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  Good article - Are Jehovah's Witnesses a religious Ponzi scheme?

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  www.the-newshub.com/general/are-jehovahs-witness-a-religious-ponzi-scheme

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  carla

  Thanks!
  
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  jws deny shunning, yet lie to not look bad

  by Ghiagirl in

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  2. experiences

  i recently decided to take matters into my own hands with my husbands family who have nothing to do with us.

  his mom has seen my son twice since he has been born and his dad has never met him.

  his family will pop in every few months, on top of that like in my last post ask for for money.

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  carla

  Why on earth would you want grandparents like that to have anything whatsoever to do with your children? Surely you have seen the posts here and elsewhere how grandma/pa try to convert the grandchildren, tell the grandchildren that the parents (their own children) are filled with satan or will be destroyed at the big A or try to sneak them to the kh while in their care.

  Protect your children from people like this, you all will be better off now and in the future.

  Communities and nursing homes are filled with lonely older adults who would love to become surrogate grandparents.

  If the jw grandparents are willing to visit in YOUR home and have normal non religious (no mention of jw's, jehovah, etc..) play games, eat with the ENTIRE family and so forth that would be one thing but if they cannot or will not then you have some hard decisions to make.
  
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  You are tomato sauce...

  by rrb2016 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wife and i went to the memorial strictly out of respect for my mother-in-law last night.

  luckily our 20 month-old grand-baby was restless and making noise, so i quickly volunteered to take him in the back.

  so i didn't have to listen to the presentation.

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  carla

  Was this at every kh? or just this particular kh?

  I wanna hear more goofy analogies from their most holy day of their year! People wait all year to hear stuff like this?!
  
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  Disturbing/Puzzling Skit at JW Function Last Night Plus Odd Choice of Music

  by Cadellin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i attended a fairly large jw gathering last night with my active, elder husband.

  it was a good-by party for a former special pioneer couple who have been demoted to reg pios and have now moved to a larger city to find work.

  anyway, there was music and skits.

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  carla

  I thought they weren't supposed to be doing these sort of get togethers anymore?
  
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  Happy Resurrection Sunday

  by Perry in

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  2. friends

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  wishing everyone a happy resurrection sunday.... from my family to yours!.

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  carla

  Happy Easter!
  
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  Disturbing/Puzzling Skit at JW Function Last Night Plus Odd Choice of Music

  by Cadellin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i attended a fairly large jw gathering last night with my active, elder husband.

  it was a good-by party for a former special pioneer couple who have been demoted to reg pios and have now moved to a larger city to find work.

  anyway, there was music and skits.

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  carla

  oh yuck, that's all I can say.

  As for 'Imagine', the lyrics say,

  "...Imagine there's no countries
  It isn't hard to do
  Nothing to kill or die for
  And no religion too
  Imagine all the people
  Living life in peace..."

  Would that include jw's?
  
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  Disturbance during Memorial 2016.

  by Ben131895 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  two documented disturbances during memorial 2016. type 'memorial 2016' on youtube.

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  carla

  do you suppose they counted the guy who ate & drank? ha, just kidding.
  
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  Haemaphilliac Doctor talks of JW neighbours cruelty

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i got my fingers burnt last time i copied a post from reddit, but this one made me so mad i had to show you guys.

  i think its possible that the witnesses antagonism was exaggerated in his child's mind, never-the-less any nastiness to a sick child is beyond the pale.

  the hospital i trained in lost nearly every last one of its 500 haemaphilliacs to aids - i think around 30 survived from this era.http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/when-doctors-need-doctors-after-dodging-death-sentence-looking-cure.

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  carla

  "Whatever you say about Witnesses at least they are always respectful to outsiders."- you have got to be kidding?!

  As for saying the jw's think people go to hell that doesn't surprise me at all, non jw's get confused with jw doctrines and often will say a jw thinks everybody will go to hell but them. They do not understand that jw's do not believe in hell but rather soul sleep and simply getting extinguished at the big A if you are not good enough. Even after explaining that jw's do not believe in hell the non jw will ask something like, "well, where do they think you go after you die? what happens to you (meaning your soul)?" and "well, if there is no hell then they can just do whatever they want, right?"
  

  After 100+ years of knocking on peoples doors you would think they could have at least got this one concept across to the public. But they don't, they hide that at the doors if possible because many people do believe that something continues on after death, not just a memory of you in which jah will clone you or re-create you. It is a deal breaker for many if they knew that off the bat when talking to a jw at the door and I believe jw's know that and that is why so few understand what jw's believe.jw's are not honest at the doors.
  

  If jw's were honest at the doors it would go like this-

  "Hi, we are jw's and we want you to join our organization. The following will be required of you-

  You must believe all things from our gov body without question

  You will not celebrate any holidays, ever

  You will not vote

  You will be prepared to commit suicide if necessary by not accepting blood

  You will be prepared to kill your children by not accepting blood

  You will put aside any thoughts of having a soul that continues after death

  You will treat others who are df'd with contempt even if you do not know what they did to deserve being df'd

  You will dress and wear your hair according to what our gb tells us is appropriate

  You will have sex in only gb approved ways

  You may not join a YMCA

  You will attempt to restrict your friendships to jw's

  You will go to all meetings to prove your spirituality

  You will keep up with our ever changing doctrines and practices
  

  You will spend every Saturday knocking on peoples doors and try to get them to join our org and you will keep a record of this activity and turn it in on a timely basis.
  

  You will not be allowed to talk to Jesus, if you have previously been prone to pray to Jesus you will cut it out immediately! That is strictly prohibited.
  

  Now this just a start, after 6 months or more of studying with us you must get baptized, then we can use your baptism as a weapon to control you and your family. You will also learn many other doctrines we believe and you must believe wholeheartedly and without question. So how about it? would you like to join our organization?"

  Now that would be an honest presentation.
  
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  Deleware child abuse case major implications

  by poopie in

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  2. friends

  follow case it may change judicial comittees

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  carla

  I hope this makes national news but won't hold my breath.
  
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  Why the Deficit at the Circuit Assembly?

  by JT-LadyC in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  have you ever wondered why there is always a deficit at the circuit assembly?

  did you realize that before the program begins, the circuit is already in the red?

  many of the friends thought they were paying for the use of the building and covering the costs of the utilities, etc.

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  carla

  I gotta mark this to listen to when my jw is not around