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  Is The Governing Body Over Jehovah's Witnesses A Bunch Of Arrogant Old Retirees Considering After All That They Claim To Be Christ's Right Hand Man Directing His Dad's Organization On Earth?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  these guys believe that they are running and directing "god's organization" and it is all based on some flimsy parable interpetation about a master who left a slave in charge while he went away with the outcome uncertain upon his return.

  not a very solid case to be pointedly honest.

  jesus would have made a better choice of donald trump to run his father's business/watchtower corporation, he's less arrogant and doesn't discourage higher education, and plastic children's toys are not a major concern of his.. what is arrogance?.

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  Black Sheep

  That post makes me feel good to be an athiest.
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  please need some advice!

  by insearchoftruth4 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  how would you handle a situation where your grandkids are being used by their father to manipulate their grandmother into going to the meeings?

  grandkids sending text messages to grandmothers phone asking if she will come to their meeting.

  grandmother is no longer attending meetings and doesn't wants to she know ttatt.

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  Black Sheep

  It works both ways. There are Ex-Dubs wanting to protect their children from Grandma too.

  The way these churches work, if you want to leave and still have your family, you have to be the last one out. Being the first IDs you as Satan's Minion, never to be trusted.
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  Pastor Russell and "The Jelly Fish" Incident. Weird Stuff!

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been in the borg for decades and never came across the "jelly fish" incident, is this a topic discussed on jwn or is it new to you?

  i have talked to lots of people who are victims of sexual abuse, i never knew how bad things were in the past, for young girls, until my mother told me about the evil things grandma's dad did to her and on and on..... .

  i believe, i feel like things are better now, but this wicked act still continues and thrives where silence is considered golden like the watchtower organization.

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  Black Sheep

  Use the search function and you'll find quite a bit on it. I doubt Rose Ball was ever adopted. She was too old at the time.
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  Should I allow my mom to see the grandchildren?

  by confusedandalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i am not officially da/do yet and my family has shunned me hard.

  today crying my mother calls me to beg to see my children... should i let her?

  i feel that if you can speak abusive of your own son and wife and shun the.

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  Black Sheep

  You are not guilty of anything.

  Your mother chose to raise her kids in a church with a history of not having a god that ever bothers to show up to fulfill promises that it's leaders pretend they make on its behalf. This is a risky gamble, because if the god doesn't show up, or the leaders change the god's promises for it, it is highly likely that the kids will eventually realise that the church leaders aren't the channel of communication parents have been telling them they are.

  She took a gamble. It didn't pay out. The god never showed up. The church leaders had to change the god's promises. Her kid lost faith in the church leaders and doesn't want her kids following the same bunch of loosers.

  Now your mother has to pay the price and it is up to her what price she is prepared to pay. That is her choice .... not yours.
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  Meeting others????

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you like me, afraid of meeting up with faders and ex-jws??

  i am afraid to be ratted out.

  the only person that i have ever personally spoke to is raypublisher, well on the phone ans skype.

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  Black Sheep

  It's better to hang out with Worldlies than Ex-Dubs. They're not as screwed up as us. I hang out at a small 'Cheers' type pub with a great bunch of people and get myself involved in their antics. Never say no if someone want a hand.
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  I have often seen JW`s supposed beleif of 1925 as the end .....It`s not what I remember

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i could be wrong of course , but as far as i recall 1925 was not the date of armageddon , but was the date the" princes of the earth" would be resurrected .

  the princes of course were faithfull men of old such as abraham issac and jacob, anybody who had a prominent part in gods favour.. witnesses at assemblies after 1925 were constantly awaiting to welcome the resurrected princes of the earth up until the late 1950`s.

  these faithfull resurrected men were to lead the rank and file into the glorious new system of christs thousand year reign.. smiddy.

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  Black Sheep

  Try this search Smiddy

  http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=%22Millions+Now+Living+Will+Never+Die%22
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  Can Jehovah's witnesses eat halal and kosher meat?

  by Reynam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm new here, i pretty much created this account cause i couldn't find the answer to my question.

  and my question is, can jw eat halal and kosher meat?

  i was searching online but all i found was that jw dont have any food restrictions besides consuming blood.. if someone can answer my question, please and thank u!.

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  Black Sheep

  They do have some pretty weird rules though.

  15 Feb 1964 Watchtower, Questions From Readers

  What, then, of animal food? May it be used if there is reason to believe there is blood in it? As far as a Christian is concerned, the answer is No, on the basis of principles already mentioned. Therefore, if a Christian discovers that blood components are listed on the label of a container of dog food or some other animal food, he could not conscientiously feed that product to any animal over which he has jurisdiction. He could not conclude that doing so would be excusable, for this would not be a case of an animal killing another animal and helping itself to the blood of that creature. No, this would be a direct act on the part of the Christian, making him responsible for feeding blood to a pet or other animal belonging to him.
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  Avoid or call them back?

  by Angus Beef in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  daughter missed a call from an elder tonight...we've missed meetings for about a month now.

  she is dating a worldly guy and i'm sure someone has seen them together.

  makes us nervous and with us being fairly new to the fading facet... should she call or avoid.

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  Black Sheep

  Elders are not your friends.
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  Should I meet with the elders?

  by winnie12 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i posted my story somewhere on this board but long story short i have been expressing my doubts to my mom who is a jw.

  i have been fading since december 2013 and went to a sunday meeting for the first time maybe two weeks ago.

  i went only because i wanted to use the library that my hall has which had books published by the society from the early 1900's.

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  Black Sheep

  Your mom is the one that got you joined up to this church, so she is the one who should be doing the explaining. If she doesn't have a sensible answer, tell her to go and get one and get back to you when she has it because you want to hear the answer from her, not from an Elder.
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  personal study to help some one learn TTATT

  by Skinnedsheep in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  using only the wts publlications what would be a curriculum or study plan you would use to get someone to research ttatt?.

  1914-1919. sodom and gomorrah resurrected.

  generations mt.

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  Black Sheep

  Honesty in last Sunday's Watchtower.