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  "Russian Supreme Court Renders Unjust Decision!" on JW Broadcasting

  by The freewheeling in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  (this is an attempt to translate something i wrote on my swedish website: sanningen om sanningen.

  i do not hope it is all too bad translation, based on google translate)___________________.

  the governing body has put out a video on jw broadcasting regarding there view on the events in russia.

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  smiddy

  Yes, Jehovah's Witnesses select among what they want to emphasize and what they want to sweep under the carpet. They make a trial like that in Russia 200% to there advantage, but in Australia, they put cover on and is totally silent. This is not about if something has been going against them, everything has going against them in both cases, but the trial in Australia can not be angled to their advantage. There you can not get any sympathies from anyone, and they can not hide the underlying causes. Then the only way out is to be silent.

  Well said fwing
  
  
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  TIME: The Corpse in the Kremlin's Front Yard Tests the Strength of Putin's Faith

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://time.com/4750396/vladimir-putin-orthodox-jehovah-witness-lenin-corpse/?xid=newsletter-brief.

  the corpse in the kremlin's front yard tests the strength of putin's faith.

  simon shuster.

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  smiddy

  I just saw a documentary on Vladimir Putin and his connection with the Russian Orthodox Church and their commitment to religious traditions

  It was very interesting ,it was by a theroux ? is he related to his brother louise theroux ? you know what/who I mean ,he has a series on TV ,sorry its late and I`m tired.

  Vladimir seems intent on restoring the Russian Orthodox Church to its previous position in Russian affairs.and of course they are more than happy to recieve this recognition.

  Is it just another example of how politicians use religion for their own ends ?
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  Can the dead hear?

  by AmyWatson916 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the "what does the bible really teach?

  " book says we cannot speak to the dead (page 64) and that the dead do not hear (page 58) but on page 68 the book has jesus talking to a dead man and the dead man apparently hearing and responding.

  the same thing happens on page 69 when peter talks to a dead woman and the dead woman apparently hears and responds.

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  smiddy

  Can the dead hear?
  

  No, they are dead.

  It seems the living , JW`s, cant hear either ,they are dead to the TTATT
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  A petition in Russia for transforming a Kingdom Hall into a cultural space for young musicians.

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone in russia is paying attention to the jw property seizures.

  this is a petition started in russia for transforming a kingdom hall into a cultural space for young musicians.. the petition is in russian so i have copied the google translate here:.

  please mark out space for the development of musical creativity among young people!shtanko eugene - pechora, russiaapril 20, 2017 the supreme court declared extremist activity "administrative center of jehovah's witnesses in russia" and banned its operation.

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  smiddy

  My JW niece was a gifted musiscian playing the piano and violin at school she gave solo concerts at a couple of engagements and her teachers wanted her to further her love of music by attending the conservatorium of music in Melbourne .However the JW mindset and influence of the religion got the better of her .

  Who knows what she could have achieved .That was many years ago and now she is still a brainwashed JW.
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  Enjoyed a Movie with My Future Roommates

  by Saethydd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i went to see guardians of the galaxy 2 yesterday.

  (great movie by the way, perfect mixture of action and comedy in my opinion.

  ) i told my family i would go by myself because they were all going to be at my sister's graduation.

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  smiddy

  It sounds like you had a great "normal" day and not a "contrived happyfying " day.

  Good for you
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  Fake publisher card

  by floridaborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i've been a lurked on this site for about 15 years, thank goodness for dial up internet.... anyway my fade has been working off and on for that long but my whole family is still in including my kid.

  at this point i have started dating a worldly person.

  he is wiling to put onthe facade of being a witness so i don't have to lose my family.

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  wannaexit ,maybe you can understand where I was comming from. just saying.

  floridaborn ,I see you have been lurking on this site for 15 years and joined 3 years ago and now only posted just recently.

  I`m not sure what to say , except your a very cautious person .and as wannaexit says "I too am amazed " lurking for 15 years ? and only just posting ?

  However ,getting back to your post ,your obviously not a teenager but an adult and want a relationship with the opposite sex .and are scared of losing your family if they find out your dating a worldly person .

  You need to identify what will make you happy in this short life that you have on earth. .( reality check)

  Do you want to do what pleases your family and makes them happy and you miserable ?

  or do you want to do what makes YOU happy for the rest of your short life here on this earth.

  I hope you think about this and make the right decision for you

  It is your choice and nobody else`s
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  The 2016 year,How do you score the J.W's??

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the a.r.c.,closing bethles,selling off k.h's.publisher numbers at best stagnating,court case's going against them.. i give a 3 out of 10.. karter.

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  smiddy

  I agree with you Karter its certainly a downhill slide for them and a 3 sounds reasonable to me .

  However they will still be around for "generations" to come ,their will always be vulnerable/needy people among us sadly.
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  Site Updates

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.

  deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.

  worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.

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  Thankfully the edit option works for me now.
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  A petition in Russia for transforming a Kingdom Hall into a cultural space for young musicians.

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone in russia is paying attention to the jw property seizures.

  this is a petition started in russia for transforming a kingdom hall into a cultural space for young musicians.. the petition is in russian so i have copied the google translate here:.

  please mark out space for the development of musical creativity among young people!shtanko eugene - pechora, russiaapril 20, 2017 the supreme court declared extremist activity "administrative center of jehovah's witnesses in russia" and banned its operation.

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  Well at least this hall will now sound out" Music to the Ears" no matter how inexperienced these young musciscians are.

  Anything they perform has to be better than those" Kingdom Maladys" that the KH spewed out before.
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  DISTURBING! Italian TV Reporter Violently Attcked On Live TV While Reporting On African Migrants

  by kpop in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my god!

  i hope she is ok!

  what have you leftists done to italy?!

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  smiddy

  In this day and age nothing surprises me .

  In that video nobody sees the attacker ?

  And nobody sees the victim Francesca after the alleged attack

  And if the video/cameraman couldnt get that footage he needs to look for another job,he`s obviously incompetent .

  Apparently other news media doesnt pick up on the story ?

  If it is true and not a ratings publicity stunt I hope she is OK and unharmed .

  However I`m sceptical

  Just saying