They have back pedaled on their hard line as to blood transfusions being a disfellowshipping offense.
Perhaps this is an internal way of enforcing the seriousness of the teaching without putting so much in writing?
millie210
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DPA Cards: Word Has Come Down To Badger People
by JW_Rogue ini know this must be coming down from the top because the elders in my hall who didn't really care before are all concerned about it.
must be on the list of things to do before the co comes back around.
in past years i never really thought about the dpa.
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Florida's Key West settles JW's religious discrimination case
by darkspilver inflorida keys news, saturday 8 april 2017. key west to settle religious discrimination suit by former bus driver.
the city of key west has reached an agreement to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a former city bus driver who claimed religious discrimination fueled his firing after he refused to work during the nudity-filled fantasy fest.. bobby walker jr. sued the city march 3, 2016, nearly three months after the equal employment opportunity commission dismissed his claim over his firing.
he accused his bosses of mocking his religious beliefs and making derogatory comments about his race before firing him from the $13-an-hour job in retaliation when he complained.
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millie210
Stupid law suit but he probably would have gotten something, so better to settle, is the rule of thumb the city used I guess.
He cried religious discrimination before with another bus company..
His lawyer didnt want that mentioned. (I guess not!)
JWs are an extremely litigious group. He has learned well.
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millie210
Jehovahs Witnesses and love is an oxymoron.
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RUSSIA: (5 April 2017) Jehovah's Witnesses hearing under way
by jwleaks inthe trial has begun.
the crowd on the street (see photo) is now inside and the gallery is packed.. yesterday jehovah's witnesses presented a written legal argument - "objections to the administrative claim of the ministry of justice of the russian federation" - to the supreme court of russia which, in paragraph 254, argued that if the ministry for justice liquidates and bans the activities of jehovah's witnesses then this will force individual members to renounce or abandon their religion for fear of persecution.. download legal argument (russian).
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millie210
sparky 1 that was an awesome post. Thanks!
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Have You Found Your Place in the World?
by Rainbow_Troll inwe were all told when we were in the watchtower that we should be grateful to be part of such a loving family.
we were told that just beyond the superficial glamour of the world was a quagmire of despair, emptiness and pain waiting to suck us in.
obviously, we took that part with a mountain of salt or we wouldn't be here today.
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punk says
feel like I'm hurtling through time so fast that I'm about to hit something. I think it might be death's door.I think that is a sign of your active. creative mind punk.
(psst, that would make a good line in a song - just saying)
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The finances are really drawing them out!
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RUSSIA: (5 April 2017) Jehovah's Witnesses hearing under way
by jwleaks inthe trial has begun.
the crowd on the street (see photo) is now inside and the gallery is packed.. yesterday jehovah's witnesses presented a written legal argument - "objections to the administrative claim of the ministry of justice of the russian federation" - to the supreme court of russia which, in paragraph 254, argued that if the ministry for justice liquidates and bans the activities of jehovah's witnesses then this will force individual members to renounce or abandon their religion for fear of persecution.. download legal argument (russian).
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millie210
It sounds like the making of each congregation in to its own entity is a ploy the Russian legal system recognizes and is pushing aside as such.
Sanderson sure looks content. And why not? In JW speak they will either score a victory for God (him of course) or be persecuted (not him of course) for righteousness sake. A win/win, thus the content smile.
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We Pass the Bread and the Wine Just like in the Bible! But, why is forbidden to eat?
by lusitano o tuga insee what bridget azaz did!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzbe5yo7uq4.
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millie210
I had never thought of how all other religions include and only JWs exclude until reading this thread.
If the JWs feel (and teach) that their is a separate celebration that was instituted by Jesus at that last Passover of his, what is their proof?
Is it the way the scripture reads?
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Lets talk about Guardian Angels and how creepy the concept.
by James Mixon infirst of all a joke i read, a middle aged woman has a heart attack and is taken to the hospital.
while on the operating table she has a near-death experience.
during the experience she sees her guardian angel and ask if this is her time.
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millie210
Funny joke!
I have to say, I would rather blunder through life "unguarded" than have a creepy voyeur assigned to me -protective or not!
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My Current Views About God, Relgion, JWs and Life In General
by pale.emperor inthis past year has been the most life changing year anyone could ever go through.
waking up, leaving the cult, separating from my wife, research, research, research, reading, pondering etc.
and i've found myself having to re-learn and re-evaluate everything i thought i knew.
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millie210
Good OP.
I like your take on Rutherford, Pale. The whole post is good but that part especially resonates with me.
The entire religion seems to have gone in a worse direction when he took control.
Funny the JWs distance themselves from Russell but not from "The Judge." (sarcasm intended)