Posts by Londo111

IF there is something to these allegations in regard a minor, obviously the Branch saw to it it didn't make it into the records that were at the Australian Royal Commission.

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Sometimes it's the little things....

by dubstepped in

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i'm listening to a podcast where a former elder describes how another elder conducted the watchtower study about hyperbole.

the elder called it hyper-bowl.

soon the whole congregation called it hyper-bowl.

Londo111

Now I think we see one factor in the whole simplification in the publications.

Just a couple decades ago, the publications at least expanded people's vocabularies. It took some mental activities to keep up with all the reading.

Now things are almost to the point of, "See Jane. See Jane Pioneer."

Of course, videos are replacing the central focus reading used to have.

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Is there evidence about Jaracz?

by Gorbatchov in

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read some reply's about jaracz being a child abuser.. is there any evidence about it?.

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If I understood what I read from Barbara's latest book, the allegation goes that Jaracz was removed in Australia from the branch. However, years later, Knorr told him he could enter the traveling work if he married.

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Qualifications of elders question

by charity7 in

hi guys!

i thought you guys would be able to clarify something for me.

according to jw’s what qualifies you to become an elder and who does the appointing?

Londo111

As mentioned: field service hours is the #1 criteria. Something mentioned NOWHERE in the Bible.

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What makes you---YOU?

by eyeuse2badub in

of course this is an open ended question but have you ever really thought about what makes you who you are?.

is it our looks, our personality, our physique, our intelligence, our experiences and subsequent memories, our beliefs?

is it a combination of all these things and even more?

Londo111

That was one of the things that bothered me as a JW. In the resurrection, the person would be a copy, but there would be no continuity between the person who died and the person being resurrected.

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A non-Witnes who accepts 607 BC?

by careful in

an eyebrow raiser to be sure.

i can understand the clergyman being so baptist that he'd still use the name jehovah since it was popular in english and german churches for a long time during and after the reformation, but 607?.

see ¶ 6 under the heading "the historicity of the book of daniel".

Londo111

Maybe Watchtower should build a wall around 607 and make 587 pay for it.

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My mom is haunted by the ghost of Fred Franz... now we have gotten to the root of this problem

by silentbuddha in

so last night at around 11 while me and the wife were watching netflix and my cellphone rings.

i didn't make it in time and saw it was my mother who never speaks to me.

i decided to call back fearing something happened with my dad.

Londo111

In a talk, Anthony Morris mentioned how the 144k would kill all non-JWs are Armageddon.

So in that mindset, a vengeful Freddy would make sense.

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What happned to the Quick Builds

by blownaway in

so the qbs were huge in the 80s and 90s, now i hear nothing.

have they stopped?.

Londo111

In the 80's there was growth. Now there isn't.

Also...it used to be if JWs wanted a new Kingdom Hall, they saved the money, or took out a loan, and had it builts. And the property was theirs.

Since that time, Watchtower has taken centralized control of all Kingdom Hall builds, repairs, and property.

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Rumor: New light comes from outside marketing consultants

by Londo111 in

this is a rumor i heard back in november, it comes to me third or fourth-hand.

feel free to poke holes.

i have many doubts about this myself.

Londo111

From what I understand, the SDA do not practice mandatory shunning anymore. So I give them points for that.

And the Mormons evidently do not shun to the degree JWs do. They allow a heck of allot more dissent then Watchtower does.