I read about this recently (but forget the link). Apparently it said that Romania was cut off from the organisation for a very long time as they were under ban and only had very old WTs that were hidden. Once the ban was lifted they discovered so many things had changed from the things they learned from their old WTs that they thought the GB had gone apostate.
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Why Did Romania's Jehovah's Witnesses Disfellowship The Governing Body For Apostasy?
by Bubblegum Apotheosis inthere is a large group of jehovah's witnesses that broke away from the watchtower society in the 1990s.
can someone explain to all the interested jwn lurkers and faders, why these romanian and other eastern european witnesses disfellowshiped the governing body in new york?.
i received a email from a member claiming to be part of this group, i was told they "disfellowshiped the governing body" for disobedience to jehovah god and not following the fine examples of brother russell, rutherford and knorr.
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Guns And Self Defense??
by Cold Steel ini know jehovah's witnesses can have firearms for defense, but does the church ever attempt to set guidelines on the use of deadly force?
also, are there jurisdictions in the church where handgun ownership is frowned upon?.
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tornapart
Can't believe what a gun culture the US is.. you make it sound scary!! LOL We have to have a licence to have a gun here and you have to have a real good reason to have one. (ie. gun club, gamekeeper, armed police etc). Also they have to be safely locked away when not in use. If you break these laws you'll be sent to jail.
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Lots of JWs out at tables this morning!
by AuntBee inso, i actually stopped at two different tables that i saw.
the first was 2 elderly men - they were so sweet and open to discuss.
i brought up the topic of the divine name and why the wt inserted it into the nt with no evidence from greek manuscripts.
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tornapart
What does it mean 'out at tables'? Is it at a coffe shop or something?
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christmas puddings
by tornapart inin our last ca it was said from the platform that the gb has said we shouldn't buy food that is only produced at certain times of the year.
although not specified i imagine they meant turkeys, christmas puddings, easter eggs, hot cross buns etc.
the reasoning that it's attached specifically to pagan festivals.
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tornapart
I don't think our cong. is going to go along with it that much. One reg. pio. sister who is a bit of a rebel on the quiet and myself, a rebel elderette have already said we think it's going too far and saying exactly what we think of it. It's surprising how much it starts the R&F thinking when you actually come out and say how stupid you think something is.. most of them also think it's stupid and intend to be disobedient when no one's looking.. LOL The few that you say to about Paul and the sacrificed meat to idols, squirm and look uncomfortable because they know it's the GB against the apostle Paul.
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christmas puddings
by tornapart inin our last ca it was said from the platform that the gb has said we shouldn't buy food that is only produced at certain times of the year.
although not specified i imagine they meant turkeys, christmas puddings, easter eggs, hot cross buns etc.
the reasoning that it's attached specifically to pagan festivals.
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tornapart
It's delicious jamie and I buy it as soon as it's in the shops LOL.. smothered in custard....
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christmas puddings
by tornapart inin our last ca it was said from the platform that the gb has said we shouldn't buy food that is only produced at certain times of the year.
although not specified i imagine they meant turkeys, christmas puddings, easter eggs, hot cross buns etc.
the reasoning that it's attached specifically to pagan festivals.
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tornapart
In our last CA it was said from the platform that the GB has said we shouldn't buy food that is only produced at certain times of the year. Although not specified I imagine they meant turkeys, christmas puddings, easter eggs, hot cross buns etc. the reasoning that it's attached specifically to pagan festivals
The result has been lots of JWs in an uproar. Some saying 'WT...???' and some saying 'well, I've always bought christmas puddings in the past but if the GB say so then I must obey'.... others saying 'well, I don't care what the GB say I'm going to carry on anyway, if Paul could eat food sacrificed to idols I can eat christmas pudding'...
I really think this triviality from the GB has got more reaction than the demo about the overlapping generation. Has anybody else heard anything like this?
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Meet the next generation of American men
by kurtbethel inand the helicopter moms who love them.. .
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tornapart
There's a comedy here in the UK called Little Britain. There is a comedy sketch of a full grown man still breast feeding from his mum.. he calls it 'bitty'... it is totally outrageous but grotesquely funny.
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Who like jehovah witness?I don't for sure!
by witchtowerwitch inthey won't give you the sweat off of there balls!.
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tornapart
I'm a JW (just) and an elderette (hate that word)... does that mean nobody likes me??? (LOL to cedars! And ROFL to Zid!!)
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9:40 Symposium:Motivate Right hearted Ones to Love . . . Their Spiritual Father (Acts 13:48; 16:14) Their Spiritual Mother (Proverbs 6:20)
by wolfman85 inthis is a topic for dc 2012. it turns out that more than 7 million jw are not the spiritual children of god to the wt, the most we can hope for is to be his friends.
are we or are we not spiritual children of god?
the truth is that this organization has made us spiritual bastards.. the other theme of "spiritual mother" has pagan and idolatrous connotations.
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tornapart
And just as you said Wolfman, not a mention of Christ Jesus in all this... so the 'organisation' is our teacher, when I last looked at my bible it was the Holy Spirit that Christ Jesus sent that would be our teacher and not any man or bunch of men...
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"I respect a person's beliefs"
by Phizzy ini often hear this phrase "i respect a person's beliefs" on here and elsewhere, but i feel strongly that you should not.. i know that sometimes people mean by that phrase that they respect the right of a person to hold silly beliefs if they want to, but if that is so, say so.. if a person's beliefs are unsupportable, perhaps looney, perhaps downright dangerous,murderous, like the jw blood doctrine, such beliefs deserve no respect at all.. the person holding them we can show respect to by telling them in a gentle, and polite way that their beliefs are a pile of steaming poo, but we should not show respect for the beliefs, even by the simple act of remaining silent.. "to tell the truth as you see it is a wonderful thing" john lydon ("johnny rotten" late of the sex pistols, and now p. i. ltd).
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tornapart
Once I went into the house of a Hindu lady, she showed me her gods. To me they were nothing more than ornaments. One included her favourite Ganesh, god of good fortune. She lit incence candles for them, prayed to them etc. To me it seemed silly but she truly believed it. If I had ridiculed her or diminished the value of her sincerely held beliefs it would have deeply offended her and hurt her. As it was we were able to exchange views about things. She showed me her Sanskrit holy writings and it was a very interesting conversation and we left on mutually good terms. We can learn a lot from what other people believe and what it is that makes people tick.