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  Destroying Notes

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  2. child-abuse

  i asked the ai gemini about destroying notes.

  here’s the response:.

  this scenario raises several legal and ethical concerns:.

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  Phizzy

  This ! > " Destroying the notes is a serious issue with potential legal and ethical consequences. While the religious institution may try to shield itself from liability, the priority should be protecting the victim and ensuring justice is served."
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  Another Sad Shunning due to homophobia by J.W's !!

  by Phizzy in

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  2. experiences

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  Phizzy

  “I grew up in the countryside in rural north Cork as part of the Jehovah’s Witness community. My upbringing was very sheltered. In school I was very much a class nerd. I just put my head down and it was all about getting the best grades. It wasn’t until my college years that I really thought about [my sexuality] in any meaningful way.

  There were definitely signs in my teenage years that there was something up. I had quite bad anxiety and I went through periods of depression and SAD. I was probably the last person on Earth to realise that I was gay. And then it took a few years to come to terms with that, to come out and be myself.

  I was taught that if you were gay and a Jehovah’s Witness then you were celibate and you just had to accept that you were going to be single for life. It’s a tall order to make of someone and it certainly wasn’t going to work for me.

  I knew my parents were going to disown me and the wider Jehovah’s community were going to do the same. And I knew, very clearly, that when the break came, it was going to be a clean break and family and friends would be lost. You lose your community when you [come out]. It’s a cruel thing that’s done. And it’s something I strongly disagree with'
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  Another Sad Shunning due to homophobia by J.W's !!

  by Phizzy in

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  Today is Eid al-Adha

  by Phizzy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today is eid al-adha :.

  "may peace, safety, and happiness be bestowed upon you.

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  Phizzy

  Today is Eid al-Adha :

  "May peace, safety, and happiness be bestowed upon you."
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  I'll just leave this 'ere

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  woman who died and 'went to heaven' says she now knows when armageddon will happen (msn.com).

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  Phizzy

  Nobody has ever actually died and returned to life, not ever. NDE's are known to be hallucinatory, and can be induced in people in the Lab.

  Nothing to see here, move along....
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  i was called on this morning

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the first time in ages.. a very elegantly dressed senior lady and a young chap.

  but--it wasnt just having a leaflet thrust at me--it was a full blown "old style" presentation.

  i stopped her going to far into it--by asking if they are jws--and told them i was an apostate.

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  Phizzy

  The "Pioneer Shuffle" ! yea, I used to spot J.W's doing that when I was driving around the Country for work, years ago.
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  John 1:1 in Coptic Translation

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently there has been quite a stir in jw apologetic circles recently about the translation of john 1:1 in the early sahidic version of john.

  i don't know if this has been discussed here before - if someone could give a link to a previous thread they know about on the subject that would be great.

  here is what i gather: .

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  Phizzy

  To argue about what a verse says and whether a definite Article is used, or not, or where a Comma should go perhaps, as in "I tell you today", is silly. We do not know what was written in the Autograph, and what was later altered. As Bart Ehrman shows in his Book "The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture" as time went on and Christology evolved, Scribes changed the MSS to suit the "New Light" LOL.

  Just an example John 1v18 : " 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known."

  Now the Footnote :

  1. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who..
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     We do not know when this was changed, and which fragment is older than the other etc.
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  Education video this midweeks meeting

  by jehovaxx in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is an item this week all about yang ones leaving school.. the two brothers go to a career advisor seminar.

  one brother thinks it’s good to work hard full time while you are young and tries to encourage his friend to as well.. his friend (who is the good jw trust the gb no matter what they say)) he wants a part time job.. the video shows him dreaming about investing his money on his phone and the chart goes up, he drives a nice car and seems to be doing well financially.. then he reads the scripture in proverbs and next you see that investment chart go down in the red and he is so pleased he just got a low paid part time job.. this infuriates me.

  how many of us are now struggling because we were told to get menial part time jobs and we were told the end would have been here by now.. i will never tell a young person to listen to the gb advice on this.

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  Phizzy

  They were saying EXACTLY the same crap when I was young , 50 years ago or more !

  I am SO glad I didn't listen ! I never swallowed the 1975 Bullcrap either, according to the org. this "System of things" would be all over by October '75. In August 1975 I started my Private Pension , thinking that the State Pension would be insufficient. I was more right than I knew, we now in the U.K have the lowest State Pension in Europe.

  The org. is still trying to ruin the lives of the young, and leave them no choice but to be trapped in "The End is Soooo Close" Mindset. Only to find they have insufficient or no funds in Retirement.

  The callous Lying Bastards !
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  LEAKED 2024 USA SERVICE REPORT

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/lov1gsxj4tg?si=ze-fdc8yswirahwx.

  this is a mini report on usa that includes an update on ramapo as it was delivered during the british bethel inauguration few days ago....

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  Phizzy

  No longer does a "Report" have to be a Great Work of Fiction then ?
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  Still Confused About The FDS

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was prompted by another thread where it was revealed that the gb were referred to as "our future kings" in a wt video.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4911685446402048/fun-moment.

  if i've got it right, the 144,000 are (or were until recently) the fds.

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  Phizzy

  The whole FDS thing falls down from its very starting idea, the idea that a rather good Parable by Jesus was in any way prophetic of some group living 2,000 years later.

  Jesus said himself he would return in the lifetime of those standing there listening to him, and the parable illustrates the very real situation that would have prevailed had he returned as promised, who would really be a true follower of his ? Which INDIVIDUALS would be like the Faithful Slave ? and which INDIVIDUALS would be like the Evil Slave ?

  It is a PARABLE , and NOT A PROPHECY !