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  Court documents reveal Watchtower's tactics in Montana child abuse case

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  there were numerous objections and claims that watchtower lawyers made to try and get out of being held responsible for their negligence and malice.

  here’s the juicy ones:.

  montana is a mandatory reporting state, but watchtower lawyers claimed that the law for reporting abuse only applies to “individuals” and they are “corporations”.

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  smiddy3

  Thank you ,I hope they get punished big time $$$$$$$$$$$
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  Jesus rejected Mosaic concept of God

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  moses formulated his own image of god (in violation of the very essence of exodus 20:4) thus believed god is like humans who feel love is ‘you must do what i want’ [rather than giving others the space in which ‘they can do what they want and still i love them’] and conveyed into the readers this weak image of god who takes revenge/laments for not being loved.

  thus ot image of god is someone who is actively involved in the responses of people on earth.. however, jesus conveyed the truth about god when he said god makes provisions for life’s enjoyment equally for all types of people alike (mathew 5:44-47) as he wishes good for all people [benevolence for its own sake] and renews the same in case they are depleted/destroyed (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between.

  thus jesus presented an image of god who is not actively involved in the responses of people on earth because there is a guiding mechanism already in place—externally and internally.. external: people can easily choose their course of action looking at the results available in plenty because anyone can see the chain of action in anyone’s case: destiny is the result of habit, and habit is the result of tendency, and tendency is the result of repeated action, and action is the result of thinking and thinking is the result of belief system, and belief system is the result of family, religion, country … into which one is born.

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  smiddy3

  My point being I`m not a highly educated man and it does not take a highly educated person to see all the flaws ,inconsistency`s ,contradictions ,absurdities , etc,etc,contained in the Bible and their are a variety of versions available all offering different books to choose from .

  And one helluva lot more scriptures relating to the religion of the Bible that humans in their wisdom not God`s / Jehovah`s deemed not worthy of making it into any of the accepted Bible cannon in use today.

  At least I have the advantage of knowing and having at my fingertips a lot more information that wasn`t available to any of the bible writers of times past plus the historical record that has now passed since their time.

  And that is why I posted as I did above.
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  Question for elders about child abuse

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  must the testimony of two witnesses of child abuse be them witnessing the abuse as it happens (seeing or hear it), or can it be two witnesses of strong circumstantial evidence as described on the back page of the july study edition watchtower?.

  if the two witnesses must have actually witnessed the abuse take place, how would that work in the two scenarios below?.

  scenario 1.. pioneer johnny has been privately counseled by the elders in the past not to be so “touchy” with kids in the hall, always given them big hugs and the like.

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  Or he may get no reproof at all as in the case of Lot who the bible says is a righteous man. 2Pet.2:7

  Lot had incest with not one but two of his daughters that he had sex with on 2 occasions .gen.19:31-38

  Its alright for some ,its not what you know but who you know apparently.
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  FORENSIC ANALYSIS: The Governing Body as Lying Liars who Lie

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pattern of excuses.

  example #1. blame the bible !.

  proclaimer's book*** jv chap.

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  smiddy3

  Thanks for bumping this thread
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  Your donations at work: WT Farms “inspirational” corn maze

  by betterdaze in

  1. social
  2. humour

  “best life ever” is displayed at watchtower farms, near pine bush.

  the jehovah’s witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for hudson valley tourists every halloween.

  source: lohud.com.

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  smiddy3

  The post is in the social / humour section LOL
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  Funny ex-jw memes

  by Apostate Anonymous in

  1. social
  2. humour

  backstory:.

  so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

  he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.

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  Their are just so many truths in these memes ,keep them coming , I luv em .
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  Possible leak from Annual Meeting 2018

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm a member on jw talk (until now at least) and have been regularly checking up on their thread regarding the annual meeting.

  there hasn't been a great deal to report on except for this recent post that has been made.

  i may get outed but that's no loss.

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  When the news media make reports about child sexual abuse in the JW religion its fake news/apostate lies ,.

  Yet when the same news media makes reports about the so called persecution of their religion its taken seriously as absolute gospel truth.

  My mind boggles.
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  JW detained in Putin's Russia ... accused of extremism

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  from bbc news "five jw's from the kirov region detained with about $ 7,500 accused of funding and organizing meetings....they found literature...and two hand granades and a landmine".

  the russians are such idiots planting evidence....and quarrelling with the neutral and sheepish jw land...and of course inflamating their persecution complex.

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  The so called persecution of JW`s have to go a long way to come within coo-ee of the persecution Jews have suffered and endured over the Centuries all over the world.
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  Belief in God

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when did you guys start to doubt your faith in god?'.

  what made you doubt your faith in god?.

  thanks !.

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  smiddy3

  A situation came up in my life where I manipulated a body of Elders in making a judicial decision against a brother who I believed was being treated unfairly .

  So then I started to really examine what the Bible actually said and it eventually became obvious that it was no more the word of God than the book of Mormon or the Koran or the Talmud.

  I`m now an Atheist
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  What is Watchtowers position on the identity of the king of the North?

  by jwdoctrine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is watchtowers position on the identity of the king of the north?

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  smiddy3

  Agreed jwdoctrine I couldn`t find any reference to Russia in that publication to being the King of the North .

  To my knowledge they haven`t identified anyone as the king of the north since the publication of "Your Will Be Done On Earth" that identified the USSR as the king of the north which has long since been disbanded .

  Would you care to clarify sir82 ?