australian cardinal george pell: "they are false.

  the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me.".

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  JWs "... adhor child abuse"

  Catholic Church child is "abhorrent"

  Obviously "abhor" is code for tolerate in religious organizations.
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  Uh!oh! Serena - where to now?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  appearing among other things that waste my time on the web today, was this vanity fair cover featuring a naked pregnant serena.

  surely evidence that she no longer sees herself as even a jw associate, what's more likely does not give a stuff what her fomer loving brothers and sisters may think.. .

  more info on the vf web-site: http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/serena-williams-cover-story.

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  sparrowdown

  She looks beautiful.

  The headline should be "Thankyou Jehovah."
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  Introducing Our Rockstar Governing Body

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  isnt nice to see the governing body being so humble, meek and not seeking their own importance?.

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  stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/005df9f7e68e40cb9b013248fe7b670c.html

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  What is new bout the photo thing is now there is the internet to post your trophies for all the world to see and in the case of pathetic wannabe groupies and celebrity GB members to laugh at.
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  Report from Japan

  by wifibandit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anon in japan says:.

  i served in the third circuit of shikoku japan.

  a few years ago, a well-known theocratic family disassociated.

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  I think the internet provides something that the congregation doesn't and can't and that is a sense of connectedness. Connectedness to the wider world and the local community.

  WT can't compete, their website is not interactive, they don't give a fuck what you think or feel where as you can always find someplace or someone on the internet to relate to. Even casual interactions on the internet are more satifying than real world interactions with the shallow brothers and sisters at the fake-ass KH or with cold would-kick-you-to-the-curb-in-a-heartbeat fake-ass, conditional JW family.
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  FFA - 4H - Conscious matter or not allowed?

  by Jennifer Lehrer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was baptized 4 years ago, i have 2 little girls who love their bunnies, so this year we reached out to 4h and started our own 4h group - this was after asking the elders for counsel.

  none provided.

  now after doing this for 3 months i am being brought before a judicial committee for neutrality.

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  My advice would be to take care of your family first and not WT with it's ridiculous myriad of hypocritical irrelevant rules.

  They expect you to be loyal to an organization which has nothing to do with being loyal to your own family or to God.

  Learn how to distiguish the difference because the org will only look after itself not you or your children.
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  Gog of Magog - Watchtower says it has two identities

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the searcher started a topic addressing the gt, a comment from sparrowdown asked an interesting question -.

  "...the political powers of satan's world will form a coalition..."that's the statement that interests me.

  what are they alluding to?.

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  sparrowdown

  Coaliton of Nations sounds a bit globalist to me, but I spose they need to keep the cult lingo current-ish.

  Meanwhile in other news armageddon will be the first Purge and after the thousand years will come the second Purge.