As no one has replied to you Shirley, I will just say thanks for the imfo.
Posts by alanv
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5384 Priests Defrocked Over Abuse in 2 Years
by ShirleyW inthe above is title taken directly from the nytimes.com and below is just a snippet of the article.. i specifically recall when my mother used to do the dial-in when she was sick, i heard a brother mention in the wt study make a comment about the catholic church and all the child molestations going on (knowing damn well that the same thing was going on in the borg) all i have to say is at least they're making an effort to get rid of the problem by getting rid of the offenders, instead of telling them to "study more" or go out the in preaching service to rid themselves of the problem.
"the vatican defrocked 260 priests for the sexual abuse of children in 2011 and 124 more in 2012 after the scandal exploded in europe and beyond and bishops forwarded hundreds of cases to the vatican, according to statistics compiled by the associated press.. the numbers were confirmed by the vatican on friday, and were based on statistics published in its annual reference books.
two vatican officials had the statistics in hand but never cited them when they defended the churchs handling of sexual abuse cases before a united nations panel in geneva on thursday.
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Did Jehovah God speak to Adam directly?
by pixel inthis is from genesis' bible highlights:.
wt says:.
3:8did jehovah god speak to adam directly?
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alanv
"Later they heard the voice of Jehovah God as he was walking in the garden about the breezy part of the day.
Now to me reading that, it looks like the writer of Genesis is saying God was walking in the garden. Is it just me or does it look like that to others too?
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Announcement made about me
by KariOtt inhubby informed me that an announcement was made to his congreation not to approach us when we are out together.
this was done at his request.
another way he can control me i guess.
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alanv
My son is a JW and I would love him to talk about the religion but he never does now because I always end up making good points to him that he can't answer. There are many points that a JW has no answer for, so maybe just drop them in now and again. Some topics you just go round and round in circles like the trinity, immortality etc, but some things they just cannot deny.
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Announcement made about me
by KariOtt inhubby informed me that an announcement was made to his congreation not to approach us when we are out together.
this was done at his request.
another way he can control me i guess.
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alanv
And they say they do not break up families lol. It must be horrible for you. But maybe you and your hubby can work round it by just avoiding religious topics. I really hope so for your sake.
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GB are rock stars!!!
by Separation of Powers inquick story to solidfy the current "rock star" status of the gb.. after they announced the congregation's district convention assignment, a couple of brothers were writing down the hotel contacts when one says, "this assembly is gonna be awesome, bro.
the annual meeting was just a taste, i hear the gb is preparing video discourses that can be played on the big screens at the convention.
gonna be awesome!".
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alanv
Theya are forever saying they are just ordinary witnesses and yet they travel thouisands of miles just to give a keynote address, just like a pop star on x fator will fly thousands of miles to appear on the show. Witnesses will flock to any assembly hall where they are appearing.
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"Peace and Security"!!!! JW.ORGs best and last chance for fulfilment.
by scotoma inin the old revelation book there was a section on the cry "peace and security.. "14 in recent years, politicians have used the phrase peace and security to describe various.
human schemes.
or was paul referring only to a specific event of such dramatic proportions.
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alanv
Throughout history there have been times when there is relative peace and security. If your scenario happens it is good but does nothing for other parts of the world that have their own troubles. Religion is still extremenly strong in some countries. Muslims are a good example, where young men line up to be suicide bombers to support their religious beliefs.
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2014 -2015 District Convention Theme - unofficial-
by WatchTower87 inunofficial theme:.
-the end (of watchtower) is near!
- lets kingdom come bis.
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alanv
''Praise Jehovah by printing your own words of truth''
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I mentioned the Candace Conti court case in a letter to a JW
by Xanthippe inso as i've written about this before.
an old friend of my late husband's suddenly contacted me out of the blue after over twenty years of shunning and we started writing.
i didn't know why she contacted me but i thought perhaps something had happened in the organisation to make her think, which is why i came on this forum in the first place.. she kept talking about her religion and basically 'witnessing' to me and i replied with just how long are we supposed to wait when it's been nearly 100 years since christ came into his kingdom.
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alanv
I stayed with the org years longer than I should have because of the great social life I was having. But in the end I could no longer live a lie.
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2013 Memorial Partakers - 12,604
by nicolaou inyep, the 2014 yearbook is available now folks.
have fun!
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alanv
Understandable how this mistake was made. The new service report this year is very late. Surely someone must have the full report from the 2014 yearbook
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QUESTIONS TO ASK JWs
by NAVYTOWN ina good question to ask a jw is: do you follow what the bible teaches or what the watchtower organization says?
then ask them to give you just one example of a doctrine in the bible, that they have ascertained through their individual bible study, that is different from what is taught by the watchtower.
of course, they cannot honestly answer without admitting that they do in fact follow the watchtower and not the actual bible.
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alanv
Most would say that it was Jehovah's Witnesses that got them interested in the bible, so any doctine found in the bible is taught by them.