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  Article: Jehovah's Witness child sex abuse survivor urges examination of NZ church

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108217408/jehovahs-witness-child-sex-abuse-survivor-urges-examination-of-nz-church.

  tom hunt18:56, nov 11 2018. it started with movies and bowls, but soon luke hollis was a young boy performing sexual acts on a jehovah's witness man four-times his age.. to hear hollis, now 28 and living in wellington, talk of the ordeal that tormented him for years during his childhood in england, it is remarkable how matter-of-fact he is.. but he is the first to admit he has a vendetta against his former church.. he wants to see jehovah's witnesses held accountable and he wants the church to apologise.

  but mostly, he wants it to fully shed its "two witness" rule – a policy he argues makes the church a beacon for child sexual predators.. read more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108217408/jehovahs-witness-child-sex-abuse-survivor-urges-examination-of-nz-church.

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  Firstly , I`m glad to hear that NZ is conducting such an inquiry by a Royal Commission into Child Abuse Sexual and Otherwise.

  Secondly i find it hard to comprehend how JW`s fail to believe ,accept that Jehovah`s Witnesses Organization went through the same process as other religious organizations in the C.A.R.C

  It`s on Government video of G.Jackson . Vincent Toole , various Elders giving testimony . ? And overall not doing a very good job of it either.

  What`s that statement ? "Their are none so blind as those who refuse to see".
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  What Do You Think Will Be The Next Big Change In The Watchtower?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i think there will be a change in the 144000 belief.

  too many witnesses think they have a heavenly hope.

  maybe 1914 will be discarded too.. what is your watchtower prediction?

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  Pillows and cushions will no longer be issued in male dormitories at Bethel .

  Males will have to wash their hands 10 times ( heavenly Perfection) before having breakfast at Bethel

  Females will be just unclean until the male gives morning prayer at Bethel
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  Cart Witnessing along with dramas on the big screen?

  by Tahoe in

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  2. friends

  https://youtu.be/f40ukvgjsqw.

  is it the first of april already?.

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  Once people realize who is behind it ? WALK ON BY .
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  Thank you F&DS @ the Watchtower Corporation! Thank you! Thank you!

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this sundays 11/18 wt p.18 pp.3.

  / happy are those who serve "the happy god".

  "stressful events-such as when a loved one dies or is disfellowshipped...".

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  Well I am glad for you Solzhenitsyn that a light bulb has gone on over your wife`s head with this WT.

  I`m curious though why she said what she did .I haven`t seen the article and I`m just wondering what your wife would list as the top two stress triggers ?

  Maybe it would be interesting to know what others think would be the top two stress triggers.

  It sounds like she has had other lingering doubts festering for a long time and this is the straw that broke the camels back.

  For your sake and hers I hope so.

  Take care.
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  Increase in Second Sealings for the Anointed?

  by Nevuela in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the other day i heard my anointed roommate on the phone, discussing something called the "second sealing".

  i heard her say that most anointed people only receive it shortly before death, if they receive it at all.

  she went on to say that she has been hearing about several other anointed people receiving theirs recently and not dying afterward.

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  Last time Armageddon was close, the buzzards were laying extra eggs. who leid this one?

  I was told that back in the early 1960`s when I was studying what I thought was the Bible { instead of WT crap } as proof that the end was near.

  at the final sealing, will the seal be permanently placed ‘in the forehead’ of the anointed one, identifying him conclusively as a tried and faithful ‘slave of our God.’ ( no her ?)

  So unless you see evidence of this seal on the foreheads of any JW do not believe them they are wolves in sheep`s clothing or maybe even apostates .
  
  
  
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  Ahmadiyya Muslim Remembrance Day

  by barry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i met with my friends and attended remembrance day with the ahmadiyya muslims.

  the ahmadiyya are not terrorists, they don't believe in killing those that leave their religion,they fly the australian flag and respecter laws.. there was seven of us in total including 1 atheist , three anglicans one a priest , one minister from my former church adventist, and of course two wives that had to sit up the back [just joking].. the ahmadiyya are persecuted in pakistan because they are not considered proper muslims many come to the west as refugees and i believe this is one group we can trust and live with as neighbours.

  does anyone have an opinion or contact with this group please share..

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  barry I was just wondering if the Islamist / Muslim faith has anywhere near the different sects that Christendom has .

  I would be very surprised if they do because Christendom has over 40,000 different sects.

  Have you any idea how many different sects their are with the religion of Islam / Muslims ?

  I didn`t have much success doing a google search in finding this out.

  just curious.
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  The Public Talks

  by Charles Gillette in

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  2. friends

  i remember when i use to give a number of public talks.

  i had a binder with every public talk listed by number in it.

  i don't have it anymore.. when i did the fade in 2002 after 33 years a slave since 1969. i destroyed all my watchtower materials and i had a lot.

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  Isnt it a misnomer to call it a public talk ? In my 33 years of being an active JW I could count on my one hand how many of the public ever attended a public talk and I would not use any finger more than once ?
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  Role Call!

  by new boy in

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  how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

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  Since no one knows your real names (and I'm not asking for them) how can you have "fear and paranoia" about being found out?

  Good point ,I`m thinking more about newbies and lurkers who are still very much "in" because of family & friends who might inadvertantly post something that may identify them in a general post .

  Fair enough as you say just acknowledging they visit the site should be no problem .
  
  
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  Mentally diseased ANOINTED!

  by Normalfulla in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my aunt is a super uber jw, albeit a little more delusional than the standard issue jw.

  she has 4 kids all who are out and never baptised, she's a widow now and sold the family home and has bought a new place and has plenty of cash in the bank.

  my cousins are all very concerned because their mum has a new friend whos "anointed" and says jehovah has spoken to her and she will survive armageddon and so will her kids if she sticks close.. she has been paying out for holidays and vehicle repairs for this anointed sister and her extended family and my cousins are alarmed at whats going on and can see the situation for what it is.

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  Isnt their some governmental dept. in your area where you or your cousins can alert that your elderly Aunt is being conned ? and taken advantage of ?
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  The End of World War 1 was Exactly 100 Years Ago

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it is so amazing that the end of wwi was signed exactly 100 years ago!

  and in just a few more hours, at 11:00am on 11 november 2018, paris time, the combat actually stopped!

  (the war wasn´t officially over until 1919).it is such a historic moment, for the entire world, but also for jw´s, and for exjw´s.for almost the entire length of the war, the witnesses thought that the war was the prelude to armageddon.

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  I.B.S.A. International Bible Students Association with C.T.Russell as their founder and his successor J.F.Rutherford who then changed their name to what he termed a more Biblical name to Jehovah`s Witnesses quoting Isa.43 :10-12..

  Most likely little did he know back then that it was a Catholic Spanish Monk of the 13th Century that came up with the name Jehovah when he used the four letters of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton and translated those four Hebrew letters into Latin ,then English with JHVH then inserting a few vowels came up with the name Jehovah.

  So Jehovah`s Witnesses today are unknowingly worshiping a Catholic named God Jehovah .

  When in reality the more correct translation of those 4 Hebrew letters of the Tetragrammaton would be Y H W H namely Yahweh .

  As their was no "J" sounding name in Hebrew .