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  What would happen if all or most of the Governing Body died in some kind of accident?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the organization controlled, totally and completely by the governing body, what would the watchtower society do to hold it all together if all or most of the governing body were to die?.

  would the legal department step in and issue orders?

  would the rest of the gb quickly appoint new members?

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  What would happen if all or most of the Governing Body died in some kind of accident?

  Human evolution would get a small push in the right direction. Actually not, AMIII and company already passed their defective genes to their children.
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  Why attack?

  by newqatarjob in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

  ) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

  i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

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  never a jw

  whenindoubt wrote:

  "people pretend to have a valid reason to hate". Let's see:

  • loss of loved ones for refusing medical procedures on fundamentalist, tendentious biblical interpretations
  • loss of family and friends (shunning)
  • asked to turn a blind eye even protect pedophilia
  • sacrifice your entire life to work for a business that has exploited your vulnerabilities
  • forgo one's real dreams: career, material possessions, mates, special hobby, to please the leaders of a cult
  • lies, lies and more lies
  • false prophecies that changed the course of one's life

  Yeah, you are right, these are no reasons to hate. What a bunch of cry babies!
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  Why attack?

  by newqatarjob in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

  ) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

  i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

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  When in Doubt:

  "So if you’re going to complain about the WT’s doctrines, then complain about EVERYONES."

  Here I come.

  Last December I visited my mom in Mexico. I decided to accompany her to mass. At first I didn't recognize the preacher, but turned out to be the same preacher of the town where I grew up. He is still quite famous for his past activism in favor of the poor, getting better prices for the farmers' crops, and anything to do with helping the weak and the needy. In fact, streets are named after him. How dare the pope allows free range to priests to do great charitable works.

  http://www.hacesfalta.org.mx/noticias/ver_noticia.asp?id_noticia=966

  Also, the same day my mom told me about mother Herlinda, an ex-nun who had been running an orphanage for almost forty years. Her accomplishments: 2,000 orphans have been helped, many actually graduating from universities. How dare the Pope allows nuns to leave the convent to start great charitable works, even help children get higher education.

  http://www.omniacuauhtemoc.com.mx/noticias/es-la-madre-herlinda-un-ejemplo-seguir-destacada-mujer/

  Shame, shame, shame on the Catholics. Instead of helping the weak and the needy, they should be working on getting new converts to contribute more money to the Vatican, just like JW's contribute to their masters in N.Y.
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  My father is a f*****g a*****e

  by Butyoucanneverleave in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is my first post.

  i just had to get that statement off of my chest!

  my father is one cold hearted judge mental, hypocritical, piece of s**t. i hate this religion and what it has done to my family!

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  is your father a natural effing ahole, or is it the religion that transformed an otherwise good man into an effing ahole? Focus your energy and hate into the real culprit, whoever that is.
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  If someone asked you, 'Are you a righteous person'? What would be your answer?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what would be your answer?

  are you are a righteous person?

  on a scale of 1-10, how righteous do you feel you are?.

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  I am at 10 easily, even though most people who know me would struggle to give me higher than 3.

  Those who give themselves less than 10 are lying; they feel they deserve 10, but think some false humility would make them even more righteous.
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  If someone asked you, 'Are you a righteous person'? What would be your answer?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what would be your answer?

  are you are a righteous person?

  on a scale of 1-10, how righteous do you feel you are?.

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  Are you righteous? It's almost at the same level as morality and spirituality. Words that can mean whatever the individual wants them to mean. Quite useless group of words.They have as many meanings as individuals there are on the planet, but offer a good opportunity to make him/her feel above others without having to prove it. So I guess I will "close the door quietly"
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  Help needed: Written material regarding shunning of DF'd and DA'd individuals

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would like this to become a permanent thread, because i think there are grounds - at least in europe - to take this matter up to the european court of human rights.

  not sure we'll ever get there, but one must start somewhere.

  objective: force, by legal means, the watchtower society and the jehovah's witnesses to stop the practice of shunning ex-jehovah's witnesses, on grounds that it constitutes a violation of human rights.. what is needed: all written material ever published by the watchtower society, especially since 1940's, concerning the practice of shunning.

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  never a jw

  WheninDoubt,

  This may be a good time to correct the injustices committed by God. It has been done before to benefit women, children, slaves, unbelievers. Let's continue until we wipe out all His injustices
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  Wife fully awake.

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i learned this past week that my wife is now awake.

  i just shared the pbs newshour segment with her with no comment other than something along the lines of, "jw story on pbs.".

  she is furious at the arrogance of these men.. thats what happens when you get a momma angry!.

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  never a jw

  3 years ago I thoughts that JW's was one of the better religions. Today I am very happy to learn that people are leaving for good. Have a great life together in this new exciting chapter of your life,
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  15 Years of Jehovahs-Witness.com

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  yes, today is the forum's 15th birthday!.

  i never thought for one moment that it would survive this long or have so many people post so many great subjects over the years.. it is still humbling when i get pm's or emails from people expressing how the site has helped them and of course thanks goes to all the posters who have shared their experiences and make helpful and supportive comments to others who are in the sometimes difficult process of learning the real truth about 'the truth'.. the site has gone through several different incarnations over the last 15 years running on different platforms, different databases and different hosts but we've been able to keep all the old topics.

  the current site is still being developed and i'm hoping to push another major upgrade soon.. i also may have some other news to share soon about the future of the site so stay posted.. until then, here's the the next 15 years!

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  Congratulations. Thank you very much Simon.

  Let's hope there's no need for websites like these in the distant future. Let's hope that our common foe descends into oblivion soon.
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  Attitudes of WT Society Leaders Towards " Rights " of Child Abuse Victims and Elders

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  these excerpts i'm sharing with you are from the july 1st, 1989 letter from the wt society to the elders and it gives outsiders a good idea of the attitude of the wt society leaders towards child abuse victims and even towards their own appointed elders.

  and it shows wt society is first, foremost, and mainly concerned about financial fallout from potential lawsuits.

  one short quote was used from this letter on the abc news nightline report about candace conti - but what i'm going to share with you will be other excerpts from that same letter that are just as, or even more revealing.

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  Flipper wrote:

  "WT leaders won't even SNIFF at an admission of a child abuse problem"

  Actually Richard Ashe admitted it, but he said that that was not the WT problem, they (WT) only responsibility is to protect spirituality. Physical protection is the responsibility of secular authorities. The chutzpah!!