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  Elder manuals

  by dogisgod in

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  pre elder arrangement.

  we had congregation overseer.

  when did the society begin publishing the secret “elder” books and training..

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  Pre elder arrangement. We had congregation overseer. Right? When did the society begin publishing the secret “elder” books and training.
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  Guns...Are You For or Against Legally Owning Them?

  by minimus in

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  there is a surge going on of people buying guns, especially first time buyers.

  with talk of police defunding and rioting in the neighborhoods, some people want to protect themselves.. do you support owning and using a gun if needed?.

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  Don’t have a problem with guns. Just who has them.
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  Who, when and whu

  by dogisgod in

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  my mother became a witness right after i was born.

  1951. i was indoctrinated from that time forward for 50 yrs.

  during that time i did not hear anything about the 2 witness rule as applied to child molestation.

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  There is that “thing” about who knows what. If a young sister got pregnant she would be disfellowshipped because it became obvious however, the young brother wasn’t if no one knew it was him. Maybe he would get a private disapline. I always thought that wasn’t right.

  It just is incredulous to me that a brother could rape/molest a child and nothing will happen to him yet the child would be messed up for life. Amazing. And they thought that was Gods will.
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  Who, when and whu

  by dogisgod in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my mother became a witness right after i was born.

  1951. i was indoctrinated from that time forward for 50 yrs.

  during that time i did not hear anything about the 2 witness rule as applied to child molestation.

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  Well. I guess I wasn’t paying attention or I just never connected it to child rape. I understood it as applied to other things. I’m also thinking crime vs sin. I’m sure it must have been going on but was kept very quiet. That rape/molestation being a sin and not a crime. As a sin....it is just missing the mark...a natural human failing of imperfection. That’s pretty outrageous. It is in keeping with patriarchal thinking. So, it’s been applied since the 50s? So would that be Knor or b4. When did they start making the so called “elder” training. Have there always been secret teachings like for the congregation overseers? It boggles the mind that the parents of a child victim would put up with that.
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  Who, when and whu

  by dogisgod in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my mother became a witness right after i was born.

  1951. i was indoctrinated from that time forward for 50 yrs.

  during that time i did not hear anything about the 2 witness rule as applied to child molestation.

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  dogisgod

  My mother became a witness right after I was born. 1951. I was indoctrinated from that time forward for 50 yrs. During that time I did not hear anything about the 2 witness rule as applied to child molestation. This had to start somewhere. When did this become a doctrine?
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  New York Times: ‘People Would Be So Receptive Right Now, and We Can’t Knock on Doors.’

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/coronavirus-jehovahs-witnesses.html.

  the pandemic has put a stop to the activities of one of the nation’s most visible religious groups, jehovah’s witnesses.. read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/coronavirus-jehovahs-witnesses.html.

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  How much money do these 2 have and where did they get it
  
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  Did You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Typically “Racists”?

  by minimus in

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  i was a jw from infancy.

  we had a melting pot type of congregation.

  i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.

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  I did notice in the publications there were no interracial couples when picturing the New System.
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  Did You Think Jehovah’s Witnesses Were Typically “Racists”?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  i was a jw from infancy.

  we had a melting pot type of congregation.

  i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.

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  a circuit overseer mentioned that overcoming segregation in the south was very difficult
  
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  Ending Bible Study

  by Maria Nieves in

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  i have been studying with jehovah's witnesses for approximately two years.

  initially, i liked the studies and felt that i was growing closer to god.

  however, as the studies progressed, they seemed to become increasingly negative and i did not like what i was being taught.

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  Dont feel afraid or bad or anything. The person studying with you will drop you like a hot potato if you are baptized and disfellowshipped for whatever. The person studying with you "counts your time". In other words, they are being spiritually paid for your studies. That's a feather in their cap in the congregation.....see how devoted to Jah they are. Then they turn that in and the organization uses this to prove the preaching work is speeding up, or culminating or whatever they want to use you for. It's all a man made scheme to benefit an organization financially. Period.
  
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  Two For One!

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in the day - yeah, i know, most things i write start like that!

  however - back in the day there was an implicit rule ratio of 2 to 1 when it came to counting time.

  two witnesses witnessing to one person for one hour would count one hour each.

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  dogisgod

  It sure seems that the amount of hours claimed is pretty ineffective compared with converts.