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  Gee-hovah does this and Geehovah does that for me!

  by Overrated in

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  2. friends

  did you ever had a over zealous brother/sister with tales that where even told from the platform on how gee-hovah did things for this person at nausea.

  just made you sick.

  an insult to one's intelligence.

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  zachias

  It has been my sad experience that whenever someone says in the hall that "Jehovahs is my best friend" etc they are only days away from being dfd. Young people in particular. I feel that the statement is a cry for help.
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  What Do You Think About Home Schooling?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i knew a few witnesses who were very proud of the fact that their kids were homeschooled.

  years ago, i would raise my eyebrows wondering why these families couldn’t simply integrate their kids with other “worldly” kids.

  at this point in time, with so many theories being pushed on kids and their parents, i can see why parents, if they are qualified, could instruct their kids themselves.

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  zachias

  I will put a few thoughts here.

  Take ill educated parents who work in non stimulating jobs or in pt jobs as they have then time to pioneer.

  The home is forever under financial stress. Their one loyalty is to the GB and setting proper classes in a range of topics is an impossible ask given the above.

  Perhaps they wont even have a computer because the gb say their is porn and evils on the internet so no computer and that most useful tool of learning is denied. It will be most likely too be a home with no other books or periodicals to be seen.
  

  Hold over it all that the wts says the world is bad (ad nauseum)and here is a nest from where kids are expected to learn and thrive?

  But wait they will not be expected to get jobs. They will not be expected to advance. Just earn enough (cleaning windows) so you can pioneer..

  and on its goes.

  Sadly the least capable of parents are it seems in my experience the biggest supporters of home schooling.

  and as the "wing commander" has said (see above) the results are kids becoming adults "who could barely read or form complete sentences", and further in my lifes experience will be at least two years behind their peers in social development and general knowledge.

  
  
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  Vice doc spotlights Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.c21media.net/news/vice-doc-spotlights-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  us cable network vice tv will debut an original documentary that claims to uncover corruption and abuse within the jehovah’s witnesses community.. vice versa: crusaders, which will air on july 28, is part of the channel’s vice versa brand, known for docs including fear of a black quarterback and the neglected pandemic.. the project comes from hollywood director aaron kaufman, who was shunned by his jehovah’s witness family after investigating paedophilia within the organisation.. crusaders is directed by kaufman and executive produced by lauren terp, as well as daniel levinson and robert fernandez for us-london prodco moxie pictures, and danny gabai and andrew freston for vice studios.

  executive producing for vice tv is catherine whyte.. kaufman said: “after witnessing first-hand the cycle of abuse that runs deep within the jehovah’s witnesses, i could not rest until the dark truth of this organisation was brought to light.

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  zachias

  Phew!

  I fear the gb will reach a point of exposure and with perhaps a breakout of people at bethel will go into a screaming panic and order and like all tyrants who create a war to cover up their domestic troubles will order all jw to go about with a condemnation message thus bringing about what the gb have always wanted being actual prosecution of jw the world over. Martyrs martyr martyrs!

  I fear for my family and all those with divided families and too for all the kids caught up in the tidal wave and poor humanity which will have to suffer it all as well.
  

  I hope deeply that any such action by governments against the wt will commence at the top of the organization.
  
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  Promise Not to Make Appeals for Money

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "when he who says: ‘all the gold and silver of the mountains are mine,’ fails to provide necessary funds, we will understand it to be time to suspend the [watchtower] publication.” consistent with that, there is no begging for money in the literature of jehovah’s witnesses.. what is true of their literature is also true of their meetings.

  there are no emotional appeals for funds in their congregations or at their conventions.

  " - when he who says: ‘all the gold and silver of the mountains are mine,’ fails to provide necessary funds, we will understand it to be time to suspend the publication.” consistent with that, there is no begging for money in the literature of jehovah’s witnesses.. what is true of their literature is also true of their meetings.

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  zachias

  I remember a convention when the donation boxes were taken off that shortly later an appeal was made for funds as the costs were likely to go past the donations (something like that) then it occurred to me that there is no way the boxes of donations could have been counted in the time before the announcement.
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  Love the don't use a gun for self defence by Gary Bro

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just watched that stupid talk by gary while e bro on not using a gun for self defense but it went deeper.

  i was that you don't defend yourself against violence.

  well ain't that great from an asshat living in a gated and guarded compound.

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  zachias

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPwKhOW6sL0
  
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  Leaked David Spane Apostate Rant? (Upcoming Lloyd Evans Video)

  by Jofi_Wofo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lloyd has a reminder set for a "leaked" video that he will be reviewing tomorrow, but it lacks details in the description.

  does anyone know what video he is referring to, or is this an upcoming loyd evans exclusive?.

  i find leaks exciting, especially if it's something that was never meant to be public and puts some serious egg on the faces of the blundering body..

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  zachias

  I began to watch the talk. The constant referrals to the other people there and comments I found irritating. Splanes talk was just another one of those "important" ones of years back where emotional beat ups take the place of actual information. I didnt finish watching it.
  
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  What Did You Think Of The Songs Sung At The Kingdom Hall?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was younger we had song books and i recall that some of the songs were pretty catchy.

  then they revised it took some of those songs out, and added more.

  i have to admit some songs were pretty good.

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  Unlike the hymns of christendom wt songs do not allow for the average voice. They are so broken gated and i believe were written that way so they would not sound like a hymn.
  
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  Job 31 v 11

  by zachias in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in job 31 v11 it states that an inappropriate sex act is a crime not a 'sin'.

  if this so between adults then it must extend that it is so if children are involved.

  but the wt refers to paedophilia as a sin..

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  zachias

  In Job 31 v11 it states that an inappropriate sex act is a crime not a 'sin'. If this so between adults then it must extend that it is so if children are involved. But the wt refers to paedophilia as a sin.
  
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  Which English Translations of the Bible are you Favorites, and Why?

  by Disillusioned JW in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  which english translations of the bible are you favorites, and why?

  my favorites include the (english) revised version bible (of 1881-1885) and its apocrypha (of 1898), the american revised version bible (of 1898, it close to the american standard version), the american standard version bible (of 1901), the new american standard bible - updated edition, the new revised standard version bible with the apocrypha, the complete bible: an american translation (it includes the apocrypha), and the twentieth century new testament.

  i also use others beside those.. they are my favorites because i consider them to be highly accurate, and also they are either very literal (but not so literal as to be hard to understand) or they use functional equivalence.

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  zachias

  King James. Yes the engliff if archaic. But you have to read. You cant skim.
  
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  Jehovah Witnesses lost in Court. Disfellowshipped Sister Reinstated by Court Order?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  imagine the "faithful" jws who are now having to talk to this person by court order or face the consequences----legally.. exjws are spreading the news and now some exjws who have been disfellowshipped for years are starting to research to see if this is an option in their country.

  here are the articles, you need to translate in google.

  https://www.nrk.no/norge/gry-nygard-ble-ekskludert-fra-jehovas-vitner-_-vant-i-lagmannsretten-1.15570621.

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  zachias

  alas, who would want to get the courts order to go back to a mob that had treated you so badly. Is this lady as we say.."A glutton for punishment".?