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  Inside Australia's chilling new cult, an xJW is the leader

  by finallysomepride in

  1. social
  2. current

  in a 10 month investigation, sunday night infiltrates one of the worlds most worrying new cults.

  but most chilling, this cult is australian, spreading and described as worse than waco.

  we go inside the cults headquarters to meet the leaders and their followers who claim their lives have been changed forever.. http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/article/-/10276027/inside-australias-chilling-new-cult/.

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  Scary, Jim Jones scary!

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  Can't finish watching those videos, don't have the stomach for it.
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  Today's Watchtower Study is SO dumb!!!

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would like to think of myself as an academic.

  im starting my second degree and i enjoy research.

  when i see a statement backed up by references and support from a credible source, sometimes i get excited.

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  it made me want to rip up the magazine and throw it in the bin.

  So, what are you waiting for? "Just do it!"
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  Were any of you anointed?

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did any of you feel that mystical force telling you that you were of the anointed class?.

  what did it feel like?

  was it real?

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  What does the Bible mean when it says beware for those partaking unworthily though?

  The word "hypocrite" sums it up nicely. See Matthew 23, especially verses 5-7 and 23-28. "All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’" "You cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, so that the outside may also be clean." Partaking to make a show of holiness without first converting your own heart and soul: that is what makes you unworthy!
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  Australia: Ramifications of government watchdog's ruling on Scientology's use of unpaid laborers

  by MrMonroe in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  fair work australia, the government industrial law agency, has ruled that the church of scientology broke australian law by requiring employees to work long hours for as little as $10 a week.

  the church's defence was that because it is a religious entity, its workers are not employees, but volunteers.. which all sounds a bit familiar!.

  the agency also found that "a significant level of control and direction was applied to workers by more senior church members who hold positions of authority".

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  From the second article:

  Senator Xenophon said ... it was likely many of the complaints would only be finally resolved in the courts

  That's the rub, for serfs of the GB as well as the SeaOrg. Unless they file a complaint, and have good enough documentation and witnesses to prevail in court, they have no chance for justice.
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  What Turns The Average "Worldly" Person Away From The Witnesses?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it their door-to-door incessant preaching?

  is it their view on blood?

  is it that the religion itself is simply often misunderstood?.

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  to Oz!
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  What Turns The Average "Worldly" Person Away From The Witnesses?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it their door-to-door incessant preaching?

  is it their view on blood?

  is it that the religion itself is simply often misunderstood?.

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  Is it their door-to-door incessant preaching?

  More often than not, yes. That's the only direct contact most people ever have with the organization.

  Is it their view on blood?

  For those who know about it, sure. But many don't know about it. I didn't know much about it until I married a JW, and didn't comprehend what it really meant until the Hospital Laision Committee came into the picture.

  Is it that the religion itself is simply often misunderstood?

  Much of the misunderstanding is deliberate on the part of the WT organization. What they put into writing is much less than what they expect you to do. You are entitled to know next to nothing until you sign up for a study, a little more when you start going to meetings and knocking on doors, but the serious rules only come up after you agree to obey them (sight unseen) by virtue of getting dunked in the pool.
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  JW in the News: Man arrested after using stun gun at football game

  by laverite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's an interesting article that i found linked from yahoo news: .

  http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201109/nfl-fan-uses-religious-self-defense-stun-gun-use.

  the man arrested is reported in the story to be a jw.

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  Here is a confirming story, from the Charleston Post and Courier. McKelvey is facing several felony charges, including aggravated assault, possession of a stun gun and illegal possession of a weapon. He was released on $22,500 bail.

  The article doesn't say whether anybody else involved was arrested.

  If he was looking for trouble, I'd say he found it!
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  911 forgotten amongst JWs

  by fade_away in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i noticed over the last 10 years that in every 9/11 anniversary, jws that i know personally don't even mention it.

  not a word about the anniversary.

  not a compassionate comment, not a prayer....nothing.

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  My flag will be at half-mast today. Please do not forget!
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  My Letter to local Newspapaer - Your Feedback Please?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my local congregation has been in the news this week following a successful application for planning permission for a quick build.

  a local vicar objected because the application described it as a building for "christain worship".. .

  vicar fury at new home for jehovahs .

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  Cofty this is a good letter! I agree about removing the "red pill" reference, which will confuse those of my generation. I also agree with black sheep that what you can't support with references to the WT's public written statements will hurt credibility. Here are some proof reading checks:

  "Reverend Knox sent the planning committee"

  "Arian Controversy" -- most people will not know what this means, and many don't care. Either describe it briefly -- for example, "Arian Controversy (denial that Christ is divine)" -- or leave this part out, if you think it distracts too much from your main topic.

  "but don’t mistake cordiality for friendship", or "but don’t confuse cordiality with friendship" (a minor difference, I agree, but attention to detail bolsters your credibility)
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  oops, absence noted ...

  by talesin in

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  Ouch! Sometimes the smallest critters inflict the most painful injuries. Get well, Tal!