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What was covered up in your congregation??
by karter in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
family move to remote pacific island to serve were the need is great get a mention in the year book.. however one of the (married) boys in the large family has sex with his sister while his wife is in hospital giving birth to their child.

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all hushed up not even a word said and hes now an elder d.fing people for lesser crimes.. young couple dating leave the jws and move in togather doing drugs partying ect.. his family grandfather,uncles, dad ect are all elders.. after a few years they decide to come back to the jws and are married in the k.h a few months latter.. 1 elder questions them getting married in the k.h and is voted down by his family.. to many drunks and c.s.a to mention.. karter..
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Russia: Further Jail Term For Answering Fellow Prisoners’ Questions About Faith
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://www.eurasiareview.com/01072024-russia-further-jail-term-for-answering-fellow-prisoners-questions-about-faith/.

july 1, 2024. by f18news.

by victoria arnold.
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The Greatest Christian Doctrine
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the wt likes to quote ad infinitum that the central doctrine of the christian faith is the trinity.

they quote some catholic sources, yadda, yadda, yadda.

it is a great misdirection.
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Members of congregation know it’s not true
by Mikejw in
1. jw
2. experiences
we have lonely old folks and even some not so old.. they know the gb are not who they claim to be.. but they stay in the congregation because they are lonely.

i wonder what percentage of jws this is the case, i would guess a lot.

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JW Leaders Do Intentionally Torture Their Members
by FragrantAddendum in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
that's one of the reasons they're being shut down.
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The true pronunciation of God's name....
by Kosonen in
1. jw
2. friends
i found a very interesting video by a jewish biblical scholar about how to correctly pronounce jehovah.

it's not yahweh as other scholars claim.. https://youtu.be/4vgxmmbst8w?si=yq7ggwstkpnd3f18.
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Key Criticisms of the Organization
by Vanderhoven7 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just picked this summary up.

"some of the key criticisms that have been raised about the jehovah's witness organization include:.

strict control and authoritarianism: the organization is highly centralized, with major decisions being made by the governing body.
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JE-sus making a comeback at the 2024 Convention
by dropoffyourkeylee in
1. jw
2. experiences
attended the friday sesson of the 2024 summer convention.. july 5, 2024 summer convention crowd photo; they invited quite a lot of empty chairs.. .

the facility usually has 5500-6500. they spun it saying that fewer congregations were assigned.

there were 6 of the smaller, more distant sections blocked off with tarps to lessen cleaning, which i understand.
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Would there, or would there not be, lawsuits if they took away the blood transfusion ban?
by VerdadTJ2 in
1. jw
2. friends
i have heard or read, many times by many exjw's, that the org does not remove the blood transfusion ban because it would be crippled by the resulting lawsuits the minute that "new light" was made official.i am not a lawyer, but i would like to know what legal opinion lawyers have on that.on what legal basis would there be a lawsuit?

"i am suing the watchtower because my relative died because of a rule they had but no longer have"?am i missing something?.
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Lithuania Rejecting Elevated Religious Recognition of WTS?
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
here is an article about wts/jws regarding religious recognition in lithuania.

it says it may not be granted at the level the wts applied for partly based on rejecting unarmed alternative service rather than being "drafted.

" can you read it and tell me you come to the same conclusion?