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Is their anything any of us can do outside of the UK to help your course of action.against the WTB&TS sham in calling itself a Charity,
smiddy
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41Latest UPDATE UK Charity Commission investigation
by Watchtower-Free ingood afternoon,.
i am writing to give you a quick update about our ongoing statutory inquiries into safeguarding and charities linked to jehovah’s witnesses.. as you may know, one of our inquiries is into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.
we opened this inquiry in 2014. watch tower then initiated what turned out to be protracted litigation against us.
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Elders ,Ego Trips ,Personality Clashes ,and bringing down the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
by smiddy inhow often did you see / witness anything relating to these traits with the elders.?.
personally i have known an elder who was taken down by other elders in his circuit because they thought he was getting to big for his boots , and was enjoying his popularity in the circuit and it was in their opinion going to his head.. he had speaking parts on ca`s and was enjoying his popularity.
the other elders in the circuit obviously didn`t like the attention he was receiving or his inflated ego , and as a collective group cut him down to size.. simply by removing him from the " in " crowd of elders dealing with ca`s and not giving him any more talks or parts at assembly`s .. at the congregational level i have seen the same sort of thing , where an elder gets puffed up with pride / thinks more of himself than he ought to , and gets cut down by the rest of the body of elders.. last but not least , is the elder who has a very strong domineering nature who rides all over the rest of the elder arrangement , simply because he is a bully and always gets his own way on doing things in the congregation.. so is this religion .jw , an arrangement by god ?
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smiddy
How often did you see / witness anything relating to these traits with the Elders.?
Personally I have known an Elder who was taken down by other Elders in his Circuit because they thought he was getting to big for his boots , and was enjoying his popularity in the circuit and it was in their opinion going to his head.
He had speaking parts on CA`s and was enjoying his popularity. ( but don`t all of them ?)
The other Elders in the Circuit obviously didn`t like the attention he was receiving or his inflated ego , and as a collective group cut him down to size.
Simply by removing him from the " IN " crowd of Elders dealing with CA`s and not giving him any more talks or parts at assembly`s .
At the Congregational level I have seen the same sort of thing , where an Elder gets puffed up with pride / thinks more of himself than he ought to , and gets cut down by the rest of the Body of Elders.
Last but not least , is the Elder who has a very strong domineering nature who rides all over the rest of the Elder arrangement , simply because he is a bully and always gets his own way on doing things in the Congregation.
So is this religion .JW , an arrangement by GOD ? a Theocratic Arrangement ? by the Almighty ?
or is it simply a man made up religion , controlled and administered by imperfect human beings with their own agenda.
smiddy
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An Odd Request from Our Ex-JW Son
by TMS inmy wife and i, both out of the religion for nearly twenty years, live in the same border town as our 44 year old only son.
we have scant contact with our numerous jw relatives, although a handful of clever "double life" nieces and nephews socialize with our son.. we care for our six year old grandson weekdays while our single parent son makes a living.
we've been infinitely better grandparents than we were parents, primarily because of our exit from a high control cult, but also because of life experience.
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smiddy
TMS , This is a very good topic.And i would commend your son and you for going down this path.
Your grandson is going to get a reasoned and balanced view on the subjects that will better equip him as he gets older and can make informed decisions on his own.
It`s a pity that other religions /cultures/ ideology`s , didn`t adopt a similar approach to teaching their young ones.
smiddy
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Animals not meant to eat meat
by Carl injw don't believe in evolution .
how come animals teeth are designed to chew meat?
sharks for instance have razor sharp pointy teeth these are not to eat vegetation .
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Don't have sexual fantasies! Today's watchtower...
by purrpurr inthe watchtower today says not to think of sex, or to have sexual fantasies.
i'm just wondering... how many people in the hall hearing this watchtower today would be having sexual fantasies?
sitting there thinking about sister hottie or brother hunky ?.
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smiddy
Children and very young children , and young very young teenagers are present in the Watchtower studies , since all are to participate in family Worship at a kingdom Hall....Their is no segregating children from adults.
Is this a subject that should be shared with adolescent teenagers ?
Is this a subject that should be shared with minors ?
Or could this be construed as another example of Child Abuse against Jehovah Witness children.
smiddy
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Dreading the news this week
by Coded Logic intens of thousands of protesters are expected to show up in cleveland this week for the republican national convention.
muslim groups.
mexican groups.
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smiddy
Finkelstein ,
One things for sure the JW`s wont attend , however they will be wringing their hands in glee if their is a bloodbath , supposedly validating their end of the world now failed multiple prophecies .since 1879 .
O f course it could be around the never ending round corner that is imminent , any day now .for the past 130 + years.?
smiddy
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Dreading the news this week
by Coded Logic intens of thousands of protesters are expected to show up in cleveland this week for the republican national convention.
muslim groups.
mexican groups.
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smiddy
I can`t believe the insanity of the Governor of Ohio or his advisors , party members , allowing such weapons to be carried at such an assembly in Cleveland ,for the Republican National Convention
What planet are they on ? Sheeeeshhh
smiddy
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Animals not meant to eat meat
by Carl injw don't believe in evolution .
how come animals teeth are designed to chew meat?
sharks for instance have razor sharp pointy teeth these are not to eat vegetation .
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smiddy
Welcome carl ,glad to have you on board.If you are up to it tell us about yourself.
Every living thing on this planet lives off the life of some other living thing .And it always has.
Whether it be on the land , animals , in the sky Birds of heaven , or under the sea every sea creature you can think of,. Just think about it.
Mankind eats animals and marine life and birds , Birds eat animals and marine life and humans if they find them dead , , Marine life eats animals birds and humans if they get the chance.
It`s a never ending cycle that has gone on since the dawn of time.
And no GOD has ever intervened in that cycle.
smiddy
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A new celebrity JW . . . albeit from Nigeria.
by neat blue dog inhttp://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/clarion-chukwurah-turns-jehovahs-witness/.
this is begging for some nigerian scam jokes, i'm just not clever enough to think of them 😜.
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smiddy
The checks in the mail Yeshua ben Yousef
smiddy
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Question of the Day: Why are so very few of Jesus ACTUAL WORDS...
by Terry inwhy are so very few of jesus actual words recorded exactly?.
the new testament is almost entirely written in greek.. jesus spoke aramaic.
maybe a bit of what was called "market greek".
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smiddy
This is worth a bump .
Isn`t it stated somewhere in Scripture , if all of Jesus sayings were written down , the world wouldn`t be able to contain them ? , or some such statement alluding to that ?
The actual sayings attributed to Jesus in the Christian Greek Scriptures would not even fill one of the Bible books attributed to the New Testament.
Jesus obviously did not think his sayings were worth recording for all mankind , because he never wrote anything down himself ,unlike Moses ,who Jesus was supposed to be a greater prophet of.
Jesus apparently said a great deal to the Jews of his day without having most of it recorded by himself or anybody else for future generations.
So obviously he did not think whatever he said , was worth while for future generations to know about , only applicable to the Jews of his day.
smiddy