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  VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA | The Age newspaper | March 15, 2013 | Jehovah's Witnesses a 'cruel cult'

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the age newspaper | fairfax media | friday, march 15, 2013. jehovah's witnesses a 'cruel cult'.

  http://www.theage.com.au/national/jehovahs-witnesses-a-cruel-cult-20130315-2g5x3.html.

  christian sect the jehovah's witnesses - with 64,000 active 'disciples' in australia - are a cruel religion with no soul, according to melbourne cultbuster raphael aron.. his warning comes as the federal government considers tightening the definition of a charity to prevent some cults and quasi-religions keeping their tax free status.

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  Good news; just how widely circulated is The Age newspaper?
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  What do you mean?! I ALWAYS go to the beach after service and wear long pants and button up shirts while I play a game in the sand with my family! Sometimes I wear button up long sleeve shirts too!

  by Crisis of Conscience in

  1. social
  2. humour

  the wts likes to imply how jws should dress in and outside of the hall.

  you always want to set an example.. so i couldn't help but share this beauty in the january 15th, 2013, study edition of the watchtower.

  i always go to the beach like this!

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  c'mon guys, how often does anyone wear anything other than t-shirts and shorts, not to mention bathing suits, when at the beach?
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  PO refuses to give me a "shepherding" visit ... wtf ???

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so 2 weeks ago i received an email from the po... he wants to give my wife and i a shepherding call very soon... but get this... he mentioned that they had already made shepherding calls to the entire congo and we were the only ones left... i don't know whether i'm i supposed to feel loved or despised (by that completely irrelevant comment).

  he's probably doing this to impress the co who is probably visiting soon.... my response to his email was basically: no problem... please feel free to stop by anytime... however, no need to come with a second person.

  i would prefer a 1 on 1 meeting (not 2 on 1).

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  He's likely setting you up for for an inquisition, and wants a second elder there to attest to any admissions of doubts or misgivings you may have.
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  Elders Call Off Meetings A Lot More Easily Than They Did Before For Inclement Weather

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the meetings were cancelled in this area with only 2 inches of snow for the "storm''.

  lol.

  a month ago the co had the meeting cancelled because it was a bit tracherous, which i thought was a good call..... years`ago, if we cancelled a meeting it took until one hour before the presiding overseer would finally decide to cancel.. today's jws are wimps..

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  Does the JW exist who is actually disappointed when a meeting is cancelled?
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  Yesterday's WT Study par 17

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i marked down "research" next to this paragraph w13 1/15 p.11 par.

  17), and have yet to do so fully.. "modern christians held in nazi concentration camps with possible death facing them were given repeated opportunities to gain their freedom by signing a declaration renouncing jehovah.".

  was the declaration to renounce jehovah?

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  And it isn't generally known that among those counted as JWs in the camps were actually many of the old Bible Students Russelite "Standfasters") who defected when Rutherford took over control of the WTBTS.,
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  Julia's Inquisition - Two elders, the full version! I want you all to see this.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry it's gonna be long winded.

  i've done my best to reconstruct from memory.

  my husband was next to me the whole time.

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  Great work, Julia! My favorite line: "The GB was the last thing on my mind when I got baptized!"
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  NOT on JW.ORG, Jehovah's Witness Elder becomes beloved Catholic Deacon

  by Balaamsass in

  1. social
  2. current

  former jehovahs witness turned deacon bids farewell to local catholicsambria hammel | february 28, 2013 | 3 commentsdeacon jim mickens, reacts to words of gratitude from members of phoenixs catholic retreat for young singles group for his years of service.

  (ambria hammel/catholic sun).

  he was a married deacon who found his calling among catholic singles.

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  I also recall when a Bethelite left to return to Catholicism back in the sixties... he used to post on this forum..
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  What were your favorite assembly foods?

  by NoRegrets in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i'm young enough to not remember having hot prepared meals at assemblies, but heard all about it from my parents and the like.

  but what i do remember were all of the cold sandwiches and institutional snacks and soda.

  remember the food tickets we started to use?

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  The roasted chicken; they didn't seem to take a lot of fuss with its preparation, yet it came out falling-off-the bone juicy and delicious.
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  I'm turning myself in. Lurking elders, are you listening?

  by Eve Deceived in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.

  " so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.

  here, i'll save you the trouble:.

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  Welcome, Eve/Liz!! What do you need their bogus Paradise for anyway? Kapaa seems more than enough Paradise for anyone!
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  More connect-the-dots madness...

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's right, a knife and a baby in close proximity.... .

  http://www.jw.org/assets/m/ijw13fr/502013178/ijw13fr_id-502013178_e/502013178_e_cnt_1.pdf.

  anything goes, so long as you're proving how "wise" king solomon was.. .

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  the kid looks like a real block-head!