Completely agree with FFGhost. In addition, any kids who want to leave the organization when they reach young adulthood, they prefer them to be condemned to lesser education, so it is more difficult to make a decent living. Then they can point a finger and say, “This is what happens when you leave Jehovah.”
Posts by Biahi
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45How Do Jehovah's Witnesses View Education?
by southyukon ini have a question about this article.. https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-education-school/.
higher education can lead to moral and spiritual dangers.
a bible proverb says: "the shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself.
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2 Jehovah's Witness Elders give evidence in Court, others did not, will the 2 be punished for giving evidence?
by was a new boy in'man guilty of abuse — after silence from church members.
a jehovah’s witness has been found guilty of sexually abusing a teen over a number of years – after the silence of church members who refused to give evidence.'.
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourcecode=aaweb_wre170_a_ggl&dest=https%3a%2f%2fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2ftruecrimeaustralia%2fpolice-courts-sa%2fjehovahs-witness-found-guilty-of-unlawful-sexual-relationship-with-teen-after-silence-from-some-senior-members-who-refused-to-give-evidence%2fnews-story%2f6f8c4cee4023dfc5cb42a9b580213d70&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=groupa-segment-2-noscore.
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Biahi
Since when do you need permission from anyone to arrange a camping trip with friends?
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anniversary of JFK assassination
by desbah inthis is for all the ex-jw's on that dreadful day..... do you remember where you were when jfk was shot in dallas, tx?
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Biahi
I was barely 4 years old, my mom was sobbing, and saying, over and over, “he loved Jehovah’s Witnesses, he loved Jehovah’s Witnesses.” I became so scared, because I thought we were all going to be tossed into jail or something. (I was only 4). I thought this president was the only thing keeping us from persecution. I became scared, too.
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What are 5 Things You are Grateful for this Thanksgiving 2023 ?
by Sea Breeze inhere in america, we have a tradition to set aside one day to be especially grateful.
that day is today.
the psychological benifits of being grateful is well known and promoted by business experts, healthcare professionals, secularists, believers ... you name it.
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Biahi
I’m thankful I am away from the toxic work environment (USPS, retired)
Thankful for my wonderful husband, daughter, and grandchildren
Thankful I left JW when I was 23, which gave me enough time to work and prepare for retirement
Thankful that these forums exist, which validates the feelings I always had
Thankful for the delicious turkey dinner which I enjoyed very much
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
by Vanderhoven7 inhope everyone on board is happy and well!.
jw's don't know what they are missing.
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Biahi
Happy Thanksgiving, Vander and everyone! It is almost 7 pm, and I am full of turkey and wine. Love the holiday season, now that I am ‘allowed’ to celebrate.
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Literature Carts
by NotFormer inwhenever i see a photo of a literature cart, they all look the same to me.
are they a standard design?
who makes them?
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Biahi
Fortunately, New Day, they only need to set up the cart for 5 minutes per month, to be ‘active’. That should cut down on the liability.
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Lawyers release survey on alleged Jehovah's Witness child abuse
by Tahoe ina team of lawyers has released the results of its survey on alleged child abuse by members of the jehovah's witnesses religious group in japan.. the team held a news conference in tokyo on monday.
it provides legal support to former members of the group as well as to children of its members.. the lawyers conducted the survey, following the publishing of the health and welfare ministry guidelines last year about child abuse related to parents' religious beliefs.
a total of 560 people responded.. the survey shows 81 percent of the respondents said they had cards indicating they desired to refuse blood transfusions.. the ministry's guidelines state that parents' refusal of medical treatments for children on religious grounds amounts to neglect --- a form of abuse.. the lawyers said investigations are necessary to find how many people died from refusing blood transfusions, and how many of them were children.. the survey also shows 92 percent of the respondents experienced whipping, 96 percent were banned from school activities, and 93 percent were forced to limit their human relations.. the lawyers said many of the children experienced physical and mental abuse, which afterward led to problems such as loneliness, sense of alienation and a lack of self-esteem.
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Biahi
I liked the part which said that the children’s spirit was destroyed, it hit home for me. And, joe134, I’m sorry you were beaten. 😢
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Ken and Barbie
by peacefulpete inforgive the insensitivity of this but does the wt imagine the "resurrected" bodies of the dead will have useless genitalia?
or will the humans 2.0 have the smooth appearance of a ken doll or the nipple-less breasts of a barbie.
any breasts at all?
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Biahi
I heard an elder muse in a talk that we will not have genitals in the “new system”. 😂
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Any other churches call themselves the 'truth'??
by Beck_Melbourne inold habits die hard...and quite often in my comments i will refer to the borg as the 'truth'.
does anyone know of any other churches that refer to their own particular church or religion as the 'truth'??
also, does anyone know how it originated...all my life i have used the term...comments like 'how long have u been in the truth?
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Biahi
I’ve heard the Mormons say they have the truth. I think Scientology does, too. 😂
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Punishment and control: the secret handbook that rules a religion
by Tahoe inthis article is behind a paywall: https://www.smh.com.au/national/punishment-and-control-the-secret-handbook-that-rules-a-religion-20231026-p5ef9z.html.
a herald investigation has uncovered disturbing practices within the jehovah’s witness church, including the systems for discipline, punishment and control in a secret rule book for church “elders”.. australian children in the jehovah’s witnesses religion are being trained to avoid life-saving blood transfusions and parents are being coached to thwart court processes that may prevent their children from dying, internal church documents reveal.. an investigation following an inquest into the death of jehovah’s witness heather winchester, who died in newcastle after refusing a blood transfusion, has uncovered disturbing practices within the australian church, including the systems for discipline, punishment and control contained in the secret rule book for church “elders”.. the church’s blood transfusion ban forces people to choose between risking death by refusing treatment or being “shunned” – cut off from family and friends under the church’s strict rules – according to 16 former and current members of the church interviewed and the testimony of many others.. .
some of them believe it has cost hundreds of lives in australia.. “i think it’s truly dangerous for children, who are not old enough to vote or drive, to be coached about how to convince a judge or doctors about a decision that is potentially life-threatening,” said fleur hawes, 32, a solicitor who escaped the religion and is speaking out for the first time.. in public, the jehovah’s witnesses’ leadership downplays the impacts of its ban on blood transfusions, which are based on interpretations of bible passages that say christians should not eat blood.. .
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Biahi
Something ironic that I noticed…they said parents should ‘coach’ their children to explain their faith, and ‘their’ beliefs about blood…but when that woman (forgot her name) from England, told about her CSA, the witnesses reply was “she was never a member”. Because she was not baptized. So, which s it? Are unbaptized children members? Or not? They want it both ways.