Posts by never a jw

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Honest Questions About Child Abuse

by Richard Oliver in

i have two honest questions for everyone here.

i understand that most here want retribution from the courts against watchtower for child abuse allegations.

but let us take away the instances where someone was accused of child abuse and then later put back into a position of authority, such as an elder or an ms. let us just take the cases where a regular publisher or even an appointed person, with no previous accusation of child abuse has come up against that person.

never a jw

That is 1 per 60. If you have kids, and you are in a congregation of 120 publishers, you are exposing your kids continuously to 2 child abusers. Do you know them... or did the society not bother to inform you... good luck

Your calculations have to take into account that the 1006 cases happened over a period of more than 60 years. So your children have to remain children for 60 years and be regular JW's. It's not gonna work.

The situation is very bad as it is, but 2 child abusers per congregation at any given time is a gross exaggeration.

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My first Christmas with my son

by Funchback in

after i left the jws, i began to live a normal and mentally healthy life (i'm still working on living a physically healthy one) .

anyway, in 2011, i met the woman of my life and we have been together ever since.

and now we have a beautiful son who will turn 1 in january.

never a jw

Congratulations! Have a happy new life!

Your son is quite lucky. Not only do you know how bad it could have been, but also you appreciate this new freedom better than most of us (never in a cult people), who take it for granted, and therefore fail to make the best of it.

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New KH being built near where I live

by A Believer in

there are two kingdom halls in two parts of the county i live in.

one is smaller and their are already about to begin work to replace with a new one.. just posting because i noticed posts saying their wasn't new khs being built.

and i learned this today from someone..

never a jw

One is smaller and their are already about to begin work to replace with a new one

"Replace" is the key word. No expansion

I look forward to your posting those pictures here and tell us the location.

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The God of The Bible Must be Stupid

by AnonVet in

i don't mean to be blasphemous to the real god.

i just don't think the god of the bible is our actual god.

and i think the god of the bible is not very bright.. i was thinking about the flood the other day.

never a jw

rocket surgeon

The things you learn in the internet!!!

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A history of global living conditions in 5 charts

by Simon in

great article with charts showing how the world is getting better, despite the attempts of the news and certain religious groups to say it ain't so (or try and make it not).. https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts/.

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never a jw

All the good reflected by those charts is a credit to God Almighty!!... well, Watchtower too. The system of Satan, including most people in this thread, has prevented the graphs to be much better than they are.

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Watchtower April, 2017 Overview

by Listener in

i'll start with the first study article.. this study article deals with vows made to jehovah.

three main vows are discussed.. 1) your dedication to jehovah.

we are told that it is not possible to claim that our baptism was not valid .

never a jw

First, humility will move us to acknowledge that we do not have all the facts. No matter how much we know of a situation, only Jehovah can read a person’s figurative heart.

Tell that to the 3 elders in your judicial committee.

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Is account of Ananias & Sapphira genuine?

by anointed1 in

1) ananias “sold a piece of property… and kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.” (acts 5:1, 2) peter interpreted the whole incident as unbecoming of believers as they created the impression that they are giving full amount received from the sale of their property, and told the wife of ananias: “the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.” (acts 5:9).

death sentence for slightly exaggerating one’s generosity?.

2) in this incident, peter seems to be over-righteous!

never a jw

Just as genuine as the birth from a virgin and the resurrection to heavenly existence.

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April 2017 wt says you can't undo a dedication to God

by poopie in

jw
friends

if that's true then you can't say such and such is no longer aa jehovahs witnesses .

now i'm not very educated but is this like contradictory..

never a jw

Poopie,

What they mean is:

They (Watchtower) have the power to dump you, but you don't have the power to dump them.

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Watchtower April, 2017 Overview

by Listener in

i'll start with the first study article.. this study article deals with vows made to jehovah.

three main vows are discussed.. 1) your dedication to jehovah.

we are told that it is not possible to claim that our baptism was not valid .

never a jw

"extreme endangerment of one’s life or spirituality by an abusive or apostate spouse."

In the past, living with an abusive spouse was not a big problem; put up and shut up. But if you couple "abusive" with the word "apostate", then that's a big problem.

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RC 2017

by wifibandit in

due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).

the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .

as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.

never a jw

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