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  Video of 3-4 year child out in service

  by usualusername in

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  i just stumbled uopn this 79 second video on youtube and find it quite disturbing.. is it just me?.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14cwutvv9ya.

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  Mum

  jgnat: Did the JW grandpa know that your neighbors were Wiccan, i.e., "witches" and, therefore, by JW definition, "demonized?"

  Exploitation of small children to keep people "interested" is one of the worst things JW's do.
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  The Florida Concentration Camp for little Boys .. At least 50 bodies found

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. scandals

  this is a terrible story, as i believe from other reports that places like this were common in the usa.

  (as well as, the uk, ireland, canada, australia and god knows where else).you can only wonder how no-one else in authority knew about this.

  i think they did, and the authorities of that time were prepared to do nothing and say nothing.. web reference : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-concentration-camp-for-little-boys-dark-secrets-unearthed-in-kkk-county-8518009.html.

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  Mum

  This is one of the most sickening things I ever heard of. If my child had died there, I would have demanded an investigation and filed the mother of all lawsuits. This horror is a prime example of what isolation and high control can wreak on the innocent.

  It also puts things into perspective for those of us who were abused in some way. Compared to those kids' experiences, ours were a walk in the rose garden where there were some thorns.

  Are any of the perpetrators still around. I hope they rot in hell. I would not be opposed to a burning hell for people who treated children the way described in this post.
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  Wack ass J-dub apologist channel on YouTube.

  by Joliette in

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  2. friends

  i'm trying to post the video, but the name of the youtube channel is named micheal rankin.

  he suddenly stopped making youtube videos.. can't post in google chrome.. .

  okay, never mind here it goes:.

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  Mum

  I maintain that there can be no such thing as "inaccurate knowledge." Knowledge is "what is known, facts and information." Accurate knowledge is a JWism. I've never heard that term from anyone else. "Inaccurate knowledge" is like saying "untrue fact." It is oxymoronism at its finest.
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  Anyone noticed a curiosity on the Memorial Invitation for 2013 ?

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can't scan the memorial invitation for 2013, but i was looking at it today and noticed something curious on the front drawing.. we have jesus as the central figure of the composition.

  to his right and bottom, a large crown, in colour, of shiny happy people of diverse origins.. separated from this by the figure of jesus, is another group, a much smaller one, on the left and as if ascending to the top, and grayed.. clearly portrayed in this group is the face of ct russell and apparently william tyndale.

  but then, also sarah and abraham and other personalities of the ot seem to be represented there.

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  Mum

  Oops! I never heard of the KKIK. I meant KKK.
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  Anyone noticed a curiosity on the Memorial Invitation for 2013 ?

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can't scan the memorial invitation for 2013, but i was looking at it today and noticed something curious on the front drawing.. we have jesus as the central figure of the composition.

  to his right and bottom, a large crown, in colour, of shiny happy people of diverse origins.. separated from this by the figure of jesus, is another group, a much smaller one, on the left and as if ascending to the top, and grayed.. clearly portrayed in this group is the face of ct russell and apparently william tyndale.

  but then, also sarah and abraham and other personalities of the ot seem to be represented there.

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  Mum

  This invitation will repel the KKIK and the Nazis and the Westboro Baptists. As my former Spanish professor would say, "Would you really want to spend eternity with ------------- ?"
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  TV Show, 'The Bible'

  by LV101 in

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  2. friends

  anyone planning to watch 'the bible' tv show march 3 on the history channel.

  five episodes focusing on o/t and five about the n/t.

  any thoughts?

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  What was offensive to me was Abe's treatment of Hagar, the old "fu** 'em and forget 'em" routine. He said nothing to her, and expressed no gratitude for her going through the torture of childbirth for him. He just sent his own son and the woman who sacrificed significantly for him into the wilderness with a bunch of sentimental hogwash directed to the boy, but not a kind word for the mother.
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  2014 Event

  by enigma1863 in

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  2. friends

  i know its a year away but i wanted to inquire about the hundred year anniversary of 1914. it would be amazing to have a world wide event reguarding all exjws.

  i am nowhere near capable of putting this together but i'd like to propose the largest assembly of exjws ever on october 1st 2014. can it be done?

  am i the first to bring this up?

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  This is a great idea. Maybe someone on this board owns a large compound where we could meet. I only regret that the folks who were alive in 1914 won't be around to mark it with us. All centenarians should be invited, too, so they will know, and we will witness that, they survived the "end" even though they were not JW's.
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  Yesterday's WT Study par 17

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i marked down "research" next to this paragraph w13 1/15 p.11 par.

  17), and have yet to do so fully.. "modern christians held in nazi concentration camps with possible death facing them were given repeated opportunities to gain their freedom by signing a declaration renouncing jehovah.".

  was the declaration to renounce jehovah?

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  The Dalai Lama has told Buddhists that if it will save their lives to renounce him, he can take it. Why can't all of the other "great" beings take it?
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  Not the most gripping plot in Caleb's latest adventure...

  by cedars in

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  2. friends

  http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/stealing-is-bad/.

  caleb sees some brightly-colored lollies.. caleb's mom tells him they're not buying candy today.. caleb puts down the lollies, sulking.. caleb thinks about stealing just one lolly, but remembers his dad's words at family study, that if he steals he won't be jehovah's friend.. caleb puts back the lolly smiling, and runs along.. .

  hardly a gripping plot.

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  Mum

  Do JW kids have a moral compass? "Teaching" right and wrong based on whether someone else (even God) will be their "friend" is just wacko.
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  My terminally ill friend will read this; please offer your love and support.

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  dear friends:.

  forty-five years ago i was out in service with an elder, and we came upon a house where the owners kindly received us.

  this was not so unusual as the family was jehovah's witnesses.

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  Mum

  Mike: I am praying for a miracle.

  Keep yourself laughing. You do know that Norman Cousins claims to have cured himself of cancer with laughter. Whether or not it's a cure, it's the way to enjoy life!

  Take care,

  SandraC