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  Bible on cassette

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one thing that i questioned years ago was the release of bible reading so you could listen.

  then when we finally got a tape it was in a thick german accent.

  so much for getting the meaning of it..

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  Lets face it the Bible is written in double dutch anyway no matter what language its translated into.
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  info needed on Mexico Scandal regarding KH's meetings with no prayers etc - Thanks.

  by WHATSGOINGON in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi .

  trying to find info on the scandal involving mexican congregations not having prayers and singing at the meetings.. i have found some info on jw facts but would like more if anyone knows of a good website to look at.. watchtower observer had some info before but that website is long gone.. any help would be much appreciated.. thanks wgo..

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  Libby

  The simple answer is they couldnt. religious organizations OTHER than the Catholic Church could not purchase land and build their house of worship on it and own it.

  The Catholic religion was the official state religion and only they could own the land and building it was on .

  Other religions could exist in Mexico but they could not own the land or property including JW`s.
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  info needed on Mexico Scandal regarding KH's meetings with no prayers etc - Thanks.

  by WHATSGOINGON in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi .

  trying to find info on the scandal involving mexican congregations not having prayers and singing at the meetings.. i have found some info on jw facts but would like more if anyone knows of a good website to look at.. watchtower observer had some info before but that website is long gone.. any help would be much appreciated.. thanks wgo..

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  Then the organization had the audacity to say to the rest of the world of witnesses that they had gained religious freedom in Mexico when the Govt.allowed religions other than the Catholic Church to own the land their buildings were on.

  As has been pointed out above religious freedom always existed for JW`s the only thing was that no religion other than the Catholic Church could own land that their places of worship was built on.

  This didnt sit well for the GB of JW`s they wanted to own the land their buildings were on so they opted to renounce themselves as a religion and adopt a cultural stance.

  Hence they then could no longer use the Bible ,sing Kingdom songs (hymns) or pray in their halls as it would mean they were a religion.and not a cultural centre.

  And they put up with this hypocricy for many years.
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  What made you stay "in" even when you knew it wasn't the "truth"?

  by mentalclarity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i've been thinking a lot about why i stayed a jw for so long even though i had always had doubts about the doctrines.

  i was born into the religion, left and came back as an adult for another decade.

  some of the things that come to mind (besides the threat of shunning-and this isn't to minimize that very real threat) was:.

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  When you have been in it for many many years investing much time and money and emotion ,its not easy to just cut yourself off cold turkey.

  At first you dont want to believe it ,and then slowly it takes hold on you when you cant deny the facts.

  It takes time to absorb the fact that you have been duped / conned for however long you have been in the religion.

  It is not something you process in the short term ,it can take months and sometimes years to fully extricate yourself from such a belief and involvement.
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  HOUSE, M.D., Jehovah's Witnesses, and '75

  by compound complex in

  1. social
  2. humour

  season 7, episode 18: "the dig".

  house picks up "thirteen" -- dr. remy hadley -- upon her release from prison.

  she asks him to take her to a certain location in order to take care of a personal matter.

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  What was the movie that dennis weaver was in about blood transfusions though the movie didnt identify him as a JW ,though obviously he was way back in the 60`s I think.
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  Russian BOE letters of instruction - meetings and $$$ matter$

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  these letters can be found in the original russian on jwforum.eu.. i will provide links but also copy and paste the english translation that was provided for each one.. this first letter was dated may 21, 2017 and concerns instructions on how to handle the donation$.

  (*bolding is mine).

  we should not make the same boxes for all groups.

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  This is truly disgusting , I think the Australian Royal Commission would even be interested in these letters showing just where the Governing Body of JW`s has their priorities.$$$$$$ rather than sexually Abused Children.

  Certainly the Russian Government would also see just what the priorities are with the WT/JW religion$$$$$$ not people

  News people Journalists who have taken an interest in WT/JW goings on should be informed about these letters that highlight their main concern is all about the money Surely there is a story their.

  Wasnt their people who were involved in the film "Spotlight" at a meeting about JW`s recently ? Maybe they would be interested in these letters .

  If they could produce a movie like spotlight on the JW religion that would be heaven sent.
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  The Alliances for Constitutional Sex Offenders Laws

  by John Davis in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was listening to the news today and heard of this organization.

  it advocates for the removal of sex offenders registries or at least the reduction of its use and who has to register for it.

  just one example of its work is to advocate for what the la district attorney's office is doing by working with sex offenders to get their names off the registry.

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  I think you make a good case scratchme1010

  As I said, as is, the sex offender registry doesn't do what it's meant to do. There are no easy answers, but what we have certainly hasn't reduced nor stopped sex crimes at all.

  Your review is sensible and logical.
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  Favorite/least favorite CO's and DO's

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i posted this thread sometime last year but thought i would revive it due to the new ones on the board, and to change things up a bit.

  my favorite?

  bro murikami, from hawaii, very humble, kind bro.

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  David Madzay a canadian I think gave really good talks but ended up a tragic .

  Another guy I cant recall his name offhand did excellent gestures tall skinny with glasses Australia.

  Bob Blackstock ? is one I remember also.

  I didnt think much of Vin Toole and think even less of him since the ARC ,what an A-hole.
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  2017 International Regional Convention, Toronto – Entertainment at Sony Centre

  by SAHS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’ve been hearing from several very reliable sources that there will be an exclusive elite gala entertainment event hosted by the watch tower organization, featuring specially chosen jehovah’s witnesses of outstanding talent as well as spiritual reputation, at the sony centre (formerly called the o’keefe centre) in toronto, ontario (canada) as a special “after hours” addition to the 2017 special international convention.. those chosen have to meet very strict criteria, including, not so much technical and popular talents, but, rather, their spiritual maturity which can be easily and practically related to by the audience (i.e., degree of conformity – you know what i mean!).

  a notable and very well-known professional “super star” from some other country (i don’t know which one) who has achieved highly recognized and popular talent was surprisingly not chosen to participate in the extra entertainment program, whereas other performers with rather ho-hum musical abilities ended up being selected, ostensibly for their altruistic and “theocratic” qualities.

  (something tells me that there is going to be some jealousy and indignant, hard feelings over this rather authoritarian, arbitrary selection process.

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  This topic is a joke right ? worse still its an apostate lie right ?surely it cant be true right ?

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  The longer armageddon is delayed the more bizarre this religion gets.
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  I started a new podcast about my life as a JW today

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, i did a thing today.

  i officially launched a podcast called "this jw life".

  people keep saying that i should write a book, but i don't even read books, unless in audio format.

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  Thanks for the link Well done