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  The ends of empires

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
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  i’ve been reading up on the last days of the roman empire.

  the rule became a tetrarchy; by four regional emperors or caesars.

  the emperors had these necessary concerns; they always gave first consideration to the security of their own positions followed by the annual extraction of taxes and their territorial authority.

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  "Yes some old man who looked like professor Cory..........." - new boy
  
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  watchtower lapel pins

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been noticing lots of these pins on lapels.

  i could almost understand the jwdotorg pin because the new mantra is to go to the website.

  but why on earth are they sporting a building?

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  'Get 'em while their hot! Hurry...hurry...hurry......step right up and get yours today. If you can't beat 'em, you might as well join 'em!'
  
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  The JW governing body are all overweight, creepy looking little men

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  having seen a few of these tv productions and some youtube clips of their assembly parts, how can jehovah's witnesses really take these silly little men seriously?.

  you take one look at them; their overweight, fat little bodies.

  their entirely shabby, overhanging suits.

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  My sister calls them a group of unmanly, mamby-pamby milquetoasts. She says that there is nothing 'manly or masculine' about the entire lot of them.............
  
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  2 questions about Warwick

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have two questions about warwick.

  see the picture included.

  1) at the other side of the lake you see other buildings.

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  Thanks for the correction, George One Time. So much for me trusting a GOOGLE search for 'Images of Soviet Style Housing'! (Lesson learned!)The image is of Amsterdam Bijlmermeer. I stand corrected and if it were possible I would remove my post.
  
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  Honest Questions About Child Abuse

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have two honest questions for everyone here.

  i understand that most here want retribution from the courts against watchtower for child abuse allegations.

  but let us take away the instances where someone was accused of child abuse and then later put back into a position of authority, such as an elder or an ms. let us just take the cases where a regular publisher or even an appointed person, with no previous accusation of child abuse has come up against that person.

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  Richard Oliver, as you continue to pursue your 'degree' as an 'armchair lawyer', I am sure that you would like to widen out in your understanding of what direction the American legal field is heading in regards to the 'clergy's fiduciary duty' towards it's parishioners. scratchme 1010 has pointed you in the right direction. The following article may clear up some of your 'misunderstanding' in regards to the subject at hand:

  www.law.msu.edu/king/2003/2003_Evans.pdf
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  watchtower lapel pins

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been noticing lots of these pins on lapels.

  i could almost understand the jwdotorg pin because the new mantra is to go to the website.

  but why on earth are they sporting a building?

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  "They have repeatedly informed witnesses not to make or wear these items with either a watchtower logo or the jw.org logo." - Richard Oliver

  Apparently, a Caleb and Sophia pin is sanctioned as ok to wear.........especially if you are married to a member of the Governing Body!
  
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  watchtower lapel pins

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been noticing lots of these pins on lapels.

  i could almost understand the jwdotorg pin because the new mantra is to go to the website.

  but why on earth are they sporting a building?

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  Hey........If it's good enough for the Mormons, it's good enough for Jehovah's Witnesses!
  
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  2 questions about Warwick

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have two questions about warwick.

  see the picture included.

  1) at the other side of the lake you see other buildings.

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  It sort of reminds me of Communist housing of the 50's, 60's and 70's in the Soviet block of nations.
  
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  Honest Questions About Child Abuse

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have two honest questions for everyone here.

  i understand that most here want retribution from the courts against watchtower for child abuse allegations.

  but let us take away the instances where someone was accused of child abuse and then later put back into a position of authority, such as an elder or an ms. let us just take the cases where a regular publisher or even an appointed person, with no previous accusation of child abuse has come up against that person.

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  Jeremiah 10:23 - "...It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step."

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been accused recently of "trying to direct my own step" because of my questioning the org and refusing to come back to the "truth" for the past 6 years.

  i personally still believe in god, i just doubt that he is behind the jw org, that's all.

  why is that so hard for jw's to understand?

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  paternalism: 1: a system under which an authority undertakes to supply needs or regulate conduct of those under its control in matters affecting them as individuals as well as in their relations to authority and to each other. - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

  The Jehovah's Witness collectivist culture is a religious, social and political (internally and not in regards to the human race at large) system built entirely upon the principles of paternalism. Those in 'authority' base their 'authority' on the Bible as the 'ultimate moral code' . Therefore, the self appointed 'authorities' (Governing Body, Elders, Ministerial Servants etc., etc., etc.) are totally convinced that what they do in their respective positions (whether it is objectively harmful or not) is 'for your own good'. While they fool themselves into thinking that they are 'helping' the individual, they are really 'protecting' the group and advancing it's interests.