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I found out that a pedophile was among us
by stichione in
1. jw
2. friends
today i found out that in our congregation a married man was accused by his nephew (not a jw) of pedophile acts commited over 10 years ago.

the accusation came out only two years ago when the nephew grew up.

the grandmother of this youngster (mother-in-law of the accused) approached the elders of her congregation with this information.
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Scaring off the Dubs
by stichione in
1. jw
2. friends
i was in an apartment building today and saw a sign on a door:.

no peddlars.

no jehovah's witnesses.
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LOTR-Fellowship DVD
by stichione in
1. social
2. entertainment
tuesday november 12th is the date for the much anticipated release of the movie lord of the rings-the fellowship of the ring on dvd.

although the movie was released in august, the package released in 12 days reportedly will have 30 extra minutes of movie not shown at the theatrical release.

which is all the more exciting for the true fan.
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Halloween is anniversary of death of C. T. Russel
by stichione in
1. jw
2. friends
on this day 86 years ago in 1916, charles taze russel passed away.

i find it kind of ironic and creepy that the anniversay of his death is on halloween.

thoughts anyone?
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Jesus' unWitnesses
by stichione in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower magazines have a section entitled "life stories" where the testimonies of persons who have spent their entire lives in the service of the organization or bethel are narrated.

in the september 1st 2002 watchtower magazine on page 25 i found the story of gladys allen who recounts almost 60 years of her life spent as first a regular then special pioneer.

typical of miss allen but evident in many other of these testimonies, i find that mention is made of wts publications, governing body members, theocratic schools attended etc.
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WTS retirement plan
by stichione in
1. jw
2. friends
as a building inspector in a large city, i also come across inspecting nun's retirement homes.

in fact, working on a special project recently i visited 10 buildings housing anywhere from 60 to 500 nuns each.

i was struck by how well these nuns are taken care of by the catholic church.
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WTS puts foot in mouth and downplays sacrifices
by stichione in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in a watchtower magazine article of september 1, 1951 entitled "hated for his name", an era of 10 persecution of christians is discussed.

but just to show how little insight the writer of this article shows, it goes on stating:.

-it is said that in the year 95 alone some 40,000 suffered martyrdom.
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Destructive cults
by stichione in
1. jw
2. friends
ever wanted to fill out a quiz to find out if you are/were in a destructive cult or group?

check out this website i found which is operated by a writer/cult survivor.

take the quiz and answer it from the point of view of a dub.
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Devil's appearance in WT literature
by stichione in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just got the october 15th 2002 issue of the watchtower magazine.

on pages 8 and 9 we see a caption reading " jesus firmly opposed the devil".

jesus is standing there pointing at a slouching, hooded man.
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In the name of Jesus Christ
by stichione in
1. jw
2. friends
as members of the "other sheep" we were always taught to conclude our prayers with the words: "in jesus christ, amen".

what i don't get though is, why are we praying to god in jesus' name if jesus christ is not the mediator of the "other sheep" but only of the "little flock?

we are instead taught that only by associating ourselves with the watchtower society can we hopefully/maybe be saved.