edit: Looking at the book myself.
Very interesting that Child Sexual Abuse is listed as brazen/loose conduct and not porneia. Sort of explains why it's not taken seriously enough
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The 50 Ways to Be Disfellowshipped
by Wild_Thing ini was wondering ... what are all of the "official" reasons provided by elders for disfellowshipping someone?
i know the most common reasons are adultery and fornication, but what about the others?
a couple of years ago i traveled back to my hometown` and one of my old jw acquaintances told me that her grown son had been disfellowshipped for refusing to stop associating with another disfellowshipped person.
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HBO Scientology Documentary
by tresdecu inhas anyone else seen the hbo scientology documentary 'going clear' - wow...cults are just mind-blowing you wonder how people can fall for that garbage, then you (those of us former/fading jws) look in the mirror.. i would love for someone to make a major jw documentary like this.
'going clear' is getting a lot of press.
poor tom cruise...he looks like quite the whack job in it too.
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Yeah this was great and I had no idea about some of the things in this movie. Everyone needs to watch this. So many things are very similar to what WTS does. I wonder what would happen if some of the top leadership left the WTS now during the information age where it would be much easier for people to hear their story.
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March Broadcast- Jehovah is speeding up the work
by adjusted knowledge ini watched some of the segments on the jw broadcast.
in the video they showed how they managed their inventory orders for the congregations.
at the conclusion it was stated by the narrator how god is speeding up the work.. the problem is the system they implemented has been used for over two decades in logistics.
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March Broadcast- Jehovah is speeding up the work
by adjusted knowledge ini watched some of the segments on the jw broadcast.
in the video they showed how they managed their inventory orders for the congregations.
at the conclusion it was stated by the narrator how god is speeding up the work.. the problem is the system they implemented has been used for over two decades in logistics.
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The Dwelling manual (Bethel rulebook) says that they (GB, Branch committee, etc) like things they way they are. That right there tells you all you need to know about what they think about change and progress. Things are literally determined by what a bunch of old men want, not by what is best. I am certain that the WT entrance into the digital age was not because JEHOVAH TOLD THEM but because the GB members who were against it are now dead. -
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Hotel Caifornia, Stairway to Heaven, Saturday Night Fever
by Butyoucanneverleave indoes anyone remember those 2 songs and that movie specifically being mentioned in the watchtower?
they were"bad" and should be avoided.
it had to be in the late 70's or early80's.
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I think the Awake pointed out the (admittedly correct) parallels to Jesus in the movie. They also commented on its use of cursing and Halloween lol -
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Hotel Caifornia, Stairway to Heaven, Saturday Night Fever
by Butyoucanneverleave indoes anyone remember those 2 songs and that movie specifically being mentioned in the watchtower?
they were"bad" and should be avoided.
it had to be in the late 70's or early80's.
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I do recall leafing through old magazines and Saturday Night Fever was name-dropped. Of course ET was mentioned too. I actually know some witnesses who won't watch it. If I recall I think even Pac-man is mentioned as being a 'bad video game.' -
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If The Witnesses Try To Get You Back To Jehovah...How Will You Respond!
by minimus ini am most curious.
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I'm honestly surprised no one has stopped by or called to 'remind' me about the memorial. Aren't they supposed to make sure to hit up inactive people? No tract in my door either and I live right in town so I know they would have worked my neighborhood.
Brotherly love!
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What is the youngest age you know of being DF'd?
by berrygerry ini doubt that nothing has greater impact then a person being df'd - reading the current thread.. i have known many kids df'd at 15, and many baptized at 10 or 11, but none df'd.. i would imagine that the minimum must be about 13.. any younger than 15?.
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What is the youngest age you know of being DF'd?
by berrygerry ini doubt that nothing has greater impact then a person being df'd - reading the current thread.. i have known many kids df'd at 15, and many baptized at 10 or 11, but none df'd.. i would imagine that the minimum must be about 13.. any younger than 15?.
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Brokeback: Can you privately message me with the state of where that happened? That's literally what happened to my wife. I have no idea why she's still 'in' after something like that. She didn't scream so "she consented to it" -
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JW.org Email Service - Now I've Seen EVERYTHING!!!
by jw07 inmaybe i'm late but i just discovered that elders now have an email service run on the jw.org domain name.. those emails might contain a treasure trove of very sensitive material regarding rape, molestation, pedophilia cases etc.. the cult keeps getting creepier and creepier.
why would they do that in this day and age, lots of damning stuff in one place?.
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Email hosting is pretty trivial. From an organizational perspective it makes sense to have correspondence sent to it than to a personal email account.
Nothing sinister here, folks.