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Where is Tony?
by Athanasius in
1. jw
2. friends
on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon in
1. jw
2. friends
uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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Mandated Shunning is a Crime
by Lee Marsh in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
mandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.

shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.

mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.
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DEBORAH HINES IS ON SIX SCREENS TONIGHT, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
by RESPECTFUL OBSERVER in
1. jw
2. friends
deborah will be interviewed on the "watchtower insider: barbara anderson tells all" program at 9 pm edt.

saturday, june 24, 2023deborah suffered extreme child sex abuse as a young girl in the watchtower.

this abuse took place at the world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses in brooklyn, ny.
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Lawsuit: I said GB member Barr that my Bethelite stepfather abused me; he did nothing
by Corney in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
here's an excerpt from the recent lawsuit deborah hines v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york et al (paragraphs 158-180), one of 29 known cases brought against the org pursuant to the ny child victims act.

what should be kept in mind is that gerrit lösch apparently worked in europe (the austrian branch and eastern europe) at the time when the abuse was allegedly reported to him (not a gb member then).. plaintiff was raised a member of the jehovah’s witnesses.

she primarily attended meetings at various congregations in arizona.
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A JW explains Blood Fractions
by OrphanCrow in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i was looking around from some information on the wt's stance concerning the use of stem cells, and i came across this article on a defending jehovah's witnesses blog.. rather than informing the reader all that much about stem cells, the author diverts the conversation into a discussion of "blood fractions" (*note: the term "blood fractions" appears to be another one of those wt bloodspeak terms coined by the wt.

"blood components" or "blood products" are the terms used more frequently by the medical world.

"fractions" implies tiny amounts).
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C t Russell and jellyfish case
by Jaime l de Aragon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
c t russell and jellyfish case.

then he said, "i am like a jellyfish.

i float around here and there.
15
"abstain and die!"- WTBTS
by hamsterbait in
1. social
2. current
i find it amazing that the wtbts says that you should refuse blood, even if it could save your life.. look at the apostle paul.

he knew the injunctions of acts 15 - yet by his own admission in his letters to the corinthians admitted that he bought meat sacrificed to idols and ate it.

so would he have refused this meat if he were about to die of hunger?.
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Re: Russell's connection to Masons and Secret Societies
by Enlightened1 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
our history is not what we have been taught.

the golden dawn history.

we see that russell was involved with freemasonry and used freemasonry symbols on his earlier magazines.
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Happy Mabon
by The_Bad_Seed in
1. jw
2. friends
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just thought i'd wish those of the wiccan persuasion a happy mabon tomorrow, and al bittersweet fall equinox, marking the summers end.... -seed.