DesirousOfChange

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  2021...what do you foresee?

  by minimus in

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  do you think the world will be a better place?

  more civil?

  kinder?

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  DesirousOfChange

  I wonder if Joe Biden will last 4 years.

  
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  Senior Judge to Revisit Case-Law on Authorizing Medical Treatment Against Wishes of Mature Minor

  by Corney in

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  https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/ewhc/fam/2020/3003.html.

  nearly two weeks ago, sir james munby, a privy council member, formerly a law commission chairman, high court's family division president, and a lord justice of appeal, issued a short emergency order in a blood transfusion case closely resembling mcewan's the children act.. here are some excerpts:.

  2. the case involves the deeply troubling question of whether a blood transfusion should be administered to a young woman who is almost, not quite, 16, against her profound religious beliefs.

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  DesirousOfChange

  It seems to me that I have, for the purposes of today, to approach this matter on the basis of the law as it currently appears to be.

  What a unique point of view for someone versed in the law.
  
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  So are JWs told not to go on YouTube?

  by mickbobcat in

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  2. beliefs

  i was told on line that jws are now forbidden to go on youtube?

  is that true or is it a case by case congregation thing?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I've never heard of that being a "blanket rule".

  The internet is the WTS's greatest enemy and it's a "Pandora's Box" that cannot be closed.
  
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  Food for thought ? Talking to a JW ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some questions you may like to ask a jehovah`s witness?.

  1.when did the modern day jw religion begin?

  we all know the stock answer to that q that they will give ,but persevere .. for the past 2000 years there has never been an organization known as jw.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Do JWs ever think about their responsibility if the GB steers them in the wrong direction?

  I think many JWs would say that Joe Hoover would only hold the GB responsible.

  I guess they forget about who was held responsible when King David defiantly took a census?
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  Food for thought ? Talking to a JW ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some questions you may like to ask a jehovah`s witness?.

  1.when did the modern day jw religion begin?

  we all know the stock answer to that q that they will give ,but persevere .. for the past 2000 years there has never been an organization known as jw.

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  DesirousOfChange

  They won't care.

  JW's do not know the history of their religion. JW's do not know the doctrinal basis for their beliefs. JW's DO KNOW that someone asking questions that they cannot answer are a "danger" to them (because they have been told this over and over).

  Run, Forrest, Run! will be the first thought that they have.
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  Does the Jehovah's Witnesses fall into category of being an organized cult ?

  by Finkelstein in

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  2. beliefs

  i think it does especially being that this organization is rigidly structured itself on formulated doctrines from a top hierarchy of men which are strictly enforced, among other reasons.

  what cults are.

  a cult is not necessarily a religious group, although religious cults are common, including breakaway sects from more mainstream faiths.

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  OMG YES! JW’s are the “poster child” of Cults.

  If you have not read “Combatting Cult Mind Control” by Steven Hassan, BUY IT NOW!
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  Thoughts on JW funerals

  by Syme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently had the sad opportunity to attend 2 jw funerals.

  the first was a few months ago and the second today.

  the first was my grandfather's and the second of an old friend back from my jw days.

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  DesirousOfChange

  My (slightly awakened) 80+ yo mom told the elder that she plans to speak at her funeral that she DOES NOT WANT A JW COMMERICAL. The old broad has some balls. When you get that old, you can get away with a lot.
  
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  EXCELLENT F.B Post re: latest Borg Mind Control etc

  by Phizzy in

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  2. child-abuse

  from william.

  h. bowen on facebook :.

  alienation and garbage the new message of jehovah’s witnesses.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Great article
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  Thoughts on JW funerals

  by Syme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently had the sad opportunity to attend 2 jw funerals.

  the first was a few months ago and the second today.

  the first was my grandfather's and the second of an old friend back from my jw days.

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  DesirousOfChange

  It sounds like the used the "old" funeral outline at your friends funeral. Recent JW funerals that I've attended have had more of an eulogy of the deceased. I think the WT has read of all the complaints about their former infomercial and have changed things up a little.
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  Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  it looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..

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  DesirousOfChange

  Bullshit politics.

  Every American should be pissed off by the "do nothing" Congress.