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  Parallels between Catholic and JW sex abuse scandals?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  is anyone well versed in the parallels between the policies in the respective groups that have led directly to this problem, how they have dealt with the problem, how they have/haven't reformed?.

  how has catholic church had the same problems as jw?.

  how has catholic church been worse in their policies than jw?.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  Is anyone well versed in the parallels between the policies in the respective groups that have led directly to this problem, how they have dealt with the problem, how they have/haven't reformed?

  How has Catholic church had the same problems as JW?

  How has Catholic church been worse in their policies than JW?

  How has Catholic church been better in their policies than JW?

  As anyone knows, you can't directly criticize the JW to a JW. But you can criticize the Catholic church all day to a JW.

  If you can establish the rights and wrongs of this issue with respect the the Catholic church, you can then bring up questions about the JW that will show how they have caused this problem and dealt with it inadequately.
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  A jw snopes type web site?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  any who have checked out snopes.com, know that it is a very effective baloney detection device.

  it is amazing how many phoney stories end up coming some so many credible sources.

  for the dubs, the urban legend serves an important function of protecting and bolstering their faith.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  I left a tract up a donkeys arse and the vet became a dub' ones

  Ok, this response was reason alone for starting this thread.
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  A jw snopes type web site?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  any who have checked out snopes.com, know that it is a very effective baloney detection device.

  it is amazing how many phoney stories end up coming some so many credible sources.

  for the dubs, the urban legend serves an important function of protecting and bolstering their faith.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  Those are great Fore, I read those and suddenly became convinced that it really is the truth.
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  A jw snopes type web site?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  any who have checked out snopes.com, know that it is a very effective baloney detection device.

  it is amazing how many phoney stories end up coming some so many credible sources.

  for the dubs, the urban legend serves an important function of protecting and bolstering their faith.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  I did check out this site http://www.freeminds.org/stories/urbanlore.htm

  It had some urban legends, but others were more along the lines of "funny things that happened when I was a dub".

  For example one of the urban legends I heard when I was first studying, was about this gang member who became a dub, and then turned himself in for all these murders. When he was in prison he ran into some rival gang member and told him he couldn't fight with him because he was a dub now. The rival gang member told him not to worry. He was a dub to. Hugs.

  Or another one I keep hearing from all these dubs, is how they personally were studying with a minister who admitted that he wasn't teaching wasn't the truth. But he couldn't quit because his church would fail and this was his liveyhood. Alas, he cared more for money than serving God. See, all other churches are apart of Satan's org! They even know it isn't true!
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  A jw snopes type web site?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  any who have checked out snopes.com, know that it is a very effective baloney detection device.

  it is amazing how many phoney stories end up coming some so many credible sources.

  for the dubs, the urban legend serves an important function of protecting and bolstering their faith.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  By urban legends do you mean the ones that they love to use at conventions?

  Yes, I would include those. Any story that is popular among dubs because it either validates their dream that they are in "the one true" religion, or one that appears to refute any realization that might invalidate that dream.

  I heard so many of them when I first studied with them. My urban legend light didn't go off for some reason. Then I heard someone here mention all of the jw urban legends, and the light came on. Now My urban legend detector is highly tuned.... thus my post.

  I think my favorite are all the "demonized smurf" stories. I think those are kind of outdated, or at least not very well known among newer dubs.

  Maybe I will get my kid a smurf, and then wait a few months for an older dub to spot it and freak out. It should make for a good show.

  CYP
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  JW urban legend? Has anyone heard of a JW clone group called "The Princes"

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a dub i know found some info about the christadelphians.

  it was quite remarekable to her that there was a group with so many ideas, so similar to the dubs.

  such a reailzation is a bit of a challenge to a dub, since they spend so much time fancying how unique they are.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  I respect your desire to be humble...

  ...but doggone it, take a compliment!
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  JW urban legend? Has anyone heard of a JW clone group called "The Princes"

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a dub i know found some info about the christadelphians.

  it was quite remarekable to her that there was a group with so many ideas, so similar to the dubs.

  such a reailzation is a bit of a challenge to a dub, since they spend so much time fancying how unique they are.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  I think I am going to start a new thread called,

  "Stump Blondie"

  We can all ask questions and see if there is anything that Blondie can't provide relevant info for.
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  A jw snopes type web site?

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  any who have checked out snopes.com, know that it is a very effective baloney detection device.

  it is amazing how many phoney stories end up coming some so many credible sources.

  for the dubs, the urban legend serves an important function of protecting and bolstering their faith.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  Any who have checked out Snopes.com, know that it is a very effective baloney detection device. It is amazing how many phoney stories end up coming some so many credible sources.

  For the dubs, the urban legend serves an important function of protecting and bolstering their faith. Wouldn't it be handy to have a jw snopes type web site that tells you the origin, veracity, and function of ALL the known jw urban legends.

  This is one of those, "here is a good idea that I am to lazy and/or to busy to do, so I hope someone else does it" type threads.
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  JW urban legend? Has anyone heard of a JW clone group called "The Princes"

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a dub i know found some info about the christadelphians.

  it was quite remarekable to her that there was a group with so many ideas, so similar to the dubs.

  such a reailzation is a bit of a challenge to a dub, since they spend so much time fancying how unique they are.

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  Check_Your_Premises

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  What are the names of the THREE PERSONS in God ?

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  Jehovah, Jesus-Christ, and Eugene Richer dit Laflèche.

  -5-

  Sounds like when these guys met and joined the dubs, it was a classic "My cult leader can beat up your cult leader" type situation.
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  JW urban legend? Has anyone heard of a JW clone group called "The Princes"

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a dub i know found some info about the christadelphians.

  it was quite remarekable to her that there was a group with so many ideas, so similar to the dubs.

  such a reailzation is a bit of a challenge to a dub, since they spend so much time fancying how unique they are.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  That might be the source of the urban legend.

  I think a key element has to be "there was a church with similar teachings, but they then realize that the jw are really the right one"

  The purpose is to make it seem like if some group just dummies into the jw teachings on their own (Ethiopian eunichs without somebody to explain it all to them), as soon as they are exposed to the jw they quickly realize jw is the "right one"

  JW urban legends kill me.

  next time I hear one, I am thinking of saying, "did you know this person?" When they say "no it is a friend who told me this story"?

  I will say, "a friend of a friend, hey that sounds like an urban legen!"