Topics Started by Lurker555

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"8 Ways To Give Us Your Cash" - the desperation in the latest Watchtower is tangible!
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know gayle has already started a thread on the latest november 15th watchtower article that mentions the article on donations, but i thought a thread with a more specific title might be in order just to drive the point home for any lurkers.

i hope gayle doesn't mind!.

i've been banging the drum for a while now about what i view as the obvious signs that the watchtower is in a state of decline.. i have written the following blog articles on the subject.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/branch-closures-and-fire-sales-a-growing-trend-for-the-society.
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WT and the Illuminati - truth or fiction?
by SnowQueen in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i've been reading around this subject of late and it seems to make a lot of sense.

i'm wondering if anyone is convinced and/or has seen anything that can substantiate or corroborate the 'facts' set out in these arguments.. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/bloodlines/russell.htm.

i was particularly fascinated to read the following:.
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Has anyone heard of "Secret Disfellowshipping" by Jehovah's Witnesses? Menlo Park Ca. Congregation. Update.
by Balaamsass in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
no doubt everyone has been following the juan viejo postings regarding the watchtower kingdom hall "grab" on jwn for the last couple of years.

called the mrs and me to say "wow- you have to google this" we did...came here to jwn ...became members..and the rest is history.. in the last nine months i have been calling and emailing contacts in the silicon valley for verification on the societies theft and forced sale of the menlo park kingdom hall (near the new facebook heaquarters) because the story seemed...a little far fetched.

every reliable contact i made has confirmed what juan reported.
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Is the Governing Body EVIL or IGNORANT?
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some of you will have noticed that i've been paying a lot of attention to the governing body recently.

this is because most jehovah's witnesses venerate them collectively (even if they can't name them individually), and i feel this makes it important to understand this group of men properly and expose their mindset as individuals.

as the saying goes, i feel it's important to "know your enemy".. i realize it's very convenient to think of the governing body as being "evil" when we consider that they are ultimately responsible for all the damaging jw teachings and beliefs.
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Went to the DC with my wife.... WHY OH WHY???
by Cinciguy74 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, in a tit for tat agreement with my wife to do something i wanted to do, i agreed to go with my wife for saturday and sunday to the district convention.. for most of the day, i simply read other things, paying little attention to what was going on.

my wife could care less if i am paying attention, more that i am there to wrangle little ones who are being distruptive so she can listen.. but one of the things i did catch, was that they highlighted "four satanic teachings".. one of which was that "you need a higher education to succeed in this world".

so higher education is now satanic??
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Is Wikipedia turning pro-Watchtower?
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was doing some research and stumbled upon the following two wikipedia articles, both of which (at first glance) appear to be mostly pro-watchtower.. take a look for yourself.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/persecution_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses%27_handling_of_child_sex_abuse.

the persecution article seemingly attempts to portray jws as unfairly persecuted.
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I think I know why JWs are So Discouraged!
by LostGeneration in
1. watchtower
2. bible
from the 9/15/2012 watchtower this sentence starts off paragraph 12 on page 25. .

just think how discouraging it could have been to expect the end and for it not to occur!.

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The hundreds or thousands of molestation cases on file at the branch office.
by jam in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
what,s the satus in regard to the thousands of cases.

involving child molestation from congregation around.

the country.
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Did anyone else get somewhat offended by the term "rank and file" that the WT attorney used.
by life is to short in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was just surprised by that term being used by jim mccabe when he said "jonathan kendrick was not a leader or a pastor, he was just a rank-and-file member.".

i thought that was only an apostate term and also what a put down to us lowly members.

we are just a rank-and-file person.
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WTBS and Appealing a Civil Judgement
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
in light of the candice conti civil trial against the wtbs and the pro-jehovah's witness/apologist comments posted on various news websites, i thought i would give a simplified explanaition of what is involved in appealing the outcome of a trial in the courts of the united states.. a trial, whether criminal or civil, usually ends with a verdict rendered by a jury.

in a criminal case the verdict is guilty or not guilty.

that same jury may decide the punishment in the event of a guilty verdict.. in a civil case a jury must decide based on the evidence whether the defendant is guilty of damaging the plaintiff.