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  Are GB accountable for deaths for changing policy ?

  by Chook in

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  example blood factions, organ transplants.

  suicide from disfellowshipping , breaking up family's with old oral sex policy.

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  The GB will claim that they are not accountable, that their instructions were merely "suggestions" or "recommendations" and that those who chose to follow them were doing so completely voluntarily, based on their understanding of Scripture™.

  However, when the choice to set aside those teachings in favour of, say, saving their child's life with a blood transfusion is consequenced with expulsion from the Congregation™ and being shunned by friends and family, how "voluntary" is it to comply? And who is responsible for the individual JW's understanding of Scripture™ in the first place, particularly when to hold a different understanding is equated with Apostasy™?

  When a person is under duress, such as when a gun is held to their head, and commits a crime, they are not really committing that crime voluntarily, are they? In that case, who is accountable for the commission of the crime?
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  Help Please - Finding It Hard Adjusting To The Real World

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  im asking for you guys help in a phase im going through right now.

  im sure it’ll pass but id appreciate your advice..

  born in, my family consists of mum, dad, two brothers and two sisters.

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  I passed up going to medical school when I was in my early 20s because Armageddon was so close. Now, it’s too late to start down that path.

  It's never too late. I went back to college at exactly your age to study nursing, against cries from Friends™ who declared that Armageddon™ was Right Around the Corner™ (we stopped going to Meetings™ at the beginning of that year). That was 21 years ago. Our never-JW family doctor started medical school at the age of 34, and retired a couple of years ago at the age of 71. In both my case and my doctor's case, we had spouses and young families.

  Think of the opportunity as the success story that the WTS absolutely hates. If you really want it, you can do it. In the meantime, you are gaining new friends and allies that will help you stay on the path.
  
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  Harmagedon backpack... Are we retarded??

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry for this matter has been already discussed.. i got shocked after watching this video:.

  kingdom hall disaster demonstration.

  this is really insane !!!

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  When I was a kid, the first demonstration I participated in involved being prepared for preaching under ban. I was pretending to be going Door-to-Door™ with an elderly Sister™. In addition to her sticks-out-like-a-sore-thumb green NWT Bible™ she carried a shopping bag on her arm, with some light groceries in it. She wore a kerchief on her head and was wearing a green sweater over top of her skirt and blouse. I was in a jumper with a white shirt with the long sleeves rolled up.

  We went up to a "house" and heard someone yell from inside "Call the police, the Jehovah's are here!" (everyone laughed!) The Sister™ grabbed me and we hid behind a parked car in the alley (the podium) - she pulled my sleeves down. She took off the kerchief and put it around my neck, then she took off her green sweater and told me to put it on (it was like a long coat on me). Next she pulled out a *blue* sweater from the bottom of the shopping bag and put it on herself.

  We came out of the "alley" and those "cops" couldn't find us anywhere!

  We sure foiled those bastards!
  
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  Harmagedon backpack... Are we retarded??

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry for this matter has been already discussed.. i got shocked after watching this video:.

  kingdom hall disaster demonstration.

  this is really insane !!!

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  Why is a bug out bag a great idea?

  For instance, if there's a local disaster, every family member should have an emergency supply bag, containing some non-perishable food, water, a change of clothes, essential toiletries, some cash (or a way to acquire cash, like an ATM card to your emergency savings account) or gift cards, map, copies of medical records and ID, flashlights, essential medication and the like.

  For someone in an abusive relationship, it's a very good idea to have one in a safe place outside the home (as well as a savings account the partner doesn't know about) in the event that they have to leave suddenly.
  
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  "Inactive" non Attenders, how much power do the JW's have over YOU ?

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about this because of the constant reminders we get in posts that we inactive non attenders have to be careful what we say to jw's, and what we do that they may learn about etc, if we don't wish to be before a j.c. the power they have is limited by what we give them.

  now, i do not wish to be declared df'd of da'd, it would kill my old mum i think.. but i refuse to live my life looking over my shoulder, that, in my opinion, is giving them too much power.. i openly vote, i openly donate blood, i enjoy the odd cigar etc etc.. how much power do you allow them to have over you ?.

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  In person, I keep myself in check around JW relatives, until they start sending out subtle and not-so-subtle comments that would be the equivalent of Preaching™.

  Like my mother recently made a jab about how the RC explained that "evolution couldn't possibly be true, because creatures would have had to evolve into males and females in order to reproduce". Yes, they seriously said that.

  So I just said, "When the doctor tells you to take a full course of antibiotics so as not to contribute to the bacteria becoming antibiotic resistant, do you listen? If you do, then you accept this aspect of evolution."

  Then she talks about the weather.

  LOL
  
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  I'm just a 'visitor'

  by galaxie in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  i'm signed in and can use the 'have your say 'box on my android phone,but on my tablet i cannot sign in...the sign in form does not recognize my user name, therefore i'm seen as just a visitor.

  any advice would be welcome thankyou..

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  If my android tablet browser is anything like yours, you have to use the drop-down menu in the top right corner and select the login option from there. The forum doesn't keep you logged in across devices, you need to login from each one and select the Remember Me button.
  
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  Elders and Attendants sing, clap and turn backs on Street Preacher after Duluth RC.

  by ToesUp in

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  2. experiences

  very strange behavior by the attendants and elders after the duluth, ga, rc.

  on the first link the attendants start to exit the arena, then line up and turn their backs on the street preachers.

  (around the 6:00 mark).. elders and attendants after duluth rc.

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  That's more enthusiastic singing than what I've ever heard in a KH or convention.

  I guess it has to do with the hate that's going on...
  
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  What will Tony say?

  by konceptual99 in

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  genuine picture from a convention in holland.

  what will tony say?!.

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  He could be Don Cherry's Dutch cousin...

  
  
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  The glaring inequity between the 144,000 & the Great Crowd

  by deegee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a glaring inequity between the 144,000 & the great crowd (gc):.

  the gc will experience:.

  1. the great tribulation - a gruelling/horrifying time which has never occurred before.. 2. armageddon.. 3. a thousand years of “loving” molding and refinement.. 4. a second armageddon at the end of the thousand years.. the 144,000 will experience none of these things.. isn't it strange that the gc has to prove themself so much but the 144,000 don't???!!!

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  Don't forget that the GC is also the clean up crew after surviving Armageddon(tm). This is despite the fact that Jehovah(tm) created the worldwide disaster area, and even has the ability to snap his fingers and clean up his own damned mess and doesn't.

  Seems like the GC gets the short end of the stick in more ways than one.
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  Can someone help me

  by stephanie61092 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a girl i've known my entire life who supported me from a distance after i was disfellowshipped sent me this message on instagram today: .

  let me know when your back... i'm unfollowing you on ig & snap.

  i love you.

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  Scully

  It's called "emotional blackmail" and it is endorsed and promoted by the WTS.

  They give talks at Conventions(tm) demanding Loyalty(tm) to the Organization(tm) over family ties and friendships. And then people start receiving messages like the one you did, drawing a line in the sand: "We can't have a relationship because you aren't a JW / don't go to Meetings(tm)/ are Inactive(tm)." In order to restore the relationship you are expected to return to the JWs.

  It's noteworthy that this type of manipulation is a hallmark ofemotional abuse. Is that the kind of friendship you want?

  Your friend just did you a huge favour. If you feel the need to reply, just tell her "Thank you for showing me what an emotionally abusive, manipulative 'friend' you really are. Take your emotional blackmail and stick it where the sun doesn't shine."

  Good riddance.