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Hyprocrisy Pervades JW Culture
by Room 215 inafter thinking about ozzies recent regrettable incident in which his college graduate jw daughter ``uninvited him and his wife to the commencement ceremony , i considered how integral hypocrisy and self-deception is to dub culture.
here we have a young woman who while professing a loyalty to the ``faithful and discreet slave so intense as to accede to the shunning of the very parents who gave her life (and likely paid for her education), while at the same time retaining a prerogative to ``pick and choose among which jw injunctions she will either slavishly follow or ignore completely (in this latter case the wts anti-higher education urgings).. despite the incessant pressure to ``preach, preach, preach, their ``life-giving message zealously and at every opportunity, `in the short time left, what percentage of jws routinely and proactively, if ever, preach to their workmates and neighbors, or even disclose their religious affiliations unless absolutely cornered?
and what of jw youths, particularly the teenagers at school?
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Update on Japan, Anyone?
by Room 215 inwe recently learned here about the purported disfellowshipping of one of the highest-ranking and most widely respected jw figures in japan?
has there been any confirmation or subesquent news of this?
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Gutless Governing Boday a Dateline No Show
by Room 215 inwhy should we expect otherwise?
these guys are bullies, and bullies are generally cowards.
these are the champions of true worhip apponted to adminster the earhty affairs of god's kingdom?
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The Biblical Canon: Another `Can of Worms'
by Room 215 inwhat prompted this post was mentioned by cpiolo in the earlier thread ``the organization behind the name.
for all the bible thumping that goes on here and in other quarters among the religiously inclined, seldom does any awareness of the controversial origins of the bible as we know it come to the surface.. the volume we call the bible emerged from the wranglings of clerics whose job it was to settle matters once for all time.
all of these, or course, fit the current jw definition of apostate christendom; seldom were their choices for inclusion unanimous; several, including the book of rvelation, squeaked through on the slimmest of of majorities, others were excluded by margins equally fine.
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An Ode to Tony Morris, Opus One (Apologies for having sent the wrong link)
by Room 215 inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3xsw59j0ti.
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Class Action Suit in Canada?
by Room 215 init looks like a pretty big deal; thanks, barbara for the mention:.
http://watchtowerdocuments.org/watchtower-faces-major-lawsuits-in-canada/.
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Questions for Gamaliel
by Room 215 inhello gamaliel,.
you're a recent poster here, and i've enjoyed your contributions.
i would ask that you please elaborate on one point i found most intriguing: the limiting of access to the bethel libraries sinces the 70s.
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Karl Adams: Alive or Dead?
by Room 215 in.
in an earlier thread on the gb, blondie said that karl adams is dead.
is this confirmed?
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JW Obligations Mitigate Against Strong Families
by Room 215 inwe've all read and heard reports of what jw shunning polices do to families.
my experience is that even for faithful and active jws, strong families are rare, despite wt rhetoric to the contrary.
the reason: the society exalts what it considers to be ``spiritual obligations'' above all else, and these more often than not cut into time that could otherwise be spent with loved ones.. as an elder, i wish i had a nickel for every time a conflict of meetings schedules, assemblies, elders' meetings, etc., etc.
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Political Activism? JWs?
by Room 215 inor more specifically, in france?
jws demonstrating and handing out leaflets of protest to the public (see the 1 sept. 2001 wt)?
i recall a similar instance here in nyc when the rank and file was called upon to march in protest against a decision of local government against a building expansion project in brooklyn heights?