Topics Started by joey jojo

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Pinata's vs Birthday's - classic JW hypocrisy
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i vaguely knew that the pinata had some kind of pagan origin and i assumed that having a pinata at a jw party was frowned on by the b0rg.

however, despite its blatant pagan origins, apparently i was wrong.. the 22 september, 2003 awake states that the aztecs would smash a clay pot full of 'treasures' in honour of the god huitzilopochtli's birthday.

spanish missionaries simply switched the pot for the pinata during the christian conversion of the aztecs.
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JW's home schooling over-representing
by joey jojo in
1. jw
2. experiences
speaking to an old elder friend recently about his decision to home school his high school aged kids.. he claims that here in australia, about 30% of the students that log into online classrooms are jw's.

the others are disabled kids - who cant physically attend class and the rest are long distance students.. another generation of under-educated jw kids on the way..
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Beard quote from WT 1975
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
extreme hair styles can easily lead one into a trap of the devil also, and cause others to stumble.

for example, a young man in the united states was making fine progress in his study of the bible, and he was moved to share with an experienced witness in preaching to others about the good things he was learning from the bible.

from early youth he had let his beard grow, and since some in the business community wore beards, he felt that his wearing one in preaching to others would be acceptable generally.
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Pre-Nicene christians and the trinity
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this is just a quick summary that might be useful regarding the threads about the trinity currently on the board.. in 325 ce, the nicene council was called by constantine to settle schisms within the christian church.

the argument about the nature of jesus in relation to god was one of the big problems that needed resolution.

at first, constantine told the 2 main players, alexander and arius to sort it out between themselves, as he, constantine didnt see it as overly important.
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Does maths prove the bible is wrong?
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there might be a few that find this post boring, because, you know - its maths.. i like maths but im not a mathematician or condsider myself any type of expert on the subject.. there is a branch of maths called propositional logic that is used widely in computers and computer programming that allows computers to make decisions based on certain conditions.

for example: if a condition exists, then do something.

like: if the a button is pressed, then the letter a will appear on the screen.
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Child Sacrifice and Exodus 22:29
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
im not a bible scholar - lets just get that out the way first.

i recently came across exodus 22:29, which is an interesting scripture that seems to require israelites to sacrifice their firstborn to god.. i searched this forum and cant seem to find any topic about it so i thought id start one and see what you guys think.

im sure it probably has been discussed here already, but i cant find it.. anyway, exodus 22:29 says:.
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'Socky' - April 2024 broadcast
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
watched a revision of this broadcast on youtube.

im not sure ive ever seen a more cringe-worthy exchange than between david splane and his good buddy 'socky'.. socky told us the story that he read the book 'what has religion done for mankind?

' (1951) when he was 10 and he 'knew' it was the truth.
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Trickle or flood?
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
now that some reasonably big changes have occurred in a short time frame, whats next?

will the gb let the dust settle for a bit, or will they keep dropping bombs this year?.
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Zoom replaced with KHCONF+ app for meetings?
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just heard about khconf+ app replacing zoom for hybrid meetings at kngdom halls.

did a quick search here and didnt find any posts about it.

have i missed something?.
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In spite of the Australian Royal Commission...
by joey jojo in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-29/jehovahs-witnesses-not-reporting-all-child-sex-abuse-to-police-/103320582.

national news story in australia today.. the inquiry heard that since the 1950s, the witnesses hid more than 1,000 cases of child sexual abuse.the faith group did not report one case to police over that time.the royal commission was announced in 2012 and the final report was delivered in 2017.in the wake of the institutional failings exposed by the commission, western australia’s mandatory reporting requirements were expanded to include religious ministers in 2021.it meant that they would have to report child sexual abuse to authorities.however, despite it being post royal commission, documents show how the religious group conducted its own internal investigation.the religious leaders did not report the matter to police.

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