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  Sharia Law in the US, it's coming folks.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my question, why would one immigrate to the west and refuse to adopt the western cultural?.

  if you believe our way of life is so degenerated why bring your family to this place.. in a very close 5-4 vote, the city of irving ruled to back the texas state bill banning foreign.

  law from the state.

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  JWdaughter

  Religious law courts exist in this country already. JWs, Mormons, Catholics, Jews, Presbyterians---to some extent most religions have their religious requirements and some kind of enforcement structure.

  The kind of sharia court you are all afraid of-like the village elders in small corners of India or the backwoods of timbuktoo are never going to have a legal foot in our country, but religious courts that decide on whether a person can be RELIGIOUSLY married or divorced are not going to be respected in our law when they attempt to supersede secular law. For example, a JW will always be able to marry whoever they want. A Mormon, an Atheist, a Venusian. Whether they will be acceptable to the JW community is another thing altogether. A JW child can be DF'd, but LEGALLY (unless parents play games), the parents cannot kick a minor out of the house and say they are within their religious rights.

  Many fundamentalist Christians these days are marrying without secular or official licenses. They are living together (or become common law spouses eventually in some states), but are not considered by their peers to be "living in sin" since they pledged their lives to each other in a public way or announced it. Religious law will always have rights in thsi country so long as it doesn't infringe on secular law.

  A "gang" of any group/religion/ethnicity/sports club that is not controlled by the local government is just a gang that is operating outside of the law. If the local authorities let it go on, shame on them.
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  Warning: Watchtower computer dept. registers accounts on Ex-JW sites, coerces people to divulge their personal details

  by WTS Archive in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we had a bad experience with watchtower trying to infiltrate our forums.

  let this story be a warning for all you guys here.

  if you value your privacy do not ever send your real contact details to anyone, even if you trust them (because their accounts could be hacked or accessed by their relatives - and yes, this happened to people i know several times already).

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  JWdaughter

  There is nothing that the borg can do to me anymore. Tattle on me to my mom? She is under no illusions and refuses to deal with me (again, until she starts talking to me again). I wish I could turn the tables on them some way. They just piss me off on the principle of the thing. They have spoiled my relationship with my mom forever because my mom is insane about them and has some creeping dementia to boot. It's like she's dead already, and then she resurrects herself and she is old and I can't do to her what she is willing to do to me. Arrrgghh. I'm so over the borg.

  That JWs feel so compelled to spy on others (with or without the explicit egging on by the the Borg) just says something about the entire organization that is so sick, sick, sick. They tattle, they spy, they take notes so they can harm others, destroy families and shake up communities. So what if someone wants to fade or is there, active and not buying it? The borg should not be doing anything corporately or organizationally that can harm them, if leaked. And there is nothing that a JW can do to the organization to hurt it when they are showing up, counting hours and giving talks. If all half hearted JWs just disappeared, not many JWs would be left at all.
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  Egyptian Judoka Refuses Handshake After Losing to Israeli

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. current

  wow!

  talk about shunning...egyptian judoka refuses handshake after losing to israeli.

  “that is extremely rare in judo,” the american coach jimmy pedro said.

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  That's pretty rude. There is a lot of rudeness in the sports world, but it sure shows the world a lack of class and respect when one does it on the international stage of Olympic sports.

  There is a national dislike of Israel in Egypt. It's not about Jews as much as about Israel (and too many Muslims have not made that distinction, just like some non-Muslims haven't distinguished between Muslim and terrorist) They have some mutual animosity, but honestly, the Olympics are a place where all that nonsense is supposed to be set aside in the spirit of sportsmanship and cooperation.
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  Spanish-Language mosque is welcoming Latino converts.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the associated press by allan turner.. this is a interesting turn of events, people grounded in catholicism i'am surprised.. latinos now comprise almost 40 percent of the population in texas and 20 percent in the.

  u.s. pew reports that almost 1 in 4 identify themselves as former catholics.

  second half of the century, islam is projected to become the world's dominant religion.. now, with the opening early this year of centro islamico, texas'-and possibly the nation's-only.

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  JWdaughter

  There are people of all descents that come to our country and harm others. It only seems to matter when they are Muslim or Hispanic. I guess you can make of that what you will. A criminal Arab(or any variation of brown who might be assumed to be Muslim because of general origins but) who turns out to be Christian or something else quickly disappears from the headlines once their religion is confirmed to NOT be Muslim
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  Latest UPDATE UK Charity Commission investigation

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  latest update from 18 july 2016. good afternoon,.

  i am writing to give you a quick update about our ongoing statutory inquiries into safeguarding and charities linked to jehovah’s witnesses.. as you may know, one of our inquiries is into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.

  we opened this inquiry in 2014. watch tower then initiated what turned out to be protracted litigation against us.

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  JWdaughter

  Print newspapers are a dying breed-they will need other funding because the digital world has changed the face of journalism forever. About 9 years ago I lost a job in the newspaper industry as I was edged out by electronic proofs that made my boss's job much less personnel intensive and she could take on more of my pre-proofs job. . . which was bogus. I really loved working at the newspaper.:( It turns out that my entire department (originally 6 people) was eliminated ultimately, other than the supervisor.

  Printing is a business and any of you watching the WTBTS saga with the electronic age knows that internet is edging out the literal printed word in a very real way. If you look at electronic news-even "real" sites like the NY Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian---the spelling and grammar is a disgrace to journalism. It has changed our world.
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  Spanish-Language mosque is welcoming Latino converts.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the associated press by allan turner.. this is a interesting turn of events, people grounded in catholicism i'am surprised.. latinos now comprise almost 40 percent of the population in texas and 20 percent in the.

  u.s. pew reports that almost 1 in 4 identify themselves as former catholics.

  second half of the century, islam is projected to become the world's dominant religion.. now, with the opening early this year of centro islamico, texas'-and possibly the nation's-only.

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  JWdaughter

  I'm in Houston and we have a lot of Hispanic Muslims here. There is a jummah in Spanish here already, I think, but not a whole mosque. There is a Ladies Mosque in the works, too. "The pink mosque" which I think is kind of trite, but I guess it keeps it clear. . .
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  Watchtower requests sexual abuse suit to be dismissed

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.reformer.com/latestnews/ci_30235457/bellows-falls-jehovahs-witnesses-ask-court-toss-lawsuit.

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  JWdaughter

  I don't see how the WT is responsible for this case. If it happened to another child, that child might possibly, but even so. . .
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  Fooled me once--twice---ain't gonna happen thrice

  by eyeuse2badub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  fooled me once---shame on you!

  fooled me twice---shame on me!

  fooled me thrice---ain’t gonna ever happen!.

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  JWdaughter

  I'm sure that your marriage did a 180 once you started devoting all that time, love and attention to your spouse, instead of the organization. It's too bad that she is buying into their nonsense.

  If the marriage survived and moved on, I am sure you are not pulling the adultery card out whenever you disagree-or the marriage would not have survived. People, even those who love God (however they love God) can make a mistake and it doesn't make everything they do thereafter hypocritical if it is related to following their faith. It's a shame that some would think that alone should shut down any conversations. Obviously it is a part of your story, but it seems to be a lynchpin of YOU coming to your senses about the religion, not your wife. Was she DF'd? I ask because it seems that those who are DF'd and fight their way back in are all the more adamant about the non-truth after they are reinstated.
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  JW broadcasting and doubts

  by Colinconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone to cut a long story short, ive been away from the meetings for over 10 years.

  i recently reconnected with the congregation and started a study.

  cant get my head around all the changes and jw broadcasting.

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  JWdaughter

  Colin, my mom was an irregular attender until she had kids. Then she "got serious". Please don't do that to yourself or your children.

  My mom has 3 kids who don't believe as she does. She is regularly cutting one or the other of us (or our kids) off. It is a bully organization and I don't think she believes ANY of it other than that the JWs are better than the rest (lesser of the evils, I guess) For that, she has limited her life, her joy and her experience. Don't do that to you, your partner or your beautiful kids. You want to teach the about Jesus? You can teach them how to follow his good examples (beatitudes, etc) without teaching them to follow any religious doctrine. JWs and others don't get the difference between following Jesus and following a organization or men. Learn what Jesus had to say and leave off the rest of it. Its just religion, it has nothing to do with faith.
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  Trolley cart "witnessing" is getting ridiculous

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i really fail to see how much actual "witnessing" is occurring with the trolley carts.publishers, usually pioneers, just stand or sit there not engaging anyone and count their time.. the only thing i notice that it's accomplishing is brand exposure for jw.0rg so the public is exposed to the logo and literature/poster card headlines.. take for example this "evening" witnessing by a pioneer elder while on summer holiday/vacation.. .

  is this not a wth kinda moment when you consider the years of slaving, knocking on doors, business territory and bible studies we had to keep performing so we weren't branded a "weak" publisher?.

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  JWdaughter

  seriously, is this Photoshopped?