Posts by SecretSlaveClass

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Just got this reply from the U.K enquiry into Child Abuse

by Phizzy in

i received an e-mail today, which says, in part :.

" thank you for your email dated 19 august to the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.

regarding your concerns about the jehovahs witness religion and your offer to provide further.

SecretSlaveClass

How did I miss this thread?? When there is another potential court room soap drama involving JW doughboys sweating bullets, I wnna know about it dang it! This is awesome Phizzy, I sure hope it happens. Thanks for giving me something else to look forward to!

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Is your "family worship" night getting stale? Here are some ideas....

by stuckinarut2 in

so we know that the organisation has been strongly encouraging family worship evenings, right ?.

wow what an "amazing and new idea" witnesses say .... it seems that it has been done for ages by the mormons .

so here's some fantastic ideas for witness family worship evenings :.

SecretSlaveClass

Or they could play this game with their kids: "Let's guess how Jehovah will murder you if you are naughty!"

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BBC interview about 1975 - never heard this before..

by defender of truth in

for any lurkers who don't believe the watchtower taught that the world would end in 1975... rare jehovah's witnesses 1968 interview "armageddon and 1975" london watchtower rep speaks to bbc.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=npmt-ml-m-g. --------.

but where will this system of things be by that time?

SecretSlaveClass

I wonder if there are any old letters to congregation BOE's still around, directing them on how to conduct talks for the preparation of 1975's coming events? That would be a nice way to link what was actually taught in the KHs to the GB's directives.

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TV.JW.ORG (September 2015) - Generation explained again

by Designer Stubble in

guess the overlapping generation concept is difficult for most to comprehend.

david spane does his best to explain it again.

the cutoff date for this generation has now moved to 1992 (was once 1935), the year that fred franz died.

SecretSlaveClass

stuckinarut2:

Why are we all trying to make sense of this stuff?
Perhaps because some find it fun in much the same way as others do discussing alien abduction with orifice probing? At least the abduction nonsense sounds more plausible and a lot more entertaining.

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What ARE the fruits that the JW tree produces?

by TTWSYF in

my brother [the elder] often refers to this line as to 'knowing a tree by it;s fruits'.

so,my question is what are the jw fruits?.

just asking....sincerely.

SecretSlaveClass

Disposable Hero:
I think for SOME people, those individuals who NEED authority to tell them what's right and wrong, it keeps them in line, which is probably a good fruit. I'll qualify this by saying that I don't need to be told that sleeping around would hurt my wife, so I don't do it, (having a face like a bag of spanners has nothing to do with it!) However there are some that need to be told, for them I think religion is probably a good thing.

Perhaps you are right - I am no psychologist. I think though that being "told" does not give people moral direction if their moral compass is faulty to begin with. Being told what they did was morally or spiritually wrong may cause them to "regret" their actions but I highly doubt it's very effective at keeping them in line. Certainly secular laws seem to have little or no effect on those who have a propensity for poor behavior, in fact it rarely even corrects that behavior. What makes you think religious threats or guidance would have a better effect?

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Current blood doctrine

by Warren Wilson in

i am new to this site.

i was a jw from age 8 to 28. i am now 48 and leaving the organisation is the best decision i ever made in my life.

anyway,could somebody please tell me the current jw mis-stance on blood.

SecretSlaveClass

And by the way ... Welcome Warren!

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New light from GB member David Splane!

by Island Man in

in the latest jw broadcast splane is quoted as saying:.

"suppose there was a man who died 10 minutes before joseph was born.

would he be part of joseph's generation?

SecretSlaveClass

The Super Seven may be useless at a lot of thimgs but they sure are masters at spewing pure, unadulterated bullshit. They may also be students of Sun Tzu: "Keep both friends and enemies confused so that you may have time to draw plans and spies cannot discern your intentions ".

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