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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  Vidiot

  I think this keeps getting repeated amongst the rank-and-file by the ones who - deep down - wish they had gone to college…

  …and are trying to make themselves feel better.

  Like the fox and the grapes.
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  CSA Victom Speaks Out

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i happened to come across this video at the beginning of the week.

  you feel so sorry for this poor woman who experienced csa and then the hardheartedness of the elders (what's new there) when she needed genuine love and help.. https://fb.watch/j1qacgxphi/.

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  Vidiot

  They’re not “indifferent”.

  They simply cannot imagine it could be such a widespread, institutionalized, and endemic problem in “God’s Exclusive Earthly Organization”…

  …but more importantly…

  …the WT leadership knows that the more the Org’s CSA problem is exposed, litigated against, and confirmed by internal documents, which become a matter of Public Record (especially if such records name actual Governing Body members)…

  …that all-important premise becomes almost impossible to maintain.
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  What Will JW's Do If They Find Themselves Still Conscious after Death?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know that despite many scriptures to the contrary, jw's believe that when they die, their consciousness will cease.

  my question is this: what will be the likely reaction of jw's if they find themselves conscious after death?.

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  Vidiot

  Saw Breeze - “…What will be the likely reaction of JWs if they find themselves conscious after death?”

  Existential panic? 😏
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  Cost of living crisis

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the height of the pandemic all elders had to report to the co anyone who was struggling with bills or who couldn’t pay the rent.

  the co reported it to the branch.. i don’t know what happens next.

  do the branch help at all?

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  ThomasMore - “…Over time, it became obvious that WTC did not want us helping those in need…”

  From what Barb Anderson has determined, that tendency goes all the way back to Russel.
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  What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

  she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

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  Vidiot

  From what I hear, self-medicating goes all the way up the ladder.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

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  Simon - “…No believing JW is even looking at exJW or ‘apostate’ content, so anyone who does is already doubting and looking for answers…”

  This.

  Reading XJW material on the net doesn’t turn you into an apostate.

  It just helps you realize you already are one.
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  UNDERSTANDING WHY THE ORGANIZATION is a false idol and a BLASPHEMY

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do we understand these three words: worship, idolatry, and blasphemy?.

  most christians have a vague notion of worship, idolatry, and blasphemy already, but.

  a clear definition is necessary.. we must take care to differentiate, however.. how the words appear in original language and how they are defined today might be at odds.. ____________________.

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  Vidiot

  It’s pretty weird how popular it seems to be.
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  What is spiritual warfare.

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is spiritual warfare to you?

  i experienced a situation that i could clearly say was spiritual warfare.

  but that was something i could only see years laters.

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  Vidiot

  Gotta be a difficult tactic to use in the Information Age. 😏
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  Most children of Jehovah's Witnesses followers in Japan have been whipped, survey shows

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/15/national/jehovahs-witnesses-whipping/.

  the most cited reason was “napping or talking during congregations.” others included “answering back to parents” and “playing with a schoolmate.”.

  some respondents said they have been suffering depression as a result of whipping.. “i still cannot forget the sight of children screaming after they were taken into a large room at a congregation when i was a child,” a 44-year-old victim said, stressing that jehovah’s witnesses should reflect on what followers have done.. in february, a group of lawyers started supporting those second-generation followers.. in a statement issued on march 1, the japanese branch of jehovah’s witness said it does not accept child abuse.. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230315/p2a/00m/0na/006000c.

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  Vidiot

  Wasn’t there an instance in the US a couple decades back where a JW dad beat his kid so badly she died?
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  All hell breaking out in jw land now this!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://wgntv.com/evanston/shots-fired-by-66-year-old-man-in-alleged-financial-deal-gone-wrong-evanston-police-say/.

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  Vidiot

  truthlover123 - “…all halls asked to be very alert and lock down for meetings and service to protect pubs and files…”

  
  

  “Shred the fucking files! SHRED THE FUCKING FILES!!!!!”