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  Happy birthday Watchtower!

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just before the month ends i would like to congratulate the watchtower magazine for completing its run of 138 years of publication.

  the first copy was printed july 1st 1879. well done watchtower!.

  as a reminder, let people remember that in its time this magazine has one of the world’s largest print runs for a periodical.

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  Let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we?

  "Vaccination never prevented anything and never will, and is the most barbarous practice . . . We are in the last days; and the devil is slowly losing his hold, making a strenuous effort meanwhile to do all the damage he can, and to his credit can such evils be placed. . . . Use your rights as American citizens to forever abolish the devilish practice of vaccinations." (The Golden Age, Oct. 12, 1921, p. 17)

  "If any overzealous doctor condemns your tonsils go and commit suicide with a case-knife. It’s cheaper and less painful." (The Golden Age, April 7, 1926, p. 438)

  "Thinking people would rather have smallpox than vaccination, because the latter sows seeds of syphilis, cancers, eczema, erysipelas, scrofula, consumption, even leprosy and many other loathsome affections. Hence the practice of vaccinations is a crime, an outrage, and a delusion" (The Golden Age, Jan. 5, 1929, p. 502)

  “Vaccination has never saved a human life. It does not prevent smallpox.” (The Golden Age, Feb. 4, 1931, p. 294)

  "We do well to bear in mind that among the drugs, serums, vaccines, surgical operations, etc., of the medical profession, there is nothing of value save an occasional surgical procedure. . . . Readers of The Golden Age know the unpleasant truth about the clergy; they should also know the truth about the medical profession, which sprang from the same demon worshipping shamans (doctor priests) as did the ‘doctors of divinity.’" (The Golden Age, Aug. 5, 1931, pp. 727-728)

  "medicine originated in demonology and spent its time until the last century and a half trying to exorcise demons. During the past half century it has tried to exorcise germs." (The Golden Age, Aug. 5, 1931, p. 728)

  “When men of science conclude that this normal process will no longer work and they suggest removing the organ and replacing it directly with an organ from another human, this is simply a shortcut. Those who submit to such operations are thus living off the flesh of another human. That is cannibalistic.” (The Watchtower, Nov. 15, 1967, p. 702)
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  My mums dying she refuses blood transfusion...the horror.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  mum has a mild form of lukeimia if she took blood like normal people she could live to be 100. but no, anointed sisters dont compromise jehovah wont allow it.

  so here i am moving to sydney for one month going to hospital everyday putting my life on hold to watch my mother die slowly.

  watching her gasp for air, struggle to breath.

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  @Witness 007 I second what @stuckinarut2 has offered. I'm in Sydney too and will come give you support in a hearbeat. Just say when and where. You need as many people who "get" it around you so the WT insanity doesn't eat your soul up. Happy to offer you some company during this distressing time.

  xox
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  Our new yearly "regional convention"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so unstuck and myself have decided to attend a different kind of yearly convention!.

  it should be fun!.

  just think, anything that helps us using our "powers of reason" (romans 12:1) is approved by the bible isn't it??

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  Don't forget your perceptive powers mentioned in Hebrews 5:14.
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  "Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?" -- New Light Edition

  by cognisonance in

  1. social
  2. humour

  after studying hubble space telescope images of the night's sky and attending classes under disguise at wor-wic community college (air travel and tuition funded by your donations no less), gerrit losch managed to secure a two-thirds majority vote among the governing body to release a second updated edition of the creator book.

  this new edition replaces the "pillars of creation" (eagle nebula) cover photo with "god's birdie" (carina nebula):.

  they've also had a change of heart with regards the concept of intellectual honesty and have updated the quote on page 9 that said:.

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  @smiddy Lol, I was going to say... that nebula is flipping us off!
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  Hi from England

  by victimofdeceit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently quit being a jw because i realised that beyond armageddon i was going to be ruled by people who cover up child abuse, not telling the congregations by their letter where the money they donated in the box is going towards paying compensation for legal battles which they caused, and also i was bullied by elders and discriminated against for being homosexual, even though i am not practicing it.

  it wasn't until i threatened legal action for a breach of confidence that the elders were deleted.

  so through the media and my own personal experience, i realised that they were no different to corrupt businesses in the world.

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  Hey @victimofdeceit. There's much more truth, beauty, happiness, wisdom and life to be had on this side of the organization. Sending you a warm welcome from Down Under. xxx
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  reps of the JW.0rg kiosk looking very Sea.0rg'ish

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  amazing how cults end up looking so similar.

  have you ever wondered how budhist monks and catholic monks look and behave so similarly?

  or why mormons and jw religion have so many parallels?.

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  Uniforms! Since when?!
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  Daily Text July 21, 2017: Jehovah is a loving father?

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is jehovah really a loving and compassionate "father" to his children?

  as a jw i would have definitely answered "yes", followed by the typical "he allows suffering, but doesn't cause it", or perhaps the "he has created us to enjoy life and wants us to be happy" mumbo jumbo.

  today's daily text demonstrate this reasoning (bold mine):.

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  Thanks @Sanchy. We were hanging out with @JWfacts for the day when it happened. See what happens when you associate with apostates?!?!?! Lol.
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  "the easiest thing in the world" Charles Manson quote

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how very like the jw.0rg!

  my jaw dropped reading this on facebook, a quote by charles manson, about getting people to do what you want.. .

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  I just got chills. That's so eerie.

  I'm not opposed to the term "psychopathic" becoming synonymous with the GB and their doctrines, however.
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  Daily Text July 21, 2017: Jehovah is a loving father?

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is jehovah really a loving and compassionate "father" to his children?

  as a jw i would have definitely answered "yes", followed by the typical "he allows suffering, but doesn't cause it", or perhaps the "he has created us to enjoy life and wants us to be happy" mumbo jumbo.

  today's daily text demonstrate this reasoning (bold mine):.

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  Oh, boy. This analogy strikes home. Six days ago my two year old son disobeyed me by breaking free and running across the road. He was hit by a car. Several police visits and an team of paramedics later, I sat in the children's Emergency hospital thinking to myself "if only I could redo today. If only I could go back in time...". For Jehovah, nothing is impossible. Not even time travel and do-overs. Yet he refrained. As for him not wanting to give rise for concern among the angels watching over his credibility as the Sovereign, please explain why Jehovah was more than happy to eradicate the world of "wickedness" with the Noachian flood. The angels were watching then, where they not? Wouldn't that Great Flood count as cheating if Jehovah was a God of his word and stuck to his own rules of "handing the chalk over to the rebel in the classroom and allowing the rebel to prove himself wrong"?

  FYI My son survived being run over. He is alive and well. As one sister told me "thank Jah he is okay." And what of the other children who have died in accidents (Witness children included). Where was "Jah" then? Why spare my son and be thanked for this stroke of luck when there are millions of innocent children in the world who need divine intervention more than ever? Damn, I hate the superstitious hypocrisy of Witnesses.
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  Call for investigation into JW child abuse in the Netherlands

  by Anders Andersen in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  after yesterday's newspaper articles about how jw (mis)handle child abuse cases, today the newspaper reports that both members of the national house of representatives, and the national commissioner on human trafficking and sexual violence against children are petitioning the minister / secretary of state to launch an investigation into jw and other closed religious communities.. the newspaper article (in dutch).

  the newspaper also published the personal story of a victim, and how he fought for justice within jw to no avail.this story is from my home town (just few years before i move there), different congregation in the same hall..

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  I kind of feel bad laughing about the irony of Watchtower possibly being banned in yet another country. Bible prophecy rings true: false religion gets banned FIRST, JWs. Guess WT is number one on that list.