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  Is shunning unscriptual?

  by MrTheocratic in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  international version 1 cor 5:11. but now i am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.

  do not even eat with such people.. if shunning is wrong.

  .how does one explain this scripture?.

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  http://m.imgur.com/a/0D6XF
  
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  "Bethelites told they weren’t doing enough, hadn’t reached their potential so about half of them walked out of the talk"

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this was news to me, it's from a year and a half ago,.

  from joe emerson at http://www.christianwitnesses.com.

  bethelites told they weren’t doing enough, hadn’t reached their potential so about half of them walked out of the talk; efforts made to get names of those who walked out but didn’t get them all.

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  Don't trust the source...nerds verification.
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  Is it Time to Declare that The Great Tribulation Has Started ?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.

  they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.

  but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.

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  Perhaps as soon as Warwick is completed and Brooklyn fully sold off...that way the preaching and therewith the costly literature distribution can stop.
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  Cover of the September 2016 Watchtower.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the cover of the 2016 september watchtower has an islander couple preaching.

  the brother looks like he may be fijian in a traditional skirt standing in a river, doing a presentation on an apple ipad.

  i can't imagine there are many families that can afford an ipad in the pacific islands.

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  That was my first observation to the cover as well. Unrealistic!

  What also surprises me to some extent is the push/acceptance for Apple. After all Tim Cook, is the only openly Gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company. You would think that Apple products therefor could not be used by "True Christians" as they may lead to becoming homosexual or be demon-possessed.
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  Old Relative Not Happy About Push To Use Ipads Etc

  by disillusioned 2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was in a close relatives house yesterday and she was having angry and resentful at the push to use electronic devices at the meetings.

  she was talking to another relative of mine who has just got an ipad to use.

  this relative of mine is very elderly and obviously prefers to use her bible and other books.

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  My mid-80 year old (45 years a JW) mother has been spoken to by the elders why she continues to use the paper literature, rather than an iPad. Crazy!
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  JW Broadcasting reeks of desperation

  by oldskool in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  again, i'm a decade removed from the faith.

  i'm catching up now, and can't believe what i'm seeing.. i get that jw leadership faced a dilemma.

  there is no intellectual apparatus within the faith.

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  You nailed it completely. I have been out merely eight years, but do not recognize this as the religion I once was part of...
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  RC 2016 Leaks & Releases

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.

  now, on with the leaks & releases!

  first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.

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  There also is a video in which a kid is told he cannot go to the University as this would displease God. Would appreciate if this is leaked. thanks!
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  New Shunning Video - RC 2016

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g20rww_-7ua.

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  Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Break Up Families or Build Them Up?

  https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/families/

  
  

  Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Shun Former Members of Their Religion?

  https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/
  
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  Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

  it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

  the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

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  Interesting how when it comes to wearing a beard, the WT states, in paragraph 17:
  

  Christians are not under the Mosaic Law, nor are they obliged to observe it.
  

  
  

  However, the rest of the article states the principles of the Mosaic law towards clothing.For example in paragraph 3: The [Mosaic] Law showed Jehovah’s strong feelings against clothing that does not make clear the distinction between male and female—what has been described in our day as unisex fashion.

  
  

  Seems double-speak to me. Either you apply the law or not!
  
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  New Shunning Video - RC 2016

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g20rww_-7ua.

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  Great with these videos, in the past JWs were not even allowed to record the talks, but now we have access to their cult propaganda.

  I especially hope that active JWs lurking here, see this religion for what it is. It is NOT a religion that embraces Jesus-like Compassion, Warmth and forgiveness...
  
  This convention video shows that parents should shun their disfellowshipped children to the extreme. A teenage daughter is kicked out of the house by her father and the mother thereafter refuses to answer her calls. It seems that even necessary family business contact is no longer allowed.
  
  If you still doubt this is a destructive cult...