Topics Started by morningworship

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Brother exposed, spanked, and maybe even disfellowshipped?
by morningworship in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
maybe this is a start to combating the sex abuse epidemic?

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http://www.sceneoftheworld.com/2015/12/dad-spanks-guy-for-dating-his-underage.html.
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JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TO SELL PRIME BROOKLYN PROPERTIES - NEWS VIDEO
by morningworship in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
are jubs stuck in time?.

http://www.sceneoftheworld.com/2015/12/jehovahs-witnesses-to-sell-prime.html.
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CATHOLICS AND JEWS COME TOGETHER AT VATICAN
by morningworship in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
religion in itself is a snare and a racket.. http://www.sceneoftheworld.com/2015/12/catholics-and-jews-come-together-at.html.
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Wonder how Jehovah feels about this?
by morningworship in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this must be one big misunderstanding........ http://www.sceneoftheworld.com/2015/12/did-leaders-of-church-cover-up-child.html.
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More Money For JW.ORG
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
my apologies if this topic has previously been spotlighted.. the following is a portion of the the recent money-grabbing letter from jw.org.

it's on page 4 - one of the three pages which only the elders were allowed to read.. "surplus funds: is it necessary to save congregation funds for future construction or major renovation projects?

what should be done with excess congregation funds that are currently being held or that may accumulate in the future?
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This religion is about to be toast.
by kneehighmiah in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the governing body is preparing to take a major hit.

this recent watchtower shows it.

not the new understandings, but the article on marriage.
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Be honest post do all posters on this site believe the bible is 100% or has flaws?
by booker-t in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we in the psychology/sociology field have a saying "when people protest too loud usually they are overcompensating".

i did not understand that when i first started studying psychology but now i understand it completely and it is so true.

when i hear someone constantly bashing something or someone such as gay bashing or ethnic bashing or religion bashing sometimes i wonder what are they hiding.
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New light scripture??
by Daisychaindream in
1. jw
2. friends
i've seen it mentioned in a few posts and i didn't want to high jack!

can anyone explain what this is about?.
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how long are circuit assemblies and district assemblies now
by darth frosty in
1. jw
2. friends
wife was wondering.
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A Brief History of Racism in Watchtower Publications
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i've just completed a lengthy article on the history of racism in the society's publications.

many people (including myself, until recently) aren't aware that the society's early publications were brimming with racist rhetoric, and this only calmed down as the public mood towards racism changed, most notably with the civil rights movement in the 50s/60s.. a few "headliners" from the article are:.

russell segregated blacks from whites for viewings of the photodramarussell believed that the skin of a black man would turn white during the millennial kingdomunder russell, the society's publications portrayed the black races as "degraded" and the white race as "superior"rutherford viewed the blacks as a "race of servants", and spoke of "sobering the southern negro" in an article against prohibitionunder rutherford, the golden age slammed uncle tom's cabin (a work that helped end slavery) as being "the work of satan"; the same article branded spaniards a "backwards race"rutherford accused "jewish business men" of "oppressing the peoples of many nations"in 1929 the golden age (acknowledged by the society as essentially the same magazine as the modern awake!