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  Chinese Communist Party to commence nationwide crackdown on Christianity including Jehovah's Witnesses

  by jwleaks in

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  2. friends

  8 october 2016. china's governing communist party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the christian church.. by matthew carney - abc.

  the communist party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.. chinese president xi jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.. the new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the communist party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more chinese.... that means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the communist party first.. there is good reason to be afraid.

  chinese authorities have already started the crackdown in the christian heartland in the southern province of zhejiang.. it's been extensive and brutal.

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  Re: Options 2 and 3

  Mexico vs Malawi

  By Paul Grundy

  Many faithful Jehovah's Witnesses have died obeying the Watchtower stance on neutrality. This article shows the tragedy that occurred when Malawian Witnesses were hypocritically forced to uphold a higher standard than was expected of those in Mexico, or by the Governing Body themselves.

  Religion becomes most culpable when its rules lead to the death of its followers. In ancient times this was as blatant as human sacrifice; in modern times it is subtler, such as forbidding medical treatment. Graphic representation of this in Watchtower history has been the devastating torture and murder of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Malawi during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Most disturbing is that the doctrine enforced in Malawi is misguided and was not applied consistently in different countries.

  When reading Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz, chapter 6 titled “Double Standards” disturbed me more than any other. Here was explained how a Watchtower doctrinal principle that lead to the torture and death of 1000’s of Malawian Witnesses was excused for those in Mexico. Malawian Witnesses suffered unspeakable atrocities due to following the Watchtower’s illogical policy forbidding them to hold a political card in a one party state. During the same period, Witnesses in Mexico were permitted to bribe officials for a Cartilla card in order to escape military service.

  See below link for full article:

  http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/malawi-mexico-oath-allegiance.php
  
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  Chinese Communist Party to commence nationwide crackdown on Christianity including Jehovah's Witnesses

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  8 october 2016. china's governing communist party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the christian church.. by matthew carney - abc.

  the communist party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.. chinese president xi jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.. the new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the communist party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more chinese.... that means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the communist party first.. there is good reason to be afraid.

  chinese authorities have already started the crackdown in the christian heartland in the southern province of zhejiang.. it's been extensive and brutal.

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  8 October 2016

  China's governing Communist Party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the Christian Church.

  By Matthew Carney - ABC

  The Communist Party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise Christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "Chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.

  The new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the Communist Party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more Chinese...

  That means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the Communist Party first.

  There is good reason to be afraid. Chinese Authorities have already started the crackdown in the Christian heartland in the southern province of Zhejiang.

  It's been extensive and brutal. In the past two years they have torn down nearly 2000 crosses and in some cases demolished churches.

  Church leaders and their followers have been arrested and imprisoned.

  There's also good reason to why the Communist Party is threatened by the Church.

  Some say there are 100 million Christians in China — that's more than Communist Party members.

  The Chinese Government admits there are about 25 million Christians registered at state-run churches where pastors are appointed by the state and theology approved by the governments Religious Affairs Bureau.

  ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-08/chinese-communist-partys-crackdown-on-religion/7912140

  See also:

  New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/world/asia/china-religion-regulations.html

  Which stance will the governing body of jehovah's witnesses take:

  Option 1: abandon Chinese JWs (eg. By publicly stating it's a personal decision and then privately stating the opposite)

  Option 2: the Mexico approach

  Option 3: the Malawi approach

  Option 4: new light

  Option 5: have all the JWs around the world write to the PRC Communist leaders telling them to leave the JWs alone or jehovah will remove them (as they did to Hitler and the Nazi Party)

  Option 6: Use this as 'proof' the JWs are the true religion because of the persecution (never mind the fact that there are 40-70 million other so-called Christians in China)

  Option 7: Order Chinese take-out delivered to their boardroom and discuss whether the changshan dress, as worn by Chinese males, is suitable for Christians considering it is the male equivelent of the female cheongsam dress.
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  An ANALYSIS of Watch Tower of Britain’s last (January 2013) Child Safeguarding Policy by Barbara Anderson

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  an analysis of watch tower of britain’s last (january 2013) child safeguarding policy by barbara anderson.

  last year, i was asked to review watch tower of britain’s child safeguarding policy and its implementation.

  what i discovered was depressing and disappointing especially because the policy contained just a single statement (#18) directing elder/trustees on how to protect children in their congregations from avoidable harm - they were to restrict a repentant abuser “…from being alone in the company of children.” the policy did not explain what procedures to follow to assure that abusers would obey that rule.

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  Great work Barbara.
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  What is the Watchtower view on donating to charity?

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've always had the impression that they frowned upon it, but never quite knew for sure.....

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  There's a full list here of all non christian and non Watchtower charities that the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses has approved for JWs to donate to:

  https://www.jw.org/en/approved-non-christian-charities
  
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  Hourly vs Salary which is better?

  by hoser in

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  2. friends

  i am hourly.

  what are the pros and cons of hourly or salary?.

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  GrreatTeacher: Then, they throw in parent conference days which are, bewilderingly...

  A totally true story that happened two weeks ago. I laughed my head off when told the story.

  A friend of mine (xjw) just attended parents/teachers conference night with his 15 year old son (also an xjw). Young female teacher raises with the father that his 15 year son should be more sociable with the other boys in the class rather than sit with the girls all the time.
  

  Father turns to son: Is this true?

  15 year old son: Yes.

  Father turns to young female teacher: Well I can explain, that's because my son is a man whore.

  15 year old son (to teacher): I am.
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  Steve Hassan. Can some one verify if this is true.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.

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  It reminds me of two fleas fighting over the same dog ... or god in this case. So Steven Hassan has 'enemies', good! This means he stood up for someone somewhere in his life. Should he charge fees? Yes, especially considering there is not one single god out there that allows you to worship him or her for free.
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  Why Marrying An Outsider Is NOT A Disfellowshipping "Offense"

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so yeah, i was thinking about this.

  marrying an unbeliever is considered to be wrong, but at the same time, it is not a disfellowshipping "offense".

  well, the reason is simple: there is more to gain than to lose by not disfellowshipping.

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  The whole concept of marriage is lost on god. Consider the following. Two devout Satanists get married in a ceremony according to the rituals of Satan, in which during the nuptuals 100 virgins are sacrificed to the lord of darkness and their blood is drunk by the wedding party. Gruesome? Yes. But the two most important questions are: Does jehovah recognize the marital arrangement? If 'no' then marriage means nothing in the eyes of god. If 'yes' then do the words of Jesus apply in which he said "what god has yolked together let no man pull apart" thereby crediting jehovah with the aforementioned satanic marital arrangement.
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  Two Brothers Living Together - Never Dated Girls...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my old congregation there are two brothers (non related) who are in the early 30s.

  they've never dated girls.

  they're "best friends".

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  The GOD Couple: guardians of d!ck

  https://youtu.be/QReUbe4kp-o
  
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  Awake! Magazine April 22 1970

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  was doing some research this evening and i think ive found possibly the most damaging awake magazine issue the jw's could have printed.

  april 22nd 1970. you can download the entire 1970 volume here: http://da-ip.getmyip.com:8080/pdf/old%20publications/?sort=d.

  in this issue, the watchtower calls other religions on their hypocrisy for changing doctrine, upbeat music in their services, the clergy meddling in worldly affairs (un anyone?

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  A Jehovah's Witness in Brooklyn, New York, expressed the effect the changes have had on many.

  "Tell me", he asked "how can I have confidence in anything? How can I believe in the Bible, in God, or have faith? Just ten years ago we Jehovah's Witnesses had the absolute truth, we put all our faith in this. Now the governing body and the Watchtower are telling us this is not the way to believe any more, but we are to believe "new things". How do I know the "new things" will be the truth in five years?"

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  New commentary on revelation coming up?

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i heard through the grapevine about a forthcoming book:.

  together through the great tribulation - come to jehovah's mountain.

  still awaiting solid confirmation though.

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  Every generation, or overlapping generation, of the ruling class of Watchtower or Jehovah's Witnesses has released a "new light" version interpreting Revelation with themselves under the spotlight in the center stage.

  The current GOD class of JWs can not resist to also declare themselves a part of so-called bible prophecy. If they don't they will go down in JW history as the only group of JW leaders that never read the bible and personally saw themselves as the subject being written about.

  Arrogant religious leaders can not resist the temptation to declare themselves part of bible prophecy. In addition, arrogant religious leaders can not resist the temptation to declare the previous leaders as interpreting the scriptures wrong.