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  Are people free to leaving the Witnesses, and shunning.

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  2. beliefs

  is it true, as bro jackson testified to the australian royal commission, that people can leave the religion freely?.

  in my own case, yes.

  i just stopped going and was never announced as ''no longer one of jw's''.

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  alanv

  I simply faded as well, but when my JW friends asked me why I had left, instead of simply saying well thats fine you are allowed your own view on this, they simply shunned me. That was 20 years ago, and they still do it.
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  JW.Org claims they have fullfilled Jesus command to preach in all the inhabited earth.Have they really done that ? I dont think so.

  by smiddy in

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  2. beliefs

  apart from the fact that they have mainly followed in the footsteps of christendom before them what virgin territories have they ever gone to that christendom before them has not gone to .

  i would think none.. how many lands ,countrys ,are their that they have never made any significant inroads into ?.

  we are not talking about token service in any of these countrys in major cities , but a real door to door witness to every individual householder that gets it every few months as in western lands.. some that i can think of : north korea ,mainland china , bangladesh ,india , pakistan , jordan , israel , iran , syria ,burma ( sorry cant think of the new name ).

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  alanv

  Nearly everything they say, you will find an opposite statement somewhere in their literature. That way whatever happens they can say it was right what they wrote.

  The above is one example and another one, is where they say how bad the world is getting with more wars and violence, then somewhere else they will say the bible says there will be a cry of peace and security before the end.
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  Who is a real friend?

  by googleTTATT in

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  2. friends

  i'm asking this because when i was a jehovah's witness, i thought i had real friends..

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  alanv

  They most certainly are not true friends. True friends would always allow you to think for yourself and understand you wont agree on everything. As soon as any JW decides to leave the organisation, they are cut off immediately by their former ''good friends''
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  Dont worry folk the watchtower dont think the end of the world will be any time soon

  by pepperheart in

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  2. beliefs

  re the chairs for 1000s video if the watchtower thought the end of the world was so close why did they have people spend 1000s of hours messing with chairs when they could have been doing field service????

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  alanv

  They even have an answer to that charge. They say they dont know exactly when God will intervene, so they just carry on as normal.
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  Covering the territory

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how often are jws trying to cover a given territory nowadays?.

  logically, they should be trying to cover the territory more and more often the closer armageddon gets, but it seems to me i see them out far less often than i used to..

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  alanv

  One third of the world has never even heard the JW message. This is clearly seen by reading the service report each year in the Yearbook. In countries where witnesses do cover their territory regularly, most people have no idea at all what the JW message is. All most people know is that they dont take blood, dont celebrate birthdays and Christmas, plus a growing number now know about the JWs awful child sex abuse policies.
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  Not Inspired, Not Infallible

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it occurred to me this morning while one the train to work that jw's, including my family, use the following weasel phrases to excuse the errors they've made over the years:.

  "god uses imperfect men".

  "jesus didn't say he'd give perfect spiritual food".

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  alanv

  It's also not the first time they have said this. JWs except the fact that the governing body have made some mistakes, but as good sheep they still follow every word that is spoken to them. In their mind it makes perfect sense.
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  Australian Congregations announce Child Safeguarding Policy is available upon request

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this week all congregations in australia have been instructed to make the following announcement:.

  if a member of the congregation would like a copy of the child safeguarding policy of jehovah’s witnesses in australia, please see the coordinator of the body of elders or the secretary.. .

  childsafeguardingpolicy-eau.pdf.

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  alanv

  Surely this document should be available on the jwdotorg website. As has been said many JWs simply would not ask to see it as they will be flagged up as a possible trouble maker.
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  How do you find out which kh territory you're in?

  by rebel8 in

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  2. friends

  these douche bags left a memorial invitation in my door today, after i have already told them point blank, "do not come to this property ever again," which was months after my trespassing letter.. how dumb can people possibly be?

  is there such a thing as an iq below zero?.

  so i want to send a 2nd letter with the tract ripped up inside, so i will have a 2nd receipt showing another attempt to get them to leave me alone.. how do i know which hall's territory i am in?

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  There may well have been a note in the JW map of your road, but often those notes can get overlooked or the witness just forgets about the 'do not call' as they are too busy chatting with their partner all round the territory.
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  Stephen Lett looks like a crazed maniac in the March JW broadcast

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  are people taking this man seriously?

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  he looks genuinely mentally ill. .

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  Business Slow at JW Literature Trolley

  by Athanasius in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday i stopped at a local shopping center to pick up a few things.

  i arrived at 9:45 am and two jw ladies had already set up their literature trolley and had opened for business.

  but i didn't see anyone stopping by and taking advantage of their free literature.

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  I am in UK, and often see them out with their carts. Not once have I seen anyone remotely interested as they walk by. Once there was an old friend of mine who is an elder with a sister, and he looked so miserable His whole body language was saying I really dont want to be here. I called over to him to say hi, and in fact I had to call him a second time before he eventually woke up from his little world and said a reluctant hi back to me.

  Most times when I see the JWs with their carts they are playing with their phones, so not even looking at passing people.