if jws want to inflict shunning on members who want to remain -- knock yourselves out.
but if someone wants to leave - dont believe in an evil almighty god, bible ...or just dont agree with the rules- they should be free to leave- even after being 'disfellowshipped'.
i think it was pre 1980 that you could disassociate yourself without shunning repercussions.
jehovahs don't go that far - they do not commit physical violence or even threaten physical violence - so it cannot be called abuse in that sense
Mental abuse is just as damaging.
Jehovahs witnesses are not exempt from physical abuse either, they demand you to die rather than take a blood transfusion and if you disobey them you'll lose your entire family. That is physical abuse and mental abuse.
if jws want to inflict shunning on members who want to remain -- knock yourselves out.
but if someone wants to leave - dont believe in an evil almighty god, bible ...or just dont agree with the rules- they should be free to leave- even after being 'disfellowshipped'.
i think it was pre 1980 that you could disassociate yourself without shunning repercussions.
In Australia we have anti bullying laws in organisations. Shunning and exclusion is included in these laws. The only problem is that religious organisations are exempt from these laws. if we have anti bullying policies for work and school then this should also extend to religions. Jehovah's Witnesses and Scientology and any other harmful cult should be threatened with loss of charity status and tax exemptions if they don't comply with basic human rights. if they want to mandate shunning sure go ahead but the government should not subsidise or give tax exemptions to them. If watchtower uses coercion so can the government 😉.
Oh as for media not being interested in the shunning policies of Jehovahs witnesses, I disagree.... Keep your eyes open because there will be more exposure re shunning in Australia.
i am agnostic.
i will count how many agnostics, atheists and christians that are reading this forum regularly.
please answer my question.
Agnostic...... And loving it!!
notice the 144000 can be counted and they all come from israel.. 9 after this i saw, and look!
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues,*+ standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes;+ and there were palm branches in their hands.+ .
this great crowd, no man was able to number, and they come from every nation!
Noah's ark 😂😂😂😂 oh good lord can't believe people actually believe this story. Noah went to Australia, the Americas, south pacific Islands to preach that they will die of they don't travel to the middle east and get on his ark! How did he build that ark? Could of it possible hold millions of people, how did the kangaroos and coyotes get on it. What happened to all that methane gas? 😂😂😂 you do realise that indigenous people existed pre Noah's ark. Apparently they were killed as well?
notice the 144000 can be counted and they all come from israel.. 9 after this i saw, and look!
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues,*+ standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes;+ and there were palm branches in their hands.+ .
this great crowd, no man was able to number, and they come from every nation!
"Imagine Noah building the ark. Everyone laughs at him. Thinking their is no such thing as rain. They see Noah go into the ark and door closes. He doesn't come out for days. Everyone back then thought he was a fool, until it started raining"
That story never happened 😂
Oh dear A believer doesn't understand using the Bible and Bible stories to tell me what will happen to me is like me telling you Santa Claus is real and he lives in the north pole
notice the 144000 can be counted and they all come from israel.. 9 after this i saw, and look!
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues,*+ standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes;+ and there were palm branches in their hands.+ .
this great crowd, no man was able to number, and they come from every nation!
A Believer. Idle threats?!?! 150 years predicting Armageddon and it has never come yay I truly believe you and your cult leaders that I'll be annihilated at Armageddon 😂😂😂
Let's see pedophile Jehovahs witnesses will be saved by jerkhovah because they are in his organisation, billions of good people will be killed because they don't believe in your God and cult......
Don't you understand your imaginary threats mean nothing to me. I don't believe in you and your cult and i don't believe in the book you place your beliefs In. so threatening me with annihilation from your evil God is like me telling you Santa is real 😱
notice the 144000 can be counted and they all come from israel.. 9 after this i saw, and look!
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues,*+ standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes;+ and there were palm branches in their hands.+ .
this great crowd, no man was able to number, and they come from every nation!
Can you not spam this site with cult advertising? It's kind of a trigger for those who have lost loved ones through shunning from the mandate of this cult.
Cheers.
notice the 144000 can be counted and they all come from israel.. 9 after this i saw, and look!
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues,*+ standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes;+ and there were palm branches in their hands.+ .
this great crowd, no man was able to number, and they come from every nation!
Oh A believer I have read that book of middle eastern whackery all of my life.
Santa clause is a better character than Jehovah, at least Santa clause doesn't kill innocent people or is vengeful because people don't worship him.
Isn't Santa clause wonderful 💕
notice the 144000 can be counted and they all come from israel.. 9 after this i saw, and look!
a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues,*+ standing before the throne and before the lamb, dressed in white robes;+ and there were palm branches in their hands.+ .
this great crowd, no man was able to number, and they come from every nation!
The 144,000 from the tribes of Israel, virgin men......... Looks like you skipped that part and also the part where the great crowd is seen in heaven.. But hey thats not what watchtower teaches so you can't agree with the Bible.
No Jehovah is not great............
Santa is greater 😄
hey everyone.
so a few weeks back i getva knock at the door, i could tell they were jw immediately, its always obvious.
i think its just a regular door knock but at 5.30pm i did think it weird.
They can't dissasociate you if you have never been baptised. Don't worry your are safe unlike me or others who were baptised as children and have that idle threat over us at all times
