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  FYI, video aired 1/26/16 in Italy: Google translated title: "Shocking article on Jehovah's Witnesses , When a religion takes away freedom "

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.peoplexpress.it/2016/01/26/le-iene-pelazza-servizio-choc-sui-testimoni-di-geova-quando-una-religione-ti-toglie-la-liberta-video/.

  google translated into english below.

  article in italian at the end.

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  Did you go to your ASSIGNED congregation?

  by Zoos in

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  the rule was (is) that you go to your assigned congregation.. growing up, i think our family was in our assigned congregation only one of three times.

  the family made two major moves when i was a kid and each time my folks would visit the various congregations in the area and pick the one with the most kids.

  given our association restrictions with the world, they wanted to make sure we had plenty of friends.. i have to give them credit where due.

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  The rule was (is) that you go to your assigned congregation.

  Growing up, I think our family was in our assigned congregation only one of three times. The family made two major moves when I was a kid and each time my folks would visit the various congregations in the area and pick the one with the most kids. Given our association restrictions with the world, they wanted to make sure we had plenty of friends.

  I have to give them credit where due. They even stood up to an elder in one congregation who told us we didn't belong there. My dad got in his face and said THIS is where we choose to be.

  And so it was.
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  What do you think of the phrase " You don't have all the facts, and I am not in a position to tell you what I know"?

  by KateWild in

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  what do you think of the phrase " you don't have all the facts, and i am not in a position to tell you what i know"?.

  has this phrase ever been used with you?

  i have my own opinions at present but i don't want to express them yet as they are subject to change.. kate xx.

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  Sounds like a good comeback to a snoopy elder.
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  I am SO tempted ! to join the FSM Church !

  by Phizzy in

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  the netherlands has recognized the church of the flying spagetti monster as an official religion !!.

  i am so tempted to join it openly, and see what the reaction of the jw's is, surely they should df me for joining another religion?.

  but how silly would that make them look !

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  They couldn't possibly look any sillier than a Flying Spaghetti Monster devotee.

  Go for it!
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  OMG....the watchtardedness of the CLAM. ( Cult Lies and Manipulation )

  by DATA-DOG in

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  as we all know, the clam reeks of propaganda and lunacy (sniff...sniff...mmmmm...smells like the gb's meeting room.

  what did dubs glean from the clam that washed ashore this week?

  according to the book of ezra, jeehoober is so fearful of competition, that he banishes wives and even small children.

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  Island Man

  
  

  I can't wait to use that..... somewhere, some how.

  
  

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  A cracking good JC! This is how it's done, folks.

  by Island Man in

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  in this jc the couple accused of apostasy, lay down some inconvenient and incontestable truths about the organization's teachings that leave the elders speechless - as far as them mustering any efforts to refute them.

  oh and by the way, do you remember what geoffrey jackson said at the australian royal commission when he was asked about an inactive jw being called to account if the elders stopped by and find him celebrating the holiday?

  don't worry if you've forgotten because the couple mentions it to the elders, you know, seeing as it's the very same reason why they're being accused of apostasy, thus proving geoffrey jackson's statements to be false!.

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  I'll have to watch this later.

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  God's Holy Spirit - Contradiction?

  by sincerelymine in

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  here's the backstory: a jw posted a thread in /r/debatereligion basically allowing the community to ask him anything.

  things got realer than he expected, i think.

  someone brought up the failed predictions and asked if they would qualify as false prophecy(1 john 4:1).

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  Let's assume for a moment that the bible IS the inerrant word of God. He used imperfect men to write it just like the governing body claims to be used (directed) by God (holy spirit) when it writes the literature.

  Inspired, directed... whatever. The claim of "truth from God" is the same.

  How many times, then, has the bible needed to be updated, changed, flip-flopped or adjusted due to new light?

  According to the scriptures, when God uses men to write something, He sees to it they get it right the first time.
  

  
  

  
  

  Welcome to the forum, SINCERELYMINE. Looking forward to your participation.
  
  
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  Have you got a cow that you could sell ?

  by pepperheart in

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  have you got a cow that you could sell for the gb they really really need the money

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  Farm animals for salvation is not unheard of in JW land. This story from the 2011 Yearbook, p.117 (Papua New Guinea)

  ▪ WHILE staying with a friend, I saw a copy of the book The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life. I read a few chapters and asked him if I could have it. “Give me a chicken, and it’s yours,” he replied. The exchange was made, and I took the book home and read it carefully. Before long, I was telling others about the wonderful things I had learned...
  

  
  
  
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  Hello, I'm new here too!

  by redpilltwice in

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  hi everybody, 1st post here.

  20 years jw, elder for 6 years, regular pioneer for 3 years, have always been following the 2012 candace conti abuse case with much interest, especially since the case suddenly disappeared from www.watchtower.com's news section (thanks brother j. r. brown, office of public information, because it led me to "worldly" websites for more info), leading to more and more dissatisfaction , leading to jwfacts, jwsurvey, ad1914, wtdocuments etc., leading to my awakening about 4 months ago, now fading faster and faster to zero meetings and zero field service...and you know what?

  it feels good!.

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  SOoo, Watchtower's desire to withhold information on their website is what caused them to lose yet another.... That probably didn't work out the way they envisioned.

  Welcome to the forum.
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  Umbertoecho here.

  by umbertoecho in

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  hello people.. i'm tired and a bit sick at the moment but i can't let anyone think that this is going to go away.... i am able to tell you a few things in order to prevent any confusion in the minds of those who are thinking that nothing will come of this arc;that nothing will effect the wtbts in america and other places.. i have been there and given my testimony.

  helen milroy and her assistants were there along with another group of people who are there to lend assistance if you crack up at any time during or after the hearing.

  i did not crack up but can see how this happens.. security is tight and anonymity is sacred to them as they want to protect all who come forward.

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  HOW ARE YOU RIGHT NOW, Umber? Are you settled? Healthy? Stable? You've been through a lot. Are you okay?

  
  

  ... and thank you, for what you did.