Topics Started by Eustace

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Caleb's mom in university ad
by road to nowhere in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ad on tv had the exact cartoon figures as caleb, sophia and parents.

i cant convince anyone pimi that the gb didnt come up with the programming all by themselves.

the mormon kids look similar too.
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Who In The Hell Is This Guy?
by The Bethelite in
1. jw
2. friends
i got this pm from edgar james adams.

hello my fellow brethren!.

i am trying to educate people about the positive influence that jehovah's witnesses can have on humanity and on my local community in general!
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NEW SENTENCE IN NORWAY
by Eliseo in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
a new sentence in norway.

the court has invalidated a disfellowshipping!.

https://testimonidigeovaconsapevoli.blogspot.com/2019/07/norvegia-nuova-condanna.html.
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Why is it so important to them to let child molesters go out in the field ministry?
by Eustace in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what's up with the watchtower society still letting those they know to have sexually abused children go out in the field service despite that being crucial to the ruling against them in the conti suit?

they don't let men with beards go out in the field service in america with the justification that "beards are not the custom" and that therefore they "are not considered acceptable for christian ministers," but having sexually abused a child is somehow acceptable for a christian minister?.

last i checked molesting children isn't considered socially acceptable according to the customs of the united states and certainly finding out that child molesters are allowed to be jehovah's witness publishers is a whole lot more alienating to potential converts than them seeing jehovah's witness publishers with beards.
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READ: Watchtower's SCOTUS petition
by Corney in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
on june 25, 2019 watchtower ny filed petition for a writ of certiorari in the u.s. supreme court.

the society asks to reconsider a $4 million judgment against it in a california child abuse case.

docket: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html .
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Lot's of talk on the July Watchtower?
by noonehome in
1. jw
2. friends
so i've heard lots of talk from within about the 'new light' in this watchtower...i'm yet to look at it in any detail.

i'm kind of surprised actually...i first heard about it here before it was even available but close to the time it did come out people started bringing it up - even our co.. some say things like "have you heard about this?

" or "big changes," or "allot of things they said we believed, i didn't realize,"(lots of that) or "brain-overload" or " too much information, but i've never felt more pumped up" or "it's soo exciting to see jehovah's spirit lead his organization..." or "it requires time to sink in, but it's a good feeling!
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So if Russell was the "greater" John the Baptist paving the way for the GB...
by goatshapeddemon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
... what does that make the "governing body"????????.

wait for it....... yes, the greater jesus.

they stopped short of saying that in the july 15 wt (all they said was that russell was the greater john the baptist), but what other conclusion is there, especially since now they're going to rule with jesus over the messianic kingdom.. talk about a messiah complex.
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Having children is bad
by dissonance_resolved in
1. jw
2. friends
went to the weeknight meeting this week for the first time in a long while.

the study was all about how having children was ill-advised in this time of the end- the comments dwelled on what a burden children are, how you can spend more time in the ministry without children, and look what they did in jerusalem- they cannabilized their own children!

it's going to be so horrible to watch our children suffer during the great tribulation!
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If the Governing Body are the Faithful and Discreet Slave, Could the Governing Body all die at once?
by Eustace in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm thinking that if all the governing body members all died at once, it would disprove this whole "the governing body are the faithful and discreet slave" business once and for all.. the faithful and discreet slave, according to watchtower teaching, will continue to exist into the time of the end.

so if the governing body all die at once, that means they ain't the faithful and discreet slave.. they need more youngish gb members quick!.
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How Has the WT's False Predictions Damaged You Personally?
by Perry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how has the wt's false predictions damaged you personally?.

i was 12 in 1975. i never believed i'd "make it".

after i made it, i never really trusted adults again.