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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  To clarify I'm pretty neutral on the whole gun law thing, I don't know enough about the evidence. I was just making the point that the correlation between being a JW and shooting someone was made. But none of us have actually looked at any evidence for that. So on the same basis, whoever mentioned the correlation with gun laws wasn't speaking out of turn and didn't deserve the jibes, because it could be argued that there is a stronger link with the gun laws than with someone being raised a witness - especially as this murderer apparently wasn't even raised as a very strict witness. That's all.

  And to be perfectly honest, as I live in the UK, I really couldn't give a **** if you guys across the Atlantic are so in love with your gun rights. One thing is for sure you seem pretty touch about it. Sorry I spoke.
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  What woke you up?

  by Israel Ricky Gonzales in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.

  so what woke me up?

  an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.

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  krejames

  The beginning for me was when my Bible study asked me about Judicial Committees and what they were for. I showed him James 5:13-15, which was the standard scripture we used to explain the role of the JD (at least that I was aware of). My Bible Study simply said "but that's talking about healing someone from literal sickness". I knew he was correct and then I started finding other similarly twisted scriptural interpretations.

  After that it was a long process of looking at various bible translations, the interlinear etc about homosexuality and so on, then the JW Facts site - earthquake stats was a biggie for me, because I remembered having to tell people on the doors that there had been more earthquakes since 1914 than in all the time before that....
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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  krejames

  To be fair it could be argued that there is a stronger correlation between the shooting and the gun rights than there is between the shooting and being a Jehovah's Witness - so it's fair to comment on it.

  And, of course, this thread had nothing to do with gun rights until someone opposed to those rights decided to bring it up.
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  Should Charity Organizations Be Forced To Be Transparent As To Where The Money Goes? Watchtower's Financial Books Should Be Made Public

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i know there is much encouragement for charities to have financial transparency and i'm all for it reguardless of whether they are a religion or whatever.

  also lawsuit pay out should made easy identifiable on tax form too.

  any charity should be accountable to the general public when funds are used to pay out lawsuits so that the general public is aware of where their money is going.

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  yes i work in Freedom of Information which applies to public sector here in the uk on the basisthat public authorities should be accountable for the way they spend the public's money. i don't see that charities ae any different.
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  Inside Scientology and Escaping the Witnesses - Mon 24th channel 5

  by not bitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thats it really.

  uk channel 5 at pm mon 24th.. maybe its already been posted but sounds interesting.

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  krejames

  This is filmed just round the corner from me in my home town!! How did I not know this was being filmed!!! lol
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  Inside Scientology and Escaping the Witnesses - Mon 24th channel 5

  by not bitter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thats it really.

  uk channel 5 at pm mon 24th.. maybe its already been posted but sounds interesting.

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  krejames

  OMG just sitting down to watch this on catch up and that's only my old KH within the first seconds! How do I not know this ex-sister!?! Hooked!
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  Lurker - just joined

  by Je.suis.oisif in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi all, nothing to report just now.

  wanted to add name to list of those awakening.

  been lurking for nearly a year.

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  krejames

  Welcome to the mad (but not as mad as we used to be) house! ;)
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  What are the current rules about vaping from the GB?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mean e cigs and vaping.

  not even tobacco inhaling but inhaling other stuff like herbs etc.

  is this allowed?

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  krejames

  e-Cigarettes 95% less harmful. Almost makes me wish I was still in so I could start vaping and challenge anyone on the bible principles if they asked me to stop..... ;) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33978603
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  UK TV--next monday 24th aug---channel 5-----9 pm--escaping the witnesses

  by stan livedeath in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just see it advertised on tv--with photo of our friend from south wales

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  krejames

  Thanks for the heads up! Will definitely catch this :)
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  So I was enjoying a business trip in down town Bangkok...............Next thing BANG!!!

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so last night i was having a wonderful meal in a very nice restaurant when we heard what we thought was a loud clap of thunder.................. it was a bomb.

  yards from my hotel.

  thankfully i made a few decision that meant i wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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  krejames

  Oh wow! You are lucky. Been seeing the footage of this on the news. Terrifying! I'm glad you're safe.