I look forward to more updates on this one it sounds promising.for victims of abuse.
edit to add , Susan gaskin has 3 videos of her experiences within the WT if you want to check her out typing her name and JW`s.
Posts by smiddy
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8Ex JWs in Spain contacted their Government to act against the JWs on child sexual abuse matters
by Susan Gaskin inthe letter below (translated from spanish) was just sent out yesterday to the minister of justice in spain by ex jws.
the collective group who did this have a website with this link: http://www.foroextj.com/.
email: [email protected] facebook: www.facebook.com/abusostj twitter: @abusostj.
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How long until some of the Biblical apocrypha will be inserted into the WT teachings?
by nonjwspouse ini have read through some of these, though not in complete, but enough to see some of these writings could fit into the wt views, such as arian beliefs of jesus.
it would also help separate themselves quite a bit from "christiandom" and their bible.
the "new light" of books not accepted in the canon.
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As Phizzy says the JW/WT religion has accepted the Bible canon that Apostate religion namely Christendoms ,Catholic and Protestant Churches have agreed to , as to what constitutes the Bible Canon with the Catholic Church identifying the books of the Apocrypha .
Years ago in the book" Equipped for Every Good Work" which dealt with all the books of the Bible it did praise the book of Maccabees both 1 & 2 as being valuable for an insight into jewish history / culture ,if I remember it right.
It always puzzeled me why the JW`s went along with Apostate Christendoms definition of what constituted the Bible Canon.
But then again thats not unanimous either is it ? Russian Orthodox Church ,Polish National Catholics ,Eastern Orthodox Church ,Roman Catholic Church ,Protestant Churches The Greek Orthodox Church ,,and I`m sure their are a few others I have missed.
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Despite their false predictions aren't the JWs right? Won't the world eventually end & Paradise come?
by deegee inaren't there christian denominations who do not make false end of the world predictions but who nevertheless believe that the world will eventually end and paradise (whether in heaven or on earth) will come?.
it seems the watchtower was just jumping the gun when they made false end of the world predictions but they are nevertheless the right: the world will eventually end and paradise will come..
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smiddy
The OP is that an oxymoron statement ? I think it is.
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A Taxonomy of WT Presidents/GB
by breakfast of champions in[this is what happens when the semester ends.
idle hands.
so i was thinking of how you would categorize the presidents of the wt, and i came up with this:.
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smiddy
What about William H.Conley ? where does he fit in ? the first president ? O.K. he wasn`t president for very long but he was the first .
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Question for believers here, Ecclesiastes 1:4 and Psalm 105;5 "Earth remain forever".
by James Mixon inwhat is your understanding on the earth remain forever???
today it's a fact (99,999%) that the earth will be consumed by the sun in the future be it 3 million or 3 billion years.
a topic we have been discussing here on paradise earth in the last two or three days and i notice no believer chimed in.
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Good point George OT
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Beatles poster was "Demonized". We had to take it down. How about you?
by Wasanelder Once inin 1967 richard avedon published a poster of his portraits of the beatles.
my jw aunt attacked it for being spiritualistic!
the "third" eye on george's palm was spiritualistic!
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My young teenage son was into Kiss records ,what did I do ? I got rid of them and banned anything" Kiss" in the house
I`m also embarrassed to admit it now that I turned off the movie "Life Of Brian" after a few minutes because I thought it mocked Jehovah and the "truth" religion.
The Life Of Brian is now one of my favourite movies , such classic lines in it.
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I haven't checked in here in at least 5 years
by Dinah2 inthis place is great and it helped me.
for anyone i used to interact with, i think about you often.
i just wanted to read and catch up..
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smiddy
Welcome back Dinah ,Have you caught up with the ARC (Australia) into child sex abuse within the JW`s ?
Other sex abuse cases against the JW`s in Spain ,Canada ,The UK charities Commission ,The USA ,to name a few of on going cases before the courts.
The Australian ARC ,has been especially encouraging to people all over the world for their proffessionalism by the team conducting this inquiry .
A lot has been happening these past five years that gives us hope that things will change for the better one way or another.
Take care.
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Knock on the Door
by Jason Melita inhey 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.
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smiddy
It sounds to me like one of your relatives is trying to satisfy his/her self that you should get back in the" truth" or have you cut off from the" truth" once and for all.
After all they are a wierd mob..
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The Story of My Sister - Lurkers: Is this logical?
by Funchback inmy sister got baptized at 17 or 18 years old in 1983. she was ripe for the jw picking as she was shy, quiet, naive and with low self-esteem even though she was tall and beautiful and she attended one of the best high schools in philadelphia.. she wasn't outgoing and she only went out on a couple of dates prior to her baptism.
she worked at a day care center.
she loved children and animals.
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Of course their is no problem getting into bed with the enemy Christendom or Satans system of things when the G.B. / Elders sell their Kingdom Halls that were dedicated to Jehovah to them for profit is their.
The hypocricy of the religion knows no bounds.
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What is life?
by punkofnice inwhen i was a jobo, i used to thing of 'life without end at laaaasssssst'.. having been on my journey out of the wbt$ slaveholdery, i have found that something that makes sense is that life doesn't owe us a meaning.
psalms 146:4 was actually bangeth on the money-eth 'his breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.'.
although i am now very atheist, and really do not even think there is the remotest possibility of a god, that bible passage is correct.
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Life is how you deal with the cards you have been dealt. Or sometimes it can mean you having to put up with what life deals out to you having no say in it,
Its going to mean different things to different people ,depending on where you are born in this world......Chance ? Why were you born where you were,Is that anything to do with a God ? I dont think so .
That opens up another kettle of worms not to be addressed here.
In the western world sure you have oppourtunities to make something out of yourself and be successful in whatever venture you want ,but is that the case with someone born into a third world country ?
Life is an accident of where we happened to be born in this world.
Had i been born in Saudi Arabia to an average family would I be living here in Australia owning my own home ?
What if I had been born in Iran , North Korea ,India ,Amozans ,etc,
So what is life ? It`s a product of chance ,and time and unforseen occurences. happening ,with no divine intervention taking place.