Topics Started by okage

Whatever Happened to Gonzalo Campos?
by okage in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i haven't seen anything newer than the original july 2013 articles about him.

any word on him?.

for those who don't know/remember, he was the san diego jehovah's witness who molested numerous children in the 90's.
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Governing Body Member Gets Cream Pie Smushed On Face While Giving Talk At Convention About The Need To Always Respect The Governing Body To Keep Jehovah Happy, Video
by frankiespeakin in
1. social
2. humour
if you do, or decide to do it please take a video and post it on utube.

call it 'sparlock's revenge'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfupd89wxs.
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Guns and Martial Arts
by okage in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my wife's jw sister bought a gun after someone broke into her house and apparently no one in her circles has an issue with it.

her only friends are jw's and she's posted about buying the gun and target practice a few times on facebook.. i remember reading in a '98 wt that witnesses do not buy guns, but i've read on here both that they are allowed to and that they're banned.. i also remember in the elder manual "pay attention to yourself and all the flock" that learning martial arts was frowned upon and disqualified jws from priveleges.

my wife's olderst brother, also a jw has been actively learning martial arts since my wife was born without any sanctions or punishment.. could somebody fill me in on where the watchtower stands today on these positions?.
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Did Jesus really exist?
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i had been wondering over the past few years whether there really was a historical jesus at all, until a few months ago when i read bart ehrman's latest book "did jesus exist?

" initially i was persuaded by his argument that the nt contains multiple sources that testify to jesus' existence.

but more recently i have been reading the christ myth position of richard carrier and his responses to ehrman.
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Okage Takes Issue With: The Dumbest Thing a JW Ever Said To Him
by okage in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
schnare posted a thread called "demonic: what's the stupidest thing you've ever heard a jw say?

" so i give my credit for inspiration to that thread found here:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/261046/1/its-demonic-whats-the-stupidest-thing-youve-ever-heard-a-jw-say.
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Okage Takes Issue with: November 1st 2013 Watchtower Magazine
by okage in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just a few issues i had from looking at this potential new york-printed toilet paper:.

pg 4: the lie that made god nameless.

this sub-article talks about how god's name is jehovah and quotes isaiah 42:8 "i am jehovah.
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Small town community torn apart by sex scandal.
by Bonnie_Clyde in
1. jw
2. friends
this doesn't have anything to do with the witnesses.

but it's hard to believe these teachers would support a pedophile even if he was a "nice guy.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130803/metro06/308020127/.
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Does the information on this website look familiar?
by okage in
1. watchtower
2. bible
to those who mine jw.org for their pdfs, this weblink may look a little familiar:.

http://illustrationstoencourage.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/the-truth-about-halloween/.

i can't recall the official statement from the wts regarding jws making jw sites (jwfacts may have a good knowledge of it), but i was under the impression their official stance was "don't.".
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Long serving pioneer no longer has hours quota to stay on the list...
by NVR2L8 in
1. jw
2. friends
a family member visited us this past weekend and said that my 80 years old mother was recently told she no longer has to meet the annual hour quota to remain on the pioneer list.

"what a loving provision from the brothers" were my sister's exact words.

"mom was so stressed out with having to get her hours in every month" are you freaking kidding me?
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Ouija Board!!!
by XPeterX in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
to those who don't believe in this shyt:you'd better not post here .

ok...so you ever used it?what experiences do you have?were you able to summon a demon?what did he tell you?what did you see?i'm really curious and i wanna try it!.