Posts by cha ching

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Swearing on the bible

by Lost and adrift in

on the subject of truth.

..... i was always under the impression that one of the reasons jws couldn't do jury duty or go to court etc was that we were not allowed to swear on the bible.

..as in i swear to tell the truth the whole truth etc etc .

cha ching

Thank you Blondie, the quotes you find are gold!

"If a Christian feels that he can".... "a Christian may choose to comply" ..... He may feel that he can take such an oath" "There is no Scriptural objection to taking an oath. However"....... When asked to raise a hand or place it on the Bible, " a Christian may choose to comply" "Worshipers of the true God also allowed others to put them under oath"

and the best one: "if a Christian feels that he can and should answer a question put to him in such circumstances"

Notice all the caveats the WT has ready for themselves and others to employ?

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Article-Tennessean Newspaper (Nashville): "Bill ends shield for parents choosing prayer over medicine"

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2016/01/19/bill-removes-protections-parents-choosing-prayer-over-medicine/79001194/?from=global&sessionkey=&autologin=.

holly fletcher, [email protected] 5:26 p.m. cst january 19, 2016 .

a bill filed tuesday would remove a legal shield in tennessee for parents who reject medical treatment for children in favor of treatment by prayer.. it is a crime in tennessee to fail to provide medical care to children, with an exception, known as the spiritual treatment exemption act, for parents who want to rely on "spiritual means through prayer alone," according to state code.

cha ching

One "state" at a time ;-)

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WT Study 1/10/16 Encouraging Child Baptism And More Nonsense

by JW_Rogue in

i've noticed that each wt lesson really only has one or two points they want remembered.

normally they build up to these by about the third subheading.

this week's lesson though was different, the main point was insidiously made through an experience in the first paragraph:.

cha ching

Blackmail at it's finest!

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New WT pdf tells children to report. Irony?

by wifibandit in

pdf.

why won't watchtower tell abusers "i'm going to tell on you!

" and follow through with the proper authorities?

cha ching

In my experience, any one a child might tell has been trained to think, "We wouldn't want to bring reproach on Jehovah's name!"

.... I heard it myself..... the relative was more concerned about "the congregation" and "the organization" than the child who was abused.

So sad.

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New here

by MarkofCane in

hello and thanks to everyone for participating on this forum it has really been of much value, for those of you that post here know that your words are not lost you never know who is reading your expressions, lives are being changed and nonsense challenged.

i’m not much of a writer so excuse my untrained writing style and grammar but i want to share my story to help anyone who is visiting here to see that we are real people, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters who have come here for answers, there is no agenda, just searching for truth.

i hope my story will help others as so many here have helped me..

cha ching

Well, if you want to save your self some worry, problems, time and possible head cutting off.... get sick the week of his visit... OR 'get a job out of town'.... haha.... The more you meet, the more likely they will be to hunt you down. It never is really about 'how you are doing', it's really about what you are doing... right?

It is sad, but they have more questions to ask than a 2 year old, and they really, really 'want to keep the congregation clean.' Really..... don't meet.

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Very important, you must save JWs from dieing at Armageddon!

by Crazyguy in

every drop of breast milk has roughly 1 million white blood cells in it.

so the next time you see a jw drink milk or eating milk with his cereal etc.

you must run over and take it out of his/her hands and then give them a stern warning.

cha ching

I don't think it will work... If I was still a dub, I would reply, 'God made breast milk for kids, he knew that it has white blood cells, but he still forbid blood, and gave breast milk"...but, you never know????? maybe it will help some.

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New here

by MarkofCane in

hello and thanks to everyone for participating on this forum it has really been of much value, for those of you that post here know that your words are not lost you never know who is reading your expressions, lives are being changed and nonsense challenged.

i’m not much of a writer so excuse my untrained writing style and grammar but i want to share my story to help anyone who is visiting here to see that we are real people, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters who have come here for answers, there is no agenda, just searching for truth.

i hope my story will help others as so many here have helped me..

cha ching

Dear MarkofCane! Thanks for writing, it is so interesting to hear of what is helping people escape the mind control of "the Borg."....

I remember that assembly, those phrases, "Do you know????? You better!!!!!" (sounded like a scene out of Star Wars, haha) and later that year we had the article on "607 B.C.E"... that finally had references that could be checked... and we did... and that is how I came to look at 'history', family, and life differently too!

I have definitely have appreciated the support and the large wealth of knowledge here on this board also... It takes the power away from the WT, they can't keep you feeling 'crazy.' We have seen behind the curtain, and are talking with others who have been there too.

So, a 'cold winter of 2013 with a long coat'... and now it's 2016...

How old are you? are you on the east coast? and what happened after that? ..... if it's possible, please fill us in...

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