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Things JWs Say That Don't Mean What They Think It Means
by NotFormer in
1. jw
2. friends
sometimes things don't come across the way the speaker intended.. years ago there was an ad by the whitegoods company fisher and paykel.

they showed them going to great lengths to get customer feedback on what was important to them.

one customer said that she wanted it to be easy to get her appliances serviced when they broke down.
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The org: Coal calling the kettle black! #2
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"the generally accepted definition of propaganda is this: an organization for the propagation of a doctrine or system, the purpose of which is to cause the membership of the system or organization to increase or enlarge.

religious organizations engage in propaganda, because each system of religion tries to increase its membership.

the work of jehovah’s witnesses for his kingdom is entirely a different matter.
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The org: Coal calling the kettle black!
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"the greatest religious system that exists on earth, or ever did exist on earth, is the roman catholic hierarchy, controlled by a few men and under which have been brought millions of people of honest desires.

satan has used the roman catholic hierarchy (g.b.

) to blind millions of people.
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Can Elders Voluntarily Resign?
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
an elder with half a brain (and they must exist 🧐) is going to see the writing on the wall with the way the wt is manoeuvring them into taking the fall over csa cases.

can an elder in good standing step down with no consequences, official or social?.
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Michael died twice for JW's sins.
by moomanchu in
1. jw
2. friends
once when jehovah turned him into a sperm and once when the romans crucified him.. technically sperm is still alive when used for invitro fertilization.

then again is sleeping in a tomb for a few hours really dead ?.

forget it, no one died for jw's sins.
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My goodness! Fourteen years since I began posting here...
by garyneal in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm not sure if anyone remembers me since i do not post here much anymore.

i sometimes pop in around christmas time to see if anyone is interested in exchanging christmas cards like we used to back when i first posted on this site.

speaking of which, the holiday season will soon be upon us.. if you recall, i was married to a jehovah's witness and i had a daughter i spoke of a lot.
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1974 and all that
by Number 6 in
1. jw
2. experiences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xznh9icm1os.

i came across this footage recently whilst searching for something completely unrelated and it blew me away!.

it's from the august 1974 convention at murrayfield, edinburgh and you can clearly see the stage set up still keeping the 6000 years and 1975 mantra going.. what makes this very personal for me is that i was here.
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Goodbye Mother
by punkofnice in
1. jw
2. friends
so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

that was indeed very traumatic.

i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.
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Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool - October 2023
by DerekMoors in
1. social
2. humour
it's not too early to place your bets for how many patrons his royal thighness will lose in october.

as of this writing, his tally stands at 457. so, where do you think he'll be on october 2?

lucky number 420?
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Are Elders prepared to take the fall for WT/GB misdemeanor's / crime ??
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have been thinking about this in relation to the directive given to elders to destroy any incriminating evidence they may have either on their pc`s ,e-mails , private notes in their possession, or notes in their witnessing bags ,etc.

to do with child sexual abuse they may still have in their possession.. isn`t that encouraging the elders to interfere with the justice system ?.

to break the law?.