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  JWs and Coping with Reality

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  become a jw only if you can't cope with the real world.

  i believe i picked this up here but can't find the thread.

  i think it worth a repost.. “top ten reasons jehovah's witnesses can't cope with the real world.

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  InquiryMan

  Chief physician in my municipality is a born and raised Jw (sister). Would be Impossible according to above information
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  Jehovah's Witnesses are suing the Dutch state for discrimination

  by jochie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  jehovah's witnesses believe it is unfair that the state only investigated their handling of abuse cases, and not other religious organizations.jehovah's witnesses have sued the dutch state for discrimination, the national government told trouw.

  the reason: only their handling of sexual abuse has been scrutinized by the government, while other religious groups remained unaffected.

  they find the fact that only they were the 'target' unfounded and therefore discriminatory.. the fact that a religious organization is suing the state is 'fairly unique', says special professor of law and religion paul van sasse van ijsselt.

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  InquiryMan

  In january a ten day trial will take place in Oslo, Norway. Jw has taken Norway to court for removing their status as a registered religious community (as the only of more than 700) and the funding that comes along with that right. So exciting times in Europe
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  Nobody else understands

  by ElderBerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you once were fully pimi and truly believed jw doctrine to the core like i once did, when you come to the reality that it is not the truth at all it can be extremely devastating.. i think only other ex jws could ever understand.

  i wasted my entire life i thought the real life was yet to come to wasted the best years knocking on doors.

  now i’m so angry.. i can understand why so many top themselves when they realise it was all lies..

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  InquiryMan

  I also spent 30 years (9 to 39) as a witnes, incl. being a ministerial servant and elder. It affected my life choices. However, I am not angry or bitter. That would be a waste of energy. Had many nice memories too. And it is part of my life book.
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  Did Geoffrey Jackson lie under oath at the ARC?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i understand he intimated that the faithful slave was not the only spokesman for jehovah god.

  he also intimated that corporal punishment was not advocated by the wts.

  we're these lies or deception or did they represent the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?.

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  InquiryMan

  In norwegian wt literature it is stated like this:

  The Bible often uses sheʹvet symbolically, as an image of authority. (2 Samuel 7: 14; Isaiah 14: 5) When it comes to parental authority, the rod or 'rice' can include all forms of discipline, and they need not be of a physical nature. According to Norwegian law, it is not permitted to use physical punishment in child-rearing
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  Literature Carts

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whenever 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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  InquiryMan

  Can this be proven? I trad somewhere they were imported from a Chinese company..

  Jw:

  Carts

  Literature carts are made by a single manufacturer and distributed globally. Currently, one cart costs $43 U.S., excluding shipping and other costs. To date, more than $16 million U.S. has been spent on carts, and over 420,000 have been shipped to congregations worldwide.

  Jw talk had a discussion that they had the sign made in china
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  Associated Press. "JW's Time Keepers No More

  by Bill Covert in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  associated press article.

  11-22-23 peter smith.. "timekeepers no more rank-and-file jehovah's witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours".

  made big time news..

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  It was reported in newspapers in Norway weeks ago.
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  Lawyers release survey on alleged Jehovah's Witness child abuse

  by Tahoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  a 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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  I also think culture has something to go with it. E.g. In Japan corporal punishment was banned only a couple of years ago.

  In Norway it was banned in the mid 80s and JWs had to change their attitude yowards it. All references to corporal punishment in the literature were removed and thus that culture og punishment gradually disappeared due to a combination of law, culture and cease of references.
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  Blasts at assembly in India

  by InquiryMan in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/29/explosion-hits-jehovahs-witnesses-prayer-meeting-in-indias-kerala.

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  InquiryMan

  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/29/explosion-hits-jehovahs-witnesses-prayer-meeting-in-indias-kerala
  
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  Norway JWBorg news - WTBT$ demands subsidy despite their loss of religious status

  by EasyPrompt in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://cne.news/article/3755-norwegian-jehovah-s-witnesses-demand-subsidy-despite-their-loss-of-religious-status.

  jesus never demanded "subsidies" from the government to share truth.

  wtbt$ leaders love the god of their bellies/selfishdesires - having others provide communes for them in opposition to christ's direction.. .

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  InquiryMan

  There will be a judicial case about this in january as stated in the above mentioned news article
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  Jehovah's witness cannot perform marriages in Norway

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://cne.news/article/3409-norwegian-court-maintains-jehovah-s-witnesses-ban-on-sealing-marriage   .

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  InquiryMan

  Most of it was sent to support the world wide work.