I thought the Watchtower allowing the witnesses in Malawi to get beaten, killed, women and children raped over a political card while allowing witnesses in Mexico to bribe officials for a military card was the most heinious. All so they could hold their land interests in Mexico. What a bunch of first class A-holes!!!! I think there are a lot of crimes that are at the top.
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The Watchtower's Most Heinious, Vile Crime
by TMS ini described myself recently as no longer angry.. that was a lie.. i am angry at the way jehovah's witnesses treat their most precious.
endowment; their young, developing, stumbling, exasperating, questioning, experimenting, growing,.
offspring.. at the very most urgent time in their young lives; when they need the.
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What Type Of Jehovah's Witness Were You, REALLY???
by minimus inmost jws seem to be "devout" in that they go to 5 meetings and out in field service.
yet, many also lived double lives.
were you a true-blue jw or were you a faker?
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Lived up to be a dub all the way. Elder, reg. pioneer. Developed aniexty(panic)attacks from the STRESS the WTBS puts on people. Recieved absolutely no help from anyone in the organization. No compassion, no understanding. Slowly faded away, cared less and less about the borg. because I couldn't live up to the expectations. BTW---Since leaving the borg. I'm "panic" free. The Watchtower causes all kinds of problems in peoples lives ,assumes no responsibility and kicks you to the sidewalk.
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Reading CRISIS of CONSCIENCE
by azaria inim borrowing it from the library and am almost half way through.
at times i have to put it down because it makes me so furious.
i had a difficult time getting into it at first because its definitely not an uplifting book.
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That were I am in the book. It makes one sad and angry to see so much needless sufering and not even an apology from the Watchtower.
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I would estimate 60% of elders and Min.Serv. in my circuit were related by blood. In 20 yrs. in the borg, I can only remember one elders child being Df', there were tons of others Df'd. One cong I was in was run by the elders wives. One elder presently isn't qaulified to walk a dog, yet his daddy has been a big deal elder for many years.
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catholic church
by prgirl79 inhi well here in massachusetts where i live they were announcing catholilc churches that would be closed, due to lack of priests, and financial difficulties due to the lawsuits.
i was thinking about jw's and how they like this, they talk about look at the catholic church and what they do.
i am not defending the catholic church, but used to get pissed when my ex and his parents would talk about how wrong the catholic churches and other churches are.
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Hi, prgirl79, nice to see someone from the Bay State!!
Just before I was Df'd. I went and talked to the local priest of the church I attended when I was young. Let me tell you, he was nicer than ANY elder or C.O. I talked with in 20 yrs of being a Witness. I served many years as an elder and he is a far better man than I was. I had written the church a letter of "disassociation", on the advice of the dubs and I was welcomed back into the church no questions asked. The dubs would make me sit in their kingdumb hall and not talk to me for months, maybe years. The Botchtower would do well to learn from the Catholic Church and admit its mistakes and try to reconcile with those that have been hurt by them. For years l listen to the dubs bash the Catholic church, yet I find Jehovahs Witnesses to be no better. Kingdumb hall closings would be nice to see, stick around it's not far away.
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How will gas prices affect the Watchtower Society?
by truthseeker inezekiel3 posted an interesting tidbit about max larson stopping the printing... .
president of the wtbts max larson formally stops the press at jehovah's witnesses' printery in brooklin, ny.
pictured below is press #4. with the sale of the furman street building and shipping methods changed to road freight, jws seems posed to evacuate their brooklin headquaters.
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Any burdens incured by the Watchtower will be carried by the local dubs. It's always been that way, why change now?
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"DF'ing does not prevent us from being decent,courteous,considerate,humane"
by Englishman in*** w74 8/1 pp.
466-473 maintaining a balanced viewpoint toward disfellowshiped ones *** .
13:1, 7.. 18 family members can carry out these scriptural obligations and yet not show themselves out of harmony with a congregational action disfellowshiping one of the family circle.
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I found Jehovah's Witnesses to be rude, unkind ,lack mercy, and discourteous when I was a Jw. You mean it gets better now that I'm DF'ed. Good to know!!
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How has your marriage been affected by leaving the WTS?
by Leander init's been exactly 2 years since i stopped attending jw meetings and it's taken a toll on my marriage.
i expected as much but i guess you can never really prepare for the pain you have to go through when one mate no longer believes in the same things they once did.
i think my wife has honestly tried hard (as have i) to make the relationship work but i think we're both realizing that there are some really large issues before us that will never be resolved.
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Leaving the WTS and going through a divorce at the same time was some of the worst hell I've ever been through. When you leave your an enemy of the Wts. They are like sharks finding blood in water. I thought i would never recover.
Being re-married with NO Watchtower is like heaven. Stress is less, sex is better, money is better, time together is better, family life is just plain better. There is nothing like sleeping in on Sunday morning and feeling great about it.
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Regulations Beyond Those Provided in the Scriptures
by Corvin ini found this on the official jw site:
conscience
jehovah's witnesses avoid making rules and regulations beyond those provided in the scriptures, and they do not follow traditions that contradict bible teachings.
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Keeping track of hours preached on a publishers record card. Low hours=weak publisher. All a person is worth to the Watchtower is their hours.
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Inside cover of the Botchtower "it is non-political" U.N. scandle with the Botchtower being an N.G.O. makes this statement totally false.