for many who have left jw.org, there is still a spiritual need and faith in the bible.
beroean pickets is one group/website where serious bible research and commentary, weekly critical reviews of wt studies, as well expose's of flawed wt opinion/doctrine- all backed by the bible- can be considered.
this vast amount of work and research is all done by just a small group of our volunteer brothers and sisters.
I agree with nowwhat? I'm surprised too that it's taken years for them to clamp down on dissenters like Eric from within the ranks, especially those who attract others who are also in-house.
Of course, this will have no negative repercussions in the world at large, and the org will keep going just fine.
i just saw this picture on a jw facebook page.
i'm just shaking my head at what lengths they will go to just to count time.
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SERIOUSLY out-of-uniform! What would Gerrit Lösch think?
california senator jerry hill's bill, sb 360, passed the public safety committee at the capitol building in sacramento, california, this morning without opposition.
out of eight senators in the committee, three senators excused themselves, and five voted for the bill.
http://calchannel.granicus.com/mediaplayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=6064&fbclid=iwar2adhuxflh8m6qz9nxjqaoulyyxyahx6b0wctzijphaajav_9dnddpq29i move the time marker to 57:20 where the discussion of sb 360 starts.. senate bill 360 requires clergy to report child abuse and neglect under any circumstancess.
Thanks for this info. It will be interesting to watch its course. I wonder if groups like the RC church would oppose it or even seek to have its constitutionality questioned.
if so pm me about it and we maybe able to compare notes .simon may be interested otherwise ignore this post ..
If you decide to meet this person, be sure use an alias like Geoffrey Sanderson, Anthony Splane, or Gerritt Herd III.
just read this interesting news at jw.org.
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SBF, fakes and even Photoshop have been around for years now.
"how will we be able to trust anything in the world? .... How will society function? ... this could be a real threat to life and civilisation as we know it."
The sky is not falling. The world is not collapsing. Calm down.
i have just been informed that there is a 'special letter' to be read at the meetings week of feb 3,2019 in canada.
anybody heard of this!!
just a heads-up!
Wow, tearing down a KH in order to sell the land it's on? Is that a new step? Since the land would be worth more with the building on it, what's up with this?
those wanting a copy of this file.
https://docdro.id/fllorzffile example:4. circuit overseer assistance arrangement: in harmony with the announcement to the congregation, please arrange for a resolution to be put to the congregation, authorising payment from congregation funds equivalent to £4.50/€5.00 per congregation publisher for the 2019 service year.
if the body of elders believes the suggested amount would impose a hardship on the congregation, the resolved amount can be adjusted accordingly.. .
Tithing while calling it not tithing. Where have we seen this before?
Thanks for the link.
i remember reading this site and wondering how much of ttatt the writer(s) knew.
now i just found these series of you tube videos by the writer.
leaving jehovah's witnesses: "religion is a snare and a racket".
my younger brother, the one who sued the wts, had his girls kidnapped parentally by their mother.
it took several years to get them back, and they're finally back with him and safe, and recovering from all of the trauma.
i was working on this case nonstop for a very long time.. now, unfortunately i have a custody case my very own.
Wow, avishai has even brought Outlaw out of the woods—what power! Outlaw, miss your humor...
a study of religious retention rates–that is, what percentage of people raised in a particular church or religion stay with it when they are grown–is quite interesting.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2012/07/religious-retention-rates/.
jdubs have alittle over 36%.
From experience I think that the Witness retention rate is far below 37%. I remember one CO saying in the late 1980s that it was more like 10%. Perhaps more are staying in now?
As for the Mormons, I once told a prominent Mormon chap in Utah that an Evangelical man told me that about 50% of their youth stayed in the faith. The Mormon chap said, "50%—that would be wonderful!" The point is that he felt far less than 50% of raised-in LDS stayed.
One must wonder about this data. Very likely a significant number in their data base were people who had left being active members of the faith but still identified with it when asked about their religion.
