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  So Proud of Pops

  by brandnew in

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  ok so a car pulls up to the house and 3 eldurrs from my dads congo come up.

  they come in and have thee nerve to ask me to step out so they can speak to pops!!!!

  this is the good part.....pops says...and i quote " whatever needs to be said..can be said in front of my son".

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  Your Pop wasn`t intimidated and neither were you , well done father & Son , a great team effort .

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  X-Men Apocalypse & Yahweh

  by smiddy in

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  i have watched the trailer for this movie , and the bad guy in this makes the statement something like this, when asked who are you ?

  his reply , i have been called many names over time , and yahweh was one of them .. will jw.org ban the jdubs from seeing it ?

  being not suitable for a christian ?

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  Why haven`t Marvel Comics or whoever made a movie about Captain Marvel ?, when I was a kid I enjoyed comics about him more than I did about Superman , and I did like him also.

  A kid on crutches that uttered the word SHAZAM and he became Captain Marvel to fight all manner of evil.like Sylvania ?

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  Baptised younger

  by Sabin in

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  so why do you think the borg is encouraging youngsters to get dunked sooner?

  i reckon it's cause they are easy to victimise.

  i mean, some-one could say, keep our secret, nobody will believe you & god wont love you, but think of the power they would have if they say "you will be disfellowshipped," on top.

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  I don`t know that youngster`s getting baptized is such a bad thing as I previously did.

  Think about it .

  Pre-teens have a lot to contend with growing up as we all know , hormones , puberty ,etc.etc.,you know the deal .

  They are going to make mistakes , because of immaturity etc. , and fall foul of of the Elders and be brought before a JC committee , and are either DF , or marked as a bad association , or reproved .and they are children .

  Any parent with any sense of responsibility for their child should know this is an insane policy that needs to be addressed .

  That could be a wake up call , not only to the child but also their parents .

  Who in their right mind expects children to behave like adults., apart from Jehovah`s Witnesses of course .

  Hopefully they will wake up that this is a controlling cult , that requires absolute obedience , not to GOD , but to the Governing Body of imperfect humans.standing in the place of GOD.

  smiddy
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  X-Men Apocalypse & Yahweh

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i have watched the trailer for this movie , and the bad guy in this makes the statement something like this, when asked who are you ?

  his reply , i have been called many names over time , and yahweh was one of them .. will jw.org ban the jdubs from seeing it ?

  being not suitable for a christian ?

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  I have watched the trailer for this movie , and the bad guy in this makes the statement something like this, when asked who are you ? his reply , I have been called many names over time , and Yahweh was one of them .

  Will JW.ORG ban the Jdubs from seeing it ? being not suitable for a Christian ?

  smiddy
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  GB bites off more than they can chew!

  by biblexaminer in

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  2. scandals

  the gb bit off more than they can chew.

  they promised that the nwt revised would be available in so many languages by now, and they have failed miserably.. english stands alone.

  as a result, they are in damage control mode.

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  Apparently Americans are God`s chosen people in JW land.

  I thought the Mormons had that base covered .

  I wonder what % of Americans are of the anointed class.?

  Maybe coloured witnesses of all races , should take a leaf out of coloured actors to boycott the Oscars and do the same with the Borg.unless they get more representation in the G.B.

  Spot on eyes2badub
  

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  Help finding a video of GB member saying that Jehovah may not really be God's name

  by mamacita29 in

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  hi everyone i'm at work and need to show this video to a jw.

  i saw it a few weeks ago i think it was geoffry jackson who said that jehovah may or may not be gods real name but we use it anyways.

  can someone help me find that video?

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  stan livedeath , good point from the Our Father prayer LOL.

  The equivalent of Latin to English of the four Hebrew letters was JHVH , however more Biblical studies Including the WTB&TS, ,( can I I say New Light ? ) reveals YHWH is the more correct translation of those 4 Hebrew letters for God`s name .

  And they admitted this in the first edition of the "Aid Book " as they said Jehovah was the most widely known and used in The world . Hang on , they claim Christendom has been hiding this name , the Churches don`t use his name , Bible dictionaries , Concordances , Thesis etc.about the Bible , have all concealed the name of God for Centuries

  ,Hogwash , Bullshit , and just plain lies by the WTB&TS. That name has been widely used in Christendom for Centuries

  Many Churches throughout the world have the name Jehovah carved in stone .

  The Jehovah`s Witnesses have made more changes on much more insignificant things than the accurate name of God , So one might ask is God`s name insignificant ? Can J.W.`s call him ALLAH ? I don`t think so .

  Yet they won`t use the more accurate name for God who they profess to worship.

  They claim to be Jehovah`s Witnesses , yet Jehovah may not be his real name ?

  And Jehovah`s Witnesses don`t really care

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  Protest for Mandatory Reporting?

  by Luther bertrand in

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  on another thread, i have been having a discussion about protests in connection with watchtower policy.

  one of the biggest and more re-occuring rebuttals to protesting at kingdom halls and assemblies is that it does two things: 1. it re-enforces the apostate "mentally diseased" narrative heaped on the xjw community by the gb 2. it causes people to withdraw and get closer to the borg.. what if we as a group took the protest to city halls and government authorities to raise awareness of the need for mandatory reporting laws, rather than protesting @jw events?

  hell even geoffry jackson, when he gave his testimony at the arc, agreed that it would be "helpful".

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  Justice McClelland pointed out at the ARC that regardless of mandatory reporting of Child Sexual Abuse , if a person was aware of such abuse/ a crime , , he/she was obligated to report such abuse to the police or Child Protection Authorities ,it was their responsibility , Duty of Care. Accessory to a crime .

  Jehovah`s Witnesses have tried to excuse themselves claiming Clergy Penitent , however the official doctrine of the religion is they have no Clergy / Laity distinction , so why under oath in a court of law do they make this claim ?

  1006 cases of Child Sexual Abuse was handled by congregations over a period of 26 years , their are 3 Elders that handled each of these cases in their judicial Committees , that amounts to possibly 3018 grown men/Elders with not one of them reporting these allegations to the police. That is more than one a month for every month of every year for the past 26 years and no Elders reported this crime to the police.

  And to this date not one Elder has been charged with a crime in Australia in breach of this law.

  Why is that ? Why hasn`t their been any charges laid against those who failed to inform the police when clearly the law required them to do so ? regardless of mandatory reporting of an offence committed against a minor ?

  These are the facts that need to be got out to the media , Newspaper , TV , Talk Back Radio , or whatever

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  DA letter sent... It was weird!

  by Mandrake in

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  well i was telling you days ago that i wrote my da letter... i decided to deliver it myself to the elders.

  it'a been about a year i didn't show up nor talk to the majority of old friends.

  one of my best friends (who's is 2-3 years older than me, i'm 25) is now an elder... some times i don't understand him, he's an engineer from a prestigious university (the most prestigious universities here in chile, are 2, the one from where he got his degree and the one i'm attending)... he even red crisis of conscience and has doubts... but still endured inside.. my congo were based in our historic city downtown, so our territory was small... i parked my car near the hall and walked near for a while while the meeting was over.

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  Mandrake , that was a very good read , no need to apologise for your english spelling .

  You are young and have a lifetime ahead of you free from a cult, good for you

  I wish you all success in your Dentistry profession

  Take care , from an Aussie

  smiddy
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  Interlinear bible removed from the JW app?

  by nmthinker in

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  my iphone doesn't have the interlinear bible anymore, the one with the greek and translated english together.

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  did they remove it?

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  The big thing with the "Interlinear " to me was the absence of the Tetragrammaton in it .

  So no way should the name Jehovah be included in the New Testament.

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  Obey the Superior Authorities God says / God says Satan is controlling the Superior Authorities.?

  by smiddy in

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  romans 13 : 1-4 clearly states that the superior authorities are an arrangement from god , defy them and you are working against the arrangement of god at your own peril.. christians are to be obedient to the superior authorities ,"for their is no authority except by god , the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by god .therefore he who opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of god ".

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  4 :8-10 shows that all the kingdoms and governments are under satan`s control , jesus never disputed that claim .

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  Romans 13 : 1-4 Clearly states that the Superior Authorities are an arrangement from GOD , defy them and you are working against the arrangement of GOD at your own peril.

  Christians are to be obedient to the Superior Authorities ,"for their is no authority except by GOD , the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by GOD .Therefore he who opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of GOD "

  Matt. 4 :8-10 Shows that all the kingdoms and Governments are under Satan`s control , Jesus never disputed that claim . 1 John 5 : 19 says that" the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one".

  2Cor.4 :4 names Satan as" the God of this system of things"....John 12 :31 ..."the ruler of this world will be cast out".

  Is it just me ? or is their something drastically wrong here.?

  On the one hand GOD /Jehovah is responsible for the superior authorities , and woe & behold if you go against it .

  On the other hand , it is Satan the Devil who is in charge of the superior authorities being the ruler of the world , having charge over all the Kingdoms of the world , and not denied by Jesus.

  I look forward to my learned friends as to what you make of this post with your comments.

  smiddy