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  How many of you would actually believe a child abuser would let his crime be watched by minimum two witnesses?

  by Thinkforyourself in

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  in many closed religious cults, sects or globally widely spread religions, sexual abuse on big scale is revealed and covered up by the religious authorities.

  in the jw, the culture is to deal with these matters within the org itself, and the rule is, "no crime can be proven without the presentation of at least two witnesses".

  men made the rules, men commit these crimes and men defend them and even forse these children to meet and talk to their abusers.

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  Of course not. Nb. I have never seen a claim that abusers won’t lie.

  you need one witness if the victim speaks up . Unless the abuser is so careless to be overheard by a sibling, it is not going to happen.
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  Witnessing Work to Stop?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my 87 year old dad called me for the first time in 16 years the other day .... just to chat.

  i was floored to say the least since he didn't even bother to call me when my mom died several years ago.

  he called again today to inquire how i felt about jehovah's witnesses.

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  I have no doubt that the Field Ministry will start again whenever it considered safe ,and legal to do so. The Governing Body have said nothing to suggest that it is all over.

  Some Witnesses may tell you that the end is here, but that is speculation and wishful thinking
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  Why did they have to HANG MARY?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they hanged mary!

  (the townsfolk did)i'll tell you about it - but .... the facts will turn readers against her.

  i mean, after all, she did kill a man.sympathy instantly dries up; making her agonizing death--as awful as it was--much less empathetic.

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  All along I thought she was human ! You had me there , Terry.

  A shocking story nontheless . It goes to show what people can do, at their worst.

  Her story is on Wikipedia.
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  Breaking: Beards in The Watchtower

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the latest issue of the watchtower shows a man with a beard praying.. .

  i fully expected to see him 'progress' to clean-shaven in the following pictures, but instead he is still bearded when 'applying bible principles'.. .

  i then realized that he was already featured on the cover itself.. .

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  Come on,...... we have to stop living in the past. True, the WTS used to have an issue with beards. I saw enough of that in my home congregation in the 70s and 80s . But things have moved on .

  Nowadays a neat beard is perfectly acceptable and it is time we gave this matter a rest.
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  Meet George Floyd

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  his murder was a crime and justice must be done, but it's sobering to learn more about the man who is being lionised by millions.

  thanks as always to the courageous candace owens.. ....

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  As a Brit, I try and keep out of American issue threads , but this is one that has affected the whole world, we have had demos too.

  Only a naive person would believe wholeheartedly all the eulogies about him, but it is wrong to blacken his name with insults. What would it matter anyway? If he was the worst person on earth, does that justify police brutality and homicide?

  I thought USA was a country ruled by law.

  The protesters have an issue that needs solving ....the looters want locking up.
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  Why couldn't I stop laughing?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  help me understand why i could not stop laughing watching this apparently serious video?.

  https://youtu.be/xluj6cpznw4.

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  I don't know... I thought he was genuine in what he said , not funny.

  He did not talk about any of the common doctrinal issues that we have , just his experiences with the local dubs , and the pressue he felt with study and meeting preparation. .. He must have taken that admonition very literally . Most of them don't do that much.

  Perhaps he will come on here in a bit?
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  JWs want to preach right now so very badly, they feel the fish are biting

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  they know many people are fearful and feeling vulnerable due to world events.. but something i’ve always considered is how will they be better off by becoming a jw.

  they can be a jw, but the world events still are happening causing everyone anxiety.

  and no, jws are not immune from this, jws are more anxious and paranoid as ever right now.

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  What evidence is there that the ordinary JW “wants to preach so badly”?

  I don’t see it. The ones I know in family are loving the break and seem to have forgotten their former routine. I hear nothing about the ministry, except cynical laughter when an elder dared to ask if they had a report.

  Anyway , what benefits would a convert get? I have hardly seen a new one for years unless you count the lonely foreigner who was distinctly, ahem, mentally challenged.

  Still, he would get , community, a sense of belonging, perhaps a faith, some Bible knowledge, perhaps a hope for a better future... Even though we can see that to be false.
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  Thunderous Applause Around The Stadium

  by Number 6 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  growing up in the 70's and 80's in the jw religion who remembers the massive stadium gigs the watchtower used to hold?.

  we used to denounce false religion in the starkest of terms.

  we were right and by god we were letting anyone who listened know it.

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  Yet another oldie who remembers fondly the big conventions of my childhood. Never mind 15,000 Number Six... I am sure sure it was nearer 50,000 at the biggest Twickenham events . I did my share of washing trays ...sometimes we endured the heat otherwise rain ,being Britain...

  I can remember well old Fred Franz shouting his stuff into the microphone, seemed to go on eternally.

  Today? ? They don’t know they’re born
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  Do You Think We Will Ever Get Back To “Normal”?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hope that within the next several months we will get back to some type of normalcy.

  will restaurants ever get filled again?

  will you ever be able to sit at a bar or go to a concert or broadway show?.

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  The original question was whether we can get back to normal?

  Yes , I am sure we will. Six months ago we were " normal" . Nobody had heard of Coviid19 . I have seen too events to think it cannot go back. Yes we will have a recession but the world economy will recover.

  Mankind survived bubonic plague and Spanish Flu. We will get through this.
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  I lost both my jw dad 84 yrs. Old and my motherer age 81 from the corona a never he age age 81

  by Hotpepper in

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  BluesBrother

  R I P for your parents and condolences to you Hotpepper.....