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I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!
by Sic Semper Tyrannis in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i am an inactive jw.

i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.
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Victoria, Australia: A MUST READ-Transcript of audio recording of WT letter read to all Victoria congs Oct/Nov. 2011 re: Working With Children Act
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
see www.jwnews.net, steven unthank's private blog site where he posted the following material.

i enlarged and put in bold the third paragraph of the wt's letter where the elder, an ex-bethelite, made some fascinating errors while reading the letter by using the words, "borg" and "perp.

" does this mean what i think it means?
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The Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (AAWA) [WARNING]
by Simon in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
uncensored discussions and information for anyone interested in the advocates for awareness of watchtower abuses or 'aawa' http://aawa.co/ (previously known as "the association of anti-watchtower activists http://jwactivists.org/) and how it's handled and responded to privacy issues and put people at risk:.

aawa is here!!

(the association of anti-watchtower activists)an invitation to a new effort- aawawhy when i logged onto aawa did it go to facebook ?in regards to aawaaawa - every generation needs a new revolution - thomas jeffersonnotice how the introduction of the aawa has brought out the loonies lately?will aawa become another cult?
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Mormons getting hollowed out: The tipping point has occurred.
by Qcmbr in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ever since mitt romney turned the spotlight on the lds church a growing tsunami of disaffection has been accelerated and brought to a head.. the lds core faithful members are leaving in increasing numbers such that growth has not simply stagnated in the west but it has actively reversed.

to their credit the church is responding aggressively but not only is it too late, it is an impossible task.

you can only paint sh*t so many ways.
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WT SHUNNING POLICY: What has it done, or could it do to you?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
hi y'all, this is mrs. flipper.

please share your experiences with this, or possible consequences of being outed.. this recent controversy and resulting arguments all stem from people being outed - possibly losing friends and family because most jw's will blindly follow the watchtower's rules to shun them.. among people i know and experiences read here, the grief and loss caused by this is terrible, and maybe now is a good time to put up some experiences here, and put the focus on the worst villians of all - wt policymakers..
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The "invisible" Elephant in the room: ELDERLY JW's nobody provides for
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
question: how does the leadership of jehovah's witnesses instruct its members to prepare for the eventual elder care of its members?.

answer: it pretends it will never happen!.

is this responsible leadership or some kind of cognitive dissonant malfeasance?.
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New Rumor: Downsizing Circuits/Assemblies
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
heard a new rumor that:.

the borg is going to phase out big district assemblies - so they can fit 'em in assembly halls.. they will reduce the size of circuits.

they will synchronize c.o.
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2013 District Convention Headquarters Addresses, Dates, List!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
2013 district convention headquarters, addresses-united states and canada..this list is 10 pages long containing the addresses and above some of the locations you will see dates, such as, (june 15-18) or something like that.

i think those dates indicate when the convention will be held at that location.

help me out if i am wrong on that.
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The "30 Other Lands" in the Worldwide Report - revealed!
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've just uploaded the third article in my four-part "under the microscope" series - looking at the society's claims to be god's sole channel with mankind.

a link is below:.

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/under-the-microscope-the-watch-tower-societys-claims-to-divine-direction-part-3.
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A new DVD for 2013: The Return of the Prodigal Son
by Oubliette in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in another thread, what's new for 2013 - lo nuevo de 2013, jwn member, oppostate, posted news of dc releases at this year's district conventions.

among the releases was this: .

a new dvd for 2013: the return of the prodigal son.