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  How do you feel ethically about the Governing Body?

  by runForever in

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  if something terrible were to happen to the members of the current gb would you feel bad?.

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  I only feel ethically about organizations that are ethical. gb is the antithesis of ethical.
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  I want it to be the truth, but I don't believe it. Unless I do but don't want to. Huh?

  by noonehome in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if i did believe, i think i could have what it takes to be what's considered a 'good jw'....being a missionary actually really appeals to me.

  but obviously i couldn't live that life if i didn't believe in my heart it's the truth.

  i'm young, and interested in doing some kind of humanitarian work... kind of a secular equivalent of "serving where the need is greater.

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  Noonehome, your feelings are perfectly normal! To be young and have a love for people and want to do big things to help is really cool. Check out the CNN Heroes blog, there are wildly diverse groups from all over the globe doing great things who are nominated each year, and usually contact info is provided.

  Best wishes! Do something great for humanity, not for the wts real estate billionaires club.
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  Want a good laugh?

  by ilikecheese in

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  http://www.conservativerefocus.com/index.php/2014/06/09/jehovah-s-witness-organization-now-promoting-one-world-government-and-need-for-new-world-leader.

  someone on my facebook posted this.

  some dummy got a pamphlet that talked about the convention, the "one world government and who can lead" pamphlet.

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  saving this
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  Is sex abuse in the Wt that big of a problem

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  before i start, i'm not a wt apologist and i am certainly not trying to minimise sex abuse.

  i was looking at the amount of sex abuse cases in light of witness population.

  just say wt ended up on paying out on 30,000 individual abuse cases.

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  Joe, the worst possible outcome for a sex abuse victim is to be re-victimized. The elders re-victimize the victim by forcing (usually) her to recount every horrible detail to them. Then they tell her and her family to "not talk" about it to anyone, which is also shaming behavior. Then in some cases she is forced to be-re-re-victimized and confront her rapist/abuser because that's the "only" way he will be df'd. Statistics have nothing to do with judging which religion to pick, if you should want one. The point about wt abuse is that it protects the abusers. Period.

  A religion that boasts of being god's only true channel can only prove that by being BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHERS. Yet in dealing with this heinous criminal activity, they are much worse than many.

  The only thing jws/wts/the gb are better at than all the others is running a pseudo-religious con game.
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  Name Some Things That JWs Look Down Upon That Normal People Wouldn't Even Think About?

  by minimus in

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  jws look down on others for saying, "bless you" if someone sneezes.

  it has something to do with the demons.

  another example is that it is considered satanic if a man took his hat off for a lady!

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  Telling your mom "Happy Mothers Day!"
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  101 ways Jehovah's Witnesses are the embodiment of George Orwell's 1984

  by rory-ks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  victory mansions/cigarettes/gin/square.

  anything jehovah's witnesses get to name is either "watchtower," "kingdom," or "new world," be it road, house, farm, forest, hall, or bible.. .

  he took down from the shelf a bottle of colourless liquid with a plain label marked victory gin.

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  Hang in there,Rory, the weekend is coming With more time to read and post.
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  Seriously considering stepping down as Elder

  by fader77 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been an elder for 6 years.

  it's been the last 2 years or so that i've really seen the hypocrisy, but the ability to know the shenanigans of the society through the body of elders letters has kind of kept me in there.

  i'm to the point now that i can't stand the hatred and bitterness that the body of elders has towards myself and my whole family.

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  fader, sounds like it's high time for you to take care of fader. My personal experience has been that the longer you live for other people's supposed happiness, you stop learning how to be happy yourself. (((hugs)))
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  The benefits of being out of the Organisation..

  by Dis-Member in

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  2. scandals

  elder 1. .

  elder 2.. .

  elder 3.. .

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  Definitely causes more problems than it solves. Interesting research.
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  Full-time service is MORE IMPORTANT than taking care of elderly parents!!! It says so in the Sept 2014 WT

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  paragraph 20 out of the article in the sept 2014 study wt about fulltime service says this.... .

  "full-time servants age, and so do their parents.

  when parents are witnesses, likely their fondest wish is for their children to stay in their assignments.

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  Pretty much says it all
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  Goodbye JW net

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  forgive me for indulging in a goodbye but it would feel wrong not to,.

  i hope the discussions and atmosphere here do not change for it is a bubbling brew of doubt, bravery and sincere hunger for answers.

  these are healthy ingrediants for humans and especially for a jehovah's witness.. this forum offers not just the ability to ask without consequence, but it also offers the means to be real.

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  Doctor! So happy for you and proud of you!! You will be missed here but all those you take care of will have the pleasure of knowing a truly wonderful man. (((((Dr Snare)))))