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  are the witnesses now considered "clergy " ?

  by lancelink in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  years ago when i was a jw, one of their cornerstone teachings was that they were nothing like babylon the great.

  i remember being taught that the witnesses not using any type of clergy class distinction was proof that they had the right religion.. well, recently we had this article in the local paper, and an elder who was no doubt the presiding overseer tried to use the clergy class excuse to get out of answering questions regarding a child abuse case.

  here is the statement that really got to me.

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  Whatever protects the organization... that's what they are.
  
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  JW.org's new miserable picture

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the new article about the international convention in manila, the picture of the crowd is pretty telling.

  they look so drained and miserable!.

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  Fill in the blanks, brothers and sisters:

  -rm-g-dd-n is just around the c-rn-r!
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  I got a Sympathy Card in the mail

  by Butterfly607 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven’t been to a meeting in months.

  just got a sympathy card in the mail from a “sister”.

  i don’t know her beyond her face.

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  Do you think the sister sent that card on her own initiative or at the direction of the elders?
  
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  I got a Sympathy Card in the mail

  by Butterfly607 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven’t been to a meeting in months.

  just got a sympathy card in the mail from a “sister”.

  i don’t know her beyond her face.

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  Ding

  If you're trying to fade, it's probably best not to respond.

  If you respond with anger, you might end up in front of a JC.
  
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  If I was still PIMI, I'd be terrified

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's wt study makes me think of the nightmares i used to have as a child.

  and nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices.

  looking in as a pimo or pomo it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the gb by these cheap and evil means.. .

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  Ding

  You'd think PIMI JWs would be confident.

  After all, they are supposed to be part of a relatively small group of earth's population who understands and pleases Jehovah.

  Yet how many of them are deeply fearful they won't prove worthy and so will be wiped out at Armageddon?

  The WT gets them believing both things at the same time.
  
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  cart witnesses

  by stan livedeath in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i drove through a nearby seaside town today.

  it was starting to rain.

  it was cold.

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  If you try to engage them in conversation, they quickly refer you to the website.
  
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  Was Paul A false Prophet?

  by saorean in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i ask the question on the title because there a quite a number of statements the apostle paul made about the coming of jesus and resurrection of the holy ones that never fulfilled.

  1 corinthians 15: 51, 52 (nwt) : .

  i tell you a sacred secret: we will not all fall asleep in death, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the blink of an eye, during the last trumpet.

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  I don't see Paul as setting a time frame here.

  "We" can refer simply to "believers in Christ."

  I don't know if he expected all of this to occur within his lifetime, but his words don't guarantee it.

  Contrast this with the specific dates set by the WT (1874, 1914, 1925, for example).
  
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  New member

  by saorean in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the first of many posts from me.

  i'm pimo, an overseer, somewhere in africa.

  i'll hold of giving further details until i've executed my plan to leave the organization.

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  Welcome!

  Yes, many of us have grown old in this system of things, something the WT assured us would never happen.
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  Set ptermber AT study article: "Armaggedon Is Good News!

  by Room 215 in

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  2. beliefs

  omg, is this the apotheosis of bat-shit craziness or not?

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  The WT can't stand the concept of hellfire, but they are looking forward to massive worldwide deaths caused by fireballs from heaven...
  
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  Selling KH to another religion

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  i found this question box in the july 1969 km.

  question box (july 1969, p. 4).

  • is it all right to buy a church building for use as a kingdom hall or, when a new kingdom hall is built, to sell the former hall for use as a church?

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  Ding

  This from an organization which teaches that if you do something as innocuous as lighting candles and putting them on a birthday cake you are engaging in false worship because of what such activities meant to pagans in ancient times (Reasoning book, p. 69).

  But selling a building you built and dedicated to worship and service of Jehovah for use in worship by a religious organization you condemn as pagan and satanic? Not a problem!
  

  "There does not appear to be any direct Scriptural objection to doing so. It is not a matter of cooperating in a religious way with representatives of false religion, but is simply a business transaction. It is a one-time real estate deal."

  Kind of like the Watchtower becoming a UN NGO so they can get a library card, I guess.

  What's the big deal?