The Quiet One

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  Is the WTBTS a Bully?

  by Joe Grundy in

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  i am not, and never have been, a jw.

  i spent my career (30 years) fighting bullies.

  is wtbts and its subsidiaries (not talking about individual jws here) a bullying organisation?.

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  Do Individual JWs Pay For The Publications They Distribute?

  by Joe Grundy in

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  excuse my ignorance, and i've read on boards about the us not selling/inviting contributions issue, but do individuals jws in effect pay for the publications they give out?

  if so, is that only for their magazines or for hardback books as well?

  how is this organised, please?.

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  Field Service: Special Warnings?

  by Joe Grundy in

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  i am not, never have been a jw.

  raised in the plymouth brethren, now am an atheist.. .

  i've recently had the 'benefit' of a couple of fs visits which i've previously reported here.. .

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  Judicial Committees and the 'Two Witnesses' Rule

  by Joe Grundy in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm not and never have been, etc.. i was not even aware jcs existed until a couple of months ago - but now i understand a lot more from the postings i have read (and i find some them tragic).. two thoughts struck me as an outsider.. the first is to agree with the advice/suggestions given by many posters that submission to the jc process is a voluntary thing.

  in the real world any court or tribunal can only act or consider issues if it has 'competent jurisdiction', laid down by law.

  a jc only has 'competent jurisdiction' over a jw if the jw consents to that jurisdiction.

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  "Privileges"

  by Joe Grundy in

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  yet another question (two actually), i'm afraid (but i am learning from all this, honestly!)..

  i've seen the term 'privileges' on here many times, and i think i now understand that it means 'being allowed to carry out tasks in the congregation' - which includes walking round with the microphone, operating the pa system, etc.

  in the services.

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  I have Bible studies but need to learn alot

  by Summerlove in

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  i have bible studies and have alot to learn.

  am i allowed to celebrate birthday?

  and if no can someone please explain?

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  Jwfacts is a good place to go if you have questions. Birthdays not allowed. Once you are a Witness, nobody will talk to you if you don't stop celebrating them.
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  Did the Global Flood of the Bible really happen? Please give evidence

  by The Quiet One in

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  2. beliefs

  with todays public talk being about the global flood as a real event, please give any information/views that you have on this topic.

  evidence either for or against is more than welcome.

  thank you..

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  With todays Public talk being about the Global Flood as a real event, please give any information/views that you have on this topic. Evidence either for or against is more than welcome. Thank you.
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  The Two Trees - My Genesis Ponderings

  by cedars in

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  2. beliefs

  i've just posted a new blog article to jwstruggle.com on the link below:.

  http://www.jwstruggle.com/2012/03/the-two-trees-my-genesis-ponderings/.

  the purpose behind the article is to explore my own doubts and long-standing confusion over the genesis narrative - particularly the events surrounding adam and eve's expulsion from eden, and the "two trees" (namely the "tree of life" and the "tree of the knowledge of good and bad").. in my article i discuss my confusion over what the exact properties of the "tree of the knowledge of good and bad" may have been, and the fact that evidently by eating of the fruit adam and eve did not become sinful but more godlike.

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  Dj said: " I pointed out what God sarcastically remarked about Adam and Eve, saying that "they havebecome like one of us "-- Great example of how the Bibles words can be twisted to mean anything you like.. God makes a direct statement, but apparently it was sarcasm...
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  Latest from Australia - Victoria child protection in crisis: report

  by sizemik in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  check the following links .

  the storm isn't over for wts.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-28/victoria-child-protection-in-crisis-report/3858454.

  people working in religious organisations should be legally required to report suspected sexual or physical abuse of a young person by members in that group, except if that information is received during confession, the report says.. an investigation should also be launched into how religious groups respond to child abuse perpetrated by people within their ranks.. http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/overhaul-child-protection-in-vic-inquiry-20120228-1u0j6.html.

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  Does the Watchtower magazine carry more weight than the Bible?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. beliefs

  last week as i listened to the public talk, i noticed.

  that several times the speaker referred to the watchtower.

  as the source of authority.. he said that "in the july1, 1980 watchtower page 15. paragraph 4 it says".... it is like he was looking up a bible.

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  NANANA: Have you been to any/all churches? If not.. how do you know that the difference, in the amount of quotations of Bible verses, between a sermon and a WT study is so obvious in all/any of them?