Posts by moreconfusedthanever

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Goodbye Jehova

by UnshackleTheChains in

just wondered if there might be an english translation of this book.

just read on jwsurvey how watchtower has brought legal action against the publishing company.. sounds like it has touched a raw nerve at watchtower.

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The John Cedars Channel on YouTube taken down after posting a critique of leaked videos for Regional (District) Convention

by oppostate in

the wt is at it again it seems.

playing dirty as it can, trying to silence dissenters.. the john cedars channel on youtube has been taken down after the posting of a video critique of regional (district) convention leaked videos.. sounds like something putin would do in russia.

you know what they say, birds of a feather fly together--what a murder of crows all of'em!.

moreconfusedthanever

Wow! That didn't take long. It's very telling that they are so quick to shut down these pages. People with nothing to hide would not bother.

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Personal opinions spouted from the platform?

by purrpurr in

have you ever heard some brothers own ideas and opinions spouted from the platform?

perhaps off brand or crazy ones?

some that i've heard is:.

moreconfusedthanever

PO of our congregation gave a talk and said "if you eat turkey at Christmas time, who do you think you are kidding?" Eating turkey is celebrating Christmas. Lol.

We also had an occasion where the elders got word that a group of us had planned to go to a concert on a meeting night and they went and visited each one of us and made it clear that we would be marked if we were to do so.

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User Name Changes

by moreconfusedthanever in

i wish i could change my user name.

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i am no longer confused..

moreconfusedthanever

I will stick with it. It certainly was ho I felt when I found this group and as it's not my actual name, it doesn't really matter. ;-)

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Year 1925 - millions now living will never die - complete book for download

by WTS Archive in

few days ago włodzimierz bednarski, a polish scholar specializing in jw doctrine finished translating his latest book about year 1925. for those who don't know, the "millions" campaign was one of the biggest failed prophecies of watchtower society.

it's also one of the most forgotten ones.

i for have learned about this only after reading this book in polish some time ago.

moreconfusedthanever

Thank you for sharing.

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An elder with only one testicle

by stillin in

i happen to be one of very few people who know of this condition that the man has.

he had an accident several years ago with some power equipment.

leviticus 21:20 commands that no man present the bread at the temple with damaged testicles... so?.

moreconfusedthanever

It again shows that too much private information should not be shared. How would you even know if you were not told.

A few years ago a friend of mine was getting married. They had both been married before and were not JW at the time of their first marriages. They had a meeting with the elders prior to the wedding, both already in their 40s with grown children and the elders asked them if they were going to have children together? They said no and the topic of contraception came up. The brother revealed that it would not be a problem as he had a vasectomy years ago.

The elders were not happy to hear this and made sure to find out when it was that he had the vasectomy. He had it done pre witness days but come on!! How is any of this their business?? Why answer them instead of saying mind your own business.

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User Name Changes

by moreconfusedthanever in

i wish i could change my user name.

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i am no longer confused..

moreconfusedthanever

I wish I could change my user name.

I am no longer confused.

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Australian States & Territories Fail to Sign Up on a Redress Scheme For Victims of Child Sexual Abuse.

by smiddy3 in

at a recent coag {,council of australian governments} meeting the subject/issue of states & territories to sign up for a national redress scheme to compensate victims of institutional abuse sexual and otherwise fell on deaf ears.. not one state or territory agreed to sign up .

not one.. i am sure the victims of child sexual abuse within various institutions not only the jehovah`s witnesses victims would be very disheartened to learn that.individual states and territories of government within australia do not support a national redress scheme to compensate victims of child sexual abuse .. the south australian govt.

to my understanding is they will never do so .

moreconfusedthanever

Again money is more important than people. So sad.

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Are the J.W's reaching a "Tipping point"?

by karter in

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i haven't been to a meeting in 15 years but my mother and sister are hard as j.w's.

the brothers they are appointing elders are at best suspect like one guy from my old hall made elder,big time drug used before becoming a j.w his talks are all over the place and would have struggled to make m,s years ago but with at least 60 to 70 % of young ones leaving the pool to pick from is at best reduced.. 2 other recent elders both young and zero life experience both on benefits one not well at all falls asleep all the time.. the decent,kind elders mostly older and are decent people with alot of life experience are burning out fast as there are so few of them left like 3 per congro of 100 publishers.. then you have the rich elders who wouldn't ever think of inviting some poor older or mis-fit person out to the expensive placers they go to as they couldn't afford to go so they are above the r&f and the r&f get pissed off with them.

then we have the ones who have "put the kingdom 1st" who are now old worn out and barely getting by from welfare cheque to welfare cheque that are saying "the system should have been over many years ago" it's still here and they are struggling everyday.. then there are the pioneers who have a low payed reduced hour job that seem to think anyone who has anything is totally materialistic and looks down on anyone getting a new car buying a house ect.. along with the child abuse issues,the generation change,access to information the the g.b don't want anyone to know ,not to mention the issues around blood.. is there a tipping point coming????

moreconfusedthanever

I recently mentioned to a family member the hypocrisy of being able accept blood fractions but not give some blood, so the poor person who gave the blood for the use of fractions by the JWs is marked for destruction. They had no idea you could get a blood fraction much less know that the JWs are allowed to accept them.

They seem to just be going through the motions without a clue as to what it is they are supporting or meant to believe.

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Engaged Couples Living Together

by ILewis in

my question is this.

is it wrong for a jehovah's witness to allow an unmarried couple to live together under their roof?

same room, same bed, they are allowing full on cohabitation.

moreconfusedthanever

"no overnight guests, no cursing and no sinning" guaranteed!

Bold claims since in the eyes of God we are all sinners and no one is without sin, even you.

As long as you make sure you are doing the right thing - no overnight guests, no cursing and trying to minimize your sinning - you needn't worry about unclean spirits whatever they are.

Perhaps your landlord is allowing the couple to stay as an act of love to her fellow man and helping them out in a hard situation and following the scripture In Matthew 7:1 and not judging them.