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Canadian Court Protects JW Minor
by Lee Elder inhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jehovahs-witness-blood-transfusion-1.4299992.
clearly the right move by this doctor and court.
unfortunately, the watchtower continues to try and argue that so called "mature minors" (11-17 years old) should be allowed to follow their irrational policy on blood, even if death could result.
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Russell and the Jehovah's Witnesses are mentioned in article: "Will the world end on Saturday?"
by pseudoxristos ingoogle news featured the following article.
will the world end on saturday?...then there were the followers of charles taze russell, a 19th-century preacher who looked for jesus’ return and the resurrection of the dead (christians only, please) in 1878 (and again in 1914).
they became jehovah’s witnesses, who now ring doorbells around the world (and are persecuted for it in some places — looking at you, russia).
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How Jesus Became Christian
by EdenOne injust wanted to share an interesting read.. i have purchased the ebook "how jesus became christian" by historian and philosopher barrie a. wilson.. it's a book by a scholar but it's not written in dense academic language, thus, is easily readable by the general public (unlike, for example, the incredibly dense "james, the brother of jesus", by robert eisenman).
in this book, wilson invites the reader to inquiry how the 'jesus movement' and his early followers, entirely part of the jewish framework, became metamorphosed into the 'christ movement' that rejected the torah, and was much more related to mystical religions of the greco-roman world.
how did this change came about?
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Something that doesn't get discussed all that much...
by Vidiot in...but i believe is relevant:.
just how much is the watchtower organization's "business model" dependent on its tax-exempt status?.
is it truly sustainable without it?.
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What would be most likely...
by The freewheeling inwhat statement to the elders would get you disfelloshipped fastest?
saying.... a) that you don't believe in god anymore.
or saying ... b) that you don't believe that the governing body is god's canal and mouthpiece anymore.. what opinion is most serious in there eyes?
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What is Nature's most perfect food?
by compound complex ingreetings, gourmands of the forum!.
i agree with garfield, but mayo comes in a close second.
slathering my pasta with an inch of best foods real mayonnaise (hellman's, east of the rockies) is close to heaven for me.
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Chile Flag on a Kingdom Hall while Meeting was Happening: 2017 Video
by ILoveTTATT2 inwe finally have the video that i had been waiting for.... a video of the chilean flag on the kingdom hall showing a meeting happening while the flag was there on the kingdom hall.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uel3otw6gemthis year we got a record three kingdom halls with pictures and videos with the flag..
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"The battle for your mind" july 17 WT
by Bad_Wolf inthis is such a strange article.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2017488.
notice the parts about one won't get truth if it's spoon fed.
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How do the foreign language Congregations find people to call on?
by UnshackleTheChains inok. i had a fascinating conversation with one of my polish colleagues at work.
she knows i'm a jdub and an activist as have filled her in warts and all about watchtower.. she came up to me today explaining how a couple of polish witnesses came to her door.
she was curious as to how they knew to call on her door knowing she was polish.
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Any new style Video Funeral yet?
by Lostandfound inthe appalling funeral outlines over the years quickly skip over the personal details of the deceased, on to the wt advertising and use of the opportunity to mesmerise a captive audience.
but is a video of caleb and sophia mourning their grandparents on the way, “we sure miss grandad but how thrilling his donation example was...” do sisters gyrate to the music and clap hands, is the new light style witness meeting by video on the way, dont bother going to bro xs funeral, it on jw.dead broadcasting, with a page up to show his will bequests to the wt, ranked by amount, 5 star funeral over £10,000 bequest in will, no bequest a one line mention.
so much changed, dead witnesses would be horrified by changes, for the poorer witness with no meney left to wt overlapping online funerals for lots of poor people at once, no individual ceremony.