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  IICSA hearings on religious organizations begin 16 March

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa) is holding a public hearing in the child protection in religious organisations and settings investigation for the next two weeks.

  the provisional timetable for the first week was released today: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/17795/view/2020-03-12-cpiros-public-hearing-week-one-timetable.pdf .

  five witnesses will testify on the jw issue next thursday, 19 march:.

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  I look forward to this and hope that it won`t be a fizzer , and that they actually hold the JW religion accountable for their neglect in protecting the child/ youth in their religion/organization.
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  3 More Letters Dated March 13th, From the UK on Coronavirus!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  3 more letters dated march 13th, from the uk.

  there are different mailing addresses at the top.. 2020-03-13https://docdro.id/pxmmef72020-03-13https://docdro.id/adfw87y2020-03-13https://docdro.id/u2tov1ppetra!https://docdro.id/qqtzami

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  As it eventually will ,and everything will go back to normal again .

  Another let down for those hoping that the end is nigh .

  How many times does a JW have to be let down with JW expectations about the GT, or the big A before the penny drops that it is all a scam ?

  As the president of the WTB&TS /J.W./ ,W.T. said in a rare moment of truth " Religion is a snare and a racket "

  Jehovah`s Witnesses are no better than the SDA`s , the Mormons ,Christadelphians ,Assembly`s of God ,or any other religion that sprung up in the last couple of hundred years.
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  Can single sisters get Breast Augmentation?

  by friedchicken in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am curious can a single jw sister get a breast augmentation?

  will the elders disfellowship her?

  will jehovah be angry with her or upset?

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  I think you answered your own question with your name tag " friedchicken" .

  More than likely the Elders would say something like " Your not happy with the body Jehovah gave you? "

  " Why do you want to do such a thing ? Making yourself a sex object ?"

  " What if every sister wanted to do such a thing would that bring praise to Jehovah ?"
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  No Meetings, preaching work and circuits for JW's in Holland because of SARS-COVID-19 / Corona + Memorial only for JW's

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today all jw's in holland are informed that all meetings, the preaching work and the circuits are halted / closed because of sars-covid-19 / "corona".

  first till march, 30 and then maybe longer.. the first time that the jw work in holland completely stopped.

  the memorial will be held only for jw's.

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  Maybe they should just do the Memorial on line instead of having it at KH`s where everybody could log in and observe it ,wouldn`t that be the most sensible thing for the GB to organise ?

  Under the circumstances ?

  Otherwise ,having all of their members congregating at KH`s all over the world could be just passing a death sentence on all of the elderly that will attend this meeting .

  They are for the most part only observers so why can`t they just do it on line where everybody can log in and observe the celebration of the Memorial ?
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  JW old books and mags selling hot on ebay

  by JimmyYoung in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i have an eye out for a couple of the more nefarious jw books from the past.

  i look on ebay etsy and others.

  i see that the older books are selling for a good price.

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  A few years ago now ,I was managing as a volunteer a Senior citizens OP shop where I live and somebody donated what must have been about a dozen WT / Society videos .

  Apparently from some old person who had passed away and their family thought to give them to the OP shop.

  .There was no way I was going to put them on the shelves in the shop so a co-worker who was no fan of the JW`s had them dumped in the trash.

  And I had no problem with that decision.
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  How Are JWs Affected By The Coronavirus?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  will meetings and conventions be canceled?

  the ministry?

  shepherding calls, get togethers?

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  In my neck of the woods in E.G. Victoria,Australia I would imagine that "the end is nigh" is at the utmost of the minds of JW`s.

  Just in this past 6 months we have had devastating bushfires ,floods in some parts ,a hailstone storm that wrecked my back deck where my roof looks like its covered in swiss cheese and now with COVID-19 and the 3 Supermarkets here with depleted stocks of toilet paper ,paper towels,and tissues ,along with hand cleansers ,I`m pretty sure its not only the JW`s that are thinking "the end is nigh" ?

  I am now lamenting the time I dumped all of our WT literature, we sure could use all of those pages for toilet paper.
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  Can you answer?

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  specifically for women but all can join in.

  1. whether you believe in the bible or not are you free to read /allowed to read the bible,the word of god?.

  2. whether you want to or not, are you free to read/ allowed to read the shepherds book, the word of men?.

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  How does the downplaying of women in the Christian setting gel with how women were used by God in the Old Testament ?

  Deborah was a Prophetess and also a Judge over Israel "and the sons of Israel would go up to her for judgement"

  as one example .

  You don`t hear much about her and how Jehovah put her in such a responsible position from the WT/JW `s do you.
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  Hebrews 13:8

  by Acer21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hebrews 13:8.

  "jesus christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.".

  the book of hebrews declare that jesus is god in this verse.

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  Will the real Jesus please stand up ?

  Jesus -the word.

  Jesus- the logos

  Jesus - Michael the Archangel

  Jesus- the son of God

  Jesus - the first born of all Creation

  Jesus -the king of the Jews.

  Jesus - the king of Christians

  Jesus - the king for a thousand years after Armageddon

  Jesus- a carpenter

  Jesus - a babe and then a youth growing up.
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  2020 March Announcements And Reminders!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just in case anyone needed this.. 2020-march-announcements and reminders.

  https://docdro.id/pfczjnr.

  petra.

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  And what`s this London Special Preaching Campaign all about ? That you have to be invited to .Any ideas ?

  And why does this apply only to London ?

  I know they love using this word special when there is nothing special about it in the first place ...but ?
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  I met an Exorcist

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i like to ride my bicycle to starbucks.

  when weather permits i sit on the patio and write in the sunshine.a pesky crow i call edgar usually arrives to beg (or steal).that's all you need to know before we begin._____________________.

  location exterior : the patio of starbuckstime: 11 amcast:lou : media / news analyst, religious fundamentalistterry: crow magnet and know-it-alledgar: spawn of satan________________.

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  Thanks Terry ,. I wasn`t disappointed .I think I would put this in the forward of your book.

  " Elder ( insert name here ) didn`t want his his name published in the book so I will honour his wishes and leave it out of the book"