Posts by ScenicViewer

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Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Wrong Regarding Staying Out of Politics?

by minimus in

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friends

we were told we were part of the world if we got involved in politics.

if we had employment that had political involvement we were instructed to get another job.

we were told we might be considered disassociated if we voted and then it became questionable.

ScenicViewer

To say that Christians cannot have a say in the laws and policies that God himself requires them to live under (Rom 13:1, I think) seems wrong. Further, to say that Christians can't have a say in the leaders who enact those laws and policies seems equally wrong.

Voting does not, in and of itself, mean you are against God's Kingdom, which isn't ruling over us yet. All we have as of now are the "superior authorities" that God has appointed.

So yes, I think Watchtower has gone way overboard on the neutrality issue.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Facing Norway Data Regulator’s Privacy Audit

by yalbmert99 in

jehovah’s witnesses facing norway data regulator’s privacy audit.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/jehovahs-witnesses-facing-norway-data-regulators-privacy-audit.

https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/datatilsynet-opnar-sak-mot-jehovas-vitner-etter-brennpunkt-dokumentar-1.15377099.

ScenicViewer

Here is a 15 min video on this subject by Goatlike Personality, who lives in Norway and was involved in getting the investigation started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS9p4j6xUjU

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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...

by Joliette in

made a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.

people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.

i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.

ScenicViewer

The mind control that they use is irreversible.

Not so. When you realize it's mind control it is completely reversible.

However I also realize that some people need their cult - they cannot survive without it. As you mentioned earlier, suicides are way to common among both active JWs and ex-JWs. I suppose it's better to be in a cult and be alive than to be away from the cult and not be alive.

All the best to you, whatever you choose.

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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...

by Joliette in

made a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.

people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.

i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.

ScenicViewer

Like I mention, some people leave the watchtower and are really successful, but some people are not.

You have described your financial situation as being bleak. I'm confused ... how are you imagining you are going to get support from JWs except for words? If you return to that Organization you won't get any more real help from them than from your 'worldly' associates.

There is not enough offline, direct support. There is good online support, but you have to find the right people to talk to.

Again, except for the words, when you "find the right people to talk to," how is online or offline support from JWs going to help you, since there isn't any?

I'm starting to really understand why the suicide rate for this religion is so high.

If you get that, then why in the world would you want to return to THAT Organization?

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Do not fellowship with greedy drunkards

by road to nowhere in

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friends

pounding the disfellowship crap this week.

that nnea3n we should avoid the drunk on the gb and ignore the pleas for money?.

ScenicViewer

Double post.

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Do not fellowship with greedy drunkards

by road to nowhere in

jw
friends

pounding the disfellowship crap this week.

that nnea3n we should avoid the drunk on the gb and ignore the pleas for money?.

ScenicViewer

Road to nowhere: I was sneaking this in during meeting

I LIKE that!

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Do not fellowship with greedy drunkards

by road to nowhere in

jw
friends

pounding the disfellowship crap this week.

that nnea3n we should avoid the drunk on the gb and ignore the pleas for money?.

ScenicViewer

nnea3n ???

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Announcement December 3, 2020 FOR CONGREGATIONS

by pixel in

announcement.

december 3, 2020. for congregations.

1. covid-19 vaccine information: several covid-19 vaccines may soon be approved and.

ScenicViewer

Oops, double post.

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Announcement December 3, 2020 FOR CONGREGATIONS

by pixel in

announcement.

december 3, 2020. for congregations.

1. covid-19 vaccine information: several covid-19 vaccines may soon be approved and.

ScenicViewer

We do not attempt to make choices for others.

"That's Precious."

It certainly is. When I read it I was immediately reminded that taking a blood transfusion is still on the books as being a disfellowshipping offense!

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Past Watchtower Society Comments On Vaccines

by BluesBrother in

today there is a lot of hope placed in a vaccines to immunise against covid 19 , and relief that they are soon to be available.

that will be shared by the eight million or so jws in this world.

they should be thankful that the wts has moved away from its teaching ,that lasted for decades , proclaiming that vaccination was wrong, and a tool of satan.

ScenicViewer

Small Pox was a major reason to get vaccinated during the time when JWs were rejecting that treatment.

According to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Small Pox is the only human disease to be eradicated from the planet Earth. (I seem to remember reading about one other human disease that is now gone too, but I can't remember what it was.)

The last case of Small Pox happened in the 1980s thanks to the vaccination against it, and no thanks to the Watchtower Organization of Jehovah's Witnesses.