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  Happy Mother's Day - never would have happened in JW land

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm a huge fan of the canadian tenors.

  [google them..... you will melt].

  saw this video and realized, this would never happen injw land.. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aypgut4te2k.

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  Thanks, I had never listened to them before. Victor Micallef has a beautiful voice and you can hear the passion.
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  Are the Jehovah's Witnesses really false prophets, perhaps being mentally manipulated by the Watchtower Corporation ? ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a lot of public scrutiny going on these days about the jw religion particularly on the inter - net.

  one of the posed questions which gets debated and discussed quite often, are the jws false prophets instigated to preach a tainted commercialized gospel under the direction of the executive leaders of the watchtower corporation ?

  these focused men who are responsible for creating the core doctrines of this organization.

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  I'm having a discussion with a JW on Youtube and their latest comment was this -
  
  <<just reading the Bible on my own I can tell with the outbreak of WWI when peace was first taken away from the whole earth and all the following calamitous global upheavals that's been happening since then, must be the end times period Christ spoke about in the Olivet discouses>>
  
  Rather than going into a more involved response, I kept it simple and as he was explaining that reading the Bible had ultimately convinced him that 1914 was correct, I replied
  
  <<We know, beyond doubt, that it could not have been 1914 because Jesus also told us that ' this generation would not pass away until all these things occurred'.>>

  I'm interested to see if he will respond with the overlapping interpretation, especially after trying to convince me that he wasn't relying on the opinions of the GB.
  
  
  
  
  
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  JW charged regarding child pornography

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article39058014.html#1.

  church shouldn't have divulged child-porn suspect's alleged confession, attorney says.

  elders in the jehovah’s witnesses church violated the confidentiality of steven lindhorst of paso robles when they told police about an alleged confession he made regarding child pornography, according to a defense motion.. .

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  Good points Konceptual, maybe the Elders saw him as a problem or even knew more about something from his past and were very co-operative in assisting the police.
  
  It would appear they went well beyond their duty when they also advised Police of the following
  
  <<Lindhorst later confessed to his elders at the Jehovah's Witnesses Church, according to court records, telling them he was not turned on by adult women.>>

  
  
  
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  UK 2016 Sheffield Convention

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is actually, cinematographically, a pretty good video, certainly better then most of them anyway!.

  1 to 3 july 2016 at sheffield arena, uk.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ra2ji909w.

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  Listener

  The only interesting thing about that Youtube is the edited comment made by the channel owner

  EDIT - Thank you for all the lovely messages Brothers and Sisters, its greatly appreciated, I'm sorry that they are no longer visible on this video. Unfortunately I had to disable comments as Apostates, with nothing better to do, were leaving comments and I can't spend all day deleting them.
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  JW charged regarding child pornography

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article39058014.html#1.

  church shouldn't have divulged child-porn suspect's alleged confession, attorney says.

  elders in the jehovah’s witnesses church violated the confidentiality of steven lindhorst of paso robles when they told police about an alleged confession he made regarding child pornography, according to a defense motion.. .

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  Listener

  Thanks Fisherman but the credit for picking up on the story goes to a JW on Youtube who posted a link to it to support the idea of clergy confidentiality.

  Nothings come of it yet, it is only a strategy of the defense party, pretty much like the JW org. uses it to their benefit in cases when they can.
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  Recording of doorstop meeting with JWs

  by MrMonroe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was alerted to the presence of jws in my street, so i grabbed my voice recorder and placed it by the front door.

  several minutes later there was a knock, i pressed "record" and opened the door to two jw women.

  the recording below runs for 25 minutes.

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  Thanks for taking the time to record that and sharing it.
  
  It was an interesting way that you managed the conversation. You had control all the way and gave very little away about your own feelings or beliefs. It's not wonder the bossy Aussie lady wanted to get away.
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  JW charged regarding child pornography

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article39058014.html#1.

  church shouldn't have divulged child-porn suspect's alleged confession, attorney says.

  elders in the jehovah’s witnesses church violated the confidentiality of steven lindhorst of paso robles when they told police about an alleged confession he made regarding child pornography, according to a defense motion.. .

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  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article39058014.html#1

  Church shouldn't have divulged child-porn suspect's alleged confession, attorney says

  Elders in the Jehovah’s Witnesses church violated the confidentiality of Steven Lindhorst of Paso Robles when they told police about an alleged confession he made regarding child pornography, according to a defense motion.

  

  Steven Martin Lindhorst, 51, of Paso Robles was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, on suspicion of committing a lewd act with a child under the age of 14, possession of child pornography and possession of explicit child pornography, as well as posting intimate photos of another without their consent. Original story »

  
  Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/crime/article39058014.html#1#storylink=cpy
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  Are the Elders harder on Women

  by Steel in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was having a discussion with an old friend last night.

  her parents are divorced and his mother never became “one of jehovah witnesses “ .

  long story short she claims elders are generally hardier on women than men.

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  Yes, they are harder on females. After all, they have first hand experience that it's the woman's fault for being a temptation to them.
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  'Strange' Australian Melbourne Baptisms

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not seen this before, or at least haven't registered it before.

  maybe it's just a traditional style?.

  i mean it's basically a glorified cattle trough?

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  It's a strange practice to watch people getting dunked whilst eating lunch. These people have already dedicated themselves to God and are getting baptized in front of a public audience to show that dedication publicly and that audience just sits there, eating their lunch. It's very disrespectful and makes a mockery of the purpose of their baptism.
  
  Maybe they should have everyone bring their own dinner to the memorial and the anointed can sit on the stage to partake.
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  Jw's and beards

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  without going into details.

  it appears that new light might be coming down the pipes that beards are acceptable.

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  There is a discussion on this recent article on this forum and Barold Bonds is correct. The article is not difinitive on the issue.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4899598015397888/beards-september-2016-watchtower