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  Police confirm homicide at Jehovah’s witness center in Colorado after shooter 'threw Molotov cocktail into building'

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

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  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11573103/active-shooter-throws-molotov-cocktail-jehovahs-witness-center-colorado.html?ito=amp_twitter_share-top.

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  based upon the above News release, it looks like she was a willing participate.

  Or perhaps was forced to act by her armed husband.
  
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  Report a corruption in a Kingdom Hall

  by VictorGoh in

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  2. child-abuse

  how can i report a corruption in a kingdom hall?

  can i escalate this to the jw headquarter?

  any suggestions are appreciated..

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  If it is a crime, report to police.

  If it is a crime of abusing a child or the elderly, the law in most US states requires you to report reasonable suspicion of such acts. Many states make "every person" a mandatory reporter of abuse. And since the WTBTS considers not only elders but also baptized publishers to be ordained ministers, they all are mandatory reporters in virtually every US state.
  
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  Geographical inaccuracies you cant shake

  by GabeAthouse in

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  where your mental image of a place does not match up with where you intellectually know it actually is?

  1. great britain: i always picture it to the west of france.

  if i'm reading about the norman invasion or d-day i always see it in my head as crossing the channel east-west / west-east.

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  what waton meant is, that part south America is in the northern hemisphere.

  Yes, the country is named "Ecuador" (Equator) for a good reason.
  
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  Kneel before me, for I am an ... Activist!

  by Simon in

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  2. scandals

  i thought it was just me that had a negative view of people who proclaim themselves to be activists.. but no, it seems i'm not alone!.

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  These days, the word "Activist" is often associated with "end justifies the means" actions. For that reason, I avoid using it when I don't intend to make that implication.
  
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  What Does Prayer Actually Do?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. beliefs

  if you think it works, what is your evidence outside of possible coincidence?.

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  Demanding that God do what you want is not prayer, it is presumption. Prayer is aligning ourselves to His will, not vice versa: "Thy will be done, on earth..."
  
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  What is "Brazen" conduct according to new 'Shepherd the Flock of God' book

  by TastingFreedom in

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  what is brazen conduct according to the watchtower?.

  here are some references from the new flock book:.

  they have really pushed the envelope to bundle a bunch of things into one really evil word.

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  with disfellowshipped, non-relatives ...

  A serious sarcastic comment: What about disfellowshipped half-siblings? Are they allowed to have half-hearted, part-time, somewhat necessary association with their faithful JW brother-by-another-father?

  I am sick and tired of being the main path of communication between two grown children. As the ex un-believing-mate of a JW spouse, father of a faithful JW and step-father of a DF'ed "apostate" JW, both children talk with me--but not to each other. (I never was a JW, so they couldn't DF me!) Nor does their reinstated JW mother speak much with the DF'ed child.

  Just another way to split families apart.
  
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  New Revised Elder's Manual is out!

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  2. beliefs

  https://wetransfer.com/downloads/1b5fd97a37524735de3c44841bec9c8120200414110244/6a723a.

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  Never mind what's printed, the devil is in the details of how the text will be applied and interpreted. That is in the elders' handwritten notes, if they still allow them to take notes.
  
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  Only One Destiny for All Christians

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
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  the following is an extract from an article i wrote when i left the watchtower 25 years ago.

  it may be helpful in reasoning with a jw about the anointed/great crowd distinction.. --------------------------------.

  to divide people into those with a heavenly hope and those with an earthly one is not a biblical concept.

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  When Jesus spoke of sorting souls into two groups, it was sheep on his right, goats on his left. Those who followed his word on the right, those who gave it mere lip service on the other. Those who chose salvation, or damnation. (Matthew 25)
  
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  Are JW's unknowingly part of a CULT?

  by The Fall Guy in

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  2. friends

  some points for awakening jw's to consider in 2020: .

  "joining a cult: religious choice or psychological aberration" by dena s. davis.

  some of the following characteristics are listed:.

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  To Ding's list, I propose adding #11: (related to #7)
  

  "Quotes their own writings more frequently than, and as equally authoritative to, other widely accepted sources used by non-members." In this case, they quote the Watchtower and and various books published by WTBTS as if they were accepted scripture. Note well: they call the weekly meeting a Watchtower study rather than a Bible study.

  Yes, it is a cult. No, it does no good to tell a Witness that it is a cult. All that does is solidify their resistance to anything else you say, which they might otherwise make some attempt to hear.
  
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  FlyingHighNow

  by Ex-Witless in

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  hello forum.

  my aunt, flyinghighnow, has passed away.

  i don't know if you remember her, but she was a long time member.

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  GLTirebiter

  She was a valued member here, and is missed. May she rest in peace!