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2015-10-26 BOE Re: Video Equipment in Kingdom Halls
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
pdf.

the date of the letter is october but it was just released today, 2015-12-22..
Oubliette

Thanks
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Video: 607 & 1914 Why These Dates Matter to Jehovah's Witnesses
by LevelThePlayingField in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is a great video.

i think it's his best work so far.

everything you ever wanted to know about 607 in 30 minutes.
Oubliette

If that 607BCE date can be proven wrong, down goes their central Last Days doctrine based on beginning on 1914.
Really? You don't think the fact that Armageddon hasn't come isn't enough? Or the fact that there's been six different teachings on the meaning of the word "generation"?
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2014-12-17-BOE-Children Give Up Your Pocket Money!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
petra!

2015-12-17-boe already, you dear brothers have done so well, sending gifts both large and small.

for in-stance, two children, five and seven years old, sent their pocket money to help build our new bethel instead of going to the circus, writing, "this is much better than that!
Oubliette

Stealing candy from a baby!
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Video: 607 & 1914 Why These Dates Matter to Jehovah's Witnesses
by LevelThePlayingField in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is a great video.

i think it's his best work so far.

everything you ever wanted to know about 607 in 30 minutes.
Oubliette

Here's everything you need to know about 607 in two words: It's 587!
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JW's have he lowest tolerance for LGBT
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to a pew research survey ... and it has evolved little since 2007.. eden.
Oubliette

The results of this Pew Survey only highlight what we already know about JW culture in regards to LGBTIQA people and anyone that supports them.
A couple of months ago, Wizzstick started a thread in response to the CO's outline for the current meetings with the bodies of elders. The concluding part of that outline had the controversial section: Concerns Regarding Conduct, Dress and Grooming.
That part of the outline focused on more than just dress and grooming, specifically addressing "effeminate traits … in one's bearing, body language and manner of speech" referring to such as "gender-blurring characteristics."

This directive from the WT leadership is only superficially dealing with outward appearances. It is indeed an attack on the behaviors and ultimately the identity of individuals who may or may not be gay, but are perceived to be by intrusive, overzealous elders who have now been given permission to go on a crusade against anyone that dresses, acts or talks in a way they don't like.
Very disturbing indeed!
Let's review: It's a cult!
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Being positively recognized
by menrov in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi, for over a year, i stopped attending meeting and field service.

actually, passively disassociated from the congregation.

but i did not stop reading and doing my own research.
Oubliette

I have worked in the same school district for nearly a decade. When I started working there I was still an elder (this was at the end of my waking up to TTATT period).
Now, nearly six years since my leaving the religion, several people--none of whom know about my JW past--have commented on how much nicer, more relaxed and easy going I am.
Go figure.
By their fruits you will recognize them: It's a cult!
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JW's have he lowest tolerance for LGBT
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to a pew research survey ... and it has evolved little since 2007.. eden.
Oubliette

In news that is surprising to absolutely no one!
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A little humor
by Greybeard in
1. jw
2. friends
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Oubliette

Nice!
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A little humor
by Greybeard in
1. jw
2. friends
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Oubliette

Danaus plexippus, very appropriate!
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Brave New W0rld of Education - The Regressive Left
by cofty in
1. social
2. current
i found this to be a thought-provoking film on the trend in higher education.. oubliette drew my attention to a brilliant article recently called "the coddling of the american mind".

please have a look at the film, click the link and check out the links in the article.

i would love to hear your thoughts.. ...
Oubliette

LUHE: As Talesin said, education should be about teaching people how to think, not what to think.
"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." - Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist
"THERE is a difference—a big difference—between education and propaganda. Education shows you how to think. Propaganda tells you what to think." - Awake!, June 22, 2000, p. 9

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Danaus plexippus, very appropriate!