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  Child Abuse must be getting out of hand if they're addressing it...

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  i'm referring to the video that was uploaded where they finally mentioned the child abuse issue.

  we all kinda guessed that if they ever addressed it they'd blame it on the media and apostates.

  well, looks like we were spot on.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  some who have been prominent in Jehovah's organization have succumbed to immoral practices, including homosexuality, wife swapping, and child molesting (WT 1/1/86 p13)

  What I find disturbing about this quote is that it seems not to make a distinction between homosexuality, wife swapping (both consensual) and child molesting (non-consensual, illegal).

  I also wonder whether it might be worthwhile for someone to ring Bethel HQ, quote this Watchtower, and ask if all those JWs found guilty of molesting children were reported to the police.
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  Beard

  by zeb in

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  im growing my beard.

  so there!

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  I hope you're not a woman ...
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  How old were you ??

  by Clambake in

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  when you had to start dumping your worldy friends ??.

  just curious that's all.

  not being a witness ( ubm here ) i think everyone has known a jw kid and at a certain age " my mommy won't let me play with you ".

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  When I was younger, I didn't abruptly stop hanging out with 'worldly' friends - it was a gradual process from 15 to 18 years old. I got baptised a month before my 16th birthday.
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  If this isn't the truth, then what is our hope?

  by Gigi2121 in

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  i'm new here but not new to researching and questioning the jw beliefs.

  i have quite a story.... one that's been haunting me for awhile... but first, i'd like to hear what people have to say about this topic question, please.. -gigi.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  Here are some things I try to live by:

  1. try to live a 'good' life and choose 'good' people as friends.

  2. find out your strengths and interests and go for it, work hard with a career in mind. There is absolutely nothing wrong with higher ed, or professional sports or [fill in blank].

  3. don't worry too much about the existence of God/afterlife, etc. no one knows about this for sure.

  I'll get off my soap-box now.
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  Why would the Society put this picture of a 'nuclear bomb' on a WT cover talking about Armageddon?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  effects of a nuclear bomb video - .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aza-2wopcfy.

  just trying to understand their 'thinking'.

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  I tend to agree with Blondie.

  I think it may simply be a case of the WTS trying to get as many people interested in the magazine as possible. A lot of people aren't interested in God/religion, but may be worried about nuclear war.
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  Do You Think President Obama Is Muslim?

  by minimus in

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  i really think that he is.

  not that it's a bad thing...

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  @min - yes, looking back at what I wrote it does seem like a joke but I was actually being serious.

  I genuinely don't think he's Muslim, and as he has a white mother and black father, I view him as mixed race.
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  Do You Think President Obama Is Muslim?

  by minimus in

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  i really think that he is.

  not that it's a bad thing...

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  I don't think President Obama is Muslim. I don't think he's black, either.
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  By their own logic, JW's should leave Watchtower.......

  by snare&racket in

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  "university and college campuses are notorious for bad behaviordrug and alcohol abuse, immorality, cheating, hazing, and the list goes on.

  watchtower2005 oct 1 p.28.

  having been to university and a jw..it made me think about their logic....... "jehovah's witness congregations are notorious for bad behavioralcohol abuse, immorality, cheating, domestic abuse, child abuse and the list goes on.

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  University and college campuses are notorious for bad behavior—drug and alcohol abuse, immorality, cheating, hazing - even if this ridiculous generalisation were true, students can choose not to do these things.
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  What if JWs Viewed Disfellowshipping and Excommunication as Radical Islamists Do?

  by Oubliette in

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  i found this statement from a recent article about isis to be quite interesting in view of the way that any jw can be accused of apostasy with little or no possible repercussions or consequences for the accuser: .

  in islam, the practice of takfir, or excommunication, is theologically perilous.

  if a man says to his brother, you are an infidel, the prophet said, then one of them is right.

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  LoveUniHateExams

  I agree with violias, the WTS and islamists aren't too dissimilar on their views on apostasy. The only difference is the WTS eagerly awaits the killing of apostates by God at Armageddon.

  The punishment for apostasy is death - this isn't restricted to terrorists. It has widespread support across the Muslim World.
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  Serve Jehovah get everlasting life don't serve get everlasting death

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  jehovah's personality is explosive with no guarantees he won't blow a head gasket and destroy your ass for some petty offense.. i know the jws claim jehovah always keeps his word and once you get to heaven or pass the final test you got guaranteed everlasting life.

  but when we look in the bible jehovah seems to kill even his worshipers over trifles, so who is to say that someday he won't get pissed off and destroy the whole human race and start all over again?.

  while i don't believe the bible or what the wt corporation teaches about jehovah personality, if what they say is true then i would much rather die than live an eternity under the whims of such a capricious jehovah.. the reward system the bible has promoted is really terrible and not to be grasped at..

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  LoveUniHateExams

  ^^^^^^^Turns out I really am a beginner - my picture of God wouldn't copy and paste properly. Sh1t! ^^^^^^