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  Whatever happened to Paula Combs AKA Sue Pamela Carne?

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in may 1983, a jehovah's witness woman worked as a governess for william plunkert who worked at the us embassy in moscow.. moscow charges cia link to religious activist.

  william plunkert was a cia operative during his time in moscow:.

  how the cia ran a ‘billion dollar spy’ in moscow.

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  This was in the early 1980's?

  I think at that time the Soviet's thought every American was a CIA operative!
  
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  Police cordon around Honiton's Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses after fatal stabbing

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey uk folks, what's going with this story?

  was it an unbelieving mate that attacked and elder or something?.

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  UPDATE: Friday, November 17, 2017
  

  Knifeman admits Devon Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall killing
  
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  Beard criticism - NOT from JWs

  by neat blue dog in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5074637/amp/prince-harry-breaks-military-rules-wearing-beard.html.

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  SonoftheTrinity: I don't even like patronizing businesses with clean cut requirements.

  No McDonalds for you then!
  

  http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questions/work-with-us/uniform/what-is-the-policy-for-employees-with-facial-hair.html
  

  Hmm, maybe that's a good thing
  
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  EDITORIAL: Jehovah's Witnesses: The Perfect Crime - Le Soleil Newspaper, Nov 16, 2017 (Eloise Dupuis)

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  in today's print edition of le soleil, headline featured on front page, with full article inside..

  editorial: jehovah's witnesses: the perfect crime, by pierre asselin.

  le soleil (quebec, canada), thursday, november 16, 2017, print edition page 19. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7dd88g/editorial_jehovahs_witnesses_the_perfect_crime_le/.

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  In today's print edition of Le Soleil, headline featured on front page, with full article inside.

  EDITORIAL: Jehovah's Witnesses: The Perfect Crime, by Pierre Asselin

  Le Soleil (Quebec, Canada), Thursday, November 16, 2017, print edition page 19

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7dd88g/editorial_jehovahs_witnesses_the_perfect_crime_le/
  
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  Eloise Dupuis died of a lack of blood and refusal of transfusion

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  jw eloise dupuis (canada, quebec) died last year of a lack of blood and refusal of blood transfusions, while the familly and the jw propaganda machine said it was rather because of an infection.

  coroner says however we must respect her belief and there was no undue influence.

  he doesn't know the wt it seems.. in french:.

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  yalbmert99: there was no undue influence. He doesn't know the WT it seems.
  

  Looks like this aspect will be covered in a new book - "They killed Eloise Dupuis" - due in 2018:

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7d6aqj/new_book_they_killed_eloise_dupuis_due_in_2018/
  
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  Eloise Dupuis died of a lack of blood and refusal of transfusion

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  jw eloise dupuis (canada, quebec) died last year of a lack of blood and refusal of blood transfusions, while the familly and the jw propaganda machine said it was rather because of an infection.

  coroner says however we must respect her belief and there was no undue influence.

  he doesn't know the wt it seems.. in french:.

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  "In the face of death, she chose religion"

  Front Page Picture Headline, National Post, Canada, Wednesday, November 15, 2017
  

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7d3rqu/in_the_face_of_death_she_chose_religion_front/
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  TV Documentary: Divided by Jehovah's Witnesses (Nov 14, 2017) - Watch Online

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a major 42-minute television documentary, divided by jehovah's witnesses, was broadcast last night (tuesday, november 14, 2017) by dk1 in denmark..

  splittet af jehovah's witnesses (divided by jehovah's witnesses).

  how is it to be excluded from the jehovah's witnesses when you grow up in this belief and when your entire family are members?.

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  A major 42-minute television documentary, Divided by Jehovah's Witnesses, was broadcast last night (Tuesday, November 14, 2017) by DK1 in Denmark.

  Splittet af Jehovah's Witnesses (Divided by Jehovah's Witnesses)

  How is it to be excluded from the Jehovah's Witnesses when you grow up in this belief and when your entire family are members?

  Watch online now:

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7cwfi0/denmark_tv_documentary_splittet_by_jehovahs/
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  Long Beach School Teacher - you can guess the rest

  by Dagney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm speechless.

  i know this guy.

  http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-buena-park-arrest-20160630-snap-story.html.

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  Former Long Beach teacher pleads guilty to molesting student in O.C.
  

  Tuesday, November 14, 2017

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7d2yf6/california_jw_elder_former_long_beach_teacher/
  
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  November 13, 2017 TO ALL BOE IN THE US Re: Making the Best Use of Our Kingdom Halls

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  november 13, 2017 to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: making the best use of our kingdom halls.

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  Listener: The letter says the video will explain the reasons behind the recent changes. I wonder how open they will be this time.

  As a reminder - here's links to the two previous video explainers that the WT has used - from November 2016 and July 2017:

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7cyq5r/wt_videos_merging_congregations_and_seat/
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  Jehovah uses the government to discipline his people

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a conversation with my dad concerning the legal cases the jws are loosing and how their policies are still lacking.

  he answered that he has confidence that jehovah will give his people the wisdom and discernment necessary to make the changes.

  i then explained that most of the improvements were made as a result of various court cases, including the australian commission.. my dad: well, than, jehovah uses the governments to discipline his people just like he did with the jews.

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  Finkelstein: Why dont the JWS stick or adhere to that law as well?
  

  
  

  Watchtower, November 15, 1952
  

  Questions From Readers: In the case of where a father or mother or son or daughter is disfellowshiped, how should such person be treated by members of the family in their family relationship?

  We are not living today among theocratic nations where such members of our fleshly family relationship could be exterminated for apostasy from God and his theocratic organization, as was possible and was ordered in the nation of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai and in the land of Palestine. "Thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, . . . And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee."—Deut. 13:6-11, AS.

  Being limited by the laws of the worldly nation in which we live and also by the laws of God through Jesus Christ, we can take action against apostates only to a certain extent, that is, consistent with both sets of laws. The law of the land and God’s law through Christ forbid us to kill apostates, even though they be members of our own flesh-and-blood family relationship. However, God’s law requires us to recognize their being disfellowshiped from his congregation, and this despite the fact that the law of the land in which we live requires us under some natural obligation to live with and have dealings with such apostates under the same roof.

  
  
  Watchtower, February 1, 1960, page 80
  

  Mildness and Self-Control Yield Peaceable Fruitage

  There may be rare instances where a child is so hardened in its stubbornness that even the rod of correction cannot drive it out. In the days of Israel parents were instructed by Jehovah to take such a rebel to the city fathers and they, in turn, took the incorrigible one out and stoned him to death. There were no juvenile delinquents under such a system. (Deut. 21:18-21) So also today, the New World society of Jehovah’s witnesses can not and will not tolerate juvenile delinquency to exist in its midst. So, to avoid a possible death-dealing blow by being disfellowshiped from the congregation, wise theocratic children give heed to and follow what God’s Word says: “Children, be obedient to your parents in union with the Lord, for this is righteous.” “You children, be obedient to your parents in everything [this leaves nothing out], for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.” “Listen to your father who caused your birth,” the Proverb says, “and do not despise your mother just because she has grown old.” — Eph. 6:1; Col. 3:20; Prov. 23:22.