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  Your Support is Needed

  by Lee Elder in

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  ajwrb has been in touch with the canadian jw father, whose daughter has leukemia.

  we have also had a discussion with his attorney bob calvert.

  legal costs to fight the watchtower society are mounting and another appeal may be in the works.

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  Thanks for the validation LE.

  I imagine my donation can't compare with the bales of money the WTBTS is forking over. But at least mine will keep Bob Calvert in yellow writing pads for a month.

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  Do you Remember the Moment you Stopped Being a JW?

  by Smoldering Wick in

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  "it only takes a moment.

  a moment of sanity.

  clarity.

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  Dave, I've read many a post concerning those involved with the WTBTS Corporation and Jehovah's Witnesses since installing my first 14.4 modem, and your following espression, in context, has been the most poignant.

  ...The river was way to beautiful to add anymore pollution to it.

  Looks like everyone posting this Sunday is on a roll.

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  My son contemplates suicide.

  by dmouse in

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  my 14 year old son, benjamin, confided in me last night that he almost tried to commit suicide this week, he felt so low.. he has been brought up as a jw by his mum all his short life and until recently totally believed all the crap.

  although he has not been baptised yet he expressed the desire to pioneer and go to bethel.. then, in the past few months, he suddenly woke up and smelt what he was shovelling.. my son is an extremely gregarious, likable boy with lots of friends in the congregation.

  he is always invited to the get-togethers etc.

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  In addition, contemplate seeking legal council. You may never be able to touch the insulated WTS Corporation but if worst comes to worst, taking names and dates now may allow you to bring those individual Jehovah’s Witnesses to justice who are responsible for instigating and carrying out the mental abuse.

  Better to be pro-active today in combating abuse, than making makers of sympathy cards and flower shops rich after the fact.

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  JWs and Blood Transfusions

  by MavMan in

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  these are some excellent links for those that are investigating the pros and cons of blood transfusions.

  the bloodless medicine & surgery institute .

  the nj institute for the advancement of bloodless medicine and surgery .

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  Oh, how I bet they wish they had never come up with that one.

  Look at the big picture, dan’. The WTBTS policy of refusing blood transfusions they came up with appeared quite reasonable during the medically risky forties and has stood them well over the years.

  It allowed the Organization to appear to stand out from the religious crowd. The persecution complex that was generated among publication consuming adherents who ‘bought it’ was worth its weight in gold.

  Today the policy is becoming so watered down only the really unfortunate trauma victim is at risk and just like them this once grand policy of ‘refusing’ blood transfusions will gradually drift into oblivion but the financial legacy it helped build will stand for some time.

  But, hey if a ‘few’ innocent, uninformed lives are shed so the business of American religion can get a leg up financially…well, that’s life.

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  Dateline

  by silentlambs in

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  as many of you may recall i posted the following update about two weeks ago:.

  "i am happy to discontinue the dateline update due to the closeness of the program.

  dateline, is a good organization and doing their best to be fair and remain neutral when it comes to reporting the story.

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  I’m beginning to think that the 'American television Media’ doesn’t recognize any influence the WTBTS might have as being in the same league as the Catholic Church, let alone consider the WTBTS Corporation as being a serious ‘religion'.

  The television, advertising executives may be of the opinion that most viewers would find the alleged programming as bland as exposing the infidelities of a few ‘loose screws’ who incidentally, might be unpaid workers for, but are legally separate from ‘Religious Organization Inc.’ and not nearly as sensational as nailing questionable Priests, as legal representatives of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, to the crux of their problems.

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  JW blurb on FOX NEWS CHANNEL

  by mole in

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  tonight at the beginning of the "hannity & colmbs" program, the topic of the jw who is suing a doctor for administrating a blood transfusion against his will, was debated for about 30 seconds.

  both commentators agreed that this is a "tough subject," however each felt that "religious freedom must be protected.

  " sean hannity ended by saying that "there would be more about this later.

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  It seems to me the story is more about 'ambulance chasing' than 'religious freedom'.

  Look out WTBTS if this guy should happen to, one day, recant his numinous fakery.

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  Whats the truth about 1914?

  by Leander in

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  i've heard on a few occasions from my research on the internet that 1914 really does not have the significance that wtbs assigns to it.

  from my limited understanding on the matter it involves the wtbs moving the date of the destruction of jerusalem.. can someone give me a little more detail on this or provide a link with a website that does?.

  if its true that the wts has manipulated historical dates and bible scriptures to support this date of 1914 then that would mean everything else crumbles.. thanks for any info on this

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  [quoteYou know is one of the few jw sympathizers who has actually come to the conclusion that the WTBS chronology is wrong.[/quote]

  In so many words of nuance, so has the WTBTS Corporation. However, it appears they would rather just let their conjured little historic event slide into oblivion, which is normal corporate procedure of course.

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  US Presidents Are Reptiles! Also, They Are.....

  by Englishman in

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  .....all related to each other, all 42 of them.

  http://www.davidicke.com/icke/temp/reptconn.html.

  englishman..

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  "To the making of many books there is no end...."

  Good thing too, how else could the WTBTS Corporation continue to acquire all their desirable real estate.

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  No more shunning from me!

  by Dawn in

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  i was a jw for years, and i constantly run into old "friends" at the store, gym, doctor's, cinema, etc.

  up to now, i have just looked the other way because i knew they couldn't talk to me.. but after reading some posts here - i realized that i was contributing to their shunning.

  acting like i was still under their law - well no more!!.

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  Dawn, that's the 'spirit'!

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  The Watchtower is NOT a false prophet .. yes/no

  by refiners fire in

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  does a prophet have to claim to speak for "god" to be a false prophet?.

  can he be a false prophet if he claims to speak for someone else who speaks to god?.

  can he be a false prophet if he interprets a biblical prophet in a new way?.

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  The Watchtower is NOT a false prophet .. yes/no

  Bogus Question.

  Before even thinking about asking the question, evidence must be established that WTBTS Corportation marketing activities are any more prophetic than the activities of Johnson & Johnson, Proctor & Gamble, or Pepsi.

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