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  JW Charity?

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  can someone please explain to me why jehovahs witnesses are a registered charity?.

  its not like they do anything to help anyone.

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  London mosque surrounded by armed police

  by Ellie in

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  according to the news a london mosque has been surrounded by armed police and a man has been shot dead on a london train

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  UK Big Brother

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  i don't know how many of you watch big brother but if you do please give me your opinions on derick.. personally, i think he is great, the funniest person in the house aswell as the most intelligent and i'd hate to see him voted out on friday.. what do you think?

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  Naughty children

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  i heared something the other day that made me sick.. apparentely its been brought out in a talk recently that children are becoming more and more imperfect due to us being right at the end of the system.. i was told that the witnesses are saying that this generation of kids being born have a natural bad streak that makes them so willfull and disobedient.. i don't know what they are saying should be done about it but i imagine they are probably encouraging harsher discipline.. the mind boggles!

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  thinking of having a bible study

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  what do you think would happen if someone where to have a bible study with the sole purpose of asking lots of awkward questions just to get the reaction of the witnesses?

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  JW terminology really gets my goat

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  i don't know if its just me or if anyone else feels the same but it really annoys me when jehovahs witnesses use their terminology when speaking to a non jw.. for example, a jw woman is talking to a collegue who has never had a bible study and knows nothing about jws.. instead of saying "i have a friend coming for tea tonight" the woman says " one of the sisters is coming for tea tonight".. or, instead of "i was talking to a friend on the phone last night" she says "i was talking to an elder on the phone last night".. it just really winds me up, i think they do it to seem important and mysterious but it only leaves the other person confused.

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  25,000 cases of child abuse

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  i was told that there is a list of 25,000 cases of child abuse involving jehovahs witnesses.. can anyone tell me who this list belongs to or where evidence of it can be found, please.

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  would you let your child associate with Jehovahs Witnesses?

  by Ellie in

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  i'm the only one of my family who is not in 'the truth', and my family don't want anything to do with me.. however, today my mum asked me if she can take my 2 year old to visit the rest of the family, i'm not invited and wouldn't be welcome at any of their houses, so she would be taking my daughter alone.. i told her i would think about it.. i really don't think it would be practical because my daughter is not familiar with the family and i don't want her to be upset.. but the main reason |'m thinking of saying no is that i feel offended that i am not good enough for them to speak to.. am i being selfish if i say no?

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  I feel so angry!

  by Ellie in

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  not really much point to this except i want to vent some anger but yesterday my little brother came round to my house for lunch, he is studying and living at the house of my jw sister, i myself have never been baptized so am not disfellowshipped but they all (with the exception of my little brother) treat me as though i where.. anyway, my little brother came round for lunch and the next thing my jw mum phones my house, asks to speak to my brother and gives him a telling off for being at my house because i'm bad association, and tells him that he has to spend more time with the members of the congregation.. he tries to explain to her that the members of the congregation don't want to know him, that he is sick of making an effort to be friendly with them when they just ignore him.. anyway, it finished with her telling him he is to go straight back to my sisters house and not see me again.. he is 24 years of age, surely its up to him if he wants to come to my house!.

  sorry, i know there is no point to this, but i just wanted to let off some steam!

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  spiritualism

  by Ellie in

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  can i just ask, has anyone ever had any bad experience after buying anything from a spiritualist type shop?.

  i ask because today i walked past a shop in my town that sells crystals and things and they do tarrot and that kind of thing, i picked up enough courage to go in to have a look and i saw this lovely fairy candle holder, i really liked it but i am a bit afraid to buy it as i guess i've had it drummed in to me that those things are channels for demons.

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