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this is podcast 8 in the death or obedience series.. this was recorded on christmas day 2008.. after our last visit from two local elders my wife felt she could no longer be known as a jehovah's witness and had chosen to disassociate herself in november 2008.. we had been on a family holiday and had returned to find that one of the local elders who had visited us had warned off my mother-in-law from having anything to do with my wife - her daughter.

he also made false statements about one of my children.. i decided to confront this elder at the kingdom hall.

this podcast is the recording of our conversation.. notice how he denies making such statements to my mother-in-law and falsely accuses me of teaching her beliefs contrary to jehovah's witnesses.. i ask whether it's a sin to no longer be a jehovah's witness?.

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Once the JC podcasts go up you'll see how this one particular elder lies, manipulates and uses his (considerable) influence to get his own way.

When he describes Hobo's wife as worse than an adulterer, it's amazing Hobo didn't clock him one.

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apostasy is alive and well in scotland

by ninja in

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ninja,iknowall and hobo ken.

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Hobo Ken, my wife and I are sitting having a cup of tea in our kitchen talking about the prayer meeting for JWs we've just been too; expect further breakthroughs in the Glasgow area...

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Video: Stand Firm Against the Devil's Crafty Acts!

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there's been a lot of talk on here about the crazy symposium at this spring's circuit assemblies, "stand firm against the devil's crafty acts.

" so, my wife and i decided to attend the assembly, or at least just this symposium anyway.

i recorded the whole symposium.. you can listen to the whole symposium (4 talks, >1 hour) here: http://www.watchtowerletters.com/media/devils_crafty_acts.mp3.

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Maybe your avatar looks a bit like Dr Evil.

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Have you noticed that JW's who've been "raised in the truth" are crappy spellers?

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i hate that..

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What a lot of nonsense.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-31-09 WT Study (PRAISE FOREVER)

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united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.

only jws whom god or gb/fds view as righteous have a happy/marvelous future.. .

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Blondie, thanks again for your work.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 05-31-09 WT Study (PRAISE FOREVER)

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united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.

only jws whom god or gb/fds view as righteous have a happy/marvelous future.. .

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@ billy -

"It's odd the way thay state in paragraph 3: "Jehovah was pleased to do this because Jesus had kept perfect integrity under severe tests. Jesus thereby provided his Father with the best, yes the complete, answer to Satan's lie that humans serve God with selfish motives and not out of unbreakable love." Really? If Jesus provided the best, complete answer, why are dubs expected to continue providing "weak, imperfect answers" today, nearly 2000 years later? If the super-vital question was really answered, why didn't the end come right at that time?"

There's a lot of truth in this and you hit the nail on the head.

Jesus had no sin but was made to be sin so that we could become the righteousness of God (2 Cor 5:21). In other words, Jesus lived the life we can't live and died the death our sin condemns us to. That's it; done deal, end of story.

It's because of Jesus doing this that Paul wrote the following in Romans 8;

38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor governments nor things now here nor things to come nor powers 39 nor height nor depth nor any other creation will be able to separate us from God’s love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.*

Because Jesus did keep perfect integrity, those who believe in him (Romans 8:1,2) are no longer condemned and are justified through their faith and declared righteous before God.

In other words, there is absolutely nothing any of us can do to earn this.

Ephesians 2: 8 By this undeserved kindness, indeed, YOU have been saved through faith; and this not owing to YOU , it is God’s gift . 9 No, it is not owing to works , in order that no man should have ground for boasting.

The fact that all of these scriptures are missing from today's study just shows how far removed from the true Gospel the Witnesses are.

*Quite why the Governing Body saw fit to 'inspire' a book entitled "Keep Yourself in God's Love", as if somehow a Christian can find himself outside of God's love, is puzzling...

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Spanish JW's Upset Over Bethel Move

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on april 1, 2009 a letter was sent from the governing body of jehovahs witnesses to congregations in spain informing them that the printing, shipping, and storage of watchtower publications would be discontinued at the madrid branch office.

the letter expressed confidence that the spanish witnesses would, despite the move, continue to generously support the world wide work and ends with an appeal to remain united under the direction of the witness leadership.. at a glance, this story may seem like a non-issue, perhaps, just another example of reorganization and consolidation within a multinational corporation; however, the dissolution of the printing branch has caused considerable hard feelings among some of jehovahs witnesses in spain.

to understand the reason we must first look at the history behind the branch office and external factors that some feel prompted this abrupt move.. early in their history, jehovahs witnesses began printing their trademark watchtower magazines and associated books and tracts in-house at their bethel headquarters in brooklyn, new york.

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@ blueeyes - lol, great post.