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  Ghana jw.org call for retraction

  by mana11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we have read with interest the above front-page headline and its articlewhich was published on page 3 of your newspaper the chronicle of june 22, 2015. in the article, the writer, alfred adams of takoradi, reported that rebecca dankwa and her mother, believed to be worshipping at the jehovahs witnesses church, refused to accept blood transfusion on the grounds that their religion forbids blood transfusions, and she died as a result.. as representatives of jehovahs witnesses in ghana, we write to point out the misinformation contained in that report.

  our investigation into the matter has clearly established that the said rebecca dankwa was not one of jehovahs witnesses.

  since this person mentioned in the report was not one of jehovahs witnesses, we are at a loss as to why the name of jehovahs witnesses should be linked to the story.

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  If a person declines blood transfusion and also turns down any alternatives available, then the conclusion may well be reached that he is denying himself medical treatment. But this is not the case with Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ours is a choice of medical treatment and not a refusal of medical treatment. Does a patient not have the right to choose the form of treatment administered to him?

  Jehovah's Witnesses in Ghana are not only required by their religion to "abstain" from blood transfusions but according to the paragraph above they MUST also accept "alternatives available" in order to keep the Ghana Branch out of hot water with the government.

  "So they handed Br. Lett a Branch letter and he asked, what representation do you see on it? They answered- the Watchtower.org emblem. He answered, Give to the Watchtower what belongs to the Watchtower and to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. Then they asked, But Br. Lett, what do we have for ourselves? He answered with a wide grin, NOTHING."

  Frank
  
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  Splane and Morris Should Thank Raymond Franz, Their Organizational Father

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the whole elder body teaching and governing body teaching was based on research by a well known "apostate" raymond franz.

  franz wrote the aid book articles which gave rise to the changes made in the congregations and bethel.

  knorr was deposed by the johnny come lately new governing body members who in turn gave birth to those in charge today.

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  Knorr was what he was. Raymond Franz knew he was not one to throw him out for merely disagreeing.

  As for his new boy Bethel talks it is true that many "boys" who went to Bethel needed parenting. If their parents did not do it, Knorr would do it for them. He was not running a nursery.
  
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  Splane and Morris Should Thank Raymond Franz, Their Organizational Father

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the whole elder body teaching and governing body teaching was based on research by a well known "apostate" raymond franz.

  franz wrote the aid book articles which gave rise to the changes made in the congregations and bethel.

  knorr was deposed by the johnny come lately new governing body members who in turn gave birth to those in charge today.

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  In his book, Crisis of Conscience, Raymond Franz wrote that if Knorr had still been alive he doubted he would have been treated as he was.

  I leave it to others to judge what that means.
  
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  Do you have a JW hero?

  by Island Man in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i say jw hero i mean a jw who courageously did what was right despite the indoctrination and peer pressure to conform to cultishness.

  i have an unknown jw hero that i've never met but only heard of from an experience relayed to me about an incident at a jw funeral.. i was told that at a jw funeral internment, a non-jw put a wreath in the shape of a cross on the grave.

  shortly thereafter a jw elder came up and removed the wreath.

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  I'm still in and know quite a few brothers who have either bent or broke a rule in order to help someone in the congregation. They are in the minority but are there nonetheless. Speaking casually to a disfellowshipped brother or sister at the KH is a heroic act, imo. Displaying mercy even when the Watchtower is against it is also a heroic act. Saying nothing when a parent is secretly associating with a disfellowshipped son who does not live at home is loving and, in the JW religion, also heroic.

  Frank
  
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  Like Shooting Fish In a Barrel...

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the jw broadcasting barrel that is.

  easy to do.

  too easy.

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  Truth is in Christ. All we do is repeat what he taught.

  There is no light outside of Christ's teachings. None.
  
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  Do you have a JW hero?

  by Island Man in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i say jw hero i mean a jw who courageously did what was right despite the indoctrination and peer pressure to conform to cultishness.

  i have an unknown jw hero that i've never met but only heard of from an experience relayed to me about an incident at a jw funeral.. i was told that at a jw funeral internment, a non-jw put a wreath in the shape of a cross on the grave.

  shortly thereafter a jw elder came up and removed the wreath.

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  Elders who put brotherly love before organizational rule keeping are all heroes in my book. I've known plenty.

  Frank
  
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  Like Shooting Fish In a Barrel...

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the jw broadcasting barrel that is.

  easy to do.

  too easy.

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  By telling the truth.
  
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  Who was Jesus?

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  who/what do you think jesus was?

  and how did you arrive at that conclusion?

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  Jesus is God's Son.

  He is beautiful as the sun and just as dangerous toward those who hypocritically claim to represent him.
  
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  Anthony Morris III: "...we cannot control everything that an individual might say..."

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i noticed that anthony morris iii just said on the broadcast: "while we cannot control everything that an individual might say, it is clear that over the decades protecting children from abuse is a top priority for this organization.".

  that, in my opinion, is a direct response to the richard ashe "spiritual protection not physical protection" deposition.. here's a video putting the two statements side by side.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgevpuyn7gy.

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  Anthony Morris "the great" cannot control his own mouth much less that of others.
  
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  Splane and Morris Should Thank Raymond Franz, Their Organizational Father

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the whole elder body teaching and governing body teaching was based on research by a well known "apostate" raymond franz.

  franz wrote the aid book articles which gave rise to the changes made in the congregations and bethel.

  knorr was deposed by the johnny come lately new governing body members who in turn gave birth to those in charge today.

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  The whole Elder Body teaching and Governing Body teaching was based on research by a well known "apostate" Raymond Franz. Franz wrote the AID book articles which gave rise to the changes made in the congregations and Bethel. Knorr was deposed by the johnny come lately new governing body members who in turn gave birth to those in charge today.

  Thus Splane and Morris owe their positions to a famous "apostate". Can't think of a better reason to rethink the whole sad governing body system.

  From a JW point of view, that is.

  Frank