Topics Started by Bosho

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DF / DA and just "falling away"
by Bosho in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have always wondered why a person can sin and not be repentant (the reason they give for df) or can disassociate oneself and the congregation is to "shun them" but.... .

someone can be a baptised witness and not go for several months start doing things that would be considered a disfellowshipping offense (ie smoking etc) but the congregation doesn't have to "shun them".

surely this is a double standard.
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Demon questions
by truthseeker1 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have some questions for the techies out there:.

if demons hang out on websites waiting for unwitting jws to download them when they go to that particular website, do they travel faster over highspeed lines vs phone lines?.

are demons capped at a 56k transfer rate over a phone line?
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Scripture to Back Beliefs
by Gritsgirl in
1. watchtower
2. bible
we have close friends who secretly became jw's.

now that they are "out" they say that war is wrong and our son shouldn't join the military.

we know that war is not what god wants, however, we need scripture to back defending our country and protecting our loved ones.
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One Witness Policy
by Bosho in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hey,.

i would be grateful to anyone who could give me some feed back on the "one witness policy".. i can't get over how if someone is convicted by a court of law for abuse, but denies it to the elders then they can't be disfellowshipped.

i've spoken to most of my family over this and several elders, they (mostly, apart from the true die-hards) all find it hard to accept.. surely this is no different from the catholics who don't ex-communicate.. surely they have to do something about this.. .
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"Shepherd the Flock" book.
by Bosho in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hey,.

i'm relatively new here and wondered if any ex-elders (or indeed anyone who knows) could tell me what's so secret about the "shepherd the flock" book.. what is in that book that they don't want ordinary publishers to see?.

i haven't met an elder yet that can give me a good answer as to why it's kept so quiet.. any help would be gratefully received.
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Get aload of this..
by Xandria in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this is crazy.. just go under each topic on this sight and read.

it speaks on each topic we have touched on in this forum and bascially gives thier "answer" and thoughts as silly as some are.

xandria
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NGO ? Please help!
by Bosho in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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i've only just joined but i would be grateful if you could give me some information on this ngo business.. i live in england, am completly ignorant and no nothing about the un (everything i learnt in school went in one ear and out the other as did much else i learnt!).

i would be grateful if someone could explain what ngo is exactly and how jw's were involved with it.. much appreciated.
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Are any of you actually witnesses here?
by A_Revelation in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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how can all of you say that you are disgusted etc when you dont know any thing about the organisation?.

im sure you didnt really worry before but now you are all acting upset etc.. i stress to say that it is accusations not fact.. i am 16 and found the program annoying in the fact that we were portrayed completely wrong.. the bbc could say what they liked.. i think that people should be more sincere and less assuming.. thanks, mark
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WIlliams Sisters Wimbleton final!
by Rihannsu in
1. social
2. current
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another amazing double standard by the society, the william sisters (serena, venus) are allowed to take part in competitive sports while we are told to not do so, and are encouraged not to take part in school activities soccer, football, tennis etc.... its very funny here we are seing venus waiving the american flag during the olympics and we are told not to be nationalistic and not to cheer for a nation over another nation.. the society is double faced and i will be sending a letter to them in the near future about this issues above, i am an active witness (barely) still although im ashamed to be one.
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News in KM , dfd,
by happy man in
1. jw
2. friends
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we have a bigg artikel in km abot our wuie on how to treat them in diffrent situations, not so much new things, but they confirm this harder treatment on dfd, as we have 1981.. not so happy for this, i think it is a bigg misstake to dont take this occasion to change to some more loving wuie.i can not follow why they do like this perhaps they are draw this to the end of the lione, but who are take the punnish for this, if not the averge jw, who i think dont like this so very much.. so i can not follow who they think, perhaps we have wolfs among us, who hurt ther members.. .