Topics Started by Driving Force

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Classic situation at Circuit Assembly Day
by freddo in
1. jw
2. friends
so i've just skived off to the car park half way through our assembly day - what a classic morning.. i'm sat right behind an early-teen kid with some sort of special needs (autistic?

) who's sat with what looks like his late-30's harassed single parent mother.

(or married to an unbelieving mate?
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Just Bumped Into My JW Sister And Brother In Town
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
so im walking through town today on my lunchbreak and spot the unmistakable walk of my younger brother.

this is the one who left watchtower... well it turns out he's returned to the vomit after stupidly turning up to the 2017 convention and a few elders filling his head with seeing our dead dad in paradise and to "wait on jehovah".. a few meters behind him was my sister.

she spotted me first, then hurried up her step to my brother.
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is armageddon starting ?
by stan livedeath in
1. jw
2. experiences
the sky is so dark here in the south of the uk.

could be armageddon starting.. or then it could be dust particles in the atmosphere..
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The Trinity Easily Explained in 29 Words
by maccauk in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a man can be a father .

a man can be a son.

a man can be a husband.
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Update on the $4000 day fine - Padron v Watchtower
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
from reddit:.

this was an oral argument to dismiss the $4000/day fine.

both sides presented their arguments and now the judges will write an opinion (30 to 90 days).
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What was the biggest thing that convinced you that
by Ponyo in
1. jw
2. experiences
.....the truth was not the truth... ?

.
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UK's NSPCC REJECTS 'mandatory reporting' of suspected child abuse
by darkspilver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
large article at the top of page 20 in today's - 6th november 2016 - sunday observer, the 'sister' newspaper in the uk of the guardian which only prints monday to saturday.. the national society for the prevention of cruelty to children - nspcc - is the uk's leading children's charity, specialising in child protection and are the only uk children's charity with statutory powers and that means they can take action to safeguard children at risk of abuse.. the headline in the web version is slightly different, but the rest of the article appears to be the same.

nspcc rejects plan for 'mandatory reporting' of suspected child abuse.

the government’s consultation on reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect was launched amid concerns about past abuse in some of the country’s major institutions.
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If the GB changed a major teaching, would all witnesses just go along with it?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so if the gb changed its "bible based beliefs" on some teaching, would witnesses all of a sudden change their individual beliefs too?.

witnesses like to claim that "their bible trained hearts and minds" make them believe as they do, but we know that the reality is that all witnesses hold their "deep seated beliefs" according to what they have been told to believe.. so what would cause the average witness to question those that dictate their "personal convictions"??.

thoughts?.
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HELP needed from folks in UK, esp. in Scotland!
by WTS Archive in
1. jw
2. friends
tl;dr: if you live either in scotland or in other parts of uk and you don't mind traveling, you might be able to help a fellow ex-jw by being present during a courtcase where she alone has to face more than two dozens of jws who have ruined their business.

please contact me directly for details on when and where the court case will be held (i will know these details in few days probably).

ps.
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All they did was offer magazines, how pathetic.
by Driving Force in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/italy/witnesses-offer-comfort-after-italy-earthquake/.