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  R.I.P Margot Kidder { Lois Lane} 1948-2018

  by smiddy3 in

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  i was saddened to hear this ,she was only 69 yrs old and i thought she played a great lois lane in the superman movie.. in her life she obviously had issues to deal with and not the best of outcomes sometimes .. r.i.p.

  margot kidder , 1948- 2018.

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  I was saddened to hear this ,she was only 69 yrs old and I thought she played a great Lois Lane in the Superman movie.

  in her life she obviously had issues to deal with and not the best of outcomes sometimes .

  R.I.P. Margot Kidder , 1948- 2018
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  Help with article on Watchtower Changes due to Legal Pressure

  by jwfacts in

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  at https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/8j8fj9/what_legal_requirements_have_forced_the/excircuitoverseer started an excellent thread on areas watchtower has changed due to legal pressure.

  this has promoted me to gather the information into an article.

  there is a number of points that i would like to expand on, and need assistance in finding information.. the article is at https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/blog/changes-due-to-legal-pressure.php.

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  "Watchtower Changes Due to Legal Pressure"

  In other words "New light " does not come from Jehovah God but comes from Lawyers trying to protect the assets of the WTB&TS .

  I hope you have success with this project jwfacts it sounds promising
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  Kingdom Hall shot up in Washington state

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. current

  a kingdom hall near a small community called yelm was shot up.

  yelm is where two kingdom halls where set on fire about a month ago.

  i think someone, exjw, in that area is really pissed off..

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  I hear where you are coming from Krismalone,

  And i guess that is the same mindset with the Shia`s and Sunni`s of Islam ?

  The Israeli`s and Palestinian`s ?

  They could all claim to be the "Truth" because they are all being persecuted ?

  Oh that`s right Jehovah of the Old Testament dumped the Israeli`s / Palestinians and he never ever gave a crap about the Arabs or anyone else did he.

  And what moron thinks that shooting up a kingdom Hall or burning it down is ever going to achieve anything except gaining a few months or years in the pen for being stupid.
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  How does mankind know what happen before we were created??

  by James Mixon in

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  2. bible

  for example, "and god said, let there be light: and there was light.

  "a personal and vocal god said, "let there be light.

  "so god saw the light, and thought it good, but how did the priestly scribe know that he did?

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  According to the Bible nothing was written down until Moses came along some 2,000 tears after Adam ,where did he get all of this info from ?
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  Seeking info - murder suicide in WA Australia - were they Witnesses?

  by iwasblind in

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  2. scandals

  hey guys.

  a grandfather murdered his wife, daughter and 4 grandkids.. the father says his kids are in a "new system" and says his god is "jehovah".

  the grandparents lived on a farm and called it their "foreever farm".

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  I have been thinking about this tragedy and after watching the video of the father and his demeanor it would not surprise me in the least if he didn`t commit this crime and staged it so that it looked like his father in law committed the crime after all he was the one who had the motive not his father in law.

  Speculation has been that the FIL was the guilty party , what was his motive .?

  I speculate that it may have been the father of the children and husband of his wife that committed the crime.

  What was his motive ? his wife`s parents were influential in breaking up the marriage and separating him from his children and his wife ,and the children were Autistic ,he was also influenced to some degree by the Jehovah`s Witness belief in a resurrection of the dead if they die before Armageddon which he alluded to in his speech.

  And saying they were now in the New system of things. { typical J.W. teaching }

  The media has jumped to the conclusion the father in law committed this crime maybe law enforcement should take a closer look at the father of the children .and husband of the estranged wife..

  I`m just saying its another possibility .
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  Do not blow a trumpet ahead of you....

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  2. beliefs

  this latest video shows shot after shot of gb member mark sanderson helping/comforting/consoling/encouraging etc etc like he is some saint offering spiritual "gifts of mercy" - it seems that when mark decided to have himself videoed in this manner he forgot jesus words in matthew 6:1-4 .

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/love-in-action-hurricane-irma-maria-relief-work/.

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  from a J.W. standpoint why on earth would you help anyone who is not a Jehovah`s Witness ?

  "The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one "

  "Satan is the God of this system of things "

  So if you help anyone in the world who is not a J.W. then you are helping someone who supports Satan`s system of things.... no ?

  You can`t be a slave to two masters ,you must decide who you support .

  As I said this is the J.W point of view.
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  who has been out the longest?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  who has been out of the cult the longest ?.

  i'll start--i resigned in 1971, but attended occasionally as a non-interested husband to keep the wife sweet, untill my last circuit assembly in autumn 1980. no connection with the cult since then.

  so--its either 47 or 38 years, depending on how you see it.. which begs the question--why am i on this site now ?.

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  The last time my wife and I set foot in a KH was about early `93 for a JW funeral ,never again.That was the last straw .
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  Do you want to play with bears? You are now qualified for baptism!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at today's wt study about child baptism, someone commented and she pointed to the picture of the little girl playing with her teddy bear.

  she said, 'she may be looking at her bear and thinking about getting to play with bears in the new system.

  her parents notice this, and they decide since it's real to her she may be ready for baptism.

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  Manipulating children to become baptised without comprehending the consequences of such an action should they have second thoughts later on is Child Abuse .

  And they the J.W`s religion should be held accountable for it and so should the parents if they support this action against the child in being shunned and ostracized by all the baptised members of a congregation.
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  Is the GB guilty of crimes against humanity?

  by Chook in

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  2. beliefs

  the changing of doctrine that cost brothers their lives or future happiness .

  told flock to get no education .told sisters for one hundred years that having children wasn’t gods priority .

  deaths resulted from no organ transplants and blood fractions.

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  The Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses are ethically wrong as they are morally wrong in their manipulating of the rank and file of their fellow rank and file members of Jehovah`s Witnesses to follow their direction and obey such direction without question .{ Even to the point of their members not understanding or agreeing with the direction given} Yet they are told to obey and not question the Governing Body`s decision .

  And the fact that they can be ostracized /shunned for disobeying such directions should make them culpable of being guilty of coercion
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  Trump mentality = Watchtower mentality

  by doubtfull1799 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the fake news is working overtime.

  just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91% of the network news about me is negative (fake).

  why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt?

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  That post from

  - Aug 2018 Study Edition, should raise a red flag to any sane thinking person who is truly interested in truth.and doesn`t want their thinking abilities shut down by people with an agenda.