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  California Elder Arrested

  by James Jack in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  crime.

  daniel macias said.. investigators learned that ramos was an elder at a jehovah’s witnesses church in the 4000 block of west mckinley avenue.

  there, he met a teen girl and her family three years ago.. .

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  freddo

  Fisherman, have you pre-studied your WT for tomorrow? Self-control is the subject for indoctrination.

  Does your posting (your drivel) on here demonstrate self-control according to the Governing Body of your religion?
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  2017 Memorial Partakers

  by NashvilleTele in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when does the number of memorial partakers get released for 2017. i was wondering if the number will surpass 20k.

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  freddo

  You are a star wifibandit! Thank you very much for all you do and to all your sources.

  Mind you I wonder if the figure will be published this year? No more yearbook gives "them" more opportunity to hide unpalatable numbers.
  
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  Born Again church and healing Peter's feet

  by punkofnice in

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  2. experiences

  when i left the jobos i went to different churches, depending on where i lived at the time.

  i still believed in god and jesus at the time.. i was beginning to feel that there was actually no god but continued with the delusion as it comforted me.. the church i went to had some that claimed they could speak in tongues.

  i suspected this was just an attention seeking device and that they were just spouting gibberish to appear special.. i went to a church morning breakfast.

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  freddo

  Peter needed a crutch. Pun intended.
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  I wonder if their are any parents of theses children on here now .May 22 1994

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know it could be a sensitive subject however we were all once firm believers and could have very well let one of our loved ones die due to what we once believed.. and not to be judgemental on what we would have done or did do in the past ,i sometime wonder if any of the parents or even one parent of the children of the may 22nd 1994 magazine of "youths who put god first " have now regretted their decision to let their children make this decision on their own.. after all these years i find it hard to believe that not one of them have no regrets to what happened to their child.. i can also accept that it would be extremely hard to admit that you allowed your child to make a decision to die on a belief you instilled in them that you no longer now believe in.

  i think that would be very hard to live with and come to terms with.. if any of you are here my heart goes out to you because you have gone through hell and my thoughts/vibes are with you..

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  freddo

  What Diogenesister said.

  Truly stomach churning.
  
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  JC letter of invitation. Do they always get signed?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just shown a jc letter from a friend and i noticed that the bottom of it was signed by tree elders.

  the letter specifically stated that it was an invitation to a "judicial committee" due to the brother having a marital relationship that was not aligned with bible principles.. i am asking because i remember reading experiences of brothers who demanded their jc be arranged over certified mail with signed letters to which elders refused to do.

  since they could not get this done the matter was dropped and no dfing ever happened.

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  freddo

  Well duh! "Tree elders" are sent by the "Branch" - obviously.

  @Closer

  There is a difference between legally married (in jw land) and scripturally married.

  You can get a legal divorce but if you remarry (legally) without "scriptural" grounds for a divorce then you have entered into an "adulterous marriage" and if they can get their ducks in a row (proof - admission by you or two witnesses or it is known you are living with your new marriage mate) they will hold a JC and DF you.

  "Scriptural" grounds means that either...

  A) Your ex had definitely done "jiggy-jiggy" with someone - or an animal! (porneia is the word they use which means penetrative or oral sex or mutual masturbation) and you have chosen not to "forgive". ("Forgiving" means you have resumed jiggy-jiggy with him or her)

  B) You have done the dirty and your ex chose to "not forgive you" and scripturally and legally divorce you first.

  Oh and with modern technology- phone sex, sexting, robot sex (!) etc. this will have them spending hours or days consulting with the branch to decide what or if you have "grounds" or not! Probably not.

  But no Pharisees at work here. No Sir!
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  New World Translation Vs. Kingdom Interlinear Translation ... your thoughts

  by Ianone in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  8: 58 footnote 1985 ed kit blue (01).

  8: 58 footnote 1969 ed kit purple (02).

  jesus, himself tells us just how important it is.

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  freddo

  I cannot throw more light on the post but I knew there were two interlinears. Not hugely different although I'm sure someone can highlight anything significant.

  I have the blue one (later) but not the earlier. As far as I recall the purple one was based on the complete (old green 1961 nwt bible) in style and came out in 1969.

  The blue one of 1985 came out with the revision of the 1984 nwt (you know where Heb 1 v 6 is changed from "worship" to "obeisance" of Jesus in the main text) and at the time of the big reference bible.

  I guess there would have been tiny subtle differences to support their doctrine plus some extra charts and such to make it more sellable (financially) to the JW's who would have been the main source of income.
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  JW Broadcasting: Russian Convention Travel Report w/Mark Sanderson

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-jwb_201709_12_video.

  a few things about this video:.

  it's very nice that they managed to host a convention for the russian brothers and sisters, and that they all got fed.

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  freddo

  https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fs.newsweek.com%2Fsites%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Ffiles%2F2015%2F04%2F17%2F0417namfall01.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Flast-helicopter-evacuating-saigon-321254&docid=29m57VxOBa061M&tbnid=F_t2leqa8TJ7xM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwj0tObz0onXAhWPDRoKHaiPC-YQMwgmKAAwAA..i&w=3678&h=2638&bih=584&biw=1120&q=vietnam%20last%20helicopter&ved=0ahUKEwj0tObz0onXAhWPDRoKHaiPC-YQMwgmKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8
  
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  Classic situation at Circuit Assembly Day

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i've just skived off to the car park half way through our assembly day - what a classic morning.. i'm sat right behind an early-teen kid with some sort of special needs (autistic?

  ) who's sat with what looks like his late-30's harassed single parent mother.

  (or married to an unbelieving mate?

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  freddo

  Just escaped early to the car park. And no I'd rather not say on open forum which venue ... paranoia and all that.

  However SNK and Mum weren't there in the afternoon (or were sat elsewhere.) Hopefully he didn't have to get the whole day.
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  Classic situation at Circuit Assembly Day

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i've just skived off to the car park half way through our assembly day - what a classic morning.. i'm sat right behind an early-teen kid with some sort of special needs (autistic?

  ) who's sat with what looks like his late-30's harassed single parent mother.

  (or married to an unbelieving mate?

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  freddo

  So I've just skived off to the car park half way through our assembly day - what a classic morning.

  I'm sat right behind an early-teen kid with some sort of special needs (autistic?) who's sat with what looks like his late-30's harassed single parent mother. (or married to an unbelieving mate?)

  Every so often he makes an audible comment which can be heard by me and a few around us. He also has a big A4 size photocopy of those dumb questions they print in the program nowadays to keep us on message.

  So ... first item finishes and the chairman gets up and thanks the speaker and asks rhetorically ...

  Chairman "So we're all looking forward to the rest of the assembly aren't we brothers and sisters?"

  SNK (Special Needs Kid) "I'm not!"

  Kid's mother "Shhhhh!"

  SNK "Well I'm not! It's wrong to lie!"

  Kid's mother goes blood red.

  .....

  Later there's an item about how we behave when alone (except Jehovah of course ) and a lot of it is about pornography.

  SNK writes in his notes in massive handwriting "Do not watch PORN!!!" and shows it to his mother who goes blood red again.

  All goes relatively quiet until the baptism questions (4 baptised out of 940 in attendance) and the first one goes by with no comment from SNK but the second goes like this ...

  Guy giving talk: "Blah blah - do you identify yourself with Jehovah's organisation etc"

  SNK "NO!!"

  You guessed it - mother goes blood red again!

  I thought this kid is smarter than everyone thinks.

  
  
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  13th Dec 2017

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  i have a 'financial advisor' email tell of massive changes coming to us (and thereby world currencies) on the above date.. does 13-dec 2017 mean anything to anyone.?.

  he is talking about the removal of cash etc now if this is half way correct where does it leave the money machine of the wt?.

  positive responses welcome..

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  freddo

  Useful response ...?

  I reckon it's a phishing email and the first part of a scam.