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  "The Winesses" Oxygen TV { Free Trial } Australia

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. child-abuse

  hi friends this is just to let people in victoria australia know that they can watch "the witnesses" on oxygen channel on tv as a free trial at present .. and as i don`t like paying for anything i don`t have to its paid off .. so the wife and i watched the 1st episode this arvo and its riveting stuff and will watch the second episode tomorrow .. i don`t know if the same deal applies to the other states or not ,just thought here`s an opportunity for aussies who don`t subscribe to oxygen channel to see it for free..

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  was a new boy - "...the latter having no teeth."

  From what I heard, failure to submit to questioning at the ARC could result in arrest.

  That doesn't sound toothless to me.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses adaptation of child safeguarding practices and guidance to local circumstances in various countries - Thesis

  by AFRIKANMAN in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  posted purely for your information etc .

  a thesis by harvinder singh.

  https://www.academia.edu/37425975/how_have_the_jehovahs_witnesses_adapted_child_safeguarding_practices_and_guidance_to_local_circumstances_in_the_united_states_of_america_england_and_australia?email_work_card=title.

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  One of the biggest problems JW loyalists have with the prospect of adopting modern reforms is getting around the mindset that the WTS's own "Biblical" standards (or, more accurately, the Org's interpretation and application of them) could possibly be lacking, or even worse, inferior to any other suggested methods.

  Not to mention that in the current "Last Days of the Last Days", there's an immediate knee-jerk resistance to even the slightest hint of capitulation or compromise with "Satan's World", no matter how sensible or ethical the action might be.

  This is tentatively confirmed by anecdotal accounts of local Australian Elder bodies pooh-poohing the need to acquire a "Working With Children" classification even when it was required by law to do so...

  ...although I suspect the real reason is that if they actually did comply, too few applicants would be able to pass the relevant background checks, which would be super embarrassing and difficult to explain to the rank-and-file and make running the Org at the grassroots level way harder...

  ...because said failed applications would disqualify too many otherwise willing brothers, and thusly leave local congregations uncomfortably short-handed.
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  JWs want to preach right now so very badly, they feel the fish are biting

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  they know many people are fearful and feeling vulnerable due to world events.. but something i’ve always considered is how will they be better off by becoming a jw.

  they can be a jw, but the world events still are happening causing everyone anxiety.

  and no, jws are not immune from this, jws are more anxious and paranoid as ever right now.

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  BourneIdentity - "Do any of you see what strong benefits someone gains by becoming one?"

  Despite what they say, being an active, obedient JW isn't really all that enjoyable... and on some level, the leadership knows it.

  At this point, the only real incentive left is being affiliated with "God's Exclusive Earthly Organization".

  Why else do you think virtually every decision the Org makes has the ultimate goal of maintaining that fiction?
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  What's the difference? Million? Billion? Trillion? For the curious among us ...

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what's the difference?

  a millionaire, a billionaire, and a trillionaire recognize each other outside an attorney’s office.

  chat reveals each of them just signed off on their last will and testament.millionaire: “i feel really good about what i did here today.

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  Too many illions.

  I have a headache.
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  How Would You React if a Snake Started Talking to You?

  by RubaDub in

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  2. friends

  just an odd thought i guess.

  i saw a large snake in the back of my house the other day and it went on its merry way.

  i just asked myself, what if the snake turned around and wanted to have a philosophical discussion on life, the universe or the origin of creation and then began to ask me questions?

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  RubaDub - "How would you react if a snake started talking to you?"

  Buy an English/Parseltongue dictionary.
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  tiki - "Perhaps the blind are leading the blind..."

  Close.

  Ray Franz once quoted another Bethelite describing WT higher-ups as "followers leading followers".
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  Balaamsass2 - "She jumped up like she had seen a ghost and said: 'Don't read that old crap! It will knock you out of the truth!!!!!'..."

  Sounds like a refreshing moment of (accidental) honesty.

  I'd have felt an almost overwhelming urge to reply (at the very least), "well, why the fuck do you keep it???"
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  Giordano - "I've always thought that the WTBT Society was a lot closer to being akin to Amway then the Bible."

  Holy shit, yes.

  I had a "worldy" co-worker try and induct me into Amway back in the day (I was still an active JW at the time), and I found the parallels downright creepy.
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  fastJehu - "When I expressed my first doubts to my mother, she said to me, 'You read too much old literature'..."

  I had the odd acquaintance (they never became actual friends) who'd say to me "you think too much".
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  J. W's Are Afraid of Old Literature

  by IWant2Leave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm reading babylon the great has fallen, god's kingdom rules, published 1963. this was studied years ago when i was about 10-12 years old.

  i wanted to just read some of the beliefs from decades ago.

  my wife wants to know why i'm reading this book.

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  Ding - "I asked, 'When do WT publications stop being the truth and turn into garbage and apostate literature?'...He stormed out of my living room."

  Reminds me of a video on YouTube I once saw about a guy showing folks on the street certain passages in the Koran than they found offensive, with one fellow in particular espousing the Bible as therefore being inherently superior...

  ...only for the first guy to pull off the dust jacket and reveal that he was actually reading from the Bible.

  And the Biblical loyalist turned and stormed off down the street in a huff.

  Funny thing about assholes that we sometimes forget...

  ...you can give them enough toilet paper, but eventually they'll shit on themselves.