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How do I handle this?
by Phoebe in
1. jw
2. friends
a little advice please.. it's now 7 months since i stopped going to meetings.

we still get regular calls by elders - at least every 2 weeks.

i can handle them.
cobweb

There are 3 options and you've already been given all three. 1)Ignore it. 2)write back explaining all the reasons you don't feel you can be part of this false religion. 3)write an appreciate letter back not mentioning anything incriminating.
The only bad choice in number 2 because the mother will take it straight to the elders & that is evidence against you.
I'd say there's a good case for ignoring it if you've only spoken to her twice as its not a letter born of genuine feeling for you. Its a cult response in the sense that anyone leaving the group upsets ones peace of mind. But if you do feel the need, maybe choose a very small thank you card - very small lol, and simply thank them for their thoughts and how much you appreciate it. Don't attempt to explain - its not her business. Maybe quote an appropriate scripture about love or something - that could go down well.
All the best Phoebe
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Isiah 65:17 (Memory wipe?)
by pleaseresearch in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
“for behold, i create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.. i need some help with this please guys and gals.

what is this implying?

god will wipe those past memories, the past system of things from our minds?
cobweb

You are assuming this was a prophesy for our time. This is a prophesy for Israel about Israel that never happened.
Check out this video between minutes 18-25. https://youtu.be/dWfdM2cXCm0
Then watch this from minute 29 to the end. https://youtu.be/HbKXvF5oQYg
Finally watch this between minutes 17-23. https://youtu.be/0SF96kVO36U
The only part that specifically deals with your verse is the last part but watch them all for context.
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do you tell doc ur father doesn't want blood
by cobweb in
1. watchtower
2. medical
here's a hypothetical: you find your elderly jw father - a lifelong witness, unconscious in his home - you are alone with him.

you ring an ambulance.

at the hospital the doc says they need to give him a blood transfusion straight away or he'll die.
cobweb

Here's a hypothetical: you find your elderly JW father - a lifelong witness, unconscious in his home - you are alone with him. You ring an ambulance. At the hospital the doc says they need to give him a blood transfusion straight away or he'll die. What do you do? Tell them he's a JW and won't accept blood, knowing he will die, or stay silent?
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Angry the BBC covered J.W. child abuse on the national TV news at 1pm but not 6pm or 10pm
by Isambard Crater in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
did the j.w lawyers gag the bbc or something?

not even newsnight covered it.

it was given 3 minutes every hour on the 24-hour bbc news channel though i guess..
cobweb

I was pleasantly surprised it got the level of coverage it did tbh. It kinda came out of nowhere and wasn't based on any new stuff that i could see, yet it got picked up by a lot of media and echoed through the day. It got onto the 5pm pm programme on radio 4 which has a big drive home audience. I view it as a big fat win.
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Angry the BBC covered J.W. child abuse on the national TV news at 1pm but not 6pm or 10pm
by Isambard Crater in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
did the j.w lawyers gag the bbc or something?

not even newsnight covered it.

it was given 3 minutes every hour on the 24-hour bbc news channel though i guess..
cobweb

That is a very glass half empty way of viewing it.
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BBC: Victims 'told not to report' Jehovah's Witness child abuse
by Lostandfound in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
today on bbc news site http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42025255 sorry about typo in heading big story on bbc news in uk.
cobweb

This story has really been picked up by a lot of media in the UK - its even gone to the New York Post now - it surprises me if all this secondary coverage is sparked from just one BBC report which has no real new information.
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BBC radio 4 Now
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
major story on main 6pm program now on jw non-reporting of child abuse.

expert reckons there are thousands of unreported cases still to be revealed.

mp planning to raise it in parliament!
cobweb

Just noticed u have to register which is a bit annoying.
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BBC radio 4 Now
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
major story on main 6pm program now on jw non-reporting of child abuse.

expert reckons there are thousands of unreported cases still to be revealed.

mp planning to raise it in parliament!
cobweb

Its 4 mins long from 10 minute mark.
PM - 20/11/2017 - @bbcradio4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09fj9c3
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Crises of Conscience latest, plus : a solution for reading it legally, courtesy of u/ziddina
by Diogenesister in
1. watchtower
2. bible
recently, someone who knows deborah drexler, the current copyright holder of cofc, asked her if she will consider having it published again.

her response was:.

" i will have to ask jesus"!!!!!.
cobweb

Its hard to know what to make of that comment. Maybe it was just a flip remark but it doesn't bode well. Last I read there was going to be an updated version with some new material from Ray that he'd been working on before he died. Now I don't know what to think. Its all so much hearsay and noone seems to know anything solid. I suppose its not a major issue as the pdf's are readily available online - even in audiobook form and its hard to justify not making use of them at this point.
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Where to go for the 'Deep Things'?
by cobweb in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as someone who has been out a while, i wondered what publications a jw would turn to now if they want to do serious bible research.

are there any meaty jw publications left?

i haven't heard of the insight books being revised.
cobweb

As the orgs ability to give a satisfactory accounting of their beliefs has reduced, their level of control has had to increase to compensate.
If you ask 'why' now you don't get a full and comprehensive explanation, you get a simple answer you are required to accept or else you get threatened with a proverbial baseball bat.