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  Don't touch ark of covenant

  by Chook in

  1. watchtower
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  i raised an issue with a co once about an elders qualifications, he visited my house and in no uncertain terms said don't touch ark of covenant ( referring to elder as ark ) , i was gob smacked then he said to wife and i that if we pursued such an avenue we could be grieving gods holy spirit.

  so ther you go elder are on par with god ..

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  Moral of the story ? When you see an elder falling, quite literally, do not reach out to try and stop him from hitting the hard concrete !
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  After Being Out for 17 Years He is Back In again!!!

  by new boy in

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  2. friends

  i called a guy i haven talked with for over two years yesterday.

  i met him at bethel back in the 1970's.

  david b was known as the g job king back then.

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  This has got to be marked !
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  Puerto Rico Special Convention 2016 Video

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never a jw.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6289070416199680/dressed-up-five-days-ahead-special-assembly-puerto-rico.

  an hour ago i went to bid good bye my two brothers in law and their wives (all elders/elderettes).

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  @ Scratchme 1010 "I cannot fathom me growing up a JW in Puerto Rico seeing something like that, ever! I remember some elders going on and on and on about the Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena music having roots in African worshiping of deities and therefore being Satan's music."

  Get with the programme, mate. The light just got brighter in JW land ! "Jehovah is a happy God and he wants his people to be happy too". Got a problem with that ? LMAO !!! The things people are willing to believe once they have handed over their intelligence and critical thinking to the JW Organisation !

  I'm with you on this, mate, I think the organisation is now desperately "papering over cracks".
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  Touching scene from angel-A

  by sillygirlforgotpassword in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was going through a pretty rough patch the last couple of weeks after a breakup, a "vacation" spent at my parents, some health scares and other random thoughts the realization i'm not 25 and as toned and consistently fresh faced anymore (feel free to call me shallow because that i am ;).

  i fully agree that we aren't to worry about aging, but aging gracefully!

  2 weeks at home spent being harassed by my parents for not being up to the spiritual mark didn't help either.

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  scoobydont

  This is quite moving. Makes the eyes steam up a bit recalling the days when one was in quite similar situation.

  Grateful to have survived those days. And I hope you pull through your "dark tunnel" safely and soon enough.

  Have a great day.
  
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  Hello everyone! I am new here and want to tell you about myself - my bio

  by Hollywood20 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.

  i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.

  my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.

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  scoobydont

  Dear Hollywood, I was quite sad and angry, at the same time, as I read your story.

  Sadly, the way I see it, there is no quick fix to the problem. Since you have already made one great sacrifice for your mum and the WTS, the only real option now is to settle back into the congregation and keep up the charade of believing in the Watchtower nonsense while, all the time, looking for a full time job that would enable you to put some money aside while living rent -free with mum. Yep, someone's got to pay for your escape !

  Once you've got enough money put away, you can come back here to get some counsel on ways to wake up your mum to TTATT. I would leave it at that for now. You don't want to do anything rash only to be disfellowshipped and then shunned by all who ever knew you ! That is something I believe you're not quite set to deal with at this point.

  Keep the courage and do not underestimate the amount of support that you can get on this forum. Since leaving the WTS, I find that this site has become like a new "religion" to me. Lol !

  Cheer up young one, you can pull this off nicely!
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  AUSTRALIA – Artemis Legal launches inquiry into group and class action lawsuits against Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by jwleaks in

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  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses - group action lawyers fighting for justice | artemis legal .

  artemis legal | watchtower claims.

  13 october 2015 .

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  @ The Old Hippie: "I get the impression the lawyers sense blood in the water.

  Or rather money in the pocket."

  I wouldn't lose any sleep over that. The way I see it, it's just one wolf in sheep clothing taking chunks out of another wolf in sheep clothing. If the end result leads to an awakening of some JWs, that end will have justified the means !
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  oh dear....

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bhhs5lhr00.

  words.....just cant find the words......

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  Is this the new poster boy for JWs ? You can just picture the conversation around this "cool" and "super inspirational" video when a few JW families get together on a Saturday evening to share "spiritual encouragement" over some bottles of lemonade and doritos! I certainly don't miss those tedious evenings!

  How I would love to hear from this kid and his chums in the video, in a few years' time, when they become filled up with raging hormones!
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  JW.org does partial U-turn over Awake! magazine Rama Singh misquote

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  posted on april 19, 2015http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/jw-org-does-partial-u-turn-over-awake-magazine-rama-singh-misquote

  jw.org has removed their misquote of rama singh from digital versions of awake!

  magazine.

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  This is sooo marked !!! Thanks to the OP.
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  Another Scientist Misquoted - October 2015 Awake - Scientist Response

  by FadingTruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  october 2015 awake article writes:.

  this experiment led jeffrey h. schwartz, a professor of anthropology, to conclude that while adaptation may help a species survive under changing circumstances, it is not creating anything new.. email response from scientist to reddit user myxomatosis_.

  reddit user u/opinionmill pointed out in another thread that they've used the quote before:.

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  scoobydont

  This site never lets me down with great contributions like this one!

  Thanks for sharing.
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  Yearbook - will they drop figures that show a decline?

  by freddo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?

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  scoobydont

  You're having a laugh, aren't you? Or, is that just wishful thinking? You well know that hell would freeze over first !