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  I want to try something new, any ideas?

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  normally when jws come to my door, i very quickly tell them i'm not interested in the jws.

  and for about a year or so they don't come until that time passes.

  well, they came by today, but this time i decided to not tell them to go away but had a nice conversation with the two that were at my door.

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  smiddy3

  What about asking them to show you one scripture in the New Testament where Christians are instructed to witness about a God named Jehovah ?.....Just one (1 )

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  Where in the New Testament that explicitly states that Christians are to be witnesses of Jehovah`s Kingdom ?

  And in each of those cases where the actual word Jehovah occurs ?

  The word/name Jehovah does not appear anywhere in their Kingdom Interlinear Of The Christian Greek Scriptures.

  The word for word translation of the Greek into English.
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  My kids are watching Atheist Content on Youtube!

  by Miriam in

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  2. family

  i was looking at my children's watch history on youtube when i saw that they were watching atheist content!!!

  what should i do?

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  Maybe your kids could teach you something here Miriam ?

  Out of the mouth of babes ?

  Welcome here Miriam ,this is a great site to engage in without Judgemental people shunning you
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  To kill a Mockingbird quote

  by lancelink in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  saw this and immediately thought of the witnesses : .

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  smiddy3

  You don`t have to go to the Bible to find a proverb worth repeating.

  Thank you Harper lee
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  The Children Act - New arrival on Netflix

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6040662/.

  as her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.. i saw the trailer for this a long time ago and its subject matter immediately got me interested.

  it has just been added the netflix catalogue here in australia and i am looking forward to finally watching it.. please, if you've seen it, no spoilers!.

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  smiddy3

  I enjoyed the movie as a whole if you know what i mean ,I think its a big ask for film makers to really know what its like to be indoctrinated over many years as a Jehovah`s Witness and portray it how we ex JW`s would like it to be portrayed.

  But I think they did a good job overall.

  "Apostasy" was another good one .

  "Worlds apart" another good one

  If you haven`t seen them do yourself a favour.
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  Elders Know of Serial Killer & Told to Keep Quiet

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. scandals

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  smiddy3

  road to nowhere ,

  Didn`t you mean to say a murderer gets a resurrection and a pot smoker gets Armageddon ?

  Anyhow ,shouldn`t law enforcement agencies ,police etc. be made aware of this letter of the G.B. of J.W.`s to the elders ,as this obviously applies all around the world .?

  Maybe even Current Affairs / Foreign Correspondent TV programs could make good use of a letter like this for one of there TV programs. ?

  I wonder if Angus Stewart & Justice Mclellan of the Investigation into Institutionalised Child Sexual Abuse Enquirey in Australia were aware of this letter and whether it would have made a difference in their findings about the religion of Jehovah`s Witnesses.?
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  For those of you who've watched the Witnesses documentary, let's suppose for a moment that...

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  for those of you who've watched the witnesses documentary, let's suppose for a moment that the org was forced to make their database of abusers available to the courts.

  if this database is as detailed and meticulous as it is claimed, how in the world could the org (in its present form) survive that?

  assuming they don't go bankrupt after all of the new abuse claims, would they go underground, shut down the kingdom halls, stop the preaching?

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  Wasn`t there a judge somewhere that gave a court order for JW`s to release this data base & face an x amount of $ fine every week or so if they didn`t do so ? And that it is still in force ?

  And the files that were handed over to Zalkins law firm from JW`s ,why cant he release these files to the judge that has imposed the fines on WT/JW`s if they refused to do so ?

  Why cant Zalkin hand these files over to the Judge that requests them ?

  What am I missing here ? it just seems like such a ridiculous situation to be happening.?
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  'The Witnesses,' Premiering Feb. 8 On Oxygen

  by Tahoe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not sure if this was posted before as i could not find it.. .

  the two-night investigative special follows the stories of four former jehovah’s witnesses, as they recount details of the sexual abuse they endured during their time within the organization.

  oxygen, the destination for high-quality crime programming, debuts “the witnesses” on saturday, february 8 at 7pm et/pt and sunday, february 9 at 7pm et/pt.

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  I`m not sure who I got part 2 from but whoever it was thank you ,it should be an eye opener for anybody who sits on the fence or doubts the extent WT/JW will go to avoid scrutiny or put someone from the G.B. on line to defend their faith.

  They just fail to show up and defend themselves and this is Governing Body members I`m talking about who have the best possible chance to defend the faith on National Television and they wont show their faces.

  Yet they expect the rank & file to go D2D and defend the faith ?

  Where is the Leadership example ?
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  The Oxygen Special...

  by Biahi in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just talked to my pimi mom about this special, of course she saw it advertised, but didn’t watch it.

  she told me those programs are “ apostate lies.” i asked her if people magazine is apostate.

  she said no, but the one who wrote the article is.

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  smiddy3

  As they say a picture speaks a thousand words.

  I feel your frustration Biahi
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  Disfellowshipped JW's Still Have "Normal Family Relations"

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "when someone is disfellowshipped from the religion, normal family relations continue, with the exception of spiritual fellowship.”a watchtower lawyer clears up this common misunderstanding:.

  https://jwvictims.org/2017/11/19/watchtower-lawyer-lies-outright-in-court-about-disfellowshipping-and-shunning/ .

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  The JW`s also lyingly try to put the onus on the one that is shunned saying it`s their fault we are not talking to them because they knew the consequences of leaving the religion .So they still left knowing the consequences so its not our fault but theirs.....?

  How do you argue with reasoning like that ?
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  Animals as vegetarians thread continued

  by Crazyguy2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i found out just last night that back in 2015 scientists discovered a piece of amber estimated to be over 15 million years old.

  inside the amber was a flea, very similar to the size and kind that attack and eat our blood today.

  whats even more astonishing is in the mouth they found bacteria that has the same make up as bubonic plague.

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  smiddy3

  I`m just curious as to why the person gave me a dislike and what their reason was.?