The best thing parents can do for their children is to NOT raise them as JWs. Leave the damn religion and give them a chance in life.
dropoffyourkeylee
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Sept. 21 watchtower-your disfellowshipped kids aren't your fault
by joey jojo inlatest advice for jw parents: if your kids get disfellowshipped, fight the urge to blame yourself.
yes, great advice.
if your clueless, underage child is struggling in life, don't blame yourself, stop thinking about it and move on.
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"My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"
by Diogenesister incan anyone remember the reasoning the watchtower gave for jesus speaking these words?
if you have a reference that would be even better!.
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dropoffyourkeylee
In agreement with Phizzy, I am of the opinion that he did not say these words at all, but the story and quotation were added into the gospel to show ‘fulfillment’ of a prophecy, since it is a direct quote from the OT.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I thank God everyday I don't have to go into the KH anymore
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Voyage of the Damned - 1976 - a great film
by dropoffyourkeylee ini just watched a very moving and poignant film:.
voyage of the damned, 1976. about the 1939 ship voyage of the st louis which carried 900+ jewish passengers from germany to cuba, were not allowed to disembark, and were eventually taken back to europe where many of them were eventually sent to the camps and died.
it doesn't touch directly on the bible students, but i think it gives some context to the political scene of pre-ww2 europe.. seldom has a film reached deep inside like this one.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1rxvtbwkrw.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I just watched a very moving and poignant film:
Voyage of the Damned, 1976
about the 1939 ship voyage of the St Louis which carried 900+ Jewish passengers from Germany to Cuba, were not allowed to disembark, and were eventually taken back to Europe where many of them were eventually sent to the camps and died. It doesn't touch directly on the Bible Students, but I think it gives some context to the political scene of pre-WW2 Europe.
Seldom has a film reached deep inside like this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1RxVTBWKrw
In a way it is a metaphor for the voyage through JW land. Get on board with high hopes based on false promises, despair as things become apparently sour, bargaining, heartbreaking loss, finally you get off free but changed.
The acting and direction was superb too, and the inside view of the working of seagoing ocean liner was interesting.
Here is the link Just in case - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6N5Io56Isw
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Remembering Rutherford
by Sea Breeze inhe seems to me to be the angriest and most ill-tempered of all the wt presidents, especially after his stint in prison and failed prophecies.. “regarding his misguided statements as to what we could expect in 1925, he [rutherford] once confessed to us at bethel, “i made an ass of myself.”” watchtower 1984 oct 1 p.24.
rutherford died at beth sarim on january 8, 1942, at the age of 72.
[220] cause of death was...carcinoma of the rectum..."[21] .
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dropoffyourkeylee
One aspect of the WT religion that I think needs explored more is the role of the radio broadcasts in the landscape of the '20s and '30s. An old time JW I knew in the '80s told me that 'Rutherford and Father Coughlin hated each other'. There was a by her account a vitriolic on-air feud between the two, and a lot of the diatribe against Catholicism and priests was a thinly veiled attack on Coughlin. Coughlin was particularly divisive, and I think it would be interesting to explore some of the outrageous statements of Rutherford in the context of the Rutherford/Coughlin feud.
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Recently appointed Elder and his Regular pioneer wife wake up in 10 minutes and walk away.
by pistolpete ini been seeing several experiences by jws who are waking up very quickly.
not years, not months, not even days-----but minutes.
it seems that all the hypocrisy of the watchtower is becoming more obvious to the members.
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dropoffyourkeylee
There is always that one 'last straw'
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More money for the dubs
by SadElder inthis just popped up this morning in my news briefs.. https://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2021/06/19/pennsyolvania-turnpike-mon-fayette-expressway-jehovah-s-witnesses-west-mifflin/stories/202106180126.
guess they'll start asking for money to build a new building now..
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dropoffyourkeylee
They only got 500,000 for it, which sounds low to me.
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Does the GB direct cult members to burn old books?
by mickbobcat ini was told but can not find anything concrete that the cult gb directs cult members to burn old cult books and literature.
is this true.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I can't say a KH library serves much purpose anymore, if it ever did. I could see it being discontinued
My father had in his possession some of the local congregation's correspondence dating to the '40s when the congregation was formed, like the letters that established the congregation, etc. I thought it was pretty interesting at the time, and that it should be kept for interest and local history. But none of the young elders wanted the stuff around, and I think it was eventually thrown away.
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Remembering Rutherford
by Sea Breeze inhe seems to me to be the angriest and most ill-tempered of all the wt presidents, especially after his stint in prison and failed prophecies.. “regarding his misguided statements as to what we could expect in 1925, he [rutherford] once confessed to us at bethel, “i made an ass of myself.”” watchtower 1984 oct 1 p.24.
rutherford died at beth sarim on january 8, 1942, at the age of 72.
[220] cause of death was...carcinoma of the rectum..."[21] .
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dropoffyourkeylee
To me the objectionable thing that I can't get over is that the WT leadership believes that they and they alone are God's representative organization. If three elders sit across from you and ask, 'Do you believe the Watchtower Society is God's spirit directed organization?' and you say 'No', you can be disfellowshipped/disassociated. That is simply outrageous.
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Unnoticed 2018 merger in Qubec
by Corney inthree years ago, on september 1 - 4, 2018, watch tower society of quebec (la tour de garde, société de bibles et de traités du québec), finalised its merger ("voluntary amlgamation") with "123 incorporated congregations of jehovah's witnesses in quebec," with kingdom halls owned by these incorporated congregations (total book value - ca$114,390,856, or 92 million usd) becoming assets of the society.
quebec congregations continue to exist as unincorporated associations and registered charities, while wt quebec only "manages, maintains and constructs" khs ("in cooperation with" wt canada and jw congregation support (formerly regional building committee)) and appoints certain elders to officiate marriages in the province.. sources: .
https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/hacc/srch/pub/dsplybscsrch .
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dropoffyourkeylee
I don't know about Canada, but in the US over the past decade or so they have made movements to get the deeds of KH properties written so the property belongs to the WT, and not to the local congregation. The result ultimately is that the WT entity 'RBC', Regional Building Committee or something like that, can arbitrarily sell a KH and make the congregation double up use of a KH. Years ago each KH was built, financed, owned and managed by the local congregation with little or no reference to the WT corporation nationally. Now it is different and they (RBC) are using sale of volunteer-built KHs as a money raising scheme.