Posts by snugglebunny

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Secret disfellowshipping

by disillusioned 2 in

i always thought it was ridiculous that when a person was disfellowshipped they didn't tell us why.

everybody would speculate, but we wouldn't know the real reason.

also i thought they were only supposed to be disfellowshipped if they weren't repentant and wouldn't stop doing the wrong thing.

The 4 Scriptural steps required before anyone should be considered an outsider: Note that the congregation is ALWAYS involved before this step is taken, so the congregation would know the reason why someone is to be disciplined:

Step 1: "Moreover, if your brother commits a sin, go lay bare his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Step 2: But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two more, in order that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.
Step 3: If he does not listen to them, speak to the congregation.
Step 4: If he does not listen even to the congregation, let him be to you just as a man of the nations and as a tax collector."

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outside consulting firm used for JW building site , to be complete in 2019.

by brandnew in

jw
friends

crofton wins key role on jehovah's witnesses campus.

6 may 2015 | by yoosof farah.

engineer lands role on scheme that will predominantly be designed and constructed by volunteers.

snugglebunny

I expect there'll be a series of "special talks" where the new building will be revealed to be there to be used as a headquarters / distribution centre after armageddon. It'll probably include extra large perches for the vultures..

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so this guy went into a bar------

by stan livedeath in

so this fella went into a pub and said to another guy sat at the bar: "i think jehovah's witnesses are all assholes!

" to which the guy sat at the bar replied: "i resent that remark.

" so the fella said "oh, i'm sorry, i didn't realise that you were a jehovah's witness".

snugglebunny

So this fella went up to heaven after he died and got shown around by Saint Peter.

As they were walking around seeing the sights, they came across this enormous football stadium. As they got closer, Saint Peter looked at the newbie, put his finger to his lips and said: "Shhhhhhh!"

"Why?" said the new fella, "What's the problem?"

"Ah, said Saint Peter, "There's 144,000 Jehovah's witnesses in there and they think that they're the only ones up here!"

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Kingdom Hall loans Cancelled? Lurkers...please read

by ToesUp in

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friends

i hope that writing this, there will be some lurkers that i can shake.. if you have not listened to mays tv broadcast, please do.

it may wake some up.. note @ around 21-22 minutes into the broadcast lett brings up the the kingdom halls/assembly hall loans have been cancelled and the congregation can now send in what they can afford.

wow...how many banks would do that?.

snugglebunny

More here: //jwalumni.org/2015/05/05/jehovahs-witnesses-money/

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Kingdom Hall loans Cancelled? Lurkers...please read

by ToesUp in

jw
friends

i hope that writing this, there will be some lurkers that i can shake.. if you have not listened to mays tv broadcast, please do.

it may wake some up.. note @ around 21-22 minutes into the broadcast lett brings up the the kingdom halls/assembly hall loans have been cancelled and the congregation can now send in what they can afford.

wow...how many banks would do that?.

snugglebunny

Wow. Do you have the link to this BOE letter please, I must have missed it.

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Nothing Says, "I Love You!" Like Institutionalized Shunning!

by Oubliette in

why disfellowshipping is a loving provision.

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may 15, 2105 watchtower, pp.

snugglebunny

It's abysmal. Especially the pic shown in the link:

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/ws20150515/disfellowshipping-a-loving-provision/

Note how the WT attempts to misquote the parable of the prodigal son. The WT states:

>>>Jesus used an illustration of a young man who left his father’s home and spent all his inheritance living an immoral life. The young man eventually realized that life away from his father’s home had no meaning. So he repented and decided to go back to his family. The father was very happy when he saw that his son had changed his attitude, and he welcomed him home. (Luke 15:11-24)<<<

Of course this is nonsense. A careful reading of the Scripture shows that the father ran to meet his son when he saw him in the distance, long before the son had had a chance to speak with his father. Nowhere does the Scripture say that the father only welcomed his son AFTER he saw that he had changed his attitude! Even the witness Bible affirms this: "While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him and was moved with pity, and he ran and embraced him and tenderly kissed him".

Once again the WT attempts to re-write history and con it's adherents in the process.

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Nothing Says, "I Love You!" Like Institutionalized Shunning!

by Oubliette in

why disfellowshipping is a loving provision.

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may 15, 2105 watchtower, pp.

snugglebunny

Please tell me that this pic didn't actually appear in the WT. It's appalling.

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How Cults Play the Urgency Card

by Watchtower-Free in

http://shunnedforlife.com/how-cults-play-the-urgency-card/.

05/01/15 / shunned for life / end of the world, persuasion tactics .

a slick salesman will employ a call to action (buy now) and will often assign a sense of urgency to this: act now, offer will expire in the next couple of minutes, hours or... the person is urged to make a decision, to commit to something they normally would have passed on or taken time to think about.. an example of this can be seen in online sales pages.

snugglebunny

This is fabulous stuff. My own parents joined the JW's to save my skin. After they'd been studying for a while and encountering hostilty from our relatives, they sat down and decided to take a chance and NOT join the JW's. Then my father paused and said to my mother: "I'm willing to take a chance with my life, but can we take a chance with Snuggie's life?" So they jumped on the fear wagon after all.

The irony is that Snuggie loathed it and left the JW's not long after leaving home.

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