Topics Started by Slidin Fast

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Vintage Tape Recordings
by Slidin Fast in
1. jw
2. friends
i have come across several official reel to reel magnetic tape recordings of material from i think the 1958 international convention at yankee stadium and polo grounds nyc.

the speakers are knorr and franz.

i have no machinery to play these but love them or loathe them, they are history.
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A message from Barbara Anderson re: the health state of her hero, her husband, Joe Anderson
by jwleaks in
1. jw
2. friends
from barbara:.

my dear husband, joe anderson, has had very real problems with his short-term memory for at least a year which really worried me.

as his mental health deteriorated, i decided to have our local longtime physician talk alone with joe during an office visit last september.
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Conversion Therapy for Gay Bethelites in Poland (?)
by Jensus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently, there was a rather accurate report on jw on german tv station "sat1".

you find it on their streaming service joyn.. https://www.joyn.de/serien/jenseits-des-glaubens-zwischen-religion-und-verblendung/1-2-die-zeugen-jehovas.

there was one piece of information that was new for me: a former bethelite explained that he realized that he was gay.
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Norway didn't fall for it
by Jalisco in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
la norvegia non è caduta nella trappola della torre di guardia di agosto.. https://files.accessjw.org/s/sdzfgcgk4bi48jb.
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WT brags about suing indigenous peoples and winning!
by Slidin Fast in
1. jw
2. friends
i know we get a bit cynical and hard boiled about the exploits of wt inc. but this takes the biscuit.

apparently these ecuadorian indigenous people objected to being targeted by the sect.

so wt inc rode in and guess what?
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JW WOMAN VOLUNTEER CRUSHED BY A WALL AT A KINGDOM HALL PROJECT
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://youtu.be/1skm8riz7qc?si=ww3ej9orl_91db4w.

the construction of a new jehovah’s witnesses kingdom hall in cybinka, poland, has once again shed light on the watchtower organization’s relentless drive to expand its real estate empire on the backs of unpaid, vulnerable volunteers.

every day, around 40 jehovah’s witnesses show up at the construction site, some traveling long distances, not for pay or proper protection, but to fulfill a sense of “spiritual duty” instilled by the organization.
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What's Happening In Spain?
by Slidin Fast in
1. jw
2. friends
normally we have a formula.

disaster, cue wt volunteers to the rescue, self congratulatory breaking news on jw.borg.

parts of spain are washed out with huge loss of life.
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Serious sinner?
by Gorb in
1. jw
2. friends
with the statement in the study watchtower this sunday, that stop serving jehovah is a serious sin, the following:.

- can i conclude now, that we, (i, wife and 2 children), since 2008 pomo and no longer active in any religious activity, are serious sinners for jehovahs witnesses?.

writing this in a watchtower, a statement like that, could have big implications.. it makes me so sad.
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The World Today
by peacefulpete in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been meaning to share some recent experiences that defy the usual tropes about the 'world gone to hell' or 'people now days".. as some of you may remember i was seriously ill for a while and had to close my business and shop.

now, as it seems i have beaten it, i put up a sign again advertising that in a limited way i'm back.. what amazes me is how many times over the past 2 years customers and even competition have written and called to express their concern and best wishes.

just last week i had a personal visit of someone who i thought of as a rival, come in and shake my hand sincerely happy to see me up and around.
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New Zealand Report Link
by Slidin Fast in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the full report is here.. https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/.

the jw case study is here.. https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/case-studies/case-study-jehovahs-witnesses/executive-summary/.

you can read it in full from these links.