Perhaps they will just turn to dust like Thanos did.
Rattigan350
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JW's will NOT like the first months of life in the Paradise! (University Research)
by fulltimestudent inhave you ever wondered (when you were an active believer) what life would be like immediately after the big a?.
in my experience of the pre-big a spiritual paradise most witnesses were aware of the problem posed by the dead bodies of those slain by the bloody minded, would-be mass murderer jesus.
most liked to quote the author of the revelation, that carrion birds would eat the carcasses.
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Facebook evangelising
by jhine inhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2226652490738312&set=a.106546726082243&type=3&theater this was posted on fb by a witness who l am " friends " with .
she has since posted another jw propaganda piece .
these look like they are from the wt and are official evangelising tools .
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Rattigan350
"Funny that the book "Aid To Bible Understanding" printed by Jehovah`s Witnesses admitted that the name Jehovah was not the most accurate and that Yahweh was probably a more accurate rendering."
The name YHWH, Yahweh is Hebrew and was given to Hebrew speaking people. If God gave his name to English speaking people he would give it as Jehovah. The same way that Yeshua was Jesus' Hebrew name given to Mary, but in Engish was say Jesus.
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Two witness rule: who cares?
by _Morpheus ini find people railing against the so called “two witness rule” puzzling.
i think its a complete and total non issue.
for those that protest, argue or advocate for change in that rule, why?
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Rattigan350
Phoebe said "Because it's devastating when an elder says to you 'it's your word against his, nothing we can do.'"
What do you expect them to do? Believe all women? The two witness rule presents some due process. With the Kavanagh hearings it was just his word vs her word. Do you ruin a man's, family's reputation with cooberating evidence?
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Charges against Jehovah's Witness accused of molesting a 4-year-girl in church dismissed
by Rattigan350 inhttps://www.ydr.com/story/news/2018/12/04/charges-dismissed-against-jehovahs-witness-accused-molesting-4-year-girl/2203041002/.
harges against a man accused of molesting his 4-year-old cousin in a york county jehovah’s witness kingdom hall in 2005 have been dismissed partly because the alleged offenses occurred when he was a juvenile.. john logan haugh, now 26, who now lives in delaware, was charged in may of this year with two counts of indecent assault of a person under the age of 13 in a case that shed light on the how the jehovah’s witnesses handle child sexual assault cases.
when john haugh appeared in court tuesday morning for a pre-trial conference, his attorney and the prosecutor had a discussion with judge maria musti cook out of earshot of the gallery in courtroom 7006. when court resumed, the prosecutor moved to dismiss the charges.
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harges against a man accused of molesting his 4-year-old cousin in a York County Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in 2005 have been dismissed partly because the alleged offenses occurred when he was a juvenile.
John Logan Haugh, now 26, who now lives in Delaware, was charged in May of this year with two counts of indecent assault of a person under the age of 13 in a case that shed light on the how the Jehovah’s Witnesses handle child sexual assault cases.
When John Haugh appeared in court Tuesday morning for a pre-trial conference, his attorney and the prosecutor had a discussion with Judge Maria Musti Cook out of earshot of the gallery in courtroom 7006. When court resumed, the prosecutor moved to dismiss the charges. The reasons were not elaborated.
John Haugh’s lawyer, Jeffrey Marshall, said “a number of factors” played into the prosecution’s offer to dismiss the charges. He would not elaborate, saying that he didn’t want to jeopardize the agreement reached with the district attorney’s office.
The district attorney's office released a statement that said, "Due to the defendant's age at the time of the offense and compliance with the parameters of the agreement, both parties felt it was an appropriate resolution."
The girl’s father, Martin Haugh, a former elder in the Jehovah’s Witnesses who told police he had witnessed the abuse, said an assistant district attorney called his wife on Friday to inform her that the charges would be dismissed.
Martin Haugh said the assistant district attorney explained that since the alleged molestation occurred when John Haugh was a juvenile - about 13 or 14 at the time - the law in the case was different than if he had been an adult at the time. Because the younger Haugh had cooperated with authorities and had undergone evaluation and therapy, Martin Haugh said, he had been determined “not to be a threat to society.”
Martin Haugh said his family was “very disappointed” that the charges had been dismissed, but he understood why it happened. He didn’t fault the district attorney’s office, that they were simply following the law.
“They did more than the elders did,” he said. “At least, they attempted to do something.”
The alleged abuse occurred at the Kingdom Hall in Windsor Township. Haugh has reported that his wife had left him and his daughter to use the bathroom and during that time, John Haugh had lured the girl into “a secluded area where he assaulted her,” according to the criminal complaint filed in the case.
When Martin Haugh went to look for his daughter, he found her in a room sitting on John Haugh’s lap. He had his hand on her genital area under her clothing, according to the complaint.
Less than a week later, Martin Haugh said, it happened again.
In the criminal complaint, police said John Haugh "allegedly...molested other children."
Martin Haugh reported what happened to the church elders at the time, believing that they were mandated to report it to authorities under state law. The elders did not report it to police and John Haugh transferred to a different Kingdom Hall, Martin Haugh said.
Martin Haugh became disillusioned with the church and left it in 2016. He reported the abuse to police in 2017.
The dismissal of the charges does not affect Martin Haugh’s civil lawsuit filed against the church for not reporting the abuse to police, he said. That suit is pending.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses face, and have faced, other civil suits filed by survivors of abuse who allege that the church’s elders failed to report the crimes to authorities as mandated by law. The church often handles such cases internally, allowing its lay elders to decide punishment for offenders.
Critics say that the church’s insular nature and its rejection of secular authority creates an atmosphere that allows such crimes to go unreported.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses have responded to such suits by saying that it abhors child sexual abuse as a sin against Jehovah and that its policies are consistent with secular laws.
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Rattigan350
Why do they have a problem with good luck? Luck is just the probabilities of events happening. Good results is good luck and bad results is bad luck.
At assemblies they pray that people get home safely. That reduces the probabilities of crashes. Thus they pray for good events from the probabilities.
Thus the god of good luck is Jehovah.
Saying Good luck is a prayer to Jehovah for good events.
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2018 Service Year Report
by Rattigan350 inis there any word on what the results are for the 2018 service year report?.
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I'm interested in the congregation totals. In the past congregations have always increased, but last years the congregations in the USA went down by 462. I know of at least 4 congregations my home state that were dissolved so that number would go down even more. That's encouraging because the more they dissolve them the harder it is on the publishers.
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2018 Service Year Report
by Rattigan350 inis there any word on what the results are for the 2018 service year report?.
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Is there any word on what the results are for the 2018 Service Year Report?
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Blood Fractions
by alice.in.wonderland insomeone is pressing me about blood fractions on an unrelated thread, so i just moved the topic to an appropriate location.. "the point for me in every thread you touch is your sickening dishonesty and nauseating apologies for the old men in brooklyn who tell you what to do.. they have told you that products made from blood don't use blood, and you are so corrupt and gullible you just accept it.".
i accept any bible-based religion that adheres to the bible as its authority.. the purpose of this magazine, the watchtower, is to honor jehovah god, the supreme ruler of the universe.
just as watchtowers in ancient times enabled a person to observe developments from afar, so this magazine shows us the significance of world events in the light of bible prophecies.
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Rattigan350
I don't see the controversy here.
They stated that the 4 main components are not to be transfused from one person to another. Ok, fine.
Except that this thing called plasma is not a component of blood, it is a substance that comes from the circulatory system that suspends the other components. It is 93% water. Water is water. Urine is 95% water. The difference between plasma and urine is just the levels of proteins, salts, minerals and other stuff.
As for storing it, in bible times they had no separation or refrigeration. When it was drained from the animal, if it was kept in a container, then it was dry out and rot. Now there is refrigeration to prevent that.
Those fractions are not red blood cells, white blood cells or platelets so they would not be prohibited to be given or taken from others.
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Blood Components Hypocrsy
by pandorasbox1914 inwe all know the watchtower's stance on blood:.
blood components, plasma, red cells, white cells and platelets-no.
fractions-your bible trained conscience.
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Rattigan350
"I believe there are plasma donation centers that specialize in plasma protein therapies where virtually all of the donated plasma is separated into components JWs can accept transfusion of, which means JWs could theoretically donate to these centers given assurance that their donation would be used for this purpose."
At plasma donation centers, they separate the plasma out and that is 93% water and 7% the proteins and other stuff. Then the proteins and stuff they want to harvest is kept and the water is thrown out. Nothing wrong with that. Infact that is the same thing that the kidneys do. It pulls water and other stuff out of the circulatory system. Why do they not have a fit about urine collection?
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Blood Components Hypocrsy
by pandorasbox1914 inwe all know the watchtower's stance on blood:.
blood components, plasma, red cells, white cells and platelets-no.
fractions-your bible trained conscience.
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Rattigan350
Plasma is not a component of blood. It is a component of the circulatory system. It is the liquid that suspends the red cells, the white cells and the platelets. In olden times all that they knew was blood so they called everything blood. But since it is 93% water, then extracting plasma is no different than what the kidneys do in extracting water and other substances from the circulatory system.