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  WATCHTOWER COMMENTS IS BACK! Whole KNOCKING story...

  by V in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  happily announcing that watchtower comments is back up on youtube with all study articles restored.. to answer the knocking producers, i removed the introduction, including all 3 seconds of prirated knocking video and replaced it with a lovely animation.

  the rest of the content is the same.

  check out the videos here:.

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  Burger Time

  Why is everyone so quick to assume that this guy is so pro JW? While I agree knocking should have had a more even hand for critics, it's purpose was to inform the public about who the JW's are. I don't find JW's crazier then almost 90% of organized religion, yet the JW's are often more looked down on then most religions. Knocking was only meant to inform people that they are like most religions. I personally think that it was a good thing to do, even if I don't agree with what JW's believe.

  That being said a interview with USA Today is completely different than an interview with an Ex-JW community. This is comparing Apples to Bananas! Our questions are probably a lot more in depth and thoughtful. Perhaps he is jaded by how inadvertently hostile many of in the community can come off. Can I blame him? I have had a few convo's with ex dubs on this board who almost loathe it because everyone is so quick to attack the WTS or anyone who might agree with certain aspects of the org. I would also like to point out that I believe him when he says he has sent orders to JW's also. DT said that YouTube never pulled the videos, so those people might have just not pulled the videos.
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  It's always the parents fault

  by Burger Time in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sure this topic has been covered but i was thinking about it today.

  how parents have it about the worse in the org.

  for any of us that have publicly left or spoken out against the wts with our parents the reaction is almost always the same, "i have failed as a parent".

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  Burger Time

  Yea luckily I had one long talk with my Mom where I convinced her that I felt she was a wonderful parent and that I knew she did everything she did out of love. One argument I use with my Mom about me never coming back to the org is asking her if after figuring out for her self that her old religion was wrong if she could ever go back. She said no so I asked how could I possibly do the same?
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  The Clicks

  by reficul in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  anyone want to share their expierences on the clicks that would form in your meetings.

  usually in my meeting they were started by the children of the so called elders.

  freaking hipocrits, and spreading rumors and judging people all the time.

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  Burger Time

  Yea you mean Clique....we had three distinct ones. The Elder's kids, the bad ones (this was the one I was in) and the poor kids.
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  Pedophile Lawsuits. Which account did it come out of?

  by horrible life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/153653/2818067/post.ashx#2818067.

  this question was posted by poster chris cross about a month ago.

  i have been wondering about this ever since.

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  Burger Time

  The saddest thing is that they could have avoided all of it if they practiced what they preached.
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  It's always the parents fault

  by Burger Time in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sure this topic has been covered but i was thinking about it today.

  how parents have it about the worse in the org.

  for any of us that have publicly left or spoken out against the wts with our parents the reaction is almost always the same, "i have failed as a parent".

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  Burger Time

  I am sure this topic has been covered but I was thinking about it today. How parents have it about the worse in the org. For any of us that have publicly left or spoken out against the WTS with our parents the reaction is almost always the same, "I have failed as a parent". It's amazing that the JW society gets away with speaking out of both sides of their mouth. We have free will, but if your children get to the point of free will and leave it is you the parents that are to blame. I know it's only natural for a parent to want whats best for their child and blame themselves if the child doesn't do what they feel is best. But it seems to happen more in the org because of the emphasis on parents forcing their kids to do certain activities. Hopefully this will change as more and more kids seem to be leaving or so hot/cold with the org.
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  (Doubting Thomas) Disfellowshipped?

  by inbyathread in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  listened to a nice sermon last sunday.

  had many nice parts to it to think about but one point had me enthralled.. and occasionally, somebody skips the service.

  that happens from time to time, right?

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  Burger Time

  I think they get out of it by changing the context. They say it is in there as a warning that we should not doubt. It doesn't matter how Thomas was treated.
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  Pedophile Lawsuits. Which account did it come out of?

  by horrible life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/153653/2818067/post.ashx#2818067.

  this question was posted by poster chris cross about a month ago.

  i have been wondering about this ever since.

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  Burger Time

  Well even in Rutherford's time investors paid in and were able to vote on things. So the key elements of how it started were not based on donations per say. I am just being devil's advocate on how they could honestly argue out of the donation element.
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  Why don't Elders who are sick and elderly ever step down?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in my 35 years as a witness,there have been many elders in my congregation who were old,sick,tired,weak,and could hardly walk.

  they had a hard time reading the material,couldn't remember names, and sometimes forgot where they were in their reading material and talks.they never stepped down as elders.. what are the reasons why most never step down?

  can they be asked to step down because of age?

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  Burger Time

  The old ones in my congo were the cool ones.
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  Pedophile Lawsuits. Which account did it come out of?

  by horrible life in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/153653/2818067/post.ashx#2818067.

  this question was posted by poster chris cross about a month ago.

  i have been wondering about this ever since.

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  Burger Time

  This may not be technically true Alpaca. Russel was the first to invest in to his own missionary which then became the WTS and he invested ALOT. That being said they could use the argument that it was used from stock funds and other diversified investment that are not part of the R&F contribution. It would be a stretch but it could be true.
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  More on the Governing Body suicide

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well i'm sure you've probably heard by now about the suicide of a governing body member.

  what you may not have heard, however, is the rest of the story.

  apparently he was finishing a book that blows the lid off the wtbts!

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  Burger Time

  It was Theodore Jaracz!!! He drowned himself in his own smugness!