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  Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong

  by thecrushed in

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  i've never heard a more appropriate ted talk for jw's to take to heart than this one.

  "most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong.

  but what if we're wrong about that?

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  Review of Memorial Talk

  by pixel in

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  2. bible

  this is my personal review of the memorial talk for this year.

  take into account that this is a new "outline".

  i put "outline" in quotes because.

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  Watchtower REMOVES "Trinity" Booklet---ONLINE! Video

  by BlindersOff1 in

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  2. bible

  another great catch by "the snarky apologist" on youtube......................................................i'm looking for this pdf can anyone give me a link.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hihh1_uc9s4.

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  Timing of new "faithful & discreet slave class" teaching

  by sir82 in

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  the following is pure, 100% speculation, but i think it's fun to do anyway..... .

  as has been posted on numerous threads, the "biggie" coming out of the annual meeting this past weekend is that now the "faithful and discreet slave" is considered to be the jw governing body only - not "all anointed nes on earth".. and has been posted, it seems that the most recent direct statement of the "old light" - that the fds is composed of "all anointed" - was made in 2009.. so that makes me think - what happened between 2009 & 2012 to elicit such a change?.

  both jack barr & ted jaracz - the last of the "old guard" - died in 2010.. the gb went from 9 members down to 7.. assuming that the "2/3 majority" rule as written about by ray franz was still in effect, this scenario seems plausible:.

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  The Society debunked the rumored new light on the F&DS in 1973

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the summary of the rumored new light from the 2012 annual meeting, as posted by cedars.. the faithful and discreet slave was not appointed at pentecost 33ce, meaning that there has not been a continuous line of members of the slave class on the earth down through the ages.

  the slave class was only appointed for the first time by christ in 1919.the faithful and discreet slave is a small group of anointed brothers during jesus presence serving at watchtower headquarters who are directly involved in the preparing and dispensing of spiritual food.

  the individual members of the governing body are not the faithful and discreet slave.

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  How does one feel when they can't answer?

  by NeverKnew in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm dating a jw.

  i have asked him several questions that would be categorized as "thinking" questions and i knew he'd have a tough time finding answers.

  whenever i wouldn't get an answer to 3-5, i was moving on to the next 3-5. over a year's time, just about all have gone unanswered... just dropped... non-existent at this point.

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  Sent 3 years ago From: oompa (WT letter)

  by lisavegas420 in

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  2. beliefs

  sent3 years agofromoompatolisavegas420titlewt lettermessagehey vegas...if you want the entire letter with all my research let me know...it is six pages.

  the bottom line on the response was they would not even send me a direct letter with answers, but chose to send the answer letter to my elders who read only portions of it to me...my elder dad of 30 plus years said he had never heard of that.

  the elders told me not to share any of the info as it could hurt others faith...i said how the hell is that if this is the real truth about our bible and how it has changed the greek scriptures???

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  Victoria, Australia: State Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious Organisations

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  victoria, australia: state inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious organisations.

  the victoria, australia, state inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations, including the jehovahs witnesses and the watch tower society, has officially commenced, with the last of the formal submissions being presented to the inquiry committee on friday, 21 september, 2012.. .

  a large number of submissions have been received by the inquiry in relation to the religion of jehovahs witnesses, the watch tower society, their internal lawyer vincent toole and his law firm vincent toole solicitors.

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  Here's the latest news on the Candace Conti case

  by God_Delusion in

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  2. child-abuse

  hi guys,.

  i've been speaking with kathleen (candace's mother) and with sami (a close family friend) and they told me the latest news on the candace conti vs. the watchtower society court case.. read it here - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/jw-lawsuits/latest-on-the-candace-conti-vs-the-watchtower-society-case/.

  love,.

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  'The Land of Decoration' by Grace McLeen

  by freshcrepes in

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  2. friends

  i did a search for this author and book on this forum but couldn't find anything, so apologies if this has already been posted.

  i'm surprised it hasn't got more attention here.. this book was published last month in england - i heard about it on the radio where it said that the author is an ex-jehovah's witness.. i haven't been able to confirm this anywhere else except to say that the author grew up in a fundamentalist religion.

  on reading the book, while not explicitly stated, it's quite clear that the main character is a witness.. i highly recommend it - it's a novel about a child who creates a world in her room made out of various objects.

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