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  Why isn't the Boston Globe doing a better job?

  by Londo111 in

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  2. scandals

  https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2016/06/29/who-are-jehovah-witnesses-who-live-among/z39a6dvdcp5lvufo7y7ozo/story.html.

  why isn't the boston globe doing a better job covering this group?.

  after all, the movie spotlight won an oscar about this paper and their groundbreaking journalism into the catholic church covering child abuse.

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  breakfast of champions

  Thanks for starting this thread LONDO111. . . .

  My thoughts exactly.
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  More misleading content on JW.org

  by Anders Andersen in

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  2. beliefs

  what is “the end of the world”?the phrase “the end of the world,” which appears in many bible translations, can also be rendered as “the conclusion of the system of things,” or “the close of the age.” (matthew 24:3;english standard version) it refers, not to the destruction of the earth or of all humanity, but to the end of the framework of human society.—1 john 2:17.. conveniently leaving out that according to current numbers and doctrine, 8.000.000 people will survive at max.. technically is not a destruction of all humanity....but it comes so close it deserves to be mentioned.. of course it isn't mentioned, because that would sound so extreme, cultish and unkind.

  we wouldn't want people to get the right ideas about jw.organization now, would we?.

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  The End of the World isn't the End of the World. . . . .

  A generation isn't a generation. . . . ..

  Antitypes aren't really antitypes. . . .

  Most anointed aren't really anointed. . . .

  Blah blah blah blah . .. . .
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  Printing presses, bye... bye...

  by sp74bb in

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  2. friends

  bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).

  a worldly company axel s******* will be used.

  this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.

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  Who then is going to print the "message of judgment" during the upcoming GT? - berrygerry

  No printing necessary.

  It will be released on JW Broadcasting:

  "We waaaaarmly encourage you to watch this new music video entitled 'Message of Judgement: Die You Worldly Bastards.' Enjoy!"
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  Jehovah protects his people. Did he ever protect you?

  by TimeBandit in

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  2. friends

  hello forum.

  i started this topic because i had been thinking recently about a story that i had heard many times in different congregations over the years.

  kind of a jw urban legend if you will.

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  As far as I've been able to tell, Jehovah operates at about the same level as chance.

  I am unable to reject the Null Hypothesis.
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  A cheeky cigarette in Adelaide

  by wozza in

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  2. friends

  my partner has been going to the adelaide law courts recently and as she goes thru the topham mall she has said hello to the jw cart ladies on her way ,well, today one of the ladies she observed went around the corner from the cart and lit up a ciggy...so naughty.. my partner has never been a witness but she knows i was once and asked me if they were allowed to smoke now.. jeez they get up to some naughty stuff when they are lounging around on their phones ,must be the devils tools corrupting them ha ha.

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  I'm not really surprised. . . I think I'd take up smoking if I had to stand behind one of those carts all day.

  I would have been more shocked if she went around the corner and rolled her own with a tract.
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  Hilarious video on JW GT video

  by Samuel in

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  2. beliefs

  this video is hilarious, had to share - skip to 12:20 .

  https://youtu.be/nelt0zhl2og.

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  Really well done! The "bunker" clip at 12:20 was pretty funny.

  Looking forward to more videos by this guy.
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  Did others experience this on the ministry or among JWs generally?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes it's hard to know if our own experience of jws was typical and what features were peculiar to our own area or the individual jws we knew personally.

  i was wondering if others experienced this among jws:.

  a few times on the ministry, when we were working wealthy areas with large houses, some brothers and sisters would make the comment that they look forward to taking ownership of one of these big houses after armageddon, when the worldly people have vacated them.

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  Yes, comments like this were made on a regular basis 20-30 years ago, absolutely. We live in a pretty wealthy area, so there's a lot of opportunities for this sort of nastiness.

  However, I don't remember anyone making these sorts of comments in say, the past 15 years or so. . . . Interesting now that I think about it.
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  That good old JW rumour mill

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  because i simply decided the watchtower corporation wasn't the truth(tm) i was da'd in a secret jc that i didn't attend.

  i was writing songs with a friend that day instead.. jws wasted no time in labelling me as an evil villain.

  the rumours abounded.. i was labelled as 'a false prophet'.

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  Geez PUNKOFNICE, I'm shocked they haven't accused you of being a vampire too. . . .

  They have such active imaginations. You need this to believe in invisible kingdoms and such.
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  Warwick, Queensland, Australia: Elders covered up rape of young girl

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news/church-elders-covered-rape-young-girl/3047470/.

  and archived forever via the wayback machine.

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  I applaud the woman in the gallery who yelled "you sleaze!"
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  Jehovah's Witness Recovery is no more...

  by TimeBandit in

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  2. friends

  i just tried to go to the site and there is a goodbye message.

  i was a member there since 2010. i was really surprised.

  i had just started posting there again after being away for a while.

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  Even though I'm not a JWR refugee, I was on JWR as well under the name TIMEQUAKE (another Vonnegut novel). In the beginning I posted a little, but in the past year or so I was just popping over sporadically, taking a look, and giving a "thanks" every now and then.

  The reason I signed up there a few years back was just for a change of pace.

  JWN (or JWC) is a lot like New York City: fast-paced, lots of amazing stuff too look at in every direction, lots of really great, diverse people (as well as a few weirdos talking to themselves). There's also the occasional sidewalk scuffle; but like in NY, I usually just cross to the other side of the street.

  JWR was a little more like Club Med: a much slower, relaxed vibe, cool people, and amazing frozen Margaritas I think that up until (but certainly not including) the End they really created a great place for "recovery."

  Anyway, welcome everybody! I think it'll be great to have you guys in the mix.

  Best,

  BOC