Wives were considered "property" rather than "persons" in most of the "civilized" western world until just a few centuries ago.
Once you understand that, then a lot of the misogynistic laws in the OT make more sense.
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Divorcing a wife
by road to nowhere inthe part in the meeting this week about jehovahs loving provisions for women.
all about the certificate of divorce and remarriage.
my wife wondered where the provision was for a wife with a rotten husband.
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Looking to learn
by kimmy insorry if i shouldn't be posting this, i am not jw however i have had past experiences with jw's and was learning a lot about the religion, in hopes to convert one day.
it all ended suddenly and i guess i feel guilty for not learning more, i would get scared at the thought of bible studies and discussions in case it brought back memories.
i was looking for any advice on the best ways i can find out more please.
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JWperfectmatch is a dating site for Genuine Jehovah's Witnesses.
by JWpMatch injwperfectmatch is a dating site for genuine jehovah's witnesses.. on jwperfectmatch, our goal is to bring together active members of the congregation of jehovah's witnesses worldwide, interested in building a friendship or an authentic loving relationship in a safe and clean environment.
jwperfectmatch is a site designed exclusively for single jehovah's witnesses.
it will help you to find someone who meets your expectations and shares your same values, principles, love, and obedience to jehovah.visit us!
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Hmm, I guess in the pandemic, "just show up at Gate A at lunch time" and the JW convention strut don't work as well now.
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Confidential Letter from the Watchtower to all full time servants.
by pistolpete inthis is a confidential letter for all full time servants like cos, regular pioneers, bethel and branch workers so please don't tell anyone about this.. reminder 20,000 jws have died of covid and 99% of those who died or were hospitalized in the united states branch territory were not vaccinated, so whose fault is that???.
my question, how did they get the information that all these 20,000 jws were not vaccinated?.
hint; if you want to continue to share in spiritual privileges--------------------get vaccinated.
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Is there a link to the actual document?
Or can someone at least copy & paste it?
I'm still not masochistic enough to watch these interminable video critiques.
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Prince Andrew, the Walls are Closing In
by Simon inone thing i've learnt over the years is to read between the lines.. that means reading statements carefully.. if you have never met someone, would you say "i have never met them" or would you say "i don't remember ever meeting them"?.
the latter is just a get-out out in case evidence is presented that you did in fact meet them, because there is a photo of you with your arm around them in the upstairs of a pedo's friends, girlfriends house, which you also claim you never went to.. what will happen if the us jails a uk royal?
who knows.. before then i just hope he does another of those "utterly convincing" bizarre interviews to "prove" how he couldn't have done it because he is incapable of sweating (cut to photo of sweating andrew).
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I suspect there are many dozens, if not hundreds, of famous folks who are absolutely terrified at the thought that full details of their association with Epstein & actions related to such may become known.
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Increase = Jehovah’s Blessing?
by Reservations ini’ve been trying to find any recent quotes that say the increase in witnesses every year is evidence of jehovah’s blessing on the organisation.. i know the ready made excuse if there is a decrease is “love of greater number will cool off”….
after splanes talk i can feel a significant decrease coming..
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allowing them to count 15 minutes writing a letter that will end up in the bin.
It's now even more lenient than that. JWs can just report that they were "active" in the ministry for the month, if they had, I guess, one nanosecond or more of "giving a witness".
The instructions are that if someone reports as merely "active", the word "active" is recorded on their publisher card for that month. Of course, if they did have "hours", they are expected to provide the number.
This arrangement applies to all JWs, not just ones approved by the service committee.
But, obviously, anyone with "privileges" would be expected to report "hours", thus continuing to be "exemplary".
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Splane's "Apostate" talk transcript
by FFGhost infor any who can't (like me) muster the masochism necessary to sit through an 18-or-so hour commentary on a 30 minute talk from a certain famous/infamous commentator, here is a link to a transcript from splane's saturday afternoon "apostate" talk:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/ot7z2e/splanes_apostate_rant_transcription/.
there are many topics worthy of consideration, but this particular section really stood out to me:.
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Splane's talk just tells me that they are monitoring this site as well as Reddit and whatever other forums there are.
There was a poster on this forum many years ago who confirmed this.
He was involved in a lawsuit with one of the WTS corporations, don't recall which one nor the subject of the court case, but the attorney for the WTS corporation presented as evidence printouts of some of the poster's comments from this very forum.
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If The USA Was That Concerned About Vaccinations Why Are Sick Illegals Freely Entering The Country?
by minimus inpresident biden is saying everyone should be vaccinated.
if this is for the purpose of us not getting ill, why isn’t every illegal alien required to get the vaccines??
i don’t understand..
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Biden administration preparing to offer vaccines to migrants along Mexico border
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Jesus, without sin and a perfect human being ?
by smiddy3 inhow could he be, regardless of how god impregnated mary, as she was a sinful human just like the rest of us according to the bible.. mary was subjected to the adamic sin like all other humans, so jesus had to at least be part sinner himself.. to believe otherwise is just deluding oneself imho .. the only way jesus could have been really without sin is if god created him the same way he created adam.. what do you think ?
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Mary, as she was a sinful human just like the rest of us according to the Bible.
The Catholics figured this one out many centuries ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception
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STUDY ARTICLE When a Loved One Leaves Jehovah
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | september 2021. study article 39. when a loved one leaves jehovah.
2 think how heartbroken jehovah must have been when members of his own angelic family turned their back on him!
(jude 6) and imagine how hurt he was at seeing his beloved people, the israelites, rebel against him time and again.
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We need to remember that Jehovah has given each of us the gift of free will. This means that we can choose whether we will obey him or not.
I know this is not the point of this article, but once again, these numnuts still can't see how utterly ridiculous this idea is.
God: "I'll give you free will, but if you actually, you know, use it, I'll slaughter you mercilessly."
What's the point of having "free will" if you are punished for using it?
JW "free will" (to be fair, pretty much any Christian religion's version) is comparable to the "free will" you have when a mugger holds a knife to your neck and says "give me your money!" Well, yeah, you have "free will" to say "nope", but the consequences are immediate, irreversible, and fatal.