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  Question for those still attending...is anyone talking?

  by ToesUp in

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  2. friends

  we haven't been to a meeting or jw event in several years.

  we have been following the rc closely.

  it is fascinating!

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  cattails

  I frankly don't dare say anything in the congregation. I've talked to my roommate and I've posted about it on Facebook. But out of 500+ JW Facebook friends the same response Oppostate got... crickets
  
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  Metro-pioneers

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. humour

  found this video on youtube about metro-pioneers.. watch out!

  tight pants exiting the kh!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldb0oqpcupe.

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  cattails

  Cute brothers in the video! Loved the background music and the slomo effect! kkkkkkk

  I think that if a brother is in shape a nice fitting suit is quite flattering. Why should they wear a suit that is ill fitting and too baggy? (Then again what do I know, right? I like wearing Spanx! Take that Anthony Morris !!!).
  
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  The new RBC

  by drawcad_1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the new rbc now called the ldc.

  sold to us as new and improved rbc.

  working with all of the congregation funds after we sent them all back to new york and what have they done.

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  cattails

  In Massachusetts I went to two Kingdom Halls that looked like they were built in the 1950s and smelled like that too, of mold and dead mice.

  I haven't seen any sign of renovations myself, but I do know that volunteer brothers are kept busy with the Warwick site. I'm sure that project will come before any local building project.
  
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  Will Child Abuse Issue Keep Growing Like A Forest Fire?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i don't know if a commercial will come up and i can't find this on youtube as it is probably copyright material or i am just not in a good search pattern today.

  anyway, try to view this if you haven't seen it:.

  https://rutube.ru/video/0ba7a3ee7e89dbbc730c4af32032e33b/?ref=logo .

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  cattails

  In every congregation I've been in there's always been gossip about pedophilia among the Witnesses. Once you gain the trust of the regular pioneer crowd they're the best source for dirt.
  

  Will Child Abuse Issue Keep Growing Like A Forest Fire?

  I hope so, I truly hope it burns the WT like Gehenna!
  
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  Horley Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses UK (disbanded)

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone in the uk know any details about the above congregation?

  it seems it was disbanded by the co specifically because of "lack of love" and members reassigned to other congregations in the reigate and crawley areas.. i've checked the charities commission web site and the charity was removed in may 2012.. http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/removedcharitymain.aspx?registeredcharitynumber=1066699&subsidiarynumber=0.

  the cobe was a guy called rossiter (sp?

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  cattails

  The love in many congregations is always reserved for the new person who starts attending. After that, the real uncaring attitude shows through and through on the part of most Witnesses.

  There are so many unhappy people in the congregations--over-burdened and over-stressed--many don't even like themselves for who they are and what a nervous wreck their life has become from being in slavery to the WT, how can they like or love others?
  
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  Well written, scathing article that summarises first 3 days of RC hearing.

  by Pants of Righteousness in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  there's been quite a number newspaper articles quoted over the past week, but i would recommend this as a good summary of the first three days of the royal commission hearing in australia - complete with some scathing commentary.. apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but have not seen this posted previously.. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2015/08/01/royal-commission-examines-jehovah-witnesses-cover/14383512002194.

  just one thing that is not quite right is that the article refers to joe bello as a narrogin elder.

  the assualts took place while the victim was part of the narrogin congregation.

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  cattails

  Great article to share. I posted the link on facebook. Within minutes my total facebook friends amount kept going down, I also got several messages asking if I was really a Jehovah's Witness.
  
  

  I'm sure some will read it if they can do so secretly without other Witnesses finding out about them reading 'apostate' literature. Anything negative of the WT is 'apostate' to them.
  
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  Does the .Org have the gall to ignore the RC?

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have been mulling over the options that the wt has to take in regard to child abuse.

  in my mind there are the following ones:.

  1. overhaul their entire system, and apologize to all abuse victims.

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  cattails

  They will outwardly comply with whatever they're required to, and internally the COs will come around directing how its really to be done.

  It reminds me of the Bulgarian blood transfusion agreement, that was kept under wraps. I think they'll try to pull something similar.
  
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  Photobombing the Ministerial Servant's incentive rewards at the Regional Convention

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower marketing incentive rewards for young single baptized males in the 0rganization.. .

  the face of the photobombing brother in the background says it all.

  like a child in a candy shop.

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  cattails

  TheListener: "Run brothers run for the hills!!!! Those girls are trouble I tell ya!!"

  Tell me about a female who wasn't trouble? It's in our nature! And we're out to get you! You bet you better run, but you can't hide! kkkkkkkk.
  
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  Everything seems to be changing... why not birthdays?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if we look at all doctrines, we see an overall effort to conserve unity and control.

  - assuming most birthdays, if allowed, would probably be oriented to children, then that means 40 celebrations per year.

  so all in all, this give a total potential attendance to a birthday of 30 families (120 attendance / 4 family members).

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  cattails

  Excellent OP. It really is all about the money with the WT. They want it all Paul, all you can give Viv, down to the last penny Lenny, all your icecream money Honey.
  
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  The JW's 2 witness rule applied to Molestation is wrong AND HERE'S WHY

  by wozza in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this is not the first time i've written about this, but with the royal commission happening here in australia, and having fought against the wts on this problem of molestation in the wts over a period of 15 years i feel a need to explain what i found which contradicts what the wts says and the way they handle cases within their society.. i am not going to give the history of my involvement but just state simply why no-one can believe what the wts says ,and we all know the scriptures they use to not handle cases of molestation properly , so here goes , it's not tricky or hard to understand i think, but just use the bible against them (hope this is used at the commission).. i,m using the revised berkely version in plain english here ,.

  the context is law giving in the book of deuteronomy ch 22 : vs 22 - 27. vs 22 "when a man is surprised abed with a married woman,they shall both die ,the man who lay with the woman and the woman too; you shall wipe out the evil from israel.".

  so this is easy to grasp ,man sleeps with married woman ,judged to die -they got caught.. next vs 23- 24 "when a man comes upon a girl in the city, who is a virgin betrothed to another , and he lies with her,24 you shall bring them both to the gate of the city and stone them to death, the girl because she did not cry out, although the city was all about her, and the man because he violated his neighbour's wife.

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  cattails

  But if the girl isn't 'betrothed' and she's just a child like in many abuse cases then field or no field today we know this is just abuse of another human being especially those who cannot defend themselves adequately.

  Vs28-29 This shows that if the girl is not betrothed but is forced into sex she has to marry him and pay her father 50 silver coins (crazy huh?)

  Crazy, definitely. What I can't fathom is how a girl of marriageable age would be expected to marry her rapist?