It is this kind of going-ons that have prompted oversight bodies in some jurisdictions to ban financial advisors to operate among trusting "friends" of religious, fraternal organisations.
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UK: Would anyone like to attend Frank Otuo's next hearing against the Watchtower? Or send him your support?
by defender of truth inwww.standard.co.uk/news/jehovahs-witness-sues-for-150000-after-church-snubbed-him-over-fraud-claims-9750062.htmlfrank otuo is suing the watchtower for disfellowshipping him and causing the loss of his family and his friends, after being disfellowshipped based on a false accusation of fraud.on friday may 13th 2016, a hearing will take place to decide whether the watchtower's defence will be thrown out.otuo is confident that it will be.
;)would anyone like to be there on the day, to see what happens and maybe even report back and tell us what you saw?.
otuo would like it if some people could be there to cheer him on, as it were.
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What is R&F
by Drifting Away ini see the letters r&f often, but i dont know what that stands for..can someone tell me?
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I thought the file (defile') ranks, that is why the leaders turn their noses up on them. -
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Theists, why does God allow suffering..
by The Quiet One in..specifically, the suffering of animals.
you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.
i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.
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even stars died to shower us with heavy metal, like gold , on display in wt videos as rings and watches. -
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UK: Would anyone like to attend Frank Otuo's next hearing against the Watchtower? Or send him your support?
by defender of truth inwww.standard.co.uk/news/jehovahs-witness-sues-for-150000-after-church-snubbed-him-over-fraud-claims-9750062.htmlfrank otuo is suing the watchtower for disfellowshipping him and causing the loss of his family and his friends, after being disfellowshipped based on a false accusation of fraud.on friday may 13th 2016, a hearing will take place to decide whether the watchtower's defence will be thrown out.otuo is confident that it will be.
;)would anyone like to be there on the day, to see what happens and maybe even report back and tell us what you saw?.
otuo would like it if some people could be there to cheer him on, as it were.
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Divergent: Took money from another brother & did not pay it back. So a brother and then another brother? so: how many brothers were there?
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The real reason so many witnesses end up here....
by stuckinarut2 inwhy do so many witnesses end up coming to forums like this?.
no doubt it is because of the fact that the society disallows any form of sincere questioning of teachings or doctrines or history etc.... if there was open discussion allowed - free of repercussions and punishment, then no one would feel stifled.
if genuine concerns could be raised, then no one would feel smothered or unable to share thoughts... then in turn many would not leave.... but due to the high control, authoritarian culture the society has created, many feel trapped, and end up searching outside of official channels...and leaving the society.....
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Home made circuit assembly programs
by hoser inprinted off the website i presume and hand cut with scissors.
i was handed one at the circuit assembly by one of the attendants.
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When I saw the title, I thought there would be a way to tailor, to prepare our own personal, preferred Assembly programs. Like good Home Cooking, satisfying, never dull even after years of partaking. -
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Not the Author of Confusion
by Coded Logic in609 african independent charismatic.
black american apostolic.
african independent charismatic.
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Vi: "Here are two galaxies crashing together. Why would an orderly god crash two galaxies into each other?
Wonderful things happen when galaxies pass through each other. when Andromeda will meet the Milky Way, the closest star will not be 4 light ears, but 2 light years away. may be we will become a dual star system. New stars, planets forming, new youth evolving. Existence is great enough, without the dogmas, the ceremonies.
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The important questions JWs should be asking themselves about this week's Immitate Their Faith study
by Island Man inwhy did jonah think that he could run away from jehovah?
did he think that jehovah was a local god whose power and influence would not extend as far as tarshish?
and why would jehovah choose as his prophet a man like jonah who evidently did not appreciate that jehovah can find you know matter where you go?.
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Yeah, that story is really fishy, 3 days without oxygen, in an acid bath, stranger still, endorsed in the jesus story, tainting these later chapters as well. will that be next week? -
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Not the Author of Confusion
by Coded Logic in609 african independent charismatic.
black american apostolic.
african independent charismatic.
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That is religion for you, Theology (talking about "Theos "god"). by contrast, astronomers found that some black-hole spin orientations are aligned in different galaxies over 100 megaparsecs. (~ 100 million times further than the closest star.) apart. -
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Kingdom Hall Attenders: Consider Stopping the Use of Loaded Language
by OnTheWayOut init's been a long time since i attended, but i understand that many of you still go to the kingdom hall for your various reasons.. a huge thing that helped me in my mentally breaking from their beliefs was to stop using their terms that put you, virtually automatically, into their thought mode.. using terms like "the truth," jw's feel special about themselves and this helps them separate themselves from "the world.
" by incorporating loaded language, jw's learn not to think, but merely to memorize words and phrases instead of analyzing a situation.. the reasons someone misses meetings is because they are "spiritually weak.
" they might be involved in "worldly thinking.".
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Instead of "Jehovah," you might say "God." Instead of "God" say " the creator", or "Our father"