"The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has today held its first preliminary hearing on the investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse involving Lord Greville Janner and the institutional responses to those allegations."

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Where's my invitation to the Memorial? What the hell!

by ToesUp in

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a carload of jw's worked our street today.

obviously they are doing the invites to the memorial.

of course, we didn't answer.. 1 ring, 2 seconds at the door (that's all we get?

fokyc

They don't even knock or ring when passing my place!

They just look at a bit of paper in their hand and pass on by.

THEY made me a 'do not call'; aren't they kind.

I didn't want to go to their memorial anyway.

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The "most honest people" on earth....?

by stuckinarut2 in

have we noticed how often the society uses comments like this?.

"jehovah's witnesses are the most honest people...etc".

while it may be true that witnesses as a whole are decent, law abiding people, are they truely "honest" when the very foundation of beliefs are based on mistruths?.

fokyc

The Elders in my wife's congo are the biggest liars I have ever met!

They are certainly NOT the most honest people anywhere.

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what buzz word from the jw's do you hate & why?

by Sabin in

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so my hubby has been on a bit of a roll about the jdubs, we were talking a lot about them & he said the buzz word he hate's the most is "worldly" why?

because he say's "with that one word they have condemned (according to their believes) a person as being worthy of nothing but death.

".

fokyc

All of the above and:-

"Qualified"

"Spirit appointed"

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What TV shows were forbidden in your JW household?

by Funchback in

in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.

it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.

the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..

fokyc

millie210 asked:-

Does anyone remember ET being mentioned in an Awake?

Yes it was 1983

*** g83 7/8 p. 27 Christ or E.T.? ***

..."E.T. may be a skillfully constructed and highly entertaining movie. But it provides no substitute for our True Friend, Jesus Christ, who saves us from this dying, wicked world. After all, E.T. is make-believe. Christ is reality."

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Non JW Related Survey Help. How to start one and preferably free. Any advise would be great. Tia

by Amelia Ashton in

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hope this is ok simon.

i am hoping you wonderful people can help as this group is the best for most things in life not just our shared jw experience.. as many of you know since leaving jwdom i have become totally involved in exotic hedgehogs and now run my own rescue for them.

there is a horrible hereditary disease called wobbly hedgehog syndrome that has appeared in the uk.

fokyc

This might help:-

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/#/

http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/

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JW Expressions We Hate

by Socrateswannabe in

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i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

" who talks like that?

they must be relics of the fred franz era.

fokyc

'A suitably qualified brother'!
At the Kingdom Hall today a brother said!

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You Are Unsuitable!

by Divergent in

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today's text -.

sunday, january 24. they collected the fine ones into containers, but the unsuitable they threw away.—matt.

13:48.. understanding the lesson of this illustration helps us to avoid being overly distraught or disappointed if a bible student or one of our children does not make the truth his own.

fokyc

I was unsuitable for nearly 60 years. I tried to keep going for my wifes' sake.

In JW parlance I was also NOT qualified to do anything!

Some years ago when Bristol Assembly Hall, UK was being built, I volunteered for weeding - I wasn't even suitable for that!

DF'd 3 years now - I never will be suitable for the JW Organisation.

Fokyc

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Daily Express article discussing June Watchtower ''Rise of ISIS and earthquakes are WARNINGS before ARMAGEDDON destroys Earth''

by defender of truth in

however, according to a group that publishes research about jehovah's witnesses, which is a religion practiced in 240 countries, the creed has a history of prematurely warning of the "end" - before trying to erase such pronouncements from its history.. .

monitors point to several previous predictions, such as a forewarning of armageddon in 1914 although jehovah's witnesses later claimed they had foreseen the outbreak of the first world war, which began in the same year.. .

a spokesman for website jwfacts.com said: "one of the most misleading statements in watchtower publications is that they accurately foretold 1914 to be the 'start' of the conclusion of this system of things.. .

fokyc

May edition - NOT June.

fokyc

Posts by fokyc

They don't even knock or ring when passing my place!

They just look at a bit of paper in their hand and pass on by.

THEY made me a 'do not call'; aren't they kind.

I didn't want to go to their memorial anyway.