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The Bible Does Not Say
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
the wts often uses the phrase about then follows with their idea of what their god meant.

i have p0sted some of the most recent.

it is worth a look at more.
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JWN, 23 years posting Blondie
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
can i call you friends, i think so after 23 years posting here.

i am dismayed how jwn is being "dominated" or taken over by a few posters, peppering the comments.

in the past, the admin did not approve of this and did remove some posters from jwn.
Polygamy WTS history 1941, 1947, 1951
by blondie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i bet you didn't know that the wts allowed male jws to keep the wives they had before being baptized, but no more after baptism....but only in countries where the government allowed polygamy legally.

i wonder how the scripture that says a christian man should only have one wife?

september 1, 1995 wt p. 25-26. it was in 1947 that the first three gilead graduates arrived in nigeria.
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DISFELLOWSHIPPING UPDATES JWFACTS.COM
by blondie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have followed an ex-jw website that has many articles on the past history of the wts and current articles using wt publications to tell the real truth not just the edited wt version.

considering recent changes this link to df'ing was updated in august 2024. it is worth a serious read, puts things in categories and has timely comments from a long-time ex-jw from australia, ex-bethelite and father is a circuit overseer.

i have used this many times so i don't "reinvent the wheel" when discussing certain topics on jwn.
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New Zealand Rejects JW final appear for abuse in care exemption
by blondie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528110/supreme-court-dismisses-jehovah-s-witnesses-final-appeal-for-abuse-in-care-exemption .
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Disfellowshipping and Excutions
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
*w60 2/1 80 - 17 there may be rare instances where a child is so hardened in its stubbornness that even the rod of correction cannot drive it out.

in the days of israel parents were instructed by jehovah to take such a rebel to the city fathers and they, in turn, took the incorrigible one out and stoned him to death.

there were no juvenile delinquents under such a system.
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Is Serena's Williams a JW baptized that is
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
(can't insert edit in title husband a jw?).

i just read that serena said both of them were jws.

but this wouldn't be the first time means 1) supports her beliefs and does them 2) supports her beliefs and doesn't interfered with but no where does it say he is a baptized witness.
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Missing photos, even Avatars
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
i think someone else noticed this here recently.

i wondered when i signed on today july 9, 2024, that even the avatars were missing.

does simon know?
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Lithuania Rejecting Elevated Religious Recognition of WTS?
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
here is an article about wts/jws regarding religious recognition in lithuania.

it says it may not be granted at the level the wts applied for partly based on rejecting unarmed alternative service rather than being "drafted.

" can you read it and tell me you come to the same conclusion?
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Blondie's "highlights" from the May 2024 Study WT Paragraphs 11-17 (PART 2)
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
blondie's "highlights" from the may 2024 study wt paragraphs 11-17 part 2. may 2024 study article comments #2. what we do know.

paragraph #11. what basis will people be judged at armageddon….

a) “people will be dealt with on the basis how they have treated christ’s brothers” (but those know that christ’s brothers are only jws who believe they will go to heaven?).