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  Guess what pops up first when I googled Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by truthseekeriam in

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  zalkin law firm .

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  Incognito got :

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  story about a cover up

  story about the ex JW poisoning elder

  story about JWs threatening kids with death (caleb video) for not paying attention
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  Tight Pants Tony's wife wore a Sophia & Caleb Badge out Witnessing

  by Listener in

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  in the february jw broadcasting they show anthony morris the iii out witnessing with his wife during a convention.

  she is wearing the convention badge and also a badge with sophia & caleb on it.

  i find it very amusing and she is not even a grandmother even though they like to portray am as a grandfather.. here's what their 1990 w 12/1 says about movie stars.

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  They are both in late middle age and look it. Nothing to be ashamed about. That he doesn't have some young trophy wife is something, anyway! Just an older lady doing what she has to to get along. Be kind:)
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  Jehovah's Witness Elder poisoned by excommunicated man

  by sherrie11 in

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  disgruntled jehovahs witness was caught on camera poisoning his elders milk with weed killer after being excommunicated over an extramarital affair, a court has heard.

  for the first time, the advertiser can name and show brett darren mardon, who is standing trial accused of attempting to put three lives at risk the elder, his wife and their young child.. he has denied injecting milk, apple juice and other liquids in the refrigerator of ben anthanysz with glyphosate a weed killer that causes health problems if consumed in large quantities.. mardon has maintained his innocence of the charges despite being recorded by a cctv camera mounted in the anthanyszs kitchen.. opening the trial, prosecutor nick healy said mardons actions were a vengeful response to his church peers ignoring his existence, as required by their faith.. he said mr anthanysz had been part of a three-person jehovahs witness committee that censured mardon for having sex with someone while married.. mardon was part of the jehovahs witness congregation based at crafers, and was excommunicated because of moral issues, he said.. an excommunicated member is still entitled to attend church meetings, however none of the congregation can speak to him while they are there.. mardon, 47, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempting to create a risk of harm and three counts of serious criminal trespass in a place of residence.. he has pleaded guilty, however, to two counts of theft namely stealing personal documents from mr anthanyszs home.. http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/sa-court-told-brett-darren-mardon-poisoned-the-milk-of-jehovahs-witness-elder-after-he-was-excommunicated-from-the-faith/story-fnii5yv4-1227238876533 .

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  I'm glad they convicted him and he won't be a danger to this family anymore.
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  Asshole Atheism – Not for me, now or ever.

  by donny in

  1. watchtower
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  to start off with let me clarify that by asshole atheism i am not referring to strong atheism or any other type of upfront atheism.

  what i am referring to is the belligerent, hateful atheism that smacks of trolls and other types who want to derail conversation or comments at any cost..

  i enjoy hearing comments from both sides of the subjects of theism, nationalism or politics, especially from those who have intense opinions.

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  I kind of prefer the "spiritual, not religious" kind of folks in general. Too much religion or total disrespect for believers -well, it never goes to a good place, does it?

  My son is kind of a a-hole atheist (or agnostic, which seems worse, somehow). I can't mention God or faith or blessings (and being Muslim, I try to keep my specific version of faith out of it) without him going for my throat, for my moms's for my other sons or their dad (and they are all of different faiths). I actually removed myself frm FB and he is at least a big reason for it. Not agreeing with those of faith is fair enough. Calling eveyone of faith an idiot is rude-at best. A lot of other things at worst. To disagee is fair. To disrespect and disparage is asshole behavior. Some EX JWs do it to JWs, and the some of the many atheist/agnostic ones have done it to any other believer.

  I don't really understand why folks feel the need to do that. Discussions--even tough questions, I get that. But when they are surrounded with insults and inflammatory disparaging insults and denigration-how are they furthering any kind of conversation, much less mutual respect?. I'd much rather meet a respectful atheist that I could work side by side with than a fundy believer. I don't want to be associated with a**holes of any persuasion. Activists can be the most off putting bad advertisements for their causes imaginable.Activist atheists included.

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  Please take a moment to read my daughters story.

  by Racheljr in

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  silenced for so long she has found her voice.. ladies and gentlemen meet my incredibly brave daughter.

  http://jehovahswitnessreport.com/blog/courtney-parker-tells-her-story-of-8-years-of-child-sex-abuse-by-jw-elder-david-dennis.

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  What a shame that the entire family has been so twisted by this man and that the religion is so twisted that they support a child abuser over an abused child. Of course, the child, who is joining the navy, doesn't deserve any support because she has chosen the world over Jehovah's loving organization.

  Seriously, the grandparents should die from pure shame.The man was a repetitive adulterer and they still kept making him an elder again and again? The organization has shown us their character standards before he was accused!

  I'm glad he is going to prison. It's not long enough, though. Sorry about that. Anyone else wonder what the WT and his fellow elders may have already known about that guy? He sounds like he was known to be of a low character. Maybe other abuses went on that he got away with since people didn't publicise it.
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  I quit the Theocratic Ministry School

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  after almost 24 years in the school and doing it since i was nine years old, i officially resigned.

  it has become increasingly difficult to prepare talks, especially with the new format for brothers.

  i did not mind doing them; i actually put the time and effort into getting them out.

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  Now you know how the sisters feel! I always thought it was a bogus underhanded way for women to instruct men when we couldn't REALLY instruct men. It was a farce. I hated it.
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  Ooops. They're back at the anti-type game.

  by scotoma in

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  i thought it was ex"plane"d at the corporate meeting that type-antitypes were finished unless it expressly is stated in the bible.. from the feb 22 study article.

  question on paragraph 11- what comparison found at psalm 122:3,4 could be applied to god's people today?.

  during the coming time of trouble for this system, we will have to be truly united.

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  OR, they could be wiggling their way into communes. Made the spiritual closeness connection, but why not just be direct? They lived on top of one another. . . there's an idea! If everyone sold their homes an lived together on a small piece of property, they could donate all their equity to the org. . . .
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  Do You Think President Obama Is Muslim?

  by minimus in

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  i really think that he is.

  not that it's a bad thing...

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  Obama is not Muslim. I started checking him out before he officially declared. I was kind of on the conservative side of the aisle-ok, a lot. So, I read all the nasty stuff that was said about him and his so called faith. I tried to see the other side. I gave the birther idea a (way more than fair) consideration (bordering on ridiculous, because, like I said, I was R).I picked apart his family relationships and his friends and his travels and his drug use.

  He wasn't born in Kenya. Period. He was raised with Muslims for a while, but I don't think he was or is Muslim. He is a liberal and educated Christian who is not a provincial troglodyte He isn't getting his information on Islam from conservative talk radio like some here may be.(I used to be one of you.) He knows the difference between what the Quran teaches and what ISIS is doing. He isn't ignorant of what Islam "really" is, like some who claim to be experts are-just plain ignorant or deceptive.He doesn't seem to have had any adult brushes with the practice of Islam. Being nice or hospitable or conciliatory to people isn't exactly an "unchristian" thing to be. Bhe Bushes were gracious hosts to the same crowd of people His mom was not Muslim and he spent MOST of his formative years in the States with his christian family, His dad was a alcoholic atheist. Not exactly a picture of Islamic devotion. I dont see it.I just don't think so.

  My catholic son was in a school filled with Muslims and living in a Muslim country (not going to a madrassa, but most of his friends from school were Muslim and there were Arabic courses and praying allowed in the school(voluntary)). Two years 10-12. He is not Muslim, he's an altar boy at the local RC church.

  My investigation of Obama and the question of his religion led me to investigate Islam more fully. I didn't vote for him either time. I think Obamacare is unconstitutional (but I like certain aspects of it). I think he has done some lame ass stuff. I think he seems well intentioned but very political (which negates a lot of good intentions, IMO). I think Michelle dresses nice.
  

  
  
  
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  Anybody interested in Judah Ben Schroeder? Here's two links. See if you can find who Judah works for. The info is in the first link.

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://theworldnewsmedia.org/charlotte+schroeder+%28may+9,1920+to+june+19,+2013%29.

  and here's how judah looks as seen in a recent video - especially posted for those who knew judah over the years.

  closet factory testimonial from judah schroeder.

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  Works in NY as a worker with a vow of poverty and has a really big closet in Florida. Always been in the Borg. So, where does he get his money for the house in Florida, the watch and the closet? When I was in, I heard they got $14 a month + room and board. I dont imagine they get a mortgage worthy stipend these days.
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  For God So Loves the Western World...

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  ...that only people from those countries can lead 'his organization'.. a few years ago, one conversation stopper people would often bring up to jws in my country is: 'you guys are an american religion'.

  the standard answer we were formatted to give to shoot that down was that "god does not favor any nationality over others.

  however some countries do possess some advantages needed for the advancement of the divine work.

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  The WT leadership is not the only self involved group of people. Many people (even here) are blind to the realities of other cultures and have an arrogance and superiority complex that is off-putting to those who have a broader world view. When people are in literal survival mode, it is hard for them to relate to our frustrations with the lines that we stand in to get our licenses updated or how long slow our internet is. I know what an "ugly American" is and have had my moments of being one. Its hard, when we are spoiled by the relative ease of our lives for us to realize how fortunate we are-we take a lot for granted. Many have died to have the right to the difficulties and challenges that send some of us into depression and despair.

  Of couse, the GB is supposed to be better than that, right? But they aren't. American WT standards are held for most people across the globe (though I have seen some give in some areas). But seeing native African brothers in suits and ties while IN remote parts of Africa is just incongruous. Even in cosmopolitan Cairo, few men dress in that western fashion (ties, particularly). They are tone deaf.