Topic by happy2bfree

so, after a lengthy discussion with my mom on friday, she asked me ( again) to have a study with a bethel brother because the question i ask are too "above" her knowledge and she feels that only a well trained bethel brother can show me the "truth".. i voiced to her my issue:.

i love my mother, father and sister that are jw's and the last thing i want is to lose them, we had already drifted apart because of their new found faith ( my mom was first, about 8 years ago, then my older sister and just recently, last july 4th, my dad), i told her that if i have these study with a bethel brother i will, most likely, sya thing and state sources that may get me brnaded as an "apostate", i asked her, to be honest and truthful with me and to tell me that, if i get branded that and they are told, suggest to them, to stop dealing with me, would they?.

she said that no organization tells her who to deal with, even more so in regards to family.. i was not convinced, nevertheless i agreed and this wednesday will have my first study with him, first topic the mwt, my issue with certain translations ( such as romans 10:13, colossians and so forth) and the name "jehovha".. .

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Catholic Church shamed by Irish abuse report

by White Dove in

here's the article.

it seems cover ups were done for the same reasons as the jw pedophile cover ups: to make the church look good.. catholic church shamed by irish abuse reportplay videoap thousands beaten, raped in irish reform schools end #main-media slideshow:ireland releases report on child abuse end .primary-media ap john kelly, of the survivors of child abuse (soca) group, right, and kevin flannagan brother of mickey ... end .secondary-media end .related-media by shawn pogatchnik, associated press writer shawn pogatchnik, associated press writer 2 hrs 44 mins ago end .byline dublin after a nine-year investigation, a commission published a damning report wednesday on decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at catholic church-run reform schools for ireland's castaway children.. the 2,600-page report painted the most detailed and damning portrait yet of church-administered abuse in a country grown weary of revelations about child molestation by priests.. the investigation of the tax-supported schools uncovered previously secret vatican records that demonstrated church knowledge of pedophiles in their ranks all the way back to the 1930s.. wednesday's five-volume report on the probe which was resisted by catholic religious orders concluded that church officials shielded their orders' pedophiles from arrest amid a culture of self-serving secrecy.. "a climate of fear, created by pervasive, excessive and arbitrary punishment, permeated most of the institutions and all those run for boys.

children lived with the daily terror of not knowing where the next beating was coming from," ireland's commission to inquire into child abuse concluded.. victims of the abuse, who are now in their 50s to 80s, lobbied long and hard for an official investigation.

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One of the Governing Body had a stroke yesterday

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

on may 19th, theodore jaracz had a stroke.

he's in very serious condition in the hospital.. that's all the information i have for now.. barb.

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1974 Is This Life All There Is?--PDF!

by Atlantis in

1974 is this life all there is?--pdf bookmarked searchable reduced front cover?

click here: http://www.imagger.com/view/865440_scan-20001.jpg.html old book is a bit rough but will provide a few quotes.

such as: knowing these things, what will you do?

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GB directly appointed by Jesus, what is the WT reference in 2001?

by cyberguy in

hey folks,.

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PDF documentation regarding 1975 prediction in WT publications

by cabasilas in

i had a request for documentation of the watchtower societys statements regarding the year 1975. so, ive put these files up for downloading from a filesharing service.

the first file contains the complete text of 3 issues of awake!

26-35 (file is 12 mb):.

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Russell started the " Cult Mind Control" in JW's Years Ago- Check this Out

by flipper in

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friends

i guess after leaving the witnesses 5 years ago - i had always thought the " control" issues had started years down the road in rutherford's time and that initially the motives were good when russell started this organization.

boy was i wrong.

i've been reading the book " kingdom of the cults " by walter martin- revised edition and thought i'd share some eye opening quotes from c.t.

happy2bfree

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