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  Dead Relative Due To Blood Policy?

  by AlanF in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

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  i'd like to hear comments from anyone who had a relative die because of the watchtower society's misguided policy on blood transfusions.. alanf

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  Bumping for the newbies!

  I have a sister who nearly died, thanks to this nonsense. (cardiac problems & anemia). Long slow recovery.... She thanks Jehovah instead of her doctors who did pull her through.
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  My yoke is easy and my burden is light, unless you're a JW than you will have many strange complicated rules

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is this jw husband and wife i knew from the 80's when i was a child.

  they got a divorce a few years ago and never remarried.

  they are older now and unable to afford to live on their own.

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  So they are both still witnesses? Weird.
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  "--want to survive Armageddon?-- the start partaking--

  by prologos in

  1. social
  2. humour

  jesus: the gt will be cut short for the sake of the "chosen ones" the sealed anointed).

  unless those days are cut short no flesh will be saved.

  how can you be saved without being a chosen one, be a chosen one without partaking?.

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  If I was to live forever I don't care if its on earth or in heaven. I just don't want it to be with the witnesses!
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  LEFTOVERS and STOLEN LIGHT (An historical look at Watchtower laziness and misadventure)

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  should the chosen mouthpiece (gb) be a voice or merely an imitative echo?.

  is new light original (because it is coming direct from jehovah) or is it leftover from the minds of men?.

  watchtower magazine failed to release new light first, before any other religious person or body.

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  Maybe they need new batteries for their "flash light".
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  Do you have any recording devices? Question at JW Judicial Committee. Can we use this weapon against them?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  what labels the watchtower judicial system as a completely kangaroo court is the secrecy in which they take place.

  i was asked this question by 5 elders who sat as judges over me over the charges get this "speaking against the organization" this was truly the most kangarooie of the kangaroo courts ever.

  when they first invited me to this meeting by 2 elder at my place of work i asked them what the charges were and was told speaking against the organization to which i said right the charges down on a piece of paper and sign it to which they refused.

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  I understand it has been done. Check youtube
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  Are Witnesses Allowed to Read Bible by itself

  by Brighid in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been away from the boards so long that i had to create a new account but recent events have brought me back - i've missed this place!

  anyway, i heard a former witness being interviewed the other day that said the witnesses were now being highly discouraged to read the bible by itself (without wt literature) on their own.

  this seems over the top even for the witnesses.

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  They will never admit it, but say you can't really know the meaning without the literature.

  Its all in what they don't say.

  Welcome back!
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  What is G-JOBBING for Bethelites?????????

  by JT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had enough asked :.

  if you haven't already related to us the experiences at bethel that you told to your mom-in-law, (or even if you already have told us) could you tell us about what you told her.....and...what is "g-jobbing" (sorry for my naivity) .

  i didn't want to take away from sl post about his mother but i thought a little insight into the world of the bethelites would be interesting this am.

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  Bumping this to the top. Wonder if the newbies can give us some insight on more recent events at Bethel.
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  Say Something Jehovah's Witnessy........

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know there's no such word as "witnessy" but this can be a fun thread.

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  He was of the remnant.
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  Do you remember the 15 minute break at the Sun. meeting?

  by 3rdgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a poster on another thread reminded me of when there was a 15 min.

  break between the talk and the wt study on sundays.

  the break was supposed to be to allow jw's time to drive their bible studys home from the talk.

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  I remember the 15 minute breaks too. Heading to the restroom or walking (no running) around the hall. I think they stopped the charts in front by the stage in the early 60's.
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  CULT CULT CULT

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have read many opinions about jw's being a cult.a dictionary describes cult as a system of religious beliefs and ritual .. some have viewed even major religions as a cult, such as the roman catholic church.based upon webster almost anybody or anything that is viewed as ritualistic could be said to be cultic.when someone tries to negate jehovah's witnesses by using.

  the "cult" word, i believe they are not seeing that many others could legitimately be regarded as a cult or at least "cultic".therefore the word loses alot of meaning.

  some have said that the watchtower is a cult because of the control factor.

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  Bringing this back to the top. We need to review this every once in a while, Simon is this in the best of section?