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  Amazing Video, modern-day miracle: "Chairs for Thousands"

  by neat blue dog in

  1. social
  2. humour

  god provides.

  https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodourorganization/pub-jwb_201703_4_video.

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  A big problem mentioned in the video: How to make sections with straight rows with so many different size chairs? It seems only Jehovah can direct the ability to figure out a method.

  Give me a break!

  WT is obviously without content for videos. JWs don't have much of a life so they lap-up anything presented by WT as being so wonderful and and proof of blessing from Jah.

  As previously mentioned, WT should have chosen the appropriate venue for the purpose. That building appears better suited as a warehouse, not an event facility intended to hold 20,000 people for 6+ hours per day over multiple days.
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  When you might be discovered?

  by confused3426 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am still in my crossroads, and going to some meetings at times.

  i have joined facebook ex jw support groups.

  on friday one of my friends from my hall, texts me saying he saw a recommendation to join a group, and sees me listed as a member.

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  However eventually I will muster up courage and just say yeah I deleted you so what.
  

  You already made an excuse that your FB account was hacked, so why not take it farther and say you deleted the account for the same reason?
  
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  Australian Congregations announce Child Safeguarding Policy is available upon request

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this week all congregations in australia have been instructed to make the following announcement:.

  if a member of the congregation would like a copy of the child safeguarding policy of jehovah’s witnesses in australia, please see the coordinator of the body of elders or the secretary.. .

  childsafeguardingpolicy-eau.pdf.

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  As has been said many JWs simply would not ask to see it as they will be flagged up as a possible trouble maker. - alanv
  

  This is by design. WT is well aware and planned for that to occur.

  The lawyer at the ARC, Stewart, had suggested distributing it to all JWs but the two WT reps each maintained, it would be "made available".
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  I need help understanding my moms decision!

  by Holzy86 in

  1. social
  2. family

  first of all i'm not a jahovas witness, my mother is.

  i've asked my mother for some help over the weekend for my sons birthday, i understand jw do not celebrate birthdays.. every year i take my son out for a treat day, this year he has asked me if he can bring friends too so i said i only have enough room for one but he has asked for two, so i said i will ask nanny if she will help out to take my other son in her car with my netphew and older sister, but as soon as i mentioned it was for a birthday treat she refused to help me.. i just need to know if jahovahs witnesses will refuse to help family out when asking for help, i feel i've asked and made sure all the people she will be giving a lift to that it is not there birthday.

  his birthday has just happened to have fallen on the weekend when we would have been taking him because he is at school monday to friday.

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  If you really want her assistance, don't mention 'Birthday'.
  

  By that, I was not implying that you should attempt to fool her but only that, she probably had no hesitation in helping you until you mentioned the word Birthday.

  Many JWs are nice people with the best intentions. Most posters on this forum are not against JWs as individuals, as the majority of us were JWs for some time of our lives and many continue to have family who are JWs. We are mainly against the Watch Tower organization and its rules, policies and mind control it places on and demands of its members. JWs are misguided and blindly follow the organization, no matter what is demanded, whether reasonable or not. This is mainly why this religion is considered a cult.

  JWs maintain they are not a cult as WT has presented an altered definition of what a cult is to its members, just as various scriptures have been altered in their bible to support WT interpretations.

  As an ex Moonie, Steven Hassan has become an expert on cults and how they operate. He has written various books such as "Combatting Cult Mind Control" which I suggest you read before defending the JW religion.
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  I need help understanding my moms decision!

  by Holzy86 in

  1. social
  2. family

  first of all i'm not a jahovas witness, my mother is.

  i've asked my mother for some help over the weekend for my sons birthday, i understand jw do not celebrate birthdays.. every year i take my son out for a treat day, this year he has asked me if he can bring friends too so i said i only have enough room for one but he has asked for two, so i said i will ask nanny if she will help out to take my other son in her car with my netphew and older sister, but as soon as i mentioned it was for a birthday treat she refused to help me.. i just need to know if jahovahs witnesses will refuse to help family out when asking for help, i feel i've asked and made sure all the people she will be giving a lift to that it is not there birthday.

  his birthday has just happened to have fallen on the weekend when we would have been taking him because he is at school monday to friday.

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  In most JW's view, he hates (or at least is SAD) at anyone that is not a JW, not just you. This is why it is stated that he will destroy at Armageddon, anyone who is not a JW. JWs may not admit only JWs will survive, that is clearly the message from the platform.

  As you claim to already know JWs do not celebrate birthdays, what did you expect would occur when you asked your mother to help out with anything to do with your son's birthday? While you may not consider a birthday treat as equal to a birthday party, a 'birthday treat' to a JW is a birthday celebration, regardless. If you really want her assistance, don't mention 'Birthday'.

  It is not really his birth day as that would be the day he was actually born on, making that date each year after he was born, the anniversary date of his birth. As most JWs do not have any reservations celebrating a wedding anniversary, ask your mother if she would celebrate the anniversary of your children's birth. She will either probably say NO or she will need to do further research or ask the elders if that would be OK.
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  I need help understanding my moms decision!

  by Holzy86 in

  1. social
  2. family

  first of all i'm not a jahovas witness, my mother is.

  i've asked my mother for some help over the weekend for my sons birthday, i understand jw do not celebrate birthdays.. every year i take my son out for a treat day, this year he has asked me if he can bring friends too so i said i only have enough room for one but he has asked for two, so i said i will ask nanny if she will help out to take my other son in her car with my netphew and older sister, but as soon as i mentioned it was for a birthday treat she refused to help me.. i just need to know if jahovahs witnesses will refuse to help family out when asking for help, i feel i've asked and made sure all the people she will be giving a lift to that it is not there birthday.

  his birthday has just happened to have fallen on the weekend when we would have been taking him because he is at school monday to friday.

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  Something fishy here as confirmed by her last post. That is the typical inappropriate and rude actions of many active witnesses who post on here.

  Although Jehovahs-Witness is clearly shown at the top of every forum page, the extreme misspelling 'jahovas witness' which I believe is only to imply she doesn't know much about JWs. She then states she had been attending the KH & BS. Someone with even a few 'studies' with JWs would have a basic understanding of their 'beliefs'. NO birthday celebrations, Christmas and blood are usually well known to non witnesses with even the most basic knowledge of JWs and especially someone with a close family member who has been an active witness for any length of time.

  Most anyone who would have questions on their mother's decision to not help out because they mentioned a 'birthday treat', would first ask an explanation from their mother directly, not a bunch of strangers on an internet forum.
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  What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.

  (of course we know they are different but that's another story).

  i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.

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  Baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit > Father, Son and Spirit Directed Earthly Organization
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  What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.

  (of course we know they are different but that's another story).

  i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.

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  1) God's Grace > God's undeserved kindness

  JWs do not understand this concept as they consider their 'works' (hours spent preaching) to be fundamental in whether they will be judged worthy of entering God's kingdom.

  2) True Christian = Jehovah's Witness, not follower of Christ
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  "Overlapping Generation" is a "Spiritual Generation" - a letter to the governing body

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  11 march 2017. dear governing body of jehovah's witnesses,.

  could you please introduce the phrase "spiritual generation" to replace the phrase "overlapping generation".

  it would save us all a lot of confusion.. an online search of your publications dating back to 2000 showed that this term has never been used.. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q="spiritual+generation"&p=par.

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  A "spiritual generation" would never end but go on into eternity. Problem solved for this generation of the governing, ... - jwleaks
  

  Why even consider offering suggestions to assist them?
  
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  New letter forces elders to finally show love to sinners

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that desire not to be shunned whether or not they want to be jw again is not the point for some they just do not want to be shunned any more there are sick of being shunned it's disgusting.

  no human should be treated like they do not exist it's eviil..

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  Where is the letter? Is there a link?