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  Do You Fear Death?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whether you're a former jw, or active jw, or some other religion, or atheist, what do you say?

  do you fear death and, whether yes, no, or i don't know, why?

  have changed religious views changed your view of death?

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  Homosexuality is an abomination!

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  moralism,.

  which as ray franz said about legalism, also seems to lead to a "morass of inconsistencies".. ray seemingly even went as far as describing "legalism" (or by extension moralism) as apostasy or "a denial of christian faith" (g79 6/8 pp.

  an amusing look at the levitical law.. (from bible house of grace).

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  New Video On Youtube About Shunning

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2hsoolwac4.

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  Secret disfellowshipping in Adsense

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was just reading the thread on the secret disfellowshipping of the menlo park elders.

  obviously the society didn't want the bad press and was hoping to sweep it under the carpet that is why it was secret and the defendants weren't there.

  to me this is not only unfair but totally bizarre and weird.how can some one be disfellowshiped and yet not know that they are disfellowshiped.

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  My Final Goodbye

  by Lady Lee in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i want to start by saying i will not participate in discussion here about my resignation as a moderator at jwn.. simon please consider this as my resignation from that position.. i have been posting on this board for almost 12 years.

  i know some of you a lot, others a little and some not very well at all.

  i have remained here for those of you who have needed support as you make the transition out of the wts, who needed someone to listen to your experiences of abuse at the hands of jehovah's witnesses, and to both laugh and cry with you as you progress out of the watchtower society.. we know that we have all experienced the cruelty of abuse of one kind or another.

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  Defrauding the elderly ,the following story appeared on ex-jw.com

  by raymond frantz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the following story appeared on ex-jw.com ,before you read it i want to add my own testimony .some years ago there was an announcement at the kingdlom hall to donate money for the construction of a new kingdom hall ,many brothers and sisters donated their life savings and some considerable amounts .ten years later no kingdom hall and the money has long since being transfered to the watchtower's accounts where it earns them a nice interest .amongst these brothers were also elderly ones that could have used this money for their retirement.now the story :".

  "i am writing this article to share my personal experiences and to disclose to all current and former jehovah's witnesses that the potential for the watchtower organization to take advantage of their elderly parents clearly exists.

  i am specifically referring to the handling of family inheritances, last wills and testaments, estates, family trusts, and the disposition of property and cash assets.. .

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  Constructive feedback for AAWA leadership (IMHO)

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  1 - reconsider your existence - there might be a reason why the most effective resources to date have been solo efforts.

  2 - recognize that even well-intentioned organizations will firstly seek self-preservation.

  3 - be aware that egos and emotional stupidity have torn apart much grander edifices than aawa.

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  INTIMIDATION by threat

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what would happen if somebody pointed a gun at you and told you what to do?.

  an implied threat would motivate almost every person to do as they were told.. what about in a religious context?

  what if a "gun" were pointed at members of a religion?.

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  Another elder came and told me I'm not an apostate and no-one can judge me.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'll call him bear, like teddy bear because he's big and nice.

  bear's the coboe, an intelligent but jittery man who suffers from a host of anxiety disorders.

  he 'just happened' to be driving down my street after the group, and 'just happened' to notice i was at home, tending to some animals.

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  Poorly photoshopped image in the April WT-public edition?

  by Theocratic Sedition in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this image is on page 9 of the 2013 april public edition wt.

  is it me or has that long hair been digitally lengthened?

  the longer portion of his hair doesn't even blend with the hair closest to his roots.

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