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  I am JW.ORG

  by LogCon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  famous quote from wuthering heights revised.. '... i am jw.org!

  it's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than i am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.

  so don't talk of our separation again: it is impracticable...'.

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  westiebilly11

  .and now a jw 'national anthem'....?....and to think aaron died because of a golden calf...!
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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  westiebilly11

  wouldn't it be ironic..if it turned out that paedophiles were/are members of the GB.....some skeleton eh?....locally I have always suspected certain prominent elders/PO's of having a hidden agenda....
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  Jehovah's Witnesses are the only people who don't practice war and who preach worldwide!

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is what somebody has been telling me, trying to convince me aside from anything one can say or cause reason for doubt, as the evidence that they are the true religion and true people of god.

  they are convinced because while 'all other' christian and other religions support war, troops, etc, jw's don't and they are the only one's who carry god's name and preach.

  nothing else matters.

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  westiebilly11

  they promote worship of a god who sanctioned war/mass murder as a form of ethnic cleansing....old testament..
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  What Was Your Opinion of Elder's Wives?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think that many of them were saints.

  some were bitches and others seemed like they hated their status.

  many wives were very good examples and were more "qualified" than their elder husbands.. .

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  westiebilly11

  have known many elderettes (!)...over the years. Many were fine examples of caring approachable and modest ladies....sincere kind words flowed from them....but I have to say I've known a few badge holders...who lorded (ladied?) it over other women in the cong. One such elderette of a recently appointed elder is to put it bluntly an airhead. She is known in our village as a dolly bird as she is always overdressed and talks incessantly about how much she paid for clothes etc etc...with no regard for others of lesser means...The widow of a deceased elder conversely has always been a kind lady and never boasted about her husband being an elder...so yes, there are many types of elder's wives....as there are also elders too,,
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  Service meeting video....what a non-event

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at our service meeting we saw the video of a jw explaining his beliefs about 1914.. it was.....well, "underwhelming" does not do it justice.

  what is below "underwhelming"?

  "boringly tepid"?.

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  westiebilly11

  ..with twaddle like that being presented as doctrine it can only be a matter of time before the whole shenanigans implodes....when I was 'in' I questioned it, reasoned on it, discussed it..etc ....because I wanted to believe only what I chose to believe...based on sound reasoning..but now...utter twaddle....
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  news item...9 yr old baptised

  by returnvisit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  grrrrrrrrrrrrr!.

  check out website for dunedin, nzs newspaper www.odt.co.nz re the 9yr old that got baptised at the convention in dunedin this last weekend... can't you just hear everyone there gushing about it??.

  as i said grrrrrrrrrrrrr .

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  westiebilly11

  9 years old..baptized?....tantamount to female genital mutilation...both actions are overriding individual choice...both actions are types of abuse...how can a nine year old fully comprehend the commitment of a decision....a contract no less....it matters because if/when the child leaves by choice they will then suffer shunning etc etc etc.....
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  Watchtower circulation jumps up!

  by factfinder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the jan. 1, 2015 w shows an updated printing of 52,946,000 copies each issue in 228 languages.. this is an increase of 7,002,000 copies per issue over last year, this is the biggest increase i have seen in the printing of the w per issue for any one year.

  thus, including the study edition over 70 million copies of the w are now being printed each month.. .

  i wonder if awake!

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  in my area I have seen copies dumped in local trash bins just yards from the trolley brigade....
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  The more people who leave the Witnesses, the more people will leave. True?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if more faders stopped fading and just stopped,.

  would more of the many closet unbelieving attendees just stop too, creating a momentum?.

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  westiebilly11

  ..in hindsight i wish that I had stood up during a public talk or the watchtower bible study and just exclaimed/said' this is rubbish!'..and then just walked out of the hall.....perhaps others would then have followed in due course...those who fade as has been said risk exclusion by family and friends...as they are perceived as weak..'not of our sort' as the well worn phrase goes..
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  Today's WT study (10/12/14) - a sales seminar!

  by OneEyedJoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this cult is getting really shameless.

  the wt study was always supposed to be for discussion of 'the deep truths' of the bible.

  the wt may have always been filled with utter nonsense, but at least it had the appearance of a topical discussion of bible doctrine.

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  westiebilly11

  when i was a literature servant a few years ago i made a point of placing tracts in prominent view on a display rack i had made. i always referred to the tracts as little bullets and spiritual handshakes as they were ideal for getting points home in brief and without the bumf of the mags....i would not be surprised if tracts eventually replace to some degree the mags.....as tracts can be adapted to news and world events easier..incidentally in the latest wt mags the inside cover blurb which used to announce the kingdome..and....point to the soon to be kingdom..now is reduced to a small bland paragraph...
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  Be Honest About This Doctrinal Matter

  by lambsbottom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  wife says she always thought the wt said that anyone alive at armageddon that did not get a chance to hear kingdom message may survive?

  true?

  references?.

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  westiebilly11

  interesting....because the message people get at armageddon is more likely to be 100% accurate rather than the muddled blend of old/new light being preached now...