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  Elder asks my disfellowshipped cousin to leave house while grieving for his grandmother

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  fourteen years ago i started a thread on how horrible my disfellowshipped cousin was treated after his mom passed away and the terrible actions on the part of the elders at the funeral home.. 67. horrible conduct by congregation elders at my cousin's funeral.............. well, here we are 14 years later, and things haven't changed!.

  my aunt ( who is my disfellowshipped cousin's grandmother ) was placed in home hospice care.

  the nurse told her daughters ( who are jehovah's witnesses and live with their mother ) that their mom probably has 2 days left to live and that they should call the immediate family.. my disfellowshipped cousin and his sister show up in the early morning.

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  GLTirebiter

  "Necessary family business" means asking for money or nagging you to come back and attend Memorial. The rest is optional!
  
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  Watchtower Museums

  by eyeslice in

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  2. friends

  now covid restrictions are over, they're pushing on with watchtower museums at many locations through out the world.. looks to me as if they'll be pretty boring.

  a few old bibles and photos of the witnessing work from way back when.. one things for sure is they won't include anything relating to constantly changing doctrines or have libraries full of old publications that have since been swept under the carpet..

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  I doubt they'll include a display of Russell's pyramid measurements

  I doubt they would play Judge Joe's polemical records, or show transcriptions of his words. Such things are best preserved behind glass in locked display cases, so nobody will be "misled by the Old Light."
  
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  Why are so many Jehovah’s Witnesses Angry and Rude?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why do you think many jws are hostile and rude?

  or is that just my imagination?.

  mark jones writes: the vast majority of jehovah’s witnesses are nice people.

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  Like frat house boys and politicians, most are perfectly nice as individuals. But bring them all together in their organization, and the reverse-synergy sinks them all to the lowest level. It's a fascinating phenomenon, in a morbid sort of way.
  
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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

  1. watchtower
  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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  GLTirebiter

  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

  1. watchtower
  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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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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

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  GLTirebiter

  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.