Posts by biometrics

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Cleveland kidnapper's mom is a JW

by just Ron in

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/castro-brothers-spend-night-jail-article-1.1338131.

down near the bottom of this article, a neighbor of ariel castro's mother reveals that dear old mom is a dub.

bet this won't become a part on a assembly..

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Couldn't have put it better Billy. In my opinion the crazy:normal ratio is way out of wack in nearly every congregation I've seen. And I say that with utmost sincerity.

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Has Your Heart and Mind Changed About Hiring JWs To Fill Job Openings?

by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

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if you own a company or small business, will you hire a jw over a non-jw?

did you find jws more productive than non-jws and more honest and outgoing for your business expansion?

the watchtower tries to state that jws are in high demand because of their honesty, you think the world is smarting up and realizing they are just regular people who follow men?

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As far as them being more honest or ethical. No I wouldn't use that reasoning to employ a JW.

When I was young I worked for a number of JWs. ALL of them under paid to some extent (according to minimum wage laws in Australia). One of them didn't pay my taxes to the tax department or my superannuation, another I took to industrial relations (in Australia) and got 12 months of back pay. At that time I knew some brothers claiming government benifits and doing cash work on the side to suppliment their pioneering lifestyle.

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if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either

by biometrics in

for even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

(2 thess.

how many witlesses actually take this scripture to heart and apply it in their lives.

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For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. (2 Thess. 3:10)

How many witlesses actually take this scripture to heart and apply it in their lives. Here in Australia there's quite generous unemployment/disability payouts, and of all the working age, abled bodied witnesses I know/knew, a large proportion of them partake of welfare. Instead of seeking work, they go 'pionieering'. Meanwhile they're placing the burden of their sustenance upon the reset of society, seemingly without a care in the world.

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Where do you consider the best place to live in the world

by His Excellency in

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for those of you who have travelled the world over, which country or city will you consider the place to live in the world.

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New Zealand

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What naughty things are JWs allowed to do?

by usualusername in

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in most healthy societies people are allowed to do naughty things without feelings of guilt.. .

what naughty things can jws do?.

my naughtiest moment was rounding up 55mins to an hr in my ministry!

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" Tell people they abstain from blood and then accept boatloads of blood product from the donor blood supply."

How about not being allowed to donate blood, but being allowed to accept all its individual parts. Not a very loving arrangement.

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Disgusted with JW Funeral Today!

by time2keepmoving in

my son grew up with one of the young brothers in the kingdom and after graduation both him and my son left the kh.

the young man who left the hall fell into the wrong crowd and i mean a really dangerous crowd and as a result of him getting involved in illegal activity he was murdered.

i really feel for this young man, because he was a decent kid.

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I've been to a JW funeral talk where the deceased person's name was only mentioned once in a hour long talk.

Jehovah's Witnesses 'a cruel cult'

by biometrics in

from a local newspaper site in australia:.

christian sect the jehovah's witnesses - with 64,000 active 'disciples' in australia - are a cruel religion with no soul, according to melbourne cultbuster raphael aron.. his warning comes as the federal government considers tightening the definition of a charity to prevent some cults and quasi-religions keeping their tax free status.

independent senator nick xenophon has renewed calls for a national cult-busting agency.. mr aron, a psychologist, counsellor and director of melbourne's cult counselling australia, said the jehovah's witnesses had a policy of "shunning" members who left or wanted to leave by cutting them off from family members who remained.. "i am still waiting for a justification for someone to be able to rip away a five or six year old child from their extended family because mum or dad have decided to leave the jehovah's witnesses," he said.. advertisementformer members say shunning can involve bullying, threats, harassment and stalking to lure the 'apostate', or lapsed member, back.

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From a local newspaper site in Australia:

Christian sect the Jehovah's Witnesses - with 64,000 active 'disciples' in Australia - are a cruel religion with no soul, according to Melbourne cultbuster Raphael Aron.

His warning comes as the federal government considers tightening the definition of a charity to prevent some cults and quasi-religions keeping their tax free status. Independent senator Nick Xenophon has renewed calls for a national cult-busting agency.

Mr Aron, a psychologist, counsellor and director of Melbourne's Cult Counselling Australia, said the Jehovah's Witnesses had a policy of "shunning" members who left or wanted to leave by cutting them off from family members who remained.

"I am still waiting for a justification for someone to be able to rip away a five or six year old child from their extended family because Mum or Dad have decided to leave the Jehovah's Witnesses," he said.

Former members say shunning can involve bullying, threats, harassment and stalking to lure the 'apostate', or lapsed member, back. The religion's scripture magazine The Watchtower describes 'apostates' as "mentally diseased" outcasts who "seek to infect others."

Mr Aron says shunning is "draconian, cruel and callous." Religion and faith were supposed to provide support, comfort and warmth but shunning could crush self-esteem and give feelings of guilt, especially in children.

Late last year the federal government set up a body called the Australian Charities and Not For Profits Commission (ACNC) to regulate charities with tax-exemptions. It can de-register charities. A treasury spokesman said the government could soon redefine charities and boost their requirement for 'public benefit.'

"At the moment groups like the Jehovah's Witnesess and Scientology are subsidised by the taxpayer," Senator Xenophon said. He said the French government's cultbusting agency Miviludes had been effective.

Victoria's current state inquiry into how churches handle child sex abuse has submissions from former Jehovah's Witnesses. One includes allegations of rape, sexual assault, blackmail and death threats. Others include allegations of paedophilia.

A spokesman for the church in Australia, Sydney solicitor Vincent Toole, dismissed the allegations and said shunning was a"myth."

Mr Aron, who has written two books on cults and has investigated them for thirty years, said the Jehovah's Witnesses were an outwardly benign group but they withheld information from potential recruits. Jehovah's Witnesses cannot celebrate Christmas, Easter or birthdays. They are not allowed to have blood transfusions, sing the natiuonal anthem or salute the national flag.

"They come to your door on a Sunday morning and you have a wonderful discussion about God but they never tell you that once entrenched in the religion you may never be able to say happy birthday to your children again."

They don't celebrate birthdays because they say there are no birthdays in the Bible, which Aron, an observant Jew, maintains is not true. "There's no Moomba in the Bible either," he says. "And no football. Does that mean we shouldn't do those things either?"

Jehovah's Witnesses believe they have God's messages to themselves, that all other religions are wrong, that the end of the world will come and only those in 'The Truth' will survive. They have predicted the end of the world five times. They also believe Satan has ruled the earth since 1914.

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Anyone here drunk the wine or ate the bread at the Memorial?

by biometrics in

after being put under a lot of pressure by family and ex-friends to attend the memorial this year (i didn't).

i'm thinking of attending next year and drinking the wine and eating the bread.

because i beleive the whole memorial to be a rejection of christ ceremony.. i'm prepared to receive a lot of weird death stare looks.. has anyone here ever partaken?

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Maybe I'll wear a spy cam.

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Anyone here drunk the wine or ate the bread at the Memorial?

by biometrics in

after being put under a lot of pressure by family and ex-friends to attend the memorial this year (i didn't).

i'm thinking of attending next year and drinking the wine and eating the bread.

because i beleive the whole memorial to be a rejection of christ ceremony.. i'm prepared to receive a lot of weird death stare looks.. has anyone here ever partaken?

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After being put under a lot of pressure by family and ex-friends to attend the memorial this year (I didn't). I'm thinking of attending next year and drinking the wine and eating the bread. Because I beleive the whole Memorial to be a rejection of Christ ceremony.

I'm prepared to receive a lot of weird death stare looks.

Has anyone here ever partaken? What was your experience?

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I found out a JW friend of mine has an addiction to torturing animals!

by Vienna Angelika in

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last night i found out a close jw friend of mine takes delight in watching animal torture.

i am an animal lover, and i dont know what to think.

i dont want to end our friendship because this friend has been very accepting of me.

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He'll make good elder material. If he isn't already one.