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  Late breaking and local - San Antonio, TX - older man fondles pre-teen at Kingdom Hall on meeting night

  by Jim_TX in

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  2. child-abuse

  this is posted on the local tv news web site, i hope the link works.... http://www.kens5.com/news/local/police-say-sa-man-molested-girl-at-south-side-church.html.

  police say s.a. man molested girl at south-side church .

  by marvin hurst / kens 5. .

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  maninthemiddle

  Is this guy for fucking real ????????????

  brother_steve said on July 15, 2010 at 6:22 AM

  I have been a Jehovah's Witness my entire life. There is no way this molestor was a True Jehovah's Witness. Jehovah's Witnesses never commit crimes, we are the happiest people on Earth. You could leave your wallet inside a Kingdom Hall and no one would touch it. It's that safe around Jehovah's people. I think perhaps the Demons got into this man to make him molest a girl in the Kingdom Hall. Or it's possible it was the girls fault for tempting the Brother. Satan loves to use the power of sex and womenly seduction to tempt Jehovah's people away from the Truth. Surely this is a sign we are in the last days. Now that the demons can get into the Kingdom Hall we need to protect ourselves and draw even closer to Jehovah.
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  AUDIO: "Dubnesia" demonstrated. JWs can not recall what they heard in a talk

  by kurtbethel in

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  2. friends

  i have explained "dubnesia" before, which is that amnesia that jws seem to get about the actual content of their so called spiritual nourishment.

  not to criticize, as i always get that after hearing h. ross perot talk.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/188046/1/dubnesia-have-you-had-it.

  now i have audio of dubnesia as we hear two jws explain to a householder about how wonderful the talk they heard was.

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  maninthemiddle

  This is just too funny.

  Sounds like so many conversations I have heard.

  "the way he presented it"
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  Head Count request, are you male or female? Lets count!

  by asilentone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at her recent thread, changeling was asking us if there are more men than women leaving the org.

  lets find out.. .

  i am a male.

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  maninthemiddle

  My usernme gives it away.
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  Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.

  i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.

  i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.

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  maninthemiddle

  I was counseled against attending meetings at congregations other than where I was assigned to.

  Two elders used this scripture to back that up.

  (James 4:17) . . .Therefore, if one knows how to do what is right and yet does not do it, it is a sin for him. . .
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  I wonder if JW's ever study what the heretics said.

  by dgp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was just wondering if jehovah's witnesses have heard about the dead sea scrolls, or whether they could ever get to read, say, the gnostic gospels.

  some catholics would read those, to be sure, while some others wouldn't.

  i wonder if jehovah's witnesses ever get to study what the heretics held as true, like, for example, marcion's belief that the god of the old testament couldn't possibly be the god of the new testament..

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  dgp, are you currently reading"lost Christianities" ?

  I currently am, and find it the most telling of the three of Ehrman's so far. It goes to show how far in left field the WT is regarding history.

  Even if they don't want to acknowledge the other forms af christianity, they should at least acknowledge the fight that there was for christanitiy as we know it today.

  Compare this book to the Watchtower 4/1/2010, and how it tells us that it was all sunshine and roses and the books of the NT always existed just as we know them today.

  Compare this to the drama this year.

  History seems only useful to the WT when it serves their purpose.

  -MM
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  Did the WT totally "luck out" with World War I starting in 1914?

  by lepermessiah in

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  2. friends

  my family is still fixated on the 1914 date, simply because world war i started that year.. i told them i will agree it is a significant year in world history, but that the 1914 date as presented by jw's is based on lies and charlatanry.. i said "i think the wt really lucked out with 1914 with wwi starting that year - it keeps most jw's stuck on that date" .

  the standard answer is "well, that was the year everything went haywire"...... let the circular reasoning continue .

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  What really got me was when I found out that WW1 was not by far the worst war in History.

  I think it is usually ranked number 6 in the amount of deaths.

  But that doesn't stop COs from giving talks about how WW1 was the "deadliest"
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  What question would you ask a visiting Governing Body Member?

  by pirata in

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  2. friends

  so if a governing body member was visiting your local district convention, and you had the opportunity to ask them a single question, what would it be?.

  assume that you are still an active jw and are not looking to get df'd..

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  xpeter wrote :8.Where is the word "Organization" "Governing Body" etc mentioned in the Bible?

  check out the April 1st Watchtower for this explanation.
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  "It seems to me you folks are worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea."

  by BabaYaga in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a friend just shared this quote with me.

  he read it in "pass the jelly; tales of ordinary enlightenment" by gary crowley, in which the narrator makes witty zen observations as he wanders through his day.

  while having a discussion with some jehovah's witnesses who came to his door, he tells them, "it seems to me you folks are worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea.

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  Well said Rocketman.

  Daniel, I see your point.
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  "It seems to me you folks are worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea."

  by BabaYaga in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a friend just shared this quote with me.

  he read it in "pass the jelly; tales of ordinary enlightenment" by gary crowley, in which the narrator makes witty zen observations as he wanders through his day.

  while having a discussion with some jehovah's witnesses who came to his door, he tells them, "it seems to me you folks are worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea.

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  maninthemiddle

  Daniel what if:

  teapot= Jehovah

  tea=Jesus?
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  If You Still "Had" To Go To Meetings What "Disrespectful" Things Might You Do?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know some who go to meetings because they feel they have to because of family or other considerations.. imagine going to a meeting and having your iphone with you!.

  how would it look if you had a watchtower in your hands along with a tv guide?.

  think about going to a meeting with strong booze breath.. any other suggestions?

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  maninthemiddle

  Shake your head in disbelief or roll your eyes during certain comments

  did this just recently.. in fact I mumbled " he didn't just say that, did he?" Loud enough to solicit stares.