James_Slash
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talking to my Mom about the JW's - I need some help
by James_Slash infirstly, i left the jw's about 5 years ago.. my mom is still in.. i've spoken to her on a number of issues and even though she has doubts that the jw's are the 'true' religion, mainly due to the paedophile scandal and the generation changes, she said to me today that "if the jw's are not the true religion, then who is?
" she also stated that it was jesus' command in the bible to "preach the good news of the kingdom - only jw's do that".. what can i come back with?.
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JW Monopoly board game LOL
by James_Slash inhttp://www.ministrygallery.com/english/games.htm.
i had to laugh when i saw this.
its called house2house.
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What book did you study which brought you into the org? Is it now defunct?
by James_Slash ini think we can all gather that given the major doctrinal changes over the past few decades, a lot of books are now defunct for one reason or another whether that be doctrinal changes or simply that they are now inaccurate in line with todays teachings.. so which book convinced you that it was the 'truth' and brought you into the organisation and is it now defunct?.
mine was the knowledge that leads to everlasting life published in 2000. i don't know for sure, but i can't imagine that this book is completely accurate given the changes recently regarding generation..
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Rudolfo Albert Deleon
by James_Slash infrom scarborough evening news 1999-2000. paedophile jailed.
a jehovahs witness who carried out a series of sexual assaults against young girls has been jailed.. rudolfo albert deleon, 24 of esplanade gardens scarborough admitted 14 charges of indecency.. he was sentenced to 3 years, 11 months in prison.
his sentence was handed down by judge paul hoffman at leeds crown court yesterday.. church elder chris atkinson told scarborough evening news: "child abuse is abhorrent to us jehovahs witnesses and no-one involved in this crime has any place in our membership.
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Scarborough, UK JW Paedophile around 1999-2000?
by James_Slash ini'm just looking to see if anyone was aware of this.. i was a jw at the time and me, my friend and my mother would often attend the scarborough, south bay congregation whenever we were on vacation - probably over a 3-year-period.. around 1999-2000 we went there and there was an american 'brother' present who had married a 'sister' who he had met at the new york bethel when she had visited.
both he and she were regular pioneers.
you could tell that the congregation held them in the very highest regard.. i remember on the thursday night during the service meeting they got him on the platform and he told the whole congregation how he emptied the bins at bethel but enjoyed doing it for jehovah.
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Michael Porter
by James_Slash inthe last we heard about him was that he was enjoying a laugh and a joke with fellow believers and currently residing in wimbledon congregation in london after 24 counts of child abuse.. a few of us wrote to the newspapers and local media.. did any of us hear anything back?
does anyone know if this piece of scum has been 'outed' yet?.
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Charity status - discrimination
by James_Slash insomeone told me this the other day.. does anyone know if it is true that to hold charity 'status' that you cannot discriminate against colour, creed, sexual preference, disability etc etc?.
surely the wtbts go against these 'rules' by disfellowshipping homosexuals or discriminating against the mentally ill?.
just a thought..
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The Amish
by James_Slash ini watched an interesting programme last night on the amish religion.
i remember watching the film "witness" many years ago with harrison ford so i already had an insight into what sort of people they were.. they seem a peaceful, family/community orientated group who stick to the teachings in the bible like glue.
when jesus spoke about 'being separate from the world' surely no-one could have followed this more than the amish.
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My Moms shepherding call re: the organisation
by James_Slash inthe elder in addition to the paedophile problem stated that not even "half" of the jw's at meetings are "proper witnesses".
he said the lifestyle of many are ruining the organisation for the majority.. i thought it was most interesting that despite his gripes with the religious leaders, jesus still used the temple to communicate with god despite eventually god removing his blessing from the jewish nation.. he intimated that eventually this would happen with the jw's.
its a funny comment for an elder to make..
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My Moms shepherding call last night re: Paedophiles
by James_Slash inmy mom had a shepherding call last night from two elders.. she raised the issue of the paedophile problem within the organisation.. the elder admitted that the problem "was very real" and that at conventions in particular they have all paedophiles present under strict watch by the attendants/watchers - not allowing them to go to the toilet alone.. he also admitted that the elders know all paedophiles who are present at conventions and meetings and that much work 'goes on' behind the scenes to reduce the risk.. however, he did admit that there was nothing that could be done about them and that they were entitled to attend public meetings.
he said that 'their hands were tied'.. what are your thoughts?.