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  A Video You Won't Want To Miss!

  by clarity in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a great new video to circulate.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swzwg5swbcm .

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  millie210

  I have watched this several times and laugh my head off each time.

  Cappy is brilliant and thanks for posting it again clarity.

  May it circulate far and wide!~
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  Abraham's offspring

  by nelim in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  interesting in a new video on tv jw org "edward aljian: an important reminder", from 6 minutes onwards.

  he asks a question about abraham: "couldn't jehovah have spared abraham a lot of grief by telling the promised offspring would be by sara?".

  jehovah only disclosed this when ishmael was in his early teens.

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  millie210

  A friend just emailed me this video and said it was tremendous.

  Tremendous?

  I just listened to the whole 41 minutes (while reading here - truth be told) and found nothing remarkable about it whatsoever.

  HE talks about how hard it is to live at Bethel (glad someone admits that) and encourages those not in "Bethel service" to substitute the words faithful service.

  He tirelessly beats the drum that we have sadness and trials because it is Satans world. No mention of our lives being what we make of it.

  I guess that is the "hook" the spiritual balm for JWs...if you are hurting its because Satan HATES you for being such a good servant of Jah.

  If a message can be short term comforting and long term depressing that has to be it in a nutshell.

  Yes, it would be great if all lives ails were because we were good people but it is the trying to better things and succeeding that empowers us and brings us life satisfaction.

  JWs never get to experience that loop at all. Unless they quit being quite so "faithful" and just launch themselves in to life.

  How could I not see all this when I was in?
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  The possible extinction of cults

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here's a link to an interesting article on the apparent demise of cults.

  i can remember being accosted by various culty groups back in the '70s, while walking through the airport in lax.

  this article ties the dwindling number of cults in western culture, to a shift towards secularism.

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  millie210

  Interesting article.

  Perhaps secularism will be the reason less people get sucked int.

  Cults will survive as long as the human need to turn over ones thinking to a higher power does.
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  Forgiveness Yesterday, Today and Forever

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just watching the jw broadcasting network and the topic being discussed was forgiveness.

  the fellow presenting the topic was talking a brother who had sinned many years ago.

  he finally came clean with the local elders, accepted his discipline and got on with his life.

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  millie210

  The elders manual gives the idea that the magic number is 3 years. Anything over 3 years old and an elder does not "necessarily' have to be removed from serving.

  But that is only for fornicatin elders!

  Publishers have no statue of limitations on their wrongdoing.
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  Forgiveness Yesterday, Today and Forever

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just watching the jw broadcasting network and the topic being discussed was forgiveness.

  the fellow presenting the topic was talking a brother who had sinned many years ago.

  he finally came clean with the local elders, accepted his discipline and got on with his life.

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  millie210

  Its hard to take their judicial system seriously because the variables are endless and inconsistent.

  For example, in their own manual, they state that if an elder is guilty of a sin which is judicial and it is not known for years AND the congregation still views him as an "older man" that there is no need to remove him because of an "old" sin.

  So if the leadership can - why not the members?
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  Almost Ready....

  by BeautifulMind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, 8 months after i realized ttat and 7 months removed from completely walking away from jw land, i think i'm almost ready to find out what it is i actually believe.

  after all of the research i did while exiting the jws, i took a much needed break from any religious/spiritual or whatever things.

  now i think i'm ready to explore, see what's out there.

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  millie210

  There is a whole big world awaiting you to explore...

  enjoy the journey!
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  Two Jehovah's Witnesses congregations abolished by courts - Russia

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  two jehovah's witnesses congregations abolished by courts.

  today, 11 february 2016, an administrative lawsuit by the prosecutor of belgorod province for finding the local religious organization of jehovah's witnesses in the city of belgorod to be extremist and liquidated was granted by decision of the belgorod provincial court.

  yesterday the provincial court issued a decision on the administrative lawsuit of the provincial prosecutor for liquidation of the local religious organizations of jehovah's witnesses in the city of stary oskol.. the above quote is from one of 5 articles at link.. the fourth article, doctors in court: "jehovah's witnesses died after refusing blood transfusions", gives a synopsis of the hearing in the belgorod provincial court on feb 8.. two doctors were summoned into court as witnesses in order to learn whether religious convictions have affected the state of health of jehovist patients and whether they could be the cause of the death of patients.

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  millie210

  Thank you Orphan. You always find such interesting world events to share.

  I thought it was interesting that they call the JWs "Jehovists".

  Good for Russia for taking the steps they did.
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  1974 Special Meetings

  by NeonMadman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as we all know, armageddon was just around the corner in 1974. at the district conventions that year, it was announced that there would be two special meetings during the month of september; one would be for interested people (e.g., bible studies, family members, inactive, etc.

  ), and the other would be for baptized publishers.

  these were to be held in place of the service meetings for the two weeks, iirc.

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  millie210

  In the first link - the one for interested people. on the second page in the right hand column near the top (at the start of the second paragraph) it says if you are afraid to go out in service dont be......

  
  

  "No one is going to insist you do anything in the congregation you dont want to do..."

  I had to laugh and shake my head at that!
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  Does anyone think Jehovah is protecting the org. despite all the talk about THE ARC ?

  by tor1500 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been thinking this for a while.

  even before the arc scandal.

  it seems no matter what, the org.

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  millie210

  I happened to be attending an event held in a Catholic center. In the washroom I noticed a sign up on the wall by the light switches that said if you know of any inappropriate sexual conduct towards a child please call this hotline and a number was given.

  Do you think EVER in your wildest imagination the JWs would be that forthcoming in trying in ANY way to address the child abuse problem in their ranks?
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  Celebrating for the first time!

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay i'm so excited, i'm celebrating valentines day today!

  i walk into work this morning (normally a sterile office filled with boring engineers like myself) to find everyone clad in decorative hearts with streamers hanging from the ceiling and heart shaped goodies in the kitchen.

  had i walked in on this last year, i would've kept my head low and tried to avoid all conversation unless it was strictly about work.

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  millie210

  Very nice Stephanie! :heart: