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  Talked to a JW in the park

  by Xanthippe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so in my lunch break at work today i walked in the park, just chilling out when a woman approached and offered me a leaflet.

  didn't have to read it i knew straight away who she was.. me: my family are involved with jws.

  the new world was supposed to come in the mid-seventies but it didn't.

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  smiddy3

  I think you handled that very well Xanthippe
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  Modern replacement for make sure of all things book

  by Jehovahisgod in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  question please for one of jehovah's witnesses i'm doing some prison ministry.

  you used to have the make sure of all things hold fast to what is fine book what is the modern equivalent of this book i need a book which lists the bible topics and where to actually find them in the bible can somebody give me a pointer?.

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  you do have to admit that some of Jehovah's Witnesses literature is very useful the aid to Bible Understanding especially

  Are you aware that "Aid To Bible Understanding " admits that Jehovah is not the correct pronunciation of Gods name ?

  That it is more likely according to modern scholars to sound something more like Yahweh ?

  Are you also aware that the Tetragramaton the four hebrew letters or their equivalent letters in Greek do not appear in the Christian Greek Scriptures ? the New testament ?

  So the name Jehovah should not appear in the new Testament according to the WTB&TS publication KI

  Are you also aware that nowhere in the Christian Greek Scriptures /New Testament are Christians charged to be witnesses of Jehovah ,not one scripture says they should be ,not one

  However their are something like 20? or so scriptures that charge Christians to be witnesses to Jesus ,20 or more .

  Jesus never used The name of God

  The Apostles never used the name of God

  The disciples never used the name of God

  However all two of them ,the Apostles ,and the Disciples used the name Jesus and witnessed about him and none of them witnessed about Jehovah
  
  
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  A ridiculous thing I found in the old young people’s book

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was in some book for young people that i found going through the watchtower library when i was doing research for old publications, i cannot believe this lunacy, i feel so bad for the teenagers at the time who had to try to take this seriously, but they’re not a high control religion or cult though, anyways here is is : .

  if you sleep in a room alone and you find that you seem to feel special stress in this direction at night, you may be able to arrange matters to share a room with another member of your family.

  also, you may find it helpful to sleep on your side rather than on your back or face down.. 18 another thing that may be helpful is to see to it that your clothing does not unnecessarily cause friction with the sexual organs.

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  Is that "Questions Young People Ask " book ? if it is I have a question that young people should ask that is not in the book .

  And this is strictly from the males perspective and I would be very interested if females have a similar problem that is not so obvious.?

  Its a physical thing that never seems to get spoken about or addressed from any quarter and from what I see no answer for .

  So here is the question .

  If God Jehovah created humans why do males from INFANCY get erections that they have no control over .?

  Children pre puberty who have no idea what their Penus is for except to pee out of and have no idea of sex or procreation and yet get erections for no apparent reason.

  And this happens from infancy ,so if God created man why would this be so ?

  They are not thinking of sex ,girls or women and have no idea why it occurs and it does so randomly out of the blue for no reason at all .

  That is a question that should have been in that book

  Pardon my ignorance but do females have anything like that experience pre-puberty from infancy ?

  Don`t laugh I`m serious,
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  If onlythey had the same attitude towards sex offenders

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can’t speak for everyone, but in my experience my whole life as a witness, people, mainly woman , were speaken of very poorly for “commiting fornication”.

  and everyone was so repulsed by women who wore “revealing” clothes, always saying, “women wear things like that, or let their daughters go out like that, and then wonder why their raped.” which makes me want to throw up.

  if you even got in trouble for a groping session, you were the talk of gossip for weeks, maybe for years if some had it in for you.

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  I feel your frustration Addison0998 most J.W`.s let the G.B. do their thinking for them and one day they will regret it.

  The world is now becoming more tuned to the extent of sexual abuse against minors in the Jehovah`s Witness organization than ever before and the cover up by Elders to protect Jehovah`s name .

  In one Country after another Country .

  Justice is SLOW in coming however it is coming against the WTB&TS , and not before time.
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  Study edition august 2018 about news sources

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the study edition of august 2018 mentions the 3 reliable news sources for jehovah's witnesses:.

  "breaking news" at jw.org.

  "news" at jw.org.

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  Is JW.Org News anymore up to date than "Awake Watching The World" I certainly hope so though I don`t think it would be any less biased and selective in their "news"

  I`m pretty sure the flood of News Articles ,Print ,TV, and on line that are coming soon is going to overwhelm the organization that they will have to go into damage control that I personally do not think they will emerge unscathed from .

  Sure they will still exist as a religion but nothing like they have been in the past .

  Their glory days have long gone .
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  "Chicken Soup for the Apostate Soul."

  by ChessaM in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  my article detailing my experience as a witness and dealing with child sexual abuse as well as outing my abuser is soon to be released.

  (i'm told in the next week or so.

  ) barbara anderson encouraged me to post here.

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  I wish you well and success in all of your projects and welcome Chessa.

  Some may wish to contact you via the pm option on this site .

  The amount of people who are coming out wanting to expose this religion is mind boggling ,surely their must be an accounting of/ from them from law Enforcement`s .Governments , Charities Commission`s , Not For Profit Organizations ,Real Estate tax Evasion , etc.etc.

  The chickens must come home to roost sooner or later don`t they ?
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  Favourite Quirky / Low Budget / Non-Mainstream Movies

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  so the recent topic about film franchises got me thinking.

  sure, we all love the big budget, mainstream releases that are so successful they spawn never-ending (it sometimes seems) sequels.

  we could watch marvel and star-wars movies for the rest of our lives (and we might just ...).. but y'know what i love?

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  When were Primer and Time Lapse released ? they look interesting .

  Abyss was a movie I loved some years ago.

  Anybody remember "Robinson Crusoe On Mars ?" I saw that years ago on TV and have never seen it anywhere since.

  " The Man From Planet X" a British film if I remember correctly maybe around the 50`s or 60`s ?

  "The Time Machine" with Rod Taylor and their was another interesting one with Roddy Mcdowell and/ as jack the Ripper using the Time Machine .

  I love these movies .
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  A&E - Cults and Extreme Belief - Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Incognito in

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  2. friends

  i haven't seen this posted.. tuesday may 29, 2018 @ 10pm (new york time zone).

  cults and extreme belief - jehovah's witnesses.

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  smiddy3

  So that will be Wed.-Thur. Aust.E.S.T. ? Maybe someone can download it for us down under
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  "Apostasy" is worse than...??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it is funny to contemplate how ridiculous the act of shunning "apostates" who leave the org for conscientious reasons is.. so we have been rudely ignored and even abused by jws who :.

  1) have been imprisoned recently for dishonest business practices and fraud worth millions of dollars.

  2) have been bankrupt several times.

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  smiddy3

  I find it funny that Jehovah and Jesus Christ never shunned Satan and Jehovah is going to give his buddy Satan a free pass to cause havoc on mankind after Jesus Christ 1000 year rule ends . Job , Mat, Revelation .

  But he is a God of love isn`t he .
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  What’s your favorite "News" website?

  by Wonderment in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  news in general are supposed to be unbiased.

  but given how commercial and political interests get their tentacles around them, finding a fully unbiased news website is not so easy.. here in america some would rather trust bbc or reuters than they do cnn or fox news.

  any favorites?.

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  smiddy3

  I put a like to that jwleaks