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  Welsh Witness in court

  by Lost in the fog in

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  must be a very understanding body of elders there is all i can say.

  lol.

  successful graduate spared jail after being exposed as paedophile by police.

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  skin

  Havnt i been told that the media is controlled by Satan? And Satan wants to bring reproach upon Jehovah's people with all kinds of slanderous lies. Of course the JW community around where he is will support him, because they know the truth behind the lies that the media publish in this time of the end. Sad 😥.
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  Headship and WT's Changed Understanding

  by Bobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't think anyone has mentioned that the february 2021 study wt (p. 15, 16; par.

  8) changed wt's long standing view on headship within the congregation.

  wt used to view all baptized males as being the head of all baptized sisters.. this view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.

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  skin

  This view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a Bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.

  Is this no long the case? I was semi listening in to this study but didn't pick up on this if it has changed? They still mentioned that if a sister was in a teaching role , she had to wear a head covering.
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  Procedure Question Involving GB to Make JWs Think

  by truth_b_known in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since leaving the jws the governing body upgraded their status to being the "faithful & discreet slave".

  in a sense, the gb declared themselves the 8 popes of wallkill.

  absolute, unquestioning loyalty to the gb has become the central belief of the watchtower and declared the only source of salvation for the "great crowd".. the gb has instructed their followers to believe what they say and only believe what they say.

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  Those that they call Helpers to the GB would step up.
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  WT Says Don't Contract with False Religion, But Does Just That

  by Sea Breeze in

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  let's all open up our crystals to 2 facet 1: 1 - here we lean about how buddha escapes prism.

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  skin

  Thinking about sold kingdom halls around this area, one became an art gallery, one was transformed into a rental house.

  Here is a classic example how you can support the advancement of so called false religion, yet I am not allowed to step foot into an op shop that is run by a church to buy a $2 shirt.
  

  https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/9124458/Witnesses-sell-Elim-buys
  
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  Zoom Memorial

  by gabcol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well i did it.. i attended the zoom memorial ( in respect for my mum).

  it was very strange to say the least.

  everyone had bread and wine at their houses.

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  skin

  Stan, nows the time. 7pm it starts.
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  Zoom Memorial

  by gabcol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well i did it.. i attended the zoom memorial ( in respect for my mum).

  it was very strange to say the least.

  everyone had bread and wine at their houses.

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  skin

  is it tonight
  

  It was last night, Saturday 27th March. We had 132 on our zoom memorial, which is a little more than our average meeting.
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  Did The Witnesses Mess Up Your Sex Life?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most of the witnesses i knew never really talked about sex.

  whatever couples did was pretty much kept quiet.

  every once in a while a wife might complain to the elders or a friend that the husband is too demanding or even immoral because of the sex practices the husband wanted.

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  I knew of many teens who I found out later were not that “chaste” but were known for being excellent examples
  

  Yes, totally agree. So many stories I can recall after I joined WT in my early 20s and hanging out with the teenages. Although remaining chaste myself while single. Some of the sexually active young one's got reproved announcements made. Then there were others that openly talked about their teenage sex experiences and nothing was ever done about it. I can relate what happened to me with my first witness girlfriend, we had been close friends for a number of years, then we found ourselves spending almost all our spare time together, just hanging out, doing it all the correct way we had been instructed. Then a single brother moved into our congregation, and within a few days, another brother who was a friend mentioned to me that this new guy was keen on my girl. So 5 days after he told me this i thought I would go around to my friends place to get an update, and who should find in bed under the covers together, none other than this new guy with the girl I had been friends with for so long. A week later she tried to deny everything between them, and I know nothing else happened with them, it was just a quick sexual get together for them. But that was enough of a warning for me.

  I do wonder if the witness teenages today are has sexually active as they were in the congregations I was associated with during the 1990s.
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  Was the latest letter about not having unauthorized studies announced yet to the congregation today is 3-18-21

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am just curios if the letter about not having unauthorized studies has been announced yet to the congregation?.

  i am just wondering if it will opens anyone's eyes.

  i sure hope it does.

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  Cha ching, even pre 2000, pre studying the WT in a group other than your close family, was stopped, for this very same reason. They were worried that there was no control over how deep possible researching beyond the WT study contents could go.
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  Was the latest letter about not having unauthorized studies announced yet to the congregation today is 3-18-21

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am just curios if the letter about not having unauthorized studies has been announced yet to the congregation?.

  i am just wondering if it will opens anyone's eyes.

  i sure hope it does.

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  skin

  Yes, it was briefly announced at our congregation, but only in reference to the days text being done over zoom. We had to many in our congregation joining in each morning and doing a group days text on zoom. That put an instant stop to that little unauthorized meeting.
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  Ban on Independent Meetings

  by lssjr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  source - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.

  this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!

  "my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.

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  luckynedpepper

  Welcome to this board, your comments above are spot on. Looking forward to reading more of your posts.