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  The Governing Body / Jehovah`s Witnesses and the Sin Of Omission ,How guilty are they ? Can you give an example ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
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  i would like as many people that can, to respond to this appeal as i am sure their are many examples out their that may help lurkers and fence sitters to make a decision on where they stand regarding the "truth".

  i look forward to your comments either negative or plus..

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  Nevuela 13 hours ago

  Why did 3 people downvote Doubter? His comment was not controversial at all and he backed it up with solid proof that the UN's library is not, in fact, open to the public. What the heck is your problem, people?

  https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/united-nations-association.php

  "In a letter to the Branches, membership was explained away as the Watchtower's research department requiring access to United Nations library, claiming that in 1991 it became necessary to register as an NGO to have continued access. It also claimed it left on learning the "criteria for association as an NGO's" had changed. A similar letter was sent to the Guardian."

  The letter to the Guardian and to the Branches is quite untruthful. There was no change requiring NGO's to become associated in order to gain a library card. There are over 400 UN libraries worldwide that can be accessed by anyone. Since 1946, these libraries have had the same access rules, with no change in access requirements in 1991.

  "Since 1946, the Dag Hammarskjold Library of the United Nations Secretariat in New York has arranged for the distribution of United Nations documents and publications to users around the world through its depository library system. At present, there are more than 400 depository libraries in over 140 countries maintaining United Nations material from the date of designation as depository to the present. The general public can consult the material free of charge at any depository library." www.un.org/Depts/dhl/deplib/deplibsystem.htm

  Witnesses writing to the United Nations for clarification regarding library access have received replies such as the following letter. This letter explains that NGO status is not required in order to access the library.

  ***The letter from the UN states, and I quote below***

  "The issuance of a library pass is independent of NGO status or any other status. There has been no change in the library pass policy in general"
  
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  The Governing Body / Jehovah`s Witnesses and the Sin Of Omission ,How guilty are they ? Can you give an example ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would like as many people that can, to respond to this appeal as i am sure their are many examples out their that may help lurkers and fence sitters to make a decision on where they stand regarding the "truth".

  i look forward to your comments either negative or plus..

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  Reading the contortions of someone trying to pretend that their leader has done nothing wrong is truly an amazing and sad sight.

  Really, it is EXACTLY the same as political sycophants. You see the people online that, no matter what is presented, will absolutely refuse to admit that Trump/Obama/Hillary/Bush/whoever ever did anything wrong. It's the exact same thing.

  It strikes me as how they always claim that the GB is just made up of "imperfect men", yet you can never get one of them to admit that the GB has done anything wrong.
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  Do KHs lock their doors when meeting starts now?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
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  my still in wife informed me this morning that she must be on time to the meeting as they are locking the door when it starts now.. i said that's crazy.

  she said it's because of the times we are living in.. we live in a rural area and crime isn't terrible though it's worse than it used to be.. i told her if that's the way it is then why bother leaving the house at all?.

  she said they are just trying to be safe.. is this a thing now?

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  My church does not lock doors during services. We do, however, have equipped people strategically placed.

  Recently, I have been working with a couple others on laying out plans to help increase security further. Say what you will, and I'm no dub apologist by a long shot, but I prefer to do what I reasonably can to help ensure as much safety as possible.
  
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  GB and being famous

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have there been a gb in the organization before that like the 'spot light' as much as the current one?

  they seem to be everywhere.

  from broadcasting, to magazine and selfie jws post on facebook with them..

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  I'm sure a village is missing its idiot when Lett was made a GB member, WTF were they thinking!

  I'll be honest. I am so glad that Lett and Morris are on the Governing Body (have to capitalize it because they're super important). People seeing those two guys removes all doubt about whether this could possibly be "the one true religion."
  
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  why the watchtower is so short of money

  by pepperheart in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower is so short of money because they have to pay for all the upkeep of so many branch offices around the world.because so many of the branch offices are in very poor countries and they are not balancing the budgets.

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  It's hard to imagine the Watchtower not being flush with cash after all the sell-offs that have occurred in recent history.

  But I admit I still don't understand the constant begging for money.

  We know the various court cases have cost them some amount. How much, we can only speculate because the Watchtower hides its financial dealings from its members unlike many Christian churches.

  Is it possible they took some gambles on some investments, possibly based upon bad advice and decided upon by people who don't know enough to be making such decision, and they're trying to recover? It would have to have been some SERIOUSLY bad financial decisions to account for all the money they have taken from their members.

  Seems like the bean-counters are the only division within the Watchtower that doesn't have leaks. That actually seems even more suspicious to me.
  
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  Masionic Rings worn on right hand.

  by WildSteve in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  did anybody see august 2018 broadcasting yet?

  masionic rings always worn on the right hand little finger, these are gatekeep rings.. brother let shows his in a big way, and then the other old brother who was in prison in spain, when he tells his story they realy make a big deal on his gatekeeper masionic ring on his little finger of his right hand..

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  So why does Steven Let keep wearing this masonic ring on his right hand?

  Maybe it's not a Masonic ring. Maybe he just wants to be a guido.
  
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  IRISH TIMES: What is it like to be a Jehovah’s Witness family living in Ireland?

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-jehovah-s-witness-family-living-in-ireland-1.3573827.

  what is it like to be a jehovah’s witness family living in ireland?.

  adherence to biblical strictures provides a solid base in an increasingly secular society.

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  • AnChiarogEile

  Let's face it, there are some people in this world - a good many in fact - who hanker instinctively for a totalitarian organisation which manages every aspect of their lives, explains everything for them, lays all manner of onerous obligations upon them and occupies their every waking moment, often treating them abominably for no reason at all and robbing them of their time, energies and money in trying to extend the organisation's domination to the entire human race in a kind of vast... » more

  Correct. It's why the Democrat and Republican parties are so powerful in the US, for example.
  
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  IRISH TIMES: What is it like to be a Jehovah’s Witness family living in Ireland?

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-jehovah-s-witness-family-living-in-ireland-1.3573827.

  what is it like to be a jehovah’s witness family living in ireland?.

  adherence to biblical strictures provides a solid base in an increasingly secular society.

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  “I use the Bible to explain that God doesn’t like false celebrations,” he replies solemnly.

  No, Ethan, you don't.
  
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  No new releases? How are the r&f taking this?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  is it true that there's been no new releases at this summer's convention?

  if so it will be the first convention in decades perhaps ever to not produce at least a new tract.. how are the r&f explaining this to eachother?

  surely they must have noticed the absence?

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  Although they were clearly full of crap, there's no denying that the old guard on the Governing Body really knew how to twist some stories by tying together random scriptures that were intentionally mistranslated just enough to make the claimed interpretations believable to the gullible.

  They were insidious men, but the old guard had some genuinely intelligent people -- they just chose to use their intelligence for evil instead of good.

  I will say that I'm a person who frequently warns people to not mistake malevolence for stupidity. People do it with politicians all the time. "Trump is stupid." "Obama is an idiot." "Hillary is incompetent." "Bush is a nincompoop." None of that's true. They all know/knew EXACTLY what they are/were doing.
  

  That said, however, this current crop of Governing Body men gives no evidence that I can detect of being able to engage in any type of deep thought. In watching them over the years I have been unable to spot any occasion that I can point to as evidence that they have any clue what they're doing. Everything they do is short-sighted and reactionary -- telltale signs of people who are not cognitively gifted.

  I think there's simply nobody left who can create a book full of new, yet kinda-sorta plausible, horse crap. Everything is just retreads now.
  
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  Finding new friends or a new congregation in Germany

  by Gideon90 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello dear jw community,.

  i'm looking for new friends or a new congregation in the area of ​​germany/berlin.

  i grew up in the truth, but some circumstances have made me not taking the faith seriously.

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  "In the truth"

  It's such a subtle thing. A person doesn't even think about it. You just hear it over and over and eventually that's how you also begin to refer to your religion. Every time you hear it you find the belief reinforced. What could anyone possibly find that would be better than being "in the truth"?