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Cheers to all! I'm in the house now! Finally signed up.
by Lifeisfun inhi readers and lurkers, .
i decided it was time to register to the site.
after all these years, it was just a matter of time.
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Prince Debuts Cover of Christian Rock Ballad 'What If' - This should be an instant disfellowshipping event
by paulmolark inhttp://www.etonline.com/news/161150_prince_new_single_what_if/.
so prince sings a christian rock ballad with another young christian woman.
he has engaged in:.
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Guys honestly......who here really thought there was any danger of Prince.......PRINCE.....becoming a model JW.
BTW his album just last year was fantastic.
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Is Reporting Child Abuse Mandatory?
by berrygerry inwas reading the comments section of the guardian story about candace conti.. an apologist or two were defending the inaction of elders - comparing it to attorney/client privilege.. commonwealth countries do not have the same blanket coverage that is appealed to by wts.. when searching whether or not reporting is mandatory in canada, came across this site:.
http://cwrp.ca/faqs#q5 .
do i need to report child abuse and neglect?.
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Just woke up
by Doctor Who innew to the site.
currently i am a ministerial servant and was told i was appointed to be an elder.
i told the brothers i was not ready for that assignment.
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Welcome Dr Who.
Crisis of conscience is a good start. I always am leery of waking up by the actions of a few local idiots. There are plenty of good people in there too. the main thing is that the same could be said for every faith. there are moderates, and those that are extreme.
The difference is of course within this faith, the extreme views are held publicly....by the GB. So they are mainline views, that many just choose to ignore.
Continue to allow yourself to see things for how they really are (not how you have been trained to view them), and you will be surprised. or maybe not.
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Make A Wish Trip to JW.ORG
by konceptual99 ina sick little girl goes to ny to meet caleb and sophia for her make a wish trip.. http://www.kmph.com/category/170789/video-landing-page?clipid=11142038&autostart=true.
i don't want to make too much comment as there is an innocent and poorly young girl at the heart of this but i do have to wonder what the purpose of the parents courting the media's attention over this really was..
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They keep on trying to have a normal conversation with them.....and those two continue to resist.
When they say, what did you get to do in New York......they just defer back to the studio for JWdotorg.
The guy on the far left seems like he knows the family.
....or is that just me.
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New Caleb video uses fearmongering on children
by Jonathan Drake incheck it out.
literally the message is if you don't pay attention at the meetings you could die.
how insane, i feel like this must wake some people up..
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I love how Noah playing a video game is linked to his fictitious drowning and is made to be comical.
Paying attention can save your life too!
The brilliance is the ease at which you manipulate people to be so cavalier with statements of life and death. they just roll off the tongue.
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Which of these activities bothered you the most?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inwhich of these activities did you hate/bothered you the most?
rank them from 1-5 with the most hated to the least.. .
field service.
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Here is my order.Watching young children getting disfellowshipped
Field Service
2 - 4 day assemblies
Watching 12 years getting baptized (I was 12)
Giving Ministry School Talk - for men and women
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The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen
by TerryWalstrom inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k
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I may have missed something along the lines of my current comments point in my review of the previous ones.....so apologies if it has already been touched on.
Christians (and JW's), have completely divorced themselves from the Old Testament. Somehow, even within Christian circles, stoning and rape of young girls is not something they would say is "ok". Yet the people of God in this book engaged in these practices, and it seemed to be sanctioned by God.
But now.....Christians do not do that. Something Jesus did or said or whatever, rendered those actions now as something of the past, not to be done anymore.
Someone that doesn't understand Christian culture, could read the bible and think christians believe in all of those things, not knowing the nuances. Is this possibly a mistake people are making with Islam and its primary holy book?
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We Need a Video like this one
by TerryWalstrom inthis is very easy to watch and completely informative.. does anybody have the talent to put one together regarding watchtowerism?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vkt4hrbtuk.
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So.....I would love to help with something like this. There are a couple reasons this video works.
1) Its concise. Its built for someone who doesn't know the jargon and much about Mormons, to understand the basics.
2) Its accurate. It isn't full of subjective opinion. Factual for the most part, although as Island man mentioned, its probably being called lies from members because it leaves out what they feel would be key details.
So A JW video like this to be effective would probably need to focus more ont he general message, and doctrine. Policy related to UN hypocricy, or even the molestation cases, in my opinion would muddy the water.
the JW videos points could be...
...only JW's (.01% of the world), will live in paradise. Paradise? Yes where everyone lives forever after 144K people go to heaven to rule them. Like a new Garden on Eden, except after 100 years Satan gets to try to trick people again for one last test.
Blood transfusions (large parts of blood are refused, while all the other parts are ok. Basically ham, cheese, lettuce and mayo are cool.....but the sandwich is forbidden). We even would allow ourselves or our children to die if this was one of the only ways to save them.
Holidays. If you celebrate christmas you are disfellowshipped.
Disfellowshipped? A three man private tribunal decides if you are guilty and/or repentant regarding a variety of "sins", and if they find you guilty you are communally shunned by everyone including your family. Unless you are a minor and live at home.
These items playfully rendered would be ACCURATE, and concise.....probably filling about 4 minutes.
I say use the same method. JW's are great people, but what if they came to your door and told you what they really believed straight away.
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Will my inactive JW bring our children up as a witness?
by stevepill ini have been with an in active jw for 6 years, she now wants to marry and have a child, will she want to bring a child up as a witness, she says not but any experiences?
will she start go back once we are married?
(i'm a non jw)
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Steve,
I think I echo the sentiments of some here. Don't be too "against" her former faith....because you may end up pushing her to it. At the same time, you really need to learn about the religion. It is VERY likely that especially after having a child, at the time parents seem to think about what direction they want their family to go and so forth, that she will consider going back.Are her family active JW's?
If you love her you love her. If she loves you, then you both should be able to have an adult honest conversation about this.