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  Any Dogs Returning to their Vomit Here?

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was wondering if any long time jw's that are now pomo's here on the forum now act in a leadership role within another religious organization?.

  i do and would enjoy a bit of conversation with this (i assume minority) "sub-culture" of ex-jw's.

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  From a tired memory it was something about the Christ and the music the hymns I had known from childhood and pre wt days.

  The affection shown me in that dark moment was tangible.
  
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  China Crisis | 18 members of Jehovah's Witnesses arrested and indicted

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  on april 15, 2019, total of 18 jehovah's witnesses in china were arrested and charged with indictable offences relating to, "using an evil religion organization" to "incite the obstruction of law enforcement," and one charge relating to, "obstructing law enforcement by organizing and using an evil religious organization.".

  since the arrests, the governing body of jehovah's witnesses have remained silent on the plight of these 18 jehovah's witnesses in china.. link to translation of indictment:.

  https://jwleaks.org/2019/07/09/china-crisis-for-jehovahs-witnesses-18-members-indicted/.

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  zeb

  I have great sympathy for those caught up in this.

  Will the gb now send funds or a lawyer to defend them?

  or will they tell the r&f to write letters? If they do the r&f should flood the NY commune with letters as to why THEY are not doing anything.
  
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  press freedom

  by zeb in

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  2. current

  reported by a canadian journalist name of levant.

  he was reporting on the second trial of t robinson for the same offence that being reporting from outside a court house after the trial in question was over.

  this defendant tr has been found guilty and if sent to prison he will face the real possibility of being murdered inside.

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  thanks. I have sent a letter today to the Canadian PM to abort the conference because of what is being done to TR.

  As he the man says to other journalists today its me tomorrow its you. If the persecution of TR succeeds then the dam has burst on freedom of the press and God alone knows what the the powers that be will do next.
  
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  press freedom

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  reported by a canadian journalist name of levant.

  he was reporting on the second trial of t robinson for the same offence that being reporting from outside a court house after the trial in question was over.

  this defendant tr has been found guilty and if sent to prison he will face the real possibility of being murdered inside.

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  Reported by a Canadian journalist name of Levant. He was reporting on the second trial of T Robinson for the same offence that being reporting from OUTSIDE a court house after the trial in question was OVER. This defendant TR has been found guilty and if sent to prison he will face the real possibility of being murdered inside. Levant said,
  

  "While I’m in London, I will also attend a two-day “media freedom” conference co-sponsored by the governments of the UK and Canada.What irony! Literally, the same week as the UK government sends a journalist to prison, they’re patting themselves on the back for press freedom."

  It seems TR being from the rough side of British life has rubbed up the establishment the wrong way and they do not like it.
  
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  Why Aren`t The G.B Members Representive Of All Nations ? and not just America ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  are all of the governing .body .members american citizens ?

  shouldn`t they at least represent a greater proportion of nations in light of jesus being a saviour of all the world ?.

  god loved the world of mankind right ?

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  Smiddy3.. I agree spot on..
  

  Black sheep. Australia. It surprised me to learn this during the CARC. I wondered how he managed to get into the fold.
  
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  Any Dogs Returning to their Vomit Here?

  by Solzhenitsyn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was wondering if any long time jw's that are now pomo's here on the forum now act in a leadership role within another religious organization?.

  i do and would enjoy a bit of conversation with this (i assume minority) "sub-culture" of ex-jw's.

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  My wt experiences have ever precluded me from any organized religion. I attended a local church as I was invited to and part way through the service I burst into tears.
  
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  The problem with movies this last decade or so

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  actually, i think i've discovered two issues.. the first is that there are too many soft reboots, remakes and re-imaginings.

  don't get me wrong, hollywood has always done remakes and some remakes work very well.

  the fly (1986) and the thing (1982) are actually remakes/re-imaginings of the original 50s films.

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  Last night i began watching a sequel to Independance Day. If there was a plot i could not find it after just too many mega explosions I turned it off.

  The Chinese girl with her luscious hair was nice but she too melded into the mess.
  
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  Getting disfellowshipped to marry and return

  by confused in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just wondering if there is any official rules on dealing with this.

  a sister in the congregation is planning to divorce her husband who is also a witness so she can marry a different brother in the same hall!

  yes this is a huge scandal!

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  The wt allows paedophiles and wife bashers to remain 'in good standing' so whats a little marital corruption to worry about...

  (cynicism dept)
  
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  Are You Still “Technically “ A Jehovah’s Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if we haven’t associated with the congregation in years, could it be said we are not jws?

  or must you be disfellowshipped or disassociated to officially say you really aren’t a witness?.

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  zeb

  The wt has a passion for classifying and labelling people so me being labelled as 'inactive' does not surprise me.
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  Crazy humour.

  by zeb in

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  2. entertainment

  anyone recall the bbc-radio "goon show"?

  anyone at all?.

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  How I longed for songs (hymns) at a kh that one could sing as Harry Secombe did in Abide with me.

  Even the joy of the human voice was stymied by the wt with their stupid songs which were written to deny the manner and tone of the average voice and written I believe so they did not sound like any hymn.

  wt songs are an end piece of what is always a long winded spiel. The songs are never seen as a form of worship.