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  Most children of Jehovah's Witnesses followers in Japan have been whipped, survey shows

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/15/national/jehovahs-witnesses-whipping/.

  the most cited reason was “napping or talking during congregations.” others included “answering back to parents” and “playing with a schoolmate.”.

  some respondents said they have been suffering depression as a result of whipping.. “i still cannot forget the sight of children screaming after they were taken into a large room at a congregation when i was a child,” a 44-year-old victim said, stressing that jehovah’s witnesses should reflect on what followers have done.. in february, a group of lawyers started supporting those second-generation followers.. in a statement issued on march 1, the japanese branch of jehovah’s witness said it does not accept child abuse.. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230315/p2a/00m/0na/006000c.

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  BluesBrother

  I am confident in writing that there has never been a Watchtower direction or suggestion to “whip children “
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  COVID 19 - DISSOCIATION LETTER

  by gavindlt in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  dear friends,.

  i think you all know me as a person who has always strived, despite my imperfections to only ever wanting to be and remain in the “truth”.

  it is in fact what i so desperately want for my son ashton and my baby girl honey bee, to be lovers of truth and grow up to be a loyal servants of jehovah god and his son, jesus christ.

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  BluesBrother

  I hope it made you feel better, writing all that. It will hardly get read . They have not the patience to go through it all .
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  How many still getting boosters?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  either you think the governing body was correct giving direction to be fully vaccinated and do you will keep getting the boosters, or.... if you don’t think the boosters are safe and you decide not to keep getting them then you are admitting that the direction was wrong.. if the direction was indeed harming brothers and sister who kept going to get these injections because of the covid updates then this is a huge wake up call?.

  how could this direction from the gb who are i doubt jehovah give such harmful direction?.

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  BluesBrother

  Speaking as one that has been vaccinated with Pfizer and boosted , and who will continue to take any that are offered …… I don’t give a toss what the GB of the Watchtower might say about it. I just use my own common sense and go to the real experts for medical advice…
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  What's your take on being anointed. What requirements do you have to fulfill?

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my personal opinion is someone that's gonna rule in heaven, has to prove himself on earth before.

  so satan don't have accusations against that person.

  a christian king is a loving one.

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  BluesBrother

  In the modern world on JWs , you just have to be a baptised publisher and start telling others that you are . On April 4th you take the emblems. That’s it, no one is allowed to question your calling…… out loud at least !
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  Watchtower cashing in on the Hamburg tragedy?

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you very much atlantis for all your hard work and for emailing a letter written by the watchtower (coming from the german branch possibly) to be read out to congregations by elders.. there is so much wrong in this letter.

  maybe some of it is due to being lost in translation but since the watchtower is predominantly english, it doesn't seem likely.

  the letter is as follows -.

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  BluesBrother

  As far outside the Watchtower as I am, I do not see this as “cashing in” . They are doing what would be expected of a Mother organisation, in caring for survivors and burying the dead.

  They can’t help sounding cliched, it is all they know how to speak .We would criticise if they did nothing.
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  Watchtower Museums

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now covid restrictions are over, they're pushing on with watchtower museums at many locations through out the world.. looks to me as if they'll be pretty boring.

  a few old bibles and photos of the witnessing work from way back when.. one things for sure is they won't include anything relating to constantly changing doctrines or have libraries full of old publications that have since been swept under the carpet..

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  BluesBrother

  At a previous video I was quite impressed by a museum display of a village in Bible times ..The idea being to put you in the surroundings that Jesus would have known.

  Mind you , New York State is a long way from here so it would not benefit us.
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  GB Update - Meet the new GB members

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

  a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

  quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.

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  BluesBrother

  I saw it after seeing this thread . Mostly the two newbies , they both looked similar both talked much the same and both equally boring.
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  “Lazarus, come out!”

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many people here have expressed faith in evolution and in other theories—but in all honesty, do you have any hope whatsoever in your heart or in the back of your mind ?

  truthfully..

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  BluesBrother

  I have to stand with Slimboyfat on this.. Actually debates like this will keep going on because frankly both sides are unprovable. It comes down to how you view things.

  ”Belief In God makes sense” , at least to me it makes perfect sense . I cannot watch a wildlife tv programme without marvelling at the beauty and order of things and seeing the hand of an infinitely wise creator. You may see the same things and think “isn’t evolution wonderful “

  It all depends how you see it .
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  Mass Shooting at Kingdom Hall in Hamburg, Germany

  by EdenOne in

  1. social
  2. current

  mass shooting at a kingdom hall in hamburg, germany this evening.

  at least 6 or 7 killed, dozens injured.

  single shooter on the run, police doesn't rule out more shooters.

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  BluesBrother

  I was intrigued by the anonymous letter sent to the police.. Of course I don’t know but to me it smells of an elder-body tactic, to do the right thing but not be held accountable for any comeback.

  Whoever wrote it ,they must be feeling bad for not coming forward with any specific threats made, which would have given the police something to act along.

  It is terribly sad for those poor people killed or injured in all innocence.
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  JW Publishers Please Let Your Articles Be Based on Facts not Opinion

  by Daniel tells the Naked Truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  whoever published this article should strive to get his or her facts straight.

  the gospel should not be preached based on people's opinion rather it should be preached as a message, just as it is.

  this article implies that astrology, fortune telling, divination and fortune telling as being all wrong and all.

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  BluesBrother

  I don’t know why I am bothering to reply to this but… The o/p said

  “ This article implies that astrology, fortune telling, divination and fortune telling as being all wrong and all. Fact is astrology is as real as anything, ”

  Being real , as in a concept followed by a lot of people, does not make it right. The Bible forbade it to Israel and it had no part of early Christianity.

  The scriptural examples he gave are all of bad experiences by unbelievers. It was a real thing in antiquity too and Gods people had to shun it.