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  Compiling List-Trivial Items People Are Counseled Against

  by love2Bworldly in

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  i hope this is not a repeat of past threads and i hope to get a lot of response.

  i am compiling info of how people are treated within the wts.

  i just read the post about a person being counseled for having baby shower games.

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  Not all me:

  Wearing tee-shirts under shirt at meeting (could barely make out logo).

  Wearing sunglasses with a logo.

  Wearing a hat with a logo.

  Drawing on skin with sunscreen.

  Talking to opposite sex.

  Joining exercise classes.

  Working too many hours.

  Not employed.

  Partaking in too much recreation.

  Asking too many questions.

  Not accepting answers from literature.

  Looking bored during weekly study (was 9 years old).

  Not memorising scriptures.

  Not answering up.

  Wearing fluro socks (1980s).

  Tie too bright.

  Wearing a red suit (1980s).
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  Jw.Org - Create An Account. Anyone?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone give this a try?

  i was looking at the site for the new light (about gb=fds) when i noticed the 'login' option.

  also didn't see any 'search' option available.

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  If you need to do a site search of jw.org (or any site) use Google.

  e.g. (remove quotes) "apostate site:jw.org"
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  Bombing of KH in Sydney australia late 1980's ?

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i recall the moment i heard of this on the radio.

  but there was little mention of it in months oryears later.. does anyone know what became of the victims?.

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  And from it sprung a bunch of JW urban myths. Most memorable went something like "If the bomb was placed in the correct angle, everyone in the hall would have been killed".
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  JWs say it's my fault I didn't go to university ?!

  by ekruks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  like many on here, as a jw trying hard to follow the direction of the gb, i listened to the advice to pioneer and trust in jehovah to provide (mat6.33) instead of going to university.

  after struggling for ages in low-paid physically-demanding jobs, i decided to become a student (thanks for the encouragement on here guys!).

  i tell a jw i wish i had been to university when i was a teenager, and put all that pioneer time into studying hard for a good grade, get a good job, and if i had wound up tired as i am now, at least i would have been paying into a mortgage on a home and pension.

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  The entire like JW culture is based upon adherents NOT thinking and obeying the FDS. So naturally when they discourage higher education followers obey. The culture is also about denying e.g. when they say "No one said you can't go to university" it's probably technically correct, but the reality is all cult members were directed not to go to university.
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  Its 2014 NEXT year. What will the spin be?

  by Slidin Fast in

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  2. friends

  you know what.

  the spin doctors at brookyn can beat any political damage control experts i have ever heard.. perhaps we can give them some help.

  the centenery of 1914 is next year, will they celebrate?.

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  I swear the GB spin doctors have wasted their tallents. Imagine how much they'd earn if they worked for a tobacco or asbestos company!
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  jw.org video

  by turtleturtle in

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  has anyone watched this?

  dude!

  this new jw.org site makes me feel like jws are mormons!

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  As others have quoted. Jesus said it best in Matthew 5;43-48:

  43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor [a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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  jw.org video

  by turtleturtle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone watched this?

  dude!

  this new jw.org site makes me feel like jws are mormons!

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  Isn't it wonderful how the Jehovah's Witnesses help their wealthy adherents (Sandy & Japan quake), then make videos to show off their "charity" work.
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  My sister owes me 4000 dollars and wont pay up. Any ideas how I can get it back?

  by usualusername in

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  2. friends

  i dont need the cash but would love to hear your ideas.... .

  uun .

  *she is not a witness.

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  Perhaps you can tell her the $4000 is preventing you from returning to the meetings.
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  $3 Billion class action lawsuit on behalf of Jehovah’s Witnesses children

  by mind blown in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  december 1, 2012. australia.

  a $3 billion class action lawsuit is being launched in australia on behalf of up to 6,160 children within the church of jehovahs witnesses.

  documents relating to the class action reveal over 14,000 serious criminal breaches of mandatory child protection laws, committed against these children by elders and ministers of religion within the church of jehovahs witnesses over the past 4 years.. the victorian government inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religions and other organisations is currently investigating the allegations, and is expected to hold a public hearing in relation to this in early 2013.. http://jwnewsnetwork.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/3-billion-jehovahs-witnesses-class-action-over-child-abuse/.

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  If the class action wins, it's Satan persecuting them.

  If the Watchtower wins, it's a blessing from Jehovah.
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  Should We Worship Jesus?

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is one lord, one faith, one baptism.. jehovah and jesus are also both spoken of as savior.

  this is true because even though there are two personalities, and jesus also possesses a human body, they both also share the same substance or essence of god.

  this is similar to my son who shares 50% of my essence in dna.

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  Matthew 14:33 “Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.”

  Matthew 28:9 “And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, Rejoice! And they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him.”

  Matthew 28:17 “And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.”

  John 9:38 “Then he said, ‘Lord, I believe!’ And he worshiped Him.”

  Hebrews 1:6 “But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, “Let all the angels of God worship Him.”

  The Greek word for worship that is used in all the above verses is proskuneo. Obviously, the NKJV chose to translate this word as worship. The New World Translation (NWT), however, chose to translate this word as obeisance (honor, respect) in all the above verses. What becomes interesting about the NWT, is that whenever the same Greek word, proskuneo, is used in relation to the Father, the translators translated it as worship, even though they rendered it differently in relation to Jesus. (This can be verified by looking in the Watchtower’s own Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures.) Is this a double standard? Is the NWT justified in translating this word 2 different ways; as obeisance to Jesus and as worship to the Father?