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  Not new really - but in the news in Canada today

  by Moster in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/hamilton-woman-hopes-to-draw-attention-to-jehovahs-witness-child-sex-abuse-allegations/ar-bbjfvxf?li=aaggv0m.

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  skin

  Interesting reading. Her protesting like that near the hall is not going to do anything. Those attending that hall are trained by WT to view people like her as evil liars, apostates. That sort of thing would never happen in Jehovahs organization. Sad for both sides.
  
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  User Name Changes

  by moreconfusedthanever in

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  2. tech-support

  i wish i could change my user name.

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  i am no longer confused..

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  skin

  Thankfully I'm OK with my skin.
  
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  The book burning has started

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  don't know if this is a global thing but i've just been told by a pimo member of my old congregation that a min servant has been given the task of destroying all old books/literature in the kh library prior to 1992.. could be the elders (or even one of them) on a mission to stamp out dissent as my ex-wife used the same reasoning to her elder dad that i used in my jc: rutherfords books containing failed predictions.. anyone else heared anything?.

  the ms who's been given the task is a company man.

  no hope of him keeping them or selling them on ebay.. they have some russell books in that library too.

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  skin

  This is how it happened here in this area (New Zealand). It would be about 5-6 years ago now, we had a letter read out to the congregation from the Branch office (Australia). They requested that all the old books (in the KH library or our personal collections) be sent over to the Branch because they needed them for the JW museum that they were putting together over there. Our extensive KH library disappeared, and so did another KH library that I know of. There was also a rumor going around at the time, that because of the cost to post these books over to Australia, the instruction was then to destroy them.
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  WT studied by all congregations 4th Feb 2018.

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from the wt dated dec 2017 - study 1 para 11 studied by all congregations 4th feb 2018. the question asked on this paragraph is:.

  what did the physician luke report happened to a young man, and how did that affect others?”.

  paragraph 11 in this wt reads:.

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  skin

  From the WT dated Dec 2017 - study 1 para 11 studied by all congregations 4th Feb 2018.

  The Question asked on this paragraph is:

  ”11. What did the physician Luke report happened to a young man, and how did that affect others?”

  Paragraph 11 in this WT reads:

  “11 Others became eyewitnesses to another resurrection. One time, the apostle Paul was at a meeting in an upper room in Troas, in what is now northwest Turkey. Paul spoke till midnight. A young man named Eutychus was listening, seated at a window. But he dozed off and fell from the third story to the ground below. Perhaps the physician Luke was the first to reach Eutychus, and Luke made a medical assessment: Eutychus was not merely injured and unconscious​—he was dead! Paul came downstairs and embraced the corpse, and then he made the dramatic announcement: “He is alive.” What a profound impact that would have had on eyewitnesses! Knowing the facts and grasping that a resurrection had occurred, they “were comforted beyond measure.”​—Acts 20:7-12.”

  Now read the WT question again: “What did the physician Luke report happened to a young man, and how did that affect others?”

  Was Luke really there? Where does Bible say or infer that Luke was in attendance with Paul that evening, to be able to make that medical assessment on Eutychus?. Was it because Luke wrote the book of Acts, meaning that he must have been an eye witness to every event that is recorded in Acts? and if so, how do we know that he was the first to reach Eutychus after he fell?
  
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  Married witness is caught on video stripping on his door to door ministry! Hilarious

  by Betheliesalot in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5058729/married-jehovah-s-witness-seduced-actress.html just saw this today and not sure if it is real or just a set up to "poke" fun at witnesses .

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  skin

  That guy is wearing a funny back pack, I've never known JW's to use a back pack like that in the D2D work.

  At 27 sec into the video, clearly looks like he is wearing blue jeans. Another JW no-no when going D2D.

  At the moment I'm guessing this news item is not real.
  
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  backward masking on DVD`s oops CD`s is that still a thing with the GB ? WTB&TS ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  backward masking of cd`s / vinyl records etc opening up to demon influence way back in the 60`s-80`s do they still talk about this ?

  and how about dvd`s is that the new scare ?

  of demon influence /control over you ?.

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  skin

  Wonder if anyone at head office (JW.ORG) listened to all the vocals of the recorded meeting songs backwards before they were released to the congregations?
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  "Wondrous expansion is now taking place!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so we have all heard the worldwide reports about khalls being sold off and congregations being amalgamated etc.... of course, jws are being told that these actions are a sign of "just how much the work is progressing, and how jehovah is blessing the increase and expansion!".

  i can share the following from my part of the world too!.

  in perth, western australia the following has occurred.. three "new" congregations have been formed!

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  skin

  That is correct. "If they told them from the platform that Red is now Blue - they'd bob their heads and agree with that too."

  The public talk last week told us that "People in the world recognize that JW's are a happy people".
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  It saddens me to know that marriages break up because of religion and the blame, whose fault it is ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a jehovah`s witness couple who have been married for many years and some with children of various ages and have been serving in their congregation meeting attendance, fs and bible studies with their children for many years .. and then one of them begins to have doubts about what they are being taught and what they actually are supposed to believe now that some changes have been made with nu-lite.. the doubts grow and then the the use of the internet to investigate further some of the claims of the gb/wt religion .. with the wealth of information available on the www it now becomes impossible to continue to be an active member of the jehovah`s witness religion without being an utter hypocrite .

  you no longer believe them anymore that they alone are gods chosen people in this day.. however your spouse does not see things the way you do not at all and after many months of arguments bickering threats the ultimatum is something like if you don`t believe what i believe that you have left jehovah we can`t live together anymore ,i want a divorce unless you come to your senses.. who is the one here breaking up the marriage ?.

  isn`t it in the majority of cases the jw who ends the marriage ?

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  skin

  How do Witnesses view separation?

  The Bible encourages marriage mates to stay together even under less than ideal circumstances. (1 Corinthians 7:​10-​16) Many problems can be resolved by praying earnestly, applying Bible principles, and showing love.​—1 Corinthians 13:​4-8; Galatians 5:​22.

  Nevertheless, in extreme situations such as the following, some Christians have decided to separate from a marriage mate:

  • Willful nonsupport.​—1 Timothy 5:8.

  • Extreme physical abuse.​—Psalm 11:5.

  • Absolute endangerment of spiritual life. For example, a spouse might try to force a Witness to break God’s commands in some way, and the threatened mate might decide that a separation is the only way to “obey God as ruler rather than men.”​—Acts 5:​29.
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  What to Do....Please Help. Awakening JW for a very long time

  by CovertsadJW in

  1. social
  2. family

  good afternoon , .

  i have been having doubts for many years and as most jw's i have certainly not done myself a favor by suppressing all of my critical thinking.

  i am married with 3 kids and my wife and i are inactive, but my wife has made it very clear in speech and action that she wants to go to all meetings, field service, and indoctrinate our kids.

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  skin

  I think you need to take your time. You said that your wife is "verbally abusive", this is probably the biggest issue you may have to personally deal with, is this mainly when you bring up anything that puts JW.org in question, difficult questions for them to answer? I know witnesses who would sooner use "verbally abusive" or cry out "apostate" to protect their Watchtower beliefs.

  Another thing that could happen, once your wife realizes that you are on the fade out of the WT, she may increase her JW position, doing more for JW.org to try to compensate for your inactivity.
  
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  An update for the completionists

  by jaydee in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for all of you who have closely followed my posts over the years....(ok, so that's none, i get it).

  some time ago in a galaxy far far away.... i posted some aus government files.. one of which contained an article...'what is a jehovah's witness - - by milton g henschel.

  (see here).. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/161119/more-aus-watchtower-pdf-files.

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  skin

  Look at that photo - Not the best place for this brother to put his hands while baptizing!..