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  Confessing Sins !.... to Man, Priest. Non - Biblical Teaching ?

  by *lost* in

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  2. beliefs

  is this not one of the statement jw's use against the church.. that it is non-biblical.. .

  can anyone add to this, very interesting me thinks.. ( will look it up in more detail and add to it ).

  thanks.

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  GLTirebiter

  However, is it not clearly stated in the scriptures, man does not have any power, or the right to forgive any person of their sins?

  No, authority to forgive sins (in the lord's name) is clearly stated in the risen Lord's commission to the apostles (John 23):

  [Jesus] said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
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  Atheist Blogger Visits Kingdom Hall

  by Bangalore in

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  2. friends

  atheist blogger visits kingdom hall.. .

  http://doubtingmark.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/jehovahs-witness-kingdom-hall-ballard/.

  bangalore.

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  At first I felt like a customer in a swanky store, being cared for. But after a while it felt like I had a dozen needy girlfriends, all trying to get my attention. I know they were just being nice, but it creeped me out a little.

  Don’t take offense, Witnesses. It’s not you. It’s me.

  Mark, you did get one thing wrong!
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  Update on Candace Conti's Case

  by mind blown in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just ran upon this info:.

  candace conti beats the watchtower society!submitted by teeny on august 27, 2012 - 9:22 pm .

  http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/jw-lawsuits/candace-conti-beats-the-watchtower-society/?fb_action_ids=348543075229733&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=246965925417366.

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  "But you will hear that when Mr. Kendrick was removed as a ministerial servant, that's a significant event, it doesn't happen every day, that's a signal that something is wrong."

  I think the bold-faced phrase could be targeted by Conti's lawyers. Removing a "minister" does happen more often in the Watchtower than in other sects. Having them reinstated, and later removed again also is not a rare event. The WT's legalistic practices impose major punishments frequently, and for a wide range of offenses. As others have said, an MS could commit sexual abuse or show poor productivity, and the punishment would be the same. There was no clear indication that Kendrick posed a danger to other members of the congregation.
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  Dat da da da: Justitia Themis Law School Graduate

  by crmsicl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  congratulations to justitia themis on all her hard work at putting herself through law school.

  after being raised in the watchtower organization and having survived all of what that entails she has picked up the pieces, analyzed her strengths and has made choices to better herself and the community.. .

  i am so proud of her.

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  Congratulations, all your hard work is paying off!
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  Jotham Article for Children...

  by losingit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am disfellowshipped, separated from my husband, and have been "lurking" for some time.

  only because i was so unbelievably lonely for being disfellowshipped, i was missing my "friends" terribly, did i even bump into this site.

  i googled "lonely and disfellowshipped" and a stream of experiences appeared on the screen.

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  GLTirebiter

  Welcome, losingit!

  That would make it very hard for you, wouldn’t it?

  That sentence is important because it is a logical fallacy [links to pdf], a version of "begging the question". That fallacy relates to questions that presume their own answer. They are presenting the Watchtower's opinions (a parent who "stops worshipping Jehovah" is bad for the family, anybody leaves the Watchtower organization has turned against God, "apostates" should be avoided, etc.) as undisputed facts.

  Seeing this manipulation as what it is an important first step in vaccinating yourself against the mind control.
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  Have You Given Up on JW Friends or Family Ever Seeing The Light And Getting Out?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i'm always hopeful but mostly doubtful that they will get out of her..

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  I've learned to realize that their value as human beings depends on who they are, not what they are. Whether or not they leave does not make them "good" or "bad" people. Whether or not they leave does not make them more or less deserving of love and respect. So I haven't given up on them, but I have given up making their WT status more important than my family members.
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  My mother wants to see my kids

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i decided to call my mother more often at the request of my brother (the parental units have been driving him crazy and my calling more hopefully will decrease the craziness my brother has had to deal with).

  so i called her last tuesday and the first thing that pops out of her mouth is she recovering from a weekend of babysitting her "substitute grandchildren" (her exact words and actually my nonjw cousin's children) since she doesn't get to see her own grandchildren.. wonderful .

  there are reasons why i don't take my children to my mother's house.

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  When I asked if she would like to participate in my oldest son's football fundraiser she said she doesn't do charity.

  You can't say it any better than she did!
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  Symposium: Beware of Apostates! - 'God's Word is Truth!' District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses 2013 - not on JW.ORG

  by mindnumbed in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  symposium: beware of apostates!.

  satanhuman apostates also of interest ..... the truth brings "not peace, but a sword" .

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  Well done, A.D.C.MeShirley!
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  Oklahoma Tornado

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  wow, just saw this on the news.

  truly devastating.. sorry i have no words to offer anyone other than that we're thinking of anyone who'd been affected..

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  GLTirebiter

  Any word from sooner7nc?
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  Russell and the Miracle Wheat Scandal

  by Wild_Thing in

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  2. friends

  he truly was a crook, wasn't he?!?

  i found this article on the brookly daily eagle website reminiscing about this scandal.

  evidently, the newspaper outed him on this scheme and printed a cartoon of russell and his miracle wheat, and so russell sued them and lost!

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  GLTirebiter

  This BBC article reminded me of the "miracle wheat" incident. Unlike Russell's snake oil, this will be tested before it goes on the market.

  British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30%.

  The Cambridge-based National Institute of Agricultural Botany has combined an ancient ancestor of wheat with a modern variety to produce a new strain.

  In early trials, the resulting crop seemed bigger and stronger than the current modern wheat varieties.

  It will take at least five years of tests and regulatory approval before it is harvested by farmers.