Well written.
In addition to Watchtower's child sex abuse policies the author managed to work in the bad effects of organized shunning as well as the no blood transfusion issue, which resulted in a mother's death.
It was very good negative exposure!
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Major Article in Today's Philadelphia Inquirer on JW Child Abuse
by Room 215 inhttp://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse-children-beliefs-rules.html.
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I think you should know about this man. After all, he changed your life!
by Terry inwilliam miller.
do you know how important this man has been to your life?.
do you know your life would have been entirely different (without a doubt) had he not lived?.
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I think you should know about this man. After all, he changed your life!
by Terry inwilliam miller.
do you know how important this man has been to your life?.
do you know your life would have been entirely different (without a doubt) had he not lived?.
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Watch Tower didn't stop their endearment to William Miller till c. 1926, the last reference to Father Miller (not simply Brother Miller)
Do you have that reference handy? Would love to see what it says.
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What Is The Most Ridiculous Thing You Have Heard From A Witness?
by minimus ini remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.
he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.
interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.
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"Even the very worst Jehovah's Witness is better than the very best worldly person."
I've heard this a few times. One of them was from the platform at a meeting.
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Roll Call for the benefit of Newbies and Lurkers. In One Sentence tell why you left the Org.
by Wasanelder Once inroll call for the benefit of newbies and lurkers.
in one sentence tell why you left the org.
not 2 sentences.
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I left because of Organizational dishonesty. (Watchtower is one of the most dishonest religions organizations ever invented by man.)
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Funny News From My Old Congragation - Elder Fight!
by pale.emperor ini haven't stopped laughing since i heard this.
a pimo in my last congregation told me that an elder has been removed from his elder position.
apparently he grabbed another elder by the throat, put him up against a wall in the back room and punched him in on the nose... during an elders meeting on thursday evening after the meeting.. the congregation were running round like headless chickens wondering what to do?
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Strange they should argue over something there's a clear WT ruling on.
It's clear but a little vague at the same time. It's the Watchtower way!
From freddo's post:
Whether a disfellowshipped person sits next to a relative or next to any other member of the congregation should not be a cause for concern as long as he behaves properly.
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If all present, including faithful relatives, are endeavoring to respect Bible principles relating to disfellowshipping, and it is not becoming a cause for stumbling to the brothers
Assuming that all the elders were aware of the quoted article there could have been disagreement over whether the DF'd person was behaving properly, whether the relatives were "endeavoring to respect Bible principles" regarding DF'd people (watchtower speak for no undue association, I suppose), or whether it was stumbling others.
There is plenty of room there for interpretation and disagreement.
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The hard cover version is $34.99 at Amazon.
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Link at Amazon to order from,
Edit: Oops, didn't work.
Go to Amazon and type in Crisis of Conscience Franz, select the Books category. After the search completes scroll down past the old versions of the book to the new one, no pic at this time, but you can order it at $25.99 and it will ship in a day or two when it is available. This is for the paperback version.
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As I recall from the video it is available from Amazon (the first outlet for it) on the evening of March 4 in e-format, and between March 6 and 9 in print.
Dykstra also said it will eventually be available from 40,000 outlets, within 2 to 8 weeks, in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Asia and Europe. It will also be in Universities and public libraries.
I have no idea about price but am keeping my fingers crossed that it will be reasonable.
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This is outstanding news. I was beginning to wonder if this day would ever come.
Crisis of Conscience is now over 600 pages long due to extra features and photos added by Deborah Dykstra.
Available in soft cover, hard cover, and e-format.