sparky1

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Watchtower's response to Royal Commission shows they have learned nothing and will do nothing
by wannaexit in
1. jw
2. friends
i've quickly read through watchtower's submission to the royal commission.

seems like they aren't planning to change policy anytime soon.

they are critical of how the royal commission handled the situation.. the tone is of the submission is shear arrogance.
sparky1

"They don't require two witnesses to fornication. Hypocrites." - slimboyfat
I'm glad you brought this up. When I went to Bethel entrants school, one of the examples that we were supposed to "judge' on was whether or not to disfellowship someone who stayed overnight in a house or apartment with someone of the opposite sex alone. The consensus was that they should be disfellowshipped because............what else would they being doing behind closed doors alone? I was mad as hell because I thought that no one could judge another persons motive or know what their behavior was without being present. At any rate, I haven't looked at a 'Flock' book in years. If that is still in there as a disfellowshipping offense,, someone should point out to the Royal Commission that Jehovah's Witnesses DO NOT ALWAYS REQUIRE two witnesses to a sin. Some of it is left up to the imagination.
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How Many JWs Really Believe Everything They Are Told?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i think that 80% of jws do not truly believe in what they are taught .

the vast majority stay in because of family, friends, ignorance and a lack of caring about any of the facts regarding the "truth".

many people are lazy.
sparky1

"I think the elite in the org don't believe 100%" - Hoser YA THINK!
This is a 'compound' owned by a 3rd generation Elder. Both he and his wife work.
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2015-11-18-BOE--Credits to jwfacts!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
thanks to mr. jwfacts we now have a copy of this letter.

i would have posted it on his thread but there was already 2 pages of replies and i didn't think the link would be seen.. thank you again mr. facts!.

.. click the green download button.. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/bbduxaa.
sparky1
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An elder bought my son a suit
by Clambake in
1. jw
2. experiences
i guess being two months old and coming to the kh in his onesee was kind of offensive .

how rude of me.

i am thinking about returning to him.
sparky1

Get 'em while they're young! Clothes do make the man.
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ATT: WARNING
by EJ257 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
please be aware of everything that is happening around the world at this moment in time.

this goes to anyone, ex-communicated, removed, serving, believer and non.

at this point in my observations i have realized many religions/ideologies know there is some sort "end of time" or a transition into a new order of living in this earth.
sparky1

What can you read into this? - mana11
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Many, many, turkeys and parsnips! 'Tis the season after all.
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ATT: WARNING
by EJ257 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
please be aware of everything that is happening around the world at this moment in time.

this goes to anyone, ex-communicated, removed, serving, believer and non.

at this point in my observations i have realized many religions/ideologies know there is some sort "end of time" or a transition into a new order of living in this earth.
sparky1

EJ257, Is that you Harold? I thought you died back in 2013.
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Paradise sharks will eat seaweed and lions will eat pineapples...What ?? Dinosaurs ate patatoes!!!
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
yes my friends if you went to "witness college" you would know dinosaurs before "eden" ate tomatoes.

and in paradise snakes will give tender kisses to your ankles!!

what would david attenborough animal expert think of this nonsense.
sparky1

I call bullshit.................Dunedain
At the very least, I call dinosaur shit!
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ATT: WARNING
by EJ257 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
please be aware of everything that is happening around the world at this moment in time.

this goes to anyone, ex-communicated, removed, serving, believer and non.

at this point in my observations i have realized many religions/ideologies know there is some sort "end of time" or a transition into a new order of living in this earth.
sparky1

I MEAN IT (tm)
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ATT: WARNING
by EJ257 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
please be aware of everything that is happening around the world at this moment in time.

this goes to anyone, ex-communicated, removed, serving, believer and non.

at this point in my observations i have realized many religions/ideologies know there is some sort "end of time" or a transition into a new order of living in this earth.
sparky1

'It's deja vu all over again.' - Yogi Berra
I MEAN IT
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"Don't think too much...."
by Tornintwo in
1. jw
2. friends
a couple of middle aged jw sisters dropped round unannounced the other day, they were only being kind i suppose, after some awkward silences i voiced a couple of my issues with the religion, (the safe ones), sort of an explanation as to why i'm no longer attending, namely: everyone else will die, lack of support for young ones, mistreatment/judgementalism by prominent ones who get away with it because 'they're imperfect and we have to wait on jehovah' etc.

well, after sympathizing and telling me horror stories about awful elders and their own kids' issues in the past (how some left the truth, had bitter divorces from fellow witnesses etc) they then begged me to 'come back to jehovah', 'he misses me' apparently.

finally, the more pushy one summed it up with 'you're thinking too much, it's not good for you', 'some issues you just have to put in a drawer and forget about....'.. hmm nice reasoning sisters, theocratic school training at its finest!
sparky1

"In science, it's dangerous to lie; if discovered, the liar is cast out of the group as a faker and fraud. In religion......,it's dangerous to tell the truth: if discovered, the truth-teller is cast out of the group as a heretic and a traitor." - Thomas Szasz