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  Remark at memorial about growing annointed numbers

  by Gorbatchov in

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  don’t know if it was part of the script.. at the memorial the remark about growing annointed numbers including this numbers from 2015 to 2017 was made (from 13.000 to 18.000+).. reason for the growing numbers could be:.

  - feeling annointed because of former believe.

  - psychical reasons.

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  smiddy3

  Maybe Gorby the growing number of partakers is because the indoctrination into the religion has become so dumb downed over the years that newer people and children growing up in the religion are less articulated about what they really believe anymore..

  In other words a failure of the organization to teach newbies their core beliefs.

  Also the fact that people are also getting fed up with the ever putting off the end is just around the corner mantra ,realizing they are going to die before the big A comes and want the reward when they die and not be waiting in a grave for God knows how long.

  Seeing so many of their elderly faithful brothers and sisters die without gaining their reward or seeing the New System in their lifetime.

  What do you think ?
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  O neg universal doner

  by bikerchic in

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  so i donate blood because i can.

  i donate every 4 months when the bloodmobile comes to my place of work.

  i know it helps.. what about you, do you donate blood?

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  I`m too old to donate blood so the next best thing for me was to become an Organ Donner and hopefully it will help some one.
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  I got back from the memorial . . .

  by neat blue dog in

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  it was pretty mundane for the most part, same songs, same outline.

  the only new thing they added was the video at the end, where stephen lett speaks to the visitors and commends them for coming and recommends they go to jwdotorg and also start a bible study.

  they also showed a bar graph with figures increasing every year for jws, memorial attendance and memorial partakers.

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  He said that since the number of partakers has been steadily rising in recent years, it is proof of God's blessing and the nearness of the end,

  That is the complete opposite of what they used to state, the number of partakers dying off was proof the end was near as they got closer to the end of the last Century .
  
  
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  Roll Call for the benefit of Newbies and Lurkers. In One Sentence tell why you left the Org.

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  roll call for the benefit of newbies and lurkers.

  in one sentence tell why you left the org.

  not 2 sentences.

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  When I finally realized that after 100 years of "Witnessing" to only about a third of the earths population that the vast majority of people they "witnessed" too ,had no idea what they were talking about.
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  Two witness rule: Stop using it, its not working on JWs!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  most jws don't see this as a problem.

  they reason that.

  just like the jws, the police will not convict a pedophile over the story of one victim alone, there must be collaborative evidence.

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  smiddy3

  I think the biggest problems here , have been and not in any order are .:

  1. Jehovah`s Witnesses have viewed sexual abuse against a child in their Congregations as a sin and not a crime ? for far too long ?

  2. For JW`s Elders to report such allegations to law enforcement / child protection authorities would be an admission that the JW religion is no better than any other false religion and to report such an allegation would only bring reproach on Jehovah`s name.

  3 . First and foremost that must be protected is the image of the WTB&TS /JW.Org. representing Jehovah God and his recently installed King Christ Jesus in the Heavens in 1914.

  4 . And if anybody who claims to be a Jehovah`s Witness and commits a wrongdoing to bring reproach on his name and Earthly organization we will simply point out they are only volunteers and will be disfellowshiped .
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  So a religion based on a book by another religion?

  by TTWSYF in

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  so does anyone else find it odd that jws base their whole faith on the bible?.

  the bible was never in the plan for christianity.

  the apostles spread the good news as they were instructed to by christ jesus .

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  So does anyone else find it odd that JWs base their whole faith on the bible?

  That`s a fallacy ,JW`s CLAIM to base their beliefs on the Bible ,however that is not the case as has been brought out many times on this forum one way or another.

  Just a couple of facts to remind us of that.

  1. The Searcher has pointed out that their are over 30 Scriptures in the New Testament that Christians were to be witnesses of Jesus { not Jehovah }

  Their is not one NT Scripture that says Christians followers of Jesus were to be witnesses of Jehovah not one.

  2. Neither Jesus or any of his Apostles / disciples or anybody else as recorded in the NT ever uttered the name Jehovah in the Christian Greek Scriptures .

  And as proof of that statement look no further than the publication by the WTB&TS book

  "The kingdom Interlinear Of The Christian Greek Scriptures "

  A word for word translation of the Greek into English.

  So TRUE Christians according to the Bible are to be witnesses of Jesus and not Jehovah .

  Phil. 2:9-11

  
  
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  Two witness rule: Stop using it, its not working on JWs!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  most jws don't see this as a problem.

  they reason that.

  just like the jws, the police will not convict a pedophile over the story of one victim alone, there must be collaborative evidence.

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  By the very fact JW`s hold a Judicial Committee to investigate Child Sexual abuse or any other abuse against a child condemns them as being negligent in protecting a minor.

  Their holding a Judicial Committee is an admission of an allegation of a crime has been committed and should have been reported to the Police/Child protection Authorities when they have been first made aware of it and let the appropriate authorities investigate the complaint and not be involved at all until after the matter has been finalized by the legal system.
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  Memorial Weekend Questions

  by Iamallcool in

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  i just don’t remember when it was the last time the memorial falls on saturday.

  anyway, do they meet for field service tomorrow(saturday)?

  do they have their meetings on sunday?

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  At least you get some fringe benefits polishing off the wine

  and AMAN to that
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  Make the Truth Your Own

  by neat blue dog in

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  this is something that hit me just relatively recently.. the phrase "make the truth your own" is a very famous catch phrase in jw culture.

  it was a pet philosophy of daniel sydlik and has been used and is used in talks, literature and song.

  every witness knows this trope.

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  smiddy3

  New Truth ,Old Truth , Present Truth ,Past Truth ,Real Truth , THE Truth .

  My mind boggles as to how many " Truths" Jehovah`s Witnesses can believe in and then discard those same "Truths" when it suits them .?

  Or rather when history makes it obvious their "Truth" was no such thing in the first place .
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  AUSTRALIA: Religion start selling real estate assets to pay compensation to child abuse victims following Child Abuse Royal Commission

  by jwleaks in

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  paying for the sins of their church.

  australians are becoming less religious so congregations are getting smaller.

  that means there are fewer parishioners to contribute money.. ..."they're simply looking at the dollars they can reap from the sale of this wonderful old building and i simply don't feel that i should be spending my weekends keeping the view clear," mr thomas said.. ...the royal commission into child sexual abuse exposed widespread paedophilia within religion and concluded that its leaders were at times weak, ineffectual, and even complicit.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-30/paying-for-the-sins-of-their-church/9586602.

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  Of course that wouldn`t be the same reason why the JW religion is selling off so much Real Estate now would it ?