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  Newspaper article "Slamming the door on Jehovah"

  by NikL in

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  i came across this article in the australian newspaper the age.. it's a couple years old so it may have been brought to everyone's attention before but just in case.... http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/slamming-the-door-on-jehovah-20130315-2g6fo.html.

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  The church’s spokesman in Australia, solicitor Vincent Toole, says if the church knew of an elder committing or covering up child sexual abuse he would be removed ‘‘from serving in that capacity’’.

  ‘‘Witnesses abhor child abuse and consider the protection of children to be of the utmost importance,’’ he says. He also says shunning is a myth and that baptised members who drift away are not treated badly.

  Shunning is a myth? Really? Well this article is 4 years old but from the ARC hearings it's plain to see that Toole is still churning out the lies!
  
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  Is JW.org unbreakable

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  i ask this question for good reason.

  let's face it, despite all the books, videos, forums, court cases, hearings, protests etc that have been exposing the society for many years.

  jw.org continues to roll on almost 'it seems' unscathed.. for example, just walk into any kingdom hall there is not so much as a whisper about anything that has been exposed outside of jw land.

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  @JohnDavisWell if they changed them round subtly into sections like the "we don't shun people" section maybe they wouldn't notice!

  Plus I have relatives that class this as a sign from God that the official site has never been hacked/messed with. At least that would put them right about that point!

  They use Microsoft 365 software for their login software along with Moodle by the way.
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  Rick Wiles Praises Russia For Banning JWs

  by AverageJoe1 in

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  article source: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/i-wish-we-could-do-it-rick-wiles-praises-russia-for-banning-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  ‘i wish we could do it’: rick wiles praises russia for banning jehovah’s witnesses.

  by kyle mantyla | june 22, 2017 1:37 pm.

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  @Londo111. Going by his photos, he does have that crazed look in his eyes!
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  Rick Wiles Praises Russia For Banning JWs

  by AverageJoe1 in

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  article source: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/i-wish-we-could-do-it-rick-wiles-praises-russia-for-banning-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  ‘i wish we could do it’: rick wiles praises russia for banning jehovah’s witnesses.

  by kyle mantyla | june 22, 2017 1:37 pm.

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  Article source: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/i-wish-we-could-do-it-rick-wiles-praises-russia-for-banning-jehovahs-witnesses/

  ‘I Wish We Could Do It’: Rick Wiles Praises Russia For Banning Jehovah’s Witnesses

  By Kyle Mantyla | June 22, 2017 1:37 pm

  On his “TruNews” program yesterday, End Times radio broadcaster Rick Wiles praised Russia for banning “cults” like the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

  After asserting that he feels “more threatened and afraid of the CIA” than of the Russians, Wiles again insisted that “Luciferian, devil worshiping” forces within the “deep state” are working to foment a war in order to punish Russia “for breaking free of that communist tyranny that that satanic group had put on Russia.”

  Wiles was also outraged that some Christians are “condemning Russia for being an anti-Christian nation that persecuted Christians” simply because it had banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses and seized the group’s churches.

  “You know what the Russians did?” Wiles asked. “They banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Kicked them out of the country. Well, congratulations! I’m glad you did it. I wish we could do it. I wish we could get rid of all the cults in this country. We’d be better off for it.”
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  Is JW.org unbreakable

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i ask this question for good reason.

  let's face it, despite all the books, videos, forums, court cases, hearings, protests etc that have been exposing the society for many years.

  jw.org continues to roll on almost 'it seems' unscathed.. for example, just walk into any kingdom hall there is not so much as a whisper about anything that has been exposed outside of jw land.

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  I would like to see someone hack the official website. If it's been done with the FBI's computers, why can't it be done with jw.org? Or do they have better security?

  That would prove to most JWs that the organisation doesn't have God's backing!
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  What Happens If the JW Beard Policy Stumbles a Person

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
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  some of the videos on youtube really make the beard policy look ridiculous.

  i wondered what would happen if the jw beard policy caused someone to stumble?

  jesus most likely wore a beard, and charles taze russell had a beard.

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  Whatever the case, how regrettable it is when such overly sensitive ones allow themselves to be offended by trifles..."
  

  Indeed it is. I love trifles, especially when they are made with real Sherry!
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  What Happens If the JW Beard Policy Stumbles a Person

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
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  some of the videos on youtube really make the beard policy look ridiculous.

  i wondered what would happen if the jw beard policy caused someone to stumble?

  jesus most likely wore a beard, and charles taze russell had a beard.

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  wearing a beard can b be met with a loss of privileges.
  

  The Governing Body are such hypocrites as is evidenced by this fiasco. First of all, a beard is nothing to do with conscience at all: it's a natural part of being a male adult. It would be equally absurd to start arguing about whether going to the loo was for christians or not: it's a point of nature, end of.

  Plus, their tactic of saying one thing to the public (and in this case the congregation) but doing another only goes to further highlight their hypocrisy. If, according to them, beards are OK in the country and area where they live, then why don't they allow brothers in Bethel to have them or have parts on the assembly with them? Oh look, double standards...again!
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  What Happens If the JW Beard Policy Stumbles a Person

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of the videos on youtube really make the beard policy look ridiculous.

  i wondered what would happen if the jw beard policy caused someone to stumble?

  jesus most likely wore a beard, and charles taze russell had a beard.

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  How grateful we are that Jehovah does not give us long lists of what is acceptable dress and grooming and what is not.
  

  No, that's what we have the WTS for: they make rules where God doesn't!
  
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  Invisible Rulership - one of the dumbest things I ever believed in

  by Black Man in

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  having now been out of the cult for a few years, it really shocks me about some of the nonsense i used to believe in.

  like for instance, christ ruling in the midst of his enemies, but doing so invisibly.. let's let that one sink in for a minute.

  you've supposedly got a king who is ruling for a kingdom, but it is an invisible rule.

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  berrygerry6 hours ago6 hours ago

  Damn. Kate had telepathically said to me that we were exclusive.
  

  You are. haven't you heard the new light on the word "exclusive"? It doesn't just mean one person but rather overlapping people, so she wasn't lying!

  
  
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  The number of translations boast

  by Just stopping by in

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  2. bible

  just stopping by to share this... .

  after seeing a watchtower representative paste the same thing over and over, about jw.org being available in 850 languages.... we all know how the watchtower loves to boast about the number of languages it translates into.

  what are the facts?

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  I'd like to quote English comedian Vic Reeves who said:

  82.5% of all statistics are made up on the spot!