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  JW Video Armageddon to occur before 2040

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  sorry i thought it was a new morning worship video but it is 6 months old and has already been discussed on here..  it is presented by gb helper k flodin and about this generation.

  the delusion and hypocrisy runs deep.. he reminds the cult members not to speculate because they aren't supposed to know the day or the hour.

  then he proceeds to speculate that armageddon will occur before 2040.. https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201511_3_video.

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  Village Idiot

  I pity the poor JW who has to explain all of that to his/her study.
  
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  Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

  it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

  the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

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  Village Idiot

  I remember bringing this point up with an elder. He gave the usual spiel about "community standards". I told him that the Sears catalogue had male models with beards.
  
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  "They trampled on my humility."

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's rare that i bump into someone from the old hall.

  but it happened yesterday with one of the nicest brothers i remember.. he came into my place of work not knowing i worked there.

  my company is now on his delivery route.

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  Village Idiot

  Good for you and him!
  
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  RUSSIA: Jehovah's Witnesses face possible liquidation

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2181.

  24 may 2016. russia: jehovah's witnesses face possible liquidation.

  by victoria arnold, forum 18. if prosecutors proceed with their threat to liquidate the jehovah's witness headquarters near st petersburg, thousands of local congregations across russia could also face prohibition of their activities and individuals could be vulnerable to criminal charges for expressing their beliefs, forum 18 notes.. the jehovah's witnesses' principal body in russia is under threat of dissolution as an "extremist" organisation after the deadline in an official warning from the general prosecutor's office expired on 10 may, forum 18 notes.

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  Village Idiot

  I don't believe in banning any religion no matter how pathetic it is. And there are others that are equally if not more pathetic such as Scientology which may not fit the Russian criteria for a religion that would be banned.
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  Damaging Children With the Christian Gospel

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the christian gospel begins with the dehumanising assertion that all humans are fallen sinners who deserve nothing but god's judgement and wrath.. not only does this taint all relationships between christians and unbelievers, it destroys the beautiful innocence of childhood.

  in a recent edition of the popular christian radio program "family life today", titled “introducing your child to god,” co-host bob lepine discussed teaching “practical theology” to his young daughter, explaining:.

  when my daughter, amy, was still less than two years old, i started teaching practical theology to her.

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  Village Idiot

  ...............................I'm going to die at Armageddon!......NOT!

  
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  Damaging Children With the Christian Gospel

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the christian gospel begins with the dehumanising assertion that all humans are fallen sinners who deserve nothing but god's judgement and wrath.. not only does this taint all relationships between christians and unbelievers, it destroys the beautiful innocence of childhood.

  in a recent edition of the popular christian radio program "family life today", titled “introducing your child to god,” co-host bob lepine discussed teaching “practical theology” to his young daughter, explaining:.

  when my daughter, amy, was still less than two years old, i started teaching practical theology to her.

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  .............................I'm going to hell if I don't accept Jesus!

  
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  Remember when you 1st learned "The Truth"? Want to experience that tingle in a new way?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you can't unring a bell once rung.. you can't unknow nor can you forget being deceived, tricked, lied to and misled.. the truly awful aftershock of waking up to the 'truth about the truth' is the death of wonder,.

  belief, and absolute certainty that you know what life is all about.

  in fact, for most of us the path is the same.we begin investigating our foundational belief system.

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  Village Idiot

  "I know, I know, it's lunacy."

  He's so right. I could only stomach about 14 minutes of this lunacy though it's past my bedtime.

  I mean he's the soft voice of pseudo-reason uttered by the putrid brain of conspiracy theories.
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  Has anyone been outed by jw health care workers?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  carrying on from audespare thread.

  i was wondering how common it is for a sinner/apostate to be outed by a babbling jw care worker?

  say you went to your dr because you were pregnant and unmarried or wanting counseling for having to live a double life as a pretend jw... and a jw secretary at the drs office saw this on your file and went tattling to the elders?.

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  Village Idiot

  I maybe wrong about the book but I think it was in Franz's book Crisis of Conscience or perhaps In Search of Christian Freedom that mentioned a similar story to what you're saying. If I recall it was a woman who went to a clinic to obtain a medication for a sexually transmitted disease. The receptionist was a JW who recognized her and told the elders. The doctor could have been sued but the patient decided not to.

  There was even a Watchtower that stated that if you knew of any wrongdoing you were obligated to report it to the elders even if it was against the law to do so.
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  Finding my mental condition getting worse not sure what to do?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm pretty sure i have ptsd because of this cult.

  i now experience headaches pretty much daily and find myself poping excedrin migraine pills 3-4 a day.

  also i'm drinking alcohol a bit to take the edge off.

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  Village Idiot

  First, see a general practitioner. They would know which specialist they can refer you to.
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  Informative Article-The Guardian: Police expect 30,000 new child abuse reports from Goddard inquiry

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/19/child-sex-abuse-police-expect-30000-goddard-inquiry-cases.

  police expect 30,000 new child abuse reports from goddard inquiry .

  sandra laville.

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  Village Idiot

  Are the British authorities going to follow the methods of the Australian Commission by focusing on each institution like the Catholic church as well as the JWs?

  Also, considering England's population being 3 times larger than Australia, I would guess that they would have about three times the number of cases (3,000) that Australia has.