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  Photobombing the Ministerial Servant's incentive rewards at the Regional Convention

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower marketing incentive rewards for young single baptized males in the 0rganization.. .

  the face of the photobombing brother in the background says it all.

  like a child in a candy shop.

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  Run brothers run for the hills!!!! Those girls are trouble I tell ya!!

  Sex is not worth it!!!!

  Imagine the years and years of limited conversations about pretty much nothing!!!! nothing I say!!!!!

  discuss politics? NO

  discuss religion, besides how great we are? NO

  discuss world events, besides how bad they are? NO

  have a free flow of ideas and thoughts about life, love and God???? NO NO and NO

  Ok I think I need a whiskey and for the record I dated a lot of dub girls just like those back in my day and know of what I speak. Find yourself a moabite mama or canaanite cutie (bethel terms).
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  JW EXPERT WITNESS FLOORED BY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY LAWYER

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  much has already been written about dr monica applewhite, the expert witness hired by the jw organization.

  her job was to provide "expert" testimony to the australian commission of inquiry into jehovsh's witnesses' policies and practices on child sexual abuse.

  astonishingly, dr applewhite was unprepared for the inquiry lawyers' questions.

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  I hope the UK charity commission is watching and learning...
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  The Assyrian started to attack from Australia

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the gb has been preparing the flock for the assyrian's attack, that now is starting from australia:.

  elders, you can learn some helpful lessons from what we have just discussed: (1) the best thing you can do to prepare for the future attack of the assyrian is to strengthen your faith in god and help your brothers to do the same.

  (2) when the assyrian attacks, you must be completely convinced that jehovah will save us.

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  Secretslaveclass, is that a real quote from Jim Jones? If yes, WOW!!
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  Are we seeing an unprecedented influx of newbies recently ? Welcome Guys/gals

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are we in fact seeing more people joining this site in the last month , than what has been happening previously ?.

  i tend to think there is , and i hope their is .. is anybody else seeing this ?.

  i`m not delusional am i ?

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  Hello Sabin. This is an interesting place and your contributions will be welcome.
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  "Report it to the elders if you hear anyone in the congregation talking bad about the GB"

  by hardtobeme in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  last night and elder gave the bible highlights at the congregation.

  he talked about apostasy.

  and among other things he said: "report to the elders if you hear anyone in the congregation talking bad about the governing body".

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  The more things like that get said from the platform the crazier they sound to newly interested ones. Even some (probably not many) long time dubs might feel uncomfortable with rhetoric like that.
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  Will Child Abuse Issue Keep Growing Like A Forest Fire?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i don't know if a commercial will come up and i can't find this on youtube as it is probably copyright material or i am just not in a good search pattern today.

  anyway, try to view this if you haven't seen it:.

  https://rutube.ru/video/0ba7a3ee7e89dbbc730c4af32032e33b/?ref=logo .

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  I wish this issue never happened and I wish it wasn't the achilles heel of the witnesses - because this is a terrible terrible thing and no one should have to go through it. I hope the victims that have been silenced by their own doubts and fears or by elder bodies and family members find that they can come forward and be heard and get real help from trained professionals. And I hope that in the process the WTS goes completely bankrupt!

  I agree - let's turn the silent lambs into roaring lions!!
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  Wednesday Hearings LIVE LINK NOW

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

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  I never thought anything like this would happen to the dubs - I am so happy that this Royal Commission is so thorough.

  Even if current witnesses won't listen or believe what is happening this is going to have a definite affect on future non-children recruits.
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  JW Reaction to Royal Commission Reports

  by maksutov in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  has anybody confronted any jws with the royal commission reports on the news yet?

  i showed my 8-year old daughter a newspaper headline about it, and when she told my jw wife that the jws in australia were in trouble for not reporting over 1,000 child abusers to police, her response was "oh, really?

  well, i don't know what the rules are over there.

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  Passwordprotected - well said!
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  Sad about the past

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i feel deep sad memories in my brain.. visiting bookstudy with my parents, doing my best giving answers at 7 years old.. doing fieldservice every weekend and on an evening.. i could write so much story's about it.. we believed from our hart and listened to what the organisation told us.. it makes me sad, what a scam it became.. today i can't stand it.. i can cry about it.

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  Great thread! I remember all the meetings and bookstudies and how serious I took it all. The revelation book was so deep but made so easy to understand by the society. I was so impressed and felt I was a real bible student. I felt pity for the worldly people I knew and would always wonder how I could get them to listen to me. But like a lot of witnesses I didn't really try super hard to convert people because I was nervous and maybe a bit embarrassed by some of the teachings. Weird mix, on one hand I totally believed everything but on the other I was sort of embarrassed and hid the fact I was a dub at work and school.

  I get sad because I feel that if I was a better husband my wife would have folowed me out. It is probably not true but it's its a feeling I,sill have to live with. At least my kids are out.
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  JW Reaction to Royal Commission Reports

  by maksutov in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  has anybody confronted any jws with the royal commission reports on the news yet?

  i showed my 8-year old daughter a newspaper headline about it, and when she told my jw wife that the jws in australia were in trouble for not reporting over 1,000 child abusers to police, her response was "oh, really?

  well, i don't know what the rules are over there.

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  I keep hoping that if the local elder testimony has been so damning that the branch representatives will really put the nail in the coffin. Then the news can report what the leaders of the WTS Australia say and not just a local elder or CO. Let's face it most people these days want to hear from the head honchos not just a local priest or elder.

  I am really hopeful that the news stories will grow and expand and not disappear by some other large event.