All smoke and mirrors as usual. The point they really want to make is don't talk to your disfellowshipped loved ones in case they tell you the truth.
Xanthippe
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This week's Watchtower study - Really, really, really?
by eyeslice2 ininteresting to see how they home in doctrines that are impossible to defend, even solely from a bible point of view, and state them as facts that only satan would question.. no same sex marriages - really?.
don't celebrate christmas and birthdays - really?.
refuse a life-saving blood transfusion - really?
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from S.N.A.P
by zeb inzeb -- (from a snap em) quote.
on wednesday, august 14th, new york will open a one-year, one-time-only period where victims can file lawsuits against their abusers and the institutions that harbored them, regardless of how long ago the abuse took place, and even if the statute of limitations is long expired.
this window of opportunity is short, and may never come again.. if you were abused in new york, this one-year window of opportunity is a potential chance at justice.. make no mistake, the litigation process can be long and difficult.
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Xanthippe
Thanks Zeb. Waiting to see what happens, but it might take a year or more to come to light.
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Evolution - A Conversation with Alex Williams
by cofty inalex - thank you for your offer to have a conversation about evolution.. i accept the scientific evidence that all life - including humans - evolved from a common ancestor through unguided evolution over millions of years.
this isn't even a controversial position in the scientific community.. the evidence rests on the data from many interconnected fields including paleontology, comparative anatomy, geology and especially genetics.
it is no exaggeration to say that the evidence for your own non-human ancestry is contained in every cell in your body.. it is my experience that jws are generally quite ignorant (not in a pejorative sense) of the scientific case.
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Xanthippe
He lovingly guided me like a father would and was patient and merciful,all I can say is what he has done for me
Alex Williams, do you need someone to guide you? Why? Does your actual father tell you what to do? Would you let him? Are you still a child?
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Can this be true: GB to court - NBC ??
by Festus inis this a bad joke or "fake news"?.
nbc new york is claiming "attorneys are expected on monday to announce the filing of lawsuits in king's county supreme court against eight members of the governing body of the jehovah's witnesses for alleged child sexual abuse claims.".
eventhough i would enjoy to see this happen i am very suspiciouse concerning nbcs reliability with this case.. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/happening-today-nj-water-cosby-appeal-epstein-probe-536740491.html.
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The Utterly most appalling terrible JW music video you will ever see
by Diogenesister in........so far to date.
you've been warned....https://youtu.be/jjjnt5l5ts0.
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Xanthippe
Oh come on....... you have to see this for what it is, an AMATEUR production by a local congo
Exactly BB. How long before these very ordinary, naive people have their hall sold from under them and the money taken by the GB to pay for children's abuse court cases? It's just a vale of tears, this whole organisation.
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hey i'm new here
by damienexists inheyo, my name is damien, i'm a trans teenager, and i'm a non practicing jehovah's witness, or deist.
i came here to find other people like me and also to ask if i can be a practicing jehovah's witness and be trans?
or would i have to say i'm cis and hope they believe me?.
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Xanthippe
Hi and welcome to the forum Damien. I assume you're a born-in JW because you no longer believe it, being a deist? You can't be a JW and trans as TWSYF says.
Don't get baptised or if you already have, make plans for your education so you can be financially independent as soon as possible. How do your parents feel about your choices?
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Step right up and get while they've yet to flee like the vermin they are
by Tenacious inthe gb members are finally going to be named as individual defendants in child abuse cases.. read more about it here: reap it you vermin!.
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Xanthippe
Attorney Zalkin works with Barbara Anderson on WTS child abuse cases. I'm sure she has clued him in.
Thanks Blondie I was racking my brain as to where I'd heard that attorney's name before. Barbara has done amazing work, she's a remarkable woman.
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Article: Window for Child Victims Act sex-abuse lawsuits opens Wednesday: What it means
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.silive.com/news/2019/08/window-for-child-victims-act-sex-abuse-lawsuits-opens-wednesday-what-it-means.html on friday, attorney irwin zalkin held a news conference in manhattan announcing that two alleged victims, heather steele and michael ewing, will file lawsuits in state supreme court in brooklyn on wednesday.
the lawsuits will name as defendants eight members of the governing body of the jehovah’s witnesses (jws).
now located in tuxedo park, n.y., the jws world headquarters occupied a building with a large watchtower sign in brooklyn.
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Xanthippe
Thanks Barbara. This is the first time, as far as I know, that the GB have been personally named as defendants rather than just one off the legal Watchtower organisations.
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Ladies and Gents.... Domestic violence!
by Theonlyoneleft indomestic violence in the “tooth”... is this a thing?!.
you are starting to know me by now as i’m always full of questions... my clogs are always in motion and never stop... so another question for you to give me some guidance if you can.
based on pasts experience or cases you might heard of or seen, what advice could you give me in helping someone that is a jehovah witness, married with another jw but lives a marriage that is plagued by emotional domestic abuse and financial control?
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Xanthippe
I'd be surprised if they weren't at the lower end of the spectrum though as their form of christianity typically promotes respect for women
The religion promotes respect for women in the same way as it promotes respect for children and hatred of child sexual abuse.
They're hypocrites, they talk of respecting women but treat them as domestic workers, baby makers and second class citizens.
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Ladies and Gents.... Domestic violence!
by Theonlyoneleft indomestic violence in the “tooth”... is this a thing?!.
you are starting to know me by now as i’m always full of questions... my clogs are always in motion and never stop... so another question for you to give me some guidance if you can.
based on pasts experience or cases you might heard of or seen, what advice could you give me in helping someone that is a jehovah witness, married with another jw but lives a marriage that is plagued by emotional domestic abuse and financial control?
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Xanthippe
Well it's obviously a woman being abused because the elders are advising submission whereas the logical thing to do is stand up for herself.
As she's controlled by the cultish teachings of submission to her husband no matter what kind of monster he is her mind is locked in his control by her belief system.
You can only advise that the right thing to do for her children as a JW is follow the concept of love. Love for her children so she can stand up to the abuse having their best interests at heart. As she wont hear criticism of the elder's advice remind her she shouldn't reward unloving and perhaps 'unchristian' behaviour in her husband by submitting to his abuse.
Good luck! Someone under this level of mind control is not going to be easy to help.