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  Am I Overreacting Here?

  by pale.emperor in

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  let's call him "dave".. dave: hello?.

  dave: we dont have to tell you how she is.

  dave: <her mother> has custody.

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  slimboyfat

  These people are treating you as subhuman. There is no telling what they will say to your daughter about you when you are not there (that you are wicked and will die at Armageddon, is certainly possible). In fact even if he don’t say anything, the message they send by shunning you is disgusting enough. This alone, to my mind, would justify you not allowing them to spend time alone with your daughter, or at all if fact.

  People should not pretend this sort of behaviour is in any way normal or acceptable. JWs will inevitably try to put the blame for the situation on the person who is shunned. Well let them try. It makes about as much sense as an overlapping generation. And will impress no one who doesn’t share their zealous devotion to the GB.
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  Most interesting info you've found

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering what is the most interesting or the strangest fact you've found out since leaving the jws about:.

  the bible.

  god .

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  slimboyfat

  Curiously difficult question for me to answer. Maybe I'm not reflective enough.

  But among the surprises to me were finding that Charles Taze Russell believed 1) that there are historical mistakes in the Bible 2) that animals may have evolved into their different species rather than being direct creations 3) that Jesus is to be worshipped 4) that many forerunners of the Bible Students were genuine Christians and 5) that all, or most humans will be saved by God in the end.

  All of which are pretty good ideas that JWs would do well to revisit, in my view.
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  darkest hour

  by zeb in

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  2. entertainment

  the film darkest hour.. recommended watching..

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  slimboyfat

  I just saw Phantom Thread. I'd give it 10/10.

  Excellent actkng. I not sure if it's entirely intentional, but I understand the film as a comment on contemporary anxiety about gender roles and excellently executed. Some will find the plot twist unsatisfying, but I tend to understand it metaphorically in relation to the theme. Plus it's got some very funny scenes.
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  darkest hour

  by zeb in

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  the film darkest hour.. recommended watching..

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  slimboyfat

  I agree it was a good film.

  How I rated films I've watched so far this year:

  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri 9/10

  Very funny, good characters

  Darkest Hour 8/10

  Focuses on key part Churchill played in fighting on, two marks off for cringeworthy inaccurate underground scene

  Last Flag Flying 8/10

  Funny film, well acted, especially Cranston, slightly anti-war but but not enough for my taste

  The Post 2/10

  Boring attempt to cover contemporary issues of free speech and feminism through historical lens

  Loveless 10/10

  Best film so far, very bleak, set in Russia, beautiful images and some darkly funny scenes

  The Shape of Water 7/10

  Okay sort of fantasy/love story, well done if you like that

  Phantom Thread - not seen yet
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  Slimboyfat-Where Does the Church of Scotland Stand?

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here you go slimboyfat:where does the church of scotland stand?https://we.tl/fjix20cose.

  credit goes to jaydee for this one.atlantis!.

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  slimboyfat

  Thank you Atlantis/Petra/Jaydee this is excellent beyond description!
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  Jehovah's Witness Books in Guinness Book of World Records

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. beliefs

  http://ed5015.tripod.com/jwbookscirculation.htm.

  new light.

  predicting world events--yet--containing not even 1 successfully completed prophecy.how is any of it "food"?

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  slimboyfat

  I don't know how accurate this list is. It doesn't mention the New International Version, for example, which I think is the most common Bible after the King James. More common than the Good News Bible which is listed. Plus the list is obviously dated as it shows only 100 million copies of the NWT, whereas the latest figure is over 200 million. No mention of Lord of the Rings or Catcher in the Rye either, which should be near the top of any such list.
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  When did Watchtower writings start becoming anonymous?

  by Wild_Thing in

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  2. friends

  i think most people know that authorship was credited in the old watchtower literature, but at some point everything became anonymous.

  i still do not know exactly when this started, but i found this in charles taze russell's last will and testament.

  his will was not honored in other respects, so i doubt they would have honored this request.

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  slimboyfat

  No I've got various copies of Adventist World and Messenger and both tend to have authors names against articles.
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  Goodbye Jehova

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  just wondered if there might be an english translation of this book.

  just read on jwsurvey how watchtower has brought legal action against the publishing company.. sounds like it has touched a raw nerve at watchtower.

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  slimboyfat

  Not yet, but there surely will be, after all this publicity.

  It looks a bit strident for my taste (Thirty Years a Watchtower Slave - style) just looking at the table of contents.
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  When did Watchtower writings start becoming anonymous?

  by Wild_Thing in

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  2. friends

  i think most people know that authorship was credited in the old watchtower literature, but at some point everything became anonymous.

  i still do not know exactly when this started, but i found this in charles taze russell's last will and testament.

  his will was not honored in other respects, so i doubt they would have honored this request.

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  slimboyfat

  The sole exception after 1942, as far as I'm aware, being the booklet "Defending and Lagally Establishing the Good News" in 1950 which bears the Watchtower imprint and names Covington as author.

  Some have suggested that Knorr made the books anonymous because he didn't write them and didn't want to give others prominence. It's also been suggested that Knorr disliked Convington in particular for the prominence that resulted from his legal work for JWs.
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  2018 Convention videos leaked by brave insiders

  by Room 215 in

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  2. friends

  anopther coup for cedars: http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/leaked-2018-convention-videos-celebrate-anti-lgbtq-bigotry-unquestioning-obedience-doomsday-fear-mongering

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  slimboyfat

  Unrealistic doesn’t even begin to describe it. It’s shocking that this is not the fleeting fancy of a deranged mind, but the product of sustained and coordinated effort of many people over a period of time. Did no one at any stage question or try to steer away from the madness?