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  Do You Believe It Is Wrong To "Discipline" Your Child In A Physical Way?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my grandkids were being mouthy and they learned a new phrase, "shut your mouth".

  it could be directed to their parents, grandparents or anyone who said something they didn't like.

  they are 2 and 4 years old and beautiful children.

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  I am completely against corporal punishment for children. I am glad most european countries are toughening up laws against striking children
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  Kingdumb maladies stuck in your head...

  by Leto in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a dream last night that i went to a meeting.

  the speaker announced we were going to sing the "we're jehovah's witnesses" song, to which i said an audible "dear god" which got a bunch of dirty looks from other people sitting by me.

  so now i'm awake, sipping my coffee, and i have "we're jehovah's witnesses" stuck in my head.

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  Oh punkofnice why'dya do it to me?

  The plinky plinkly one...

  In the service of our god Jehovah
  We have joys that are beyond comparrrrrrrre
  For unselfishly we preach the good news
  so that others may our comfort sharrrrrre
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  "Theocratic Warfare" and the Annual Report

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the things i certainly noticed as a jw, and even during the time i was in bethel, was the complexities of reporting "truth.".

  beginning with an observation on a personal level, i consider myself an honest person.

  but something happened along the way, beginning when i pioneered.

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  note - maybe the number fudgers are more likely to end up apostates on JWD....

  I resemble that remark.
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  Who really is the "faithful and discreet slave."

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been assuming it was the governing body.

  i remember in pioneer school,well,that was 20 years ago, the faithful slave was annointed,but so were the domestics.

  it was the annointed "feeding" the annointed spritually.

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  From the parable it seems the lesson learned is "Be good to Christ's followers and you will be rewarded".

  The society has piled presumption upon assumption and created an inexplicable mess you get disfellowshiped for not beliving.
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  Jan 1 2012 WT - increased printing

  by Gayle in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  by 20,000 in 6 more languages.

  not a big increase.. dec. 1 wt was 42,162,000 in 188 languages.. jan. 1 wt 42,182,000 in 194 languages..

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  Just a question, since they used to produce two public watchtowers and two public awakes (4 mags) every month, have printing volumes declined in real terms since they switched to one public WT and one public Awake? The publisher only WT must have a print run of no more than 10 million I would guess.
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  Out Of All JW Beliefs Which Is The Weirdest?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know there's plenty.. one that comes to mind is the blood doctrine.

  whole blood is bad, blood fractions may be ok but not all.....wtf?

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  Hmm,

  That the symbol of life is worth more than life itself?

  Jesus returned invisibly in 1914?

  You shouldnt talk to your family if they commit thoughtcrime/apostacy?

  The Bible is written for the 144,000.

  Some normal thing is NOT FOR CHRISTIANS?

  Education is bad?
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  Watchtower STUDY EDITION - Vehicle for Vitriol and REALLY crazy statements?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.

  anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.

  this is the number.

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  Sapphy

  You know, Sapphy really dislikes it when a poster refers to him/herself in the third person. She finds it especially annoying when said poster is linking to their own website.

  Sapphy hopes Teary will understand that calling hate speech "hate speech" is not hate speech.
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  Some pretty blatant stuff coming up in bookstudy

  by agent zero in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i was reading ahead in the bookstudy book "bearing thorough witness" about god's kingdom, and i came upon some shockingly direct damage control on behalf of the gb in the material for the upcoming weeks.. on page 104: what a privilege it is to be instructed and molded by our patient and kind heavenly father!

  the results are always good and always to our advantage.

  so let us never proudly push ahead with our own ideas or react negatively to organizational changes or to adjusted explanations of certain scriptures.

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  If you detect even a hint of such a tendency

  hmm, I don't think that's strong enough.

  If you detect even a particle of a molecule of a hint of such a tendancy CONFESS SINNER!!! so we can protect the congregation from your Satanic INDEPENDENT THINKING

  Better.
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  Yet another guilt-inducing "Do-More" Watchtower article...

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  nu-litetm: if youre in a wheel chair and have a speech impediment, you still have no excuse for not reporting field service hours every month.

  so stop complaining, read the article below and start using your cell phone to send theocratic text messages.. .

  from page 14 of the january 15, 2012 watchtower study edition.... .

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  In September 2008, a Polish-speaking group was formed in Vilnius. Since the group had a need for more Kingdom publishers, Dalia and her mother joined it.

  She's disabled, preaches by text message and is privelidged to serve in the foreign language field, so all you materialist slackers working two jobs and missing meetings just to be able to pay your bills, DO MORE!
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  Victoria, Australia: Report on Oct. 11th hearing involving Steven Unthank

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  victoria, australia: report on oct. 11th hearing involving steven unthank.

  (this report is from an anonymous xjw who attended the hearing.

  i had no plans to turn up to the court hearing as an observer, as in my experience, it can take several hearings and a number of months before any court case gets rolling.

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  Wow. Many thanks for posting this Barbara, and thanks to the friendly correspondant who took the notes.

  The "faithful and discreet slave" do not exist and are nothing more than a "theological arrangement".

  Words without meaning, distinctions without differences.

  It seems like the lawyers are trying to argue that the FDS is just a theological concept an 'arrangment' denotes order, or policy or dare I say organisation...