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  For those following the JW headquarters reaction to the UK documentary - Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah's Witnesses and Me

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in addition to the jws false and misleading denial that rebekah vardy was ever a jehovah's witness, a few other interesting developments occurred that are worth noting:.

  1. an article in the last days newsletter reporting on how the jw[.

  ]org website scrubbed clean its jw 'news' page and produced an entire new glossary of jw terminally meaning for the media:.

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  carla

  Regarding whether or not someone is a jw by their baptismal standing is a moot point as far as the public is concerned. It is only jw's who see that as an end all as to membership or not. Even my jw is finally just starting to get it and that is saying something. When I tell him that it doesn't matter if one is baptized or not, if they go to a kh, tell everybody they are a jw, live the goofy life, go out in fs and be your typical annoying jw then to the rest of the world they are in fact a jw whether they are baptized or not.

  Even my jw can understand that if someone goes to a Catholic church everyday, says the rosary, goes to confession and follows Catholicism, holidays, etc... then most people would consider them a Catholic whether they were baptized in the Catholic church or not.

  As for minors, those poor souls have no choice in the matter so for their childhood to the rest of the world they would be considered a jw baptized or not.
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  In the latest JW_ORG cartoon video, young Caleb learns from his father that he does not have to be baptized to be a Jehovah's Witness

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the latest jw_org cartoon caleb learns from his father that he can be a jehovah's witness without being baptized by becoming an 'unbaptized publisher'.. the video also refers to a potential meeting with the elders to discuss caleb becoming an 'unbaptized publisher'.. https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/children/become-jehovahs-friend/activities/become-an-unbaptized-publisher/.

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  carla

  I can't stomach watching it but something I have always wondered about is why jw's use the word 'unbaptized'. It drives me crazy! the word 'un' usually means to undo something; unravel the yarn, it made me unhappy he spit on me, some things in life you can't undo, etc..... To me the word unbaptized would be better for apostates who want to undo their baptism so they can continue to have relationships with their baptized family members. "It would be nice to be considered and unbaptized jw going forward."

  'Unbaptized publishers' is so awkward and doesn't even make sense. They haven't un-done anything and furthermore they don't actually 'publish' anything either.
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  Normal people don't give a darn if you're a witness

  by XBEHERE in

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  2. friends

  this was posted on exjw reddit, check it out if some of you never have.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/13q6k5l/normal_people_dont_give_a_darn_if_youre_a_witness/ .

  i find this to be the case, people in general are so not interested in religion that they really could care less about jws.

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  carla

  When I have told people that my husband is a jw (just to avoid embarrassment at some later date) they all, and yes I mean ALL said, "oh, yeah, it's a cult". Without fail. Then they asked how he got roped in........ well, that sucks. Or they would say, "I thought he was smarter than that". Not one person had a positive view of jw's, not one.
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  Biden running in 2024 🤣

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

  apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

  his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

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  carla

  Thanks Jan, reason I asked was because I was thinking back to a conversation I had with someone probably 20 years ago and the person didn't see a problem with using abortion as birth control. Their sister had had 13 abortions and was still quite young so who knows in total? and someone else they knew had had 8. I was shocked.
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  Missing JW molester Fred McLean has been located

  by NVR2L8 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i haven't been on here for a few years...so forgive me if this has already been reported:.

  https://www.insider.com/us-marshals-most-wanted-fugitive-body-found-in-south-carolina-2021-11.

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  carla

  Thanks for posting this, I always wondered how this case resolved or not.
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  Biden running in 2024 🤣

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

  apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

  his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

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  carla

  Jan, are you saying your church approves of abortions? would that be all abortions even as a form of birth control? or are there limitations?

  I think you would be hard pressed to find a mainstream church that approves of abortion in the US.
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  Evening TV Fox 43 NEWS-2nd Report-May 3rd-WITNESS TO WICKED:THE PRIVILEGE TO REPORT

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://youtu.be/suigllm2h8g.

  this is the second tv report on may 3rd at fox 43 news.

  there will be another report on may 4th.

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  carla

  I wish this would show on all Fox affiliates.

  Thank Barb!
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  carla

  Was there a wt video put out shortly after Anthony Morris was deleted about not needing alcohol to have a good time? I thought it was in a thread somewhere and now I can't find it.

  Don't they do 'talks' about someone who they think is guilty of something in kh's? An example of making a teen boy do a talk on masturbation, etc...
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  JW visit...after 12 years out

  by Nobleheart1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to post here under the name nobleheart but forgot the old password, so put up a new account (nobleheart1).

  was a jw (2002-2011), ended up writing a da letter.

  i am a christian (since leaving the org).

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  carla

  I showed my jw about Jesus not being their (rank & file) mediator from jw publications and he still didn't believe me! This was a long time ago now, I think his reasoning was that one of you darn apostates must have told me about it so therefore he wasn't going to address it in any way, shape or form! I so wish I was kidding about this but no, that is how a jw brain really works.
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  Opening doors, putting your foot in the door and other dangerous activities

  by Anony Mous in

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  2. current

  i was listening to the news and there is this big brouhaha about someone shooting someone through their front door.

  apparently the person tried to open the door of an elderly person, scaring the homeowner and they shot a gun injuring the person.

  obvious castle doctrine case.. which made me remember a rather overzealous old pioneer that used the same tactics when he knew the homeowners were home but didn’t want to come to the door, he would start opening the storm doors and try to see if the door was unlocked so he could yell inside.

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  carla

  I think an example would be - A- not castle doctrine- you set up a gun to fire if the door is opened, people with cabins who get broke into have done this and it is not considered 'castle doctrine'. It doesn't work because you are only protecting your 'stuff' not life itself.

  B- you live in a house and keep a gun close by because your neighborhood is filled with crime. Somebody is attempting to get into your place and you truly believe they will harm you, you warn them and shoot, they die. In a case such as that you may use 'castle doctrine', not saying you will get off with it but you could use it. Depends on what part of the country & county you may be in. I think I remember a case of a grandma who called 911 while someone was attempting to break into her apartment through the glass doors. You can hear her telling the guy repeatedly "I'm going to shoot you!" still he came, she shot him, he died, she did not spend a day in jail.