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  New Youtube video using the page and video from WT site

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  here's my take on the video from the society about child abuse.

  thanks to those who posted the links and downloads that made it possible.

  i used the letter that fatfreak received from the lady on the video.

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  dust

  The link is still on the VNR page. Right column, Child Abuse: "Progressive Understanding".
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  "They (WT) took me out of context", Gail Bethea-Jackson video

  by Fatfreek in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this is too important to bury within an old thread.

  that thread hashed over several items of interest which you may want to read by way of a refresher: .

  is gail bethea-jackson truly a doctor as the watchtower site claims?

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  dust

  Now what we need, is a statement from Gail Bethea-Jackson on her own site. Showing JW's a statement that we read on JWD is not a good idea... :-/
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  Feb 15th Watchtower Study Edition - NEW LIGHT - Article in PDF

  by AlphaOmega in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the generation seeing the sign .

  ' previously, this journal has explained that in the first century, "this generation" mentioned at matthew 24:34 meant "the contemporaneous generation of unbelieving jews.

  not the whole magazine, but this is the new light article.. .

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  dust

  Thanks!
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  New *SPECIAL* Awake! - Can you trust the bible?

  by kwintestal in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  special issue ... did you get it?.

  i got it yesterday.

  i haven't had a chance to read it yet though, but i will and will cut it apart.

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/142851/1.ashx
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  My letter to NBC about Watchtower's rebuttal

  by Fatfreek in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i tried to copy this letter into firefox's xinha editor but there were too many conflicts.

  i decided to paste into microsoft word, then print to pdf.

  let me know if you have problems .

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  dust

  It's quite bold of the WTS to emphasise this quote:

  People didn't have the body of knowledge 18 or 20 years ago to say that this is something that will harm your child emotionally, if you don't address it. Parents didn't know the seriousness ... and the long-term effects.

  ... when their own amagazine Awake! 6/22 1982 says on p. 8 (about child pornography):

  But the children used in it are harmed

  And on p. 10:

  Incest is probably the most selfish and reprehensible kind of child abuse. It is a grotesque violation of the child's trust and dependency. It is the child's closest protector that is turning on it. And the child is a damaged victim.
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  My letter to NBC about Watchtower's rebuttal

  by Fatfreek in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i tried to copy this letter into firefox's xinha editor but there were too many conflicts.

  i decided to paste into microsoft word, then print to pdf.

  let me know if you have problems .

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  dust

  The video: http://www.jw-media.org/vnr/2122827332/717263.htm
  
  But which page at www.jw-media.org is it linked from? I couldn't find it at the "Video News Releases" page, although I found another related video there.
  
  Edited to add: I found it. :)
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  2008 Jan 1st Watchtower PUBLIC EDITION searchable PDF

  by AlphaOmega in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  again, as before, many many thanks to fokyc for the scans; i've pdf'd them and made them searchable.. there is mention of 1914 in this edition and mention of 144,000. .

  i'll make no more comments until you've had a chance to read it.. we thought it might be interesting to compare the new formats (study vs public).

  http://www.sendspace.com/file/mb3ggx.

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  dust

  Many thanks to both of you!
  
  p. 8:

  The presence is invisible to human eyes. Remember, Jesus discussed the sign of his presence. (Matthew 24:3) If his presence were visible to human eyes, would a sign be needed? To illustrate: Imagine that you are traveling to see the ocean. You may see road signs directing you along the way, but once you are at the shore, standing at the water's edge with the vast expanse of water stretching out to the horizon, would you expect to see a sign with a big arrow pointing ahead, emblazoned with the word "Ocean"? Of course not! Why have a sign to point out what you can easily identify with your eyes?

  Actually, this is a good analogy of Matthew 24: Yes, in verse 3 the sign is mentioned. Then Jesus explains the signs that point forward to his coming, and in verse 30b-31 he arrives in a dramatic way that does not remain unnoticed and would certainly not need a big arrow saying "Jesus". However, this implies (contrary to WT teachings) that the ocean (i.e. Jesus) is actually at the shore and not along the road.
  
  Also, I truly love verse 23, cf. Luke 21:8.
  
  p. 15:

  Evolution presents modern man as an improving animal.

  No, it doesn't. It presents man as a changing animal.
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  Now it is real: Generation U-turn

  by pElE the King in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello folks, .

  i've been alway for long time!

  i am currently living in london with my family.

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  dust

  So, the Bible is a riddle.
  
  riddle: a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.
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  Why are we telling Iran they can't have nukes?

  by mavie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watching the democratic debates i was struck how every candidate, save dennis kucinich, pledged to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

  iran is a sovereign state, diplomacy which ends in 'you can't have this, but we can' will not work.

  what would happen if another country told us we couldn't have nukes?

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  dust

  We all know that the only country that is qualified to have nukes is the one that has shown that they know how to use them. ;)
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  I know another poster!!!

  by purplesofa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think this poster and i met online in 2001. early 2002, a jw girlfriend of mine came over from australia, i had a "get-together" at my house for some of us chatters from about.com.

  i think that is where we chatted then.

  i am not sure if it was shut down at that time or not.

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  dust

  I always think it's fun when purplesofa writes things like this:

  Two have slept on the purple sofa!!!