Well, in the early days of the society, they used to stand outside churches calling out "religion is a snare and a racket" while wearing sandwich boards!
How would they like it being done back to them now?
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Apostate carts
by Normalfulla inso i've recently been travelling about usa and mexico and of course seen the carts parked at tourist spots all over and i had a funny thought ...if somehow we could get a bunch of identical carts together and print up a placard with a few key facts about the real truth with jwfacts logo and just park them right in the same areas ,dress up in our old meeting clothes and stand about with a coffee and look on our phones i wonder what response we would get from anyone ?
or park them outside assembly's and just stand.off at a distance ...basically the same thing they do to all society !.
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The West Australian: Jehovah Witness charged with historic child sex offences
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://thewest.com.au/news/wa/jehovah-witness-charged-with-historic-child-sex-offences-ng-b88453246z.
jehovah witness charged with historic child sex offences.
friday, 21 april 2017 3:11am.
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stuckinarut2
Do we have a name?
I know people from those congregation areas ...
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Baptism as a Symbol of Dedication - Anther unbiblical doctrine of men
by doubtfull1799 ini'm not sure if this has been discussed before - i did a brief search and couldn't find anything on this particular aspect.. for those atheists who believe it is all nonsense anyway, feel free to ignore this post.
i happen to be of that same persuasion but i still enjoy discussing it on a philosophical level.
its funny how you may have left because of the more "out there" doctrines and chronology etc not making sense and you come to see that they are going "beef the things written", but the longer you're out and the more you think about your old beliefs, even the most common basic or "fundamental" doctrines are also "going beyond the things written.. baptism as a symbol of dedication is a case in point.
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stuckinarut2
Baptism is really just like presenting a ticket at the door to an exclusive club before entering....
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Marry Only in the Lord
by Rattigan350 inlast night at the meeting, a local needs talk preempted the regularly scheduled part.
an elder who is the most society following elder talked about loving god and then he talked about bible principles such as marry only in the lord.
he talked of deut.
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stuckinarut2
Wow, so he actually said this was a "marking" talk?
That is not supposed to happen nowadays
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exJW from Galway, Ireland
by Band Completely ini've been reading many articles on here and other forums relating to exjws for some time.
when my mother first got involved with the witnesses back in '77, my mother's mother and my father's mother, being the "good catholics that they were", gave my father "license" to do "whatever it takes" to stop her associating with these people.. due to "confirmation bias", (i.e.
"satan will do whatever he can to stop you associating with us"), this "persecution" only convinced her that the witnesses had "the truth".
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stuckinarut2
Welcome!
Yes, the key to moving on is to recognise the FOG (fear, obligation, guilt) techniques that the society uses.
Then as DoC said above, "the best revenge is to live a happy and successful life"
This community here on the forum is a great place to mingle. All here have travelled the same path and understand our witness history.
Feel free to join in and support others.
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where was jehovahs hand in the matter?
by nowwhat? inso jah can build a broadcasting studio in record time, provide a cool summer so the new bibles can be printed on time without the presses overheating, but cant deliver his people in russia?!.
if jehovah is going to allow it what good are millions of letters and prayers then?
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stuckinarut2
1kings 18:27
Maybe God was asleep, or just in the toilet at the time?
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Outcome - Banned in Russia - Final
by OrphanCrow ini just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
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stuckinarut2
wow! Thanks for posting that orphancrow! What a disturbing post from the JWTALK site!!
It seems that they would get some sort of sick joy out of seeing their "brothers and sisters" imprisoned in order to prove a point!
Martyrdom at its finest!
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Outcome - Banned in Russia - Final
by OrphanCrow ini just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
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stuckinarut2
Added to my last post:
Not that I agree that it should have happened mind you! There were far better ways for the govt to act against the society as many have already stated.
Banning will just reinforce the persecution complex and make witnesses more determined! The average witness will NOT look at the very valid reasons WHY the society has been classed as "extremist". They will simply be emboldened in their devotion to the society...
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Outcome - Banned in Russia - Final
by OrphanCrow ini just watched the live feed from the russian court room and followed the updates on the russian exjw forum.. just waiting for confirmation from other sources...but, it looks like the final (and expected) result is:.
banned.
which means that the wts property in russia now belongs to the russian state..
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stuckinarut2
If you poke a bear for long enough, eventually it will bite!
The society has been arrogantly poking at Russia for many, many years.....(including by insinuation during those appalling videos during the 2016 conventions.)
The Russian Bear has bitten back...
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April 19, 2017 BOE Re: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year
by wifibandit inapril 19, 2017 to all bodies of elders and ministerial servants re: kingdom ministry school for the 2018 service year.
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stuckinarut2
Once again, we hear of these things quicker via this forum, than through the "correct" channels!