WT 92 7/15 pg 12-13 pp19 "The obligation to hate lawlessness also applies to all activity by apostates. Our attitude toward apostates should be that of David, who declared: 'Do I not hate those who are intensely hating you, O Jehovah, and do I not feel a loathing for those revolting against you? With a complete hatred I do hate them. They have become to me real enemies.' (Psalm 139:21, 22) Modern-day apostates have made common cause with 'the man of lawlessness,' the clergy of Christendom. (2 Thessalonians 2:3) As loyal Witnesses of Jehovah, we therefore have absolutely nothing in common with them. Being imperfect, our hearts could easily have a tendency toward being critical of our brothers. As individuals, those of 'the faithful and discreet slave' are imperfect humans. (Matthew 24:45-47) But this class is faithful and discreet. Apostates capitalize on errors or seeming mistakes made by brothers who take the lead. Our safety lies in avoiding apostate propaganda as though it were poison, which in fact it is.—Romans 16:17, 18." -
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Project: I need help finding Watchtowers that show hate, prejudice, and name-calling.
by Emery ini know there are a lot of examples to choose from but i want to find wt references that are the most blatant.
the printed evidence can be a great resource to all, including jw lurkers who fact-check.. .
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I'm new, please come and meet me!
by Julia Orwell inlong time lurker, first time poster.
i'm really glad i can join your community because i've been in the wts for the last 14 years and now i'm on my way out and it's great to meet like-minded people!.
about me: i started learning jw ways when i was in my teens.
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Welcome to our little community. Are you the same Orwell that is on JWstruggle and friends with my daughter Gojira101?
We wish you the best & peace on your journey.
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Homeschooling VS public/private schooling
by PSacramento ini was wondering on the views about homeschooling vs public/private scholling.. thoughts?.
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I home schooled my daughter [Gojira101] at a teacher's recommendation because the schools in AZ are so bad that she wouldn't get the attention she needed because she was functionally illiterate [Slight dyslexia and comprehension issues] until age 9. So I started working with her and was using the 'Creation' book at her grandmother's suggestion. BAD IDEA! too complicated to teach someone to read. So I got a bunch of Dr. Suess books and started with the basics.
To get certified in AZ, to home-school, I had to go and take the same test that public school teachers take.
She worked hard and I'm so proud of her because... She took her GED at age 16. PASSED. Pioneered for 1 1/2 years then went to a technical college for Sign language interpreting. was an honor student had a 3.8 GPA
Now she is the newsletter editor of the state RID [Regional Interpreting Dept] board, but was just nominated for the secretary position on the board of directors.
Because of her training for interpreting and reading body language and gestures, she is now working on an article for JWStruggle. Sorry JJ if I ruined the surprise.
She has always been a great kid and has married a great guy [who has recently come out because of TTATT]
Point is: It CAN be done successfully
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Help with part on service meeting.
by msconcerned inhello all i have the part in the yearbook and cannot find anything on the "smear campaign" and "media attack" on the witnesses in norway.
any ideas?
i have googled all kinds of inquiries and came up with nothin..
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MSC, can you record your talk and post it on Youtube for all us?
It's going to be difficult to do a neutral talk since WTB$ has brought most of this persecution on themselves.
One of those links in that article quotes a psychologist [? probably slaughtered the spelling] as saying that JW's are raising a new generation of serial killers
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If there is a God why didn't he sign our DNA
by scotoma intodays scientists can and do insert their trademark into dna.. why couldn't jehovah anticipate scientists learning this technique and stumbling across a strand that says "human by yhwh"?.
that would have answered a lot of questions.. he could have even included a model number human2.0.
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I was just watching a documentary and they said that a mathematical genius took the letters of the tetragrammaton YHVH and did a long drawn out calculation & formula, his conclusion?
The formula for the YHVH? = human DNA
I'll see if i can find that again and post it
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Help with part on service meeting.
by msconcerned inhello all i have the part in the yearbook and cannot find anything on the "smear campaign" and "media attack" on the witnesses in norway.
any ideas?
i have googled all kinds of inquiries and came up with nothin..
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Help with part on service meeting.
by msconcerned inhello all i have the part in the yearbook and cannot find anything on the "smear campaign" and "media attack" on the witnesses in norway.
any ideas?
i have googled all kinds of inquiries and came up with nothin..
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I don't know if this is what you're thinking of.... http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fnyheter%2Fnorge%2F1.10651396&act=url This one below is how they're trying to get the JW kid's literature banned because of the violence & murder in them: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fnyheter%2Fnorge%2F1.10651396&act=url
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verybelated intro: Tylin
by Tylinbrando inso i have been a lurker on this forum since its inception.
i registered over a year ago.
i jumped in several months back with a highly controversial subject of my daughter being sexually abused by an elder and the efforts we were taking to bring him to justice.
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Welcome Tylin to you & your family. So sorry about all of yuor traumatic experiences.
I was just watching a Youtube video about a case, and was cheering when Judge Dickerson would not let them use the 'Clergy confidentiality clause because of that AWAKe article
Youtube video of that case:
Glad you & your family are out and doing better. Peace be with you in your journey.
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Has anyone heard anything about Elders being a separate entity and WTS not helping them in court cases legally?
by Newly Enlightened ini just heard a rumor and trying to verify it.
a current jw just told us that the elder's are now a separate entity and that when brought into court hearings and they try to use the 'clergy confidentiality clause' that the wtbt$ backs off and says the elders are their own separate entity.. anyone heard anything like this?.
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Sorry, lost some of my post somewhere in cyberspace.
There was a recent court case where Elders tried the 'Clergy confidentiality clause' so they wouldn't have to testify and BAM! Awake magazine was entered into evidence that JW's have no clergy class so could not use that clause.
Youtube video link talking about the case:
But then a friend of ours just told us about a letter that was sent out, basically throwing the Elders under the bus legal wise.
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Has anyone heard anything about Elders being a separate entity and WTS not helping them in court cases legally?
by Newly Enlightened ini just heard a rumor and trying to verify it.
a current jw just told us that the elder's are now a separate entity and that when brought into court hearings and they try to use the 'clergy confidentiality clause' that the wtbt$ backs off and says the elders are their own separate entity.. anyone heard anything like this?.
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I just heard a rumor and trying to verify it. A current JW just told us that the Elder's are now a separate entity and that when brought into court hearings and they try to use the 'Clergy confidentiality clause' that the WTBT$ backs off and says the Elders are their own separate entity.
Anyone heard anything like this?