The "faithful slave" urges confession in latest Watchtower!

by The Searcher in

watchtower october 2017, page 11, par.

17 - confess and abandon secret sins.

some christians who have committed a serious sin try to cover it over in order to avoid embarrassing themselves or disappointing others.

fastJehu

Listener
Where is the dividing line between a serious sin and not so serious sin?

It's a watchtower homemade "line".

It's not bible-based.

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What is behind your choice of forum user name?

by stuckinarut2 in

jw
friends

just curious how we all think.. what prompted or influenced your choice of username for this forum?.

there are some really amazing names, and it would be great to hear the stories behind them.... mine was nothing fancy.

i just felt "stuck in a rut too" along with so many others.

fastJehu

Some of my elders had problems with my attitude for fast german sportcars.

So every time they came up speaking about my "non-theocratic" cars - I replied with the bible story about Jehu.

In germany normally we can drive without speed limit. So many people come from other countrys to germany to drive very fast on the german "autobahn" (my avatar shows the german sign for "autobahn" (highway).

So for me it's freedom - freedom to drive without speedlimit.

Learning TTATT - I could break free from all the Watchtower-"Limits".

fastJehu - now driving(living) without cult (speed)limits.

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(2 Kings 9:20)  And the watchman went on to report, saying: “He came as far as to them, but he has not returned; and the driving is like the driving of Jeʹhu the grandson of Nimʹshi, for it is with madness that he drives.. . .

*** it-2 p. 23 Jehu *** As “the heaving mass” of Jehu’s horsemen and chariots came closer, the chariot driving of Jehu “with madness” identified him to the watchman on the tower.

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Broadcasting live from the belly of the beast

by NikL in

jw
friends

well unfortunately i was unable to get out of today gracefully so here i am in sacramento california at what i fear may be the most boring convention to date.. heck there aren't even any entertaining apostates to watch .

anyway,i am just posting as a quiet f.u.

to the org..

fastJehu

jaydee
Hi Nikl, I know it's all digital these days, but do they still release new books at the assembles ?

NO - only digital.

A letter to the BOE told them, that in the first meeting after the assembly you can order 1 book per publisher.

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Reaction of Governing Body Belies More than their Accusation

by carefullyread in

a disfellowshiped brother wrote a letter of disquisition to the governing body of wbts a little while ago.

it was not in any way nasty, derogatory, rude, blasphemous, or with profanity but it was civil, truthful, & very informative that some have described as extremely truthful to enlightening, an ebullient disclosure.

i got to see some paraphrases extracted from it that have been circulating quietly or rather secretly passed around & i agree with the latter description.. the governing body was greatly perturbed, alarmed, to confused with this letter particularly as they became aware several of the congregation were also sent copies which some of the local congregational elders raised controversial questions about but mainly was dismissed by them without reading, to scoffing & ridicule but some also saw something more truthful to concern them.

fastJehu

That's normal - it happens many times in my family. It's called:

argumentum ad hominem

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Birthday Party

by OnTheWayOut in

jw
friends

i have posted less and less personal threads because less and less jw-related activity has happened in my life.

my jw mother called me on friday and asked me if i could do something on saturday.

i was sure my wife would ask me if anyone asked about her, and what i said.

fastJehu

By the way, no one was beheaded at the party.

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RC 2017 talk: Safeguard Your Children From “What Is Evil”

by wifibandit in

you read that right.

there is a whole talk on the topic.. .

outline: safeguard your children from “what is evil” co-tk17-26-e. .

fastJehu

I found the doc with your help. Thanks a lot.

Here ist is: https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=f5500c14-49fb-4a90-9507-a383e2d8090d&type=transcriptpdf&filename=Submissions-on-behalf-of-Watchtower-Bible-and-Tract-Society-of-Australia-&-Others&fileextension=pdf

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RC 2017 talk: Safeguard Your Children From “What Is Evil”

by wifibandit in

you read that right.

there is a whole talk on the topic.. .

outline: safeguard your children from “what is evil” co-tk17-26-e. .

fastJehu

@ OrphanCrow

In the Submissions on behalf ofWatchtower Bible and Tract Societyof Australia & Others9 November 2015, this statement was made (pg 15):

Child sexual abuse is a matter of concern to any right thinking parent or adult, and to see it only as an “institutional” problem would be to miss an essential truth: that much abuse occurs within families.

Sorry - but I can't find this statement in the document within your link.

Maybe the link is wrong.

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RC 2017 talk: Safeguard Your Children From “What Is Evil”

by wifibandit in

you read that right.

there is a whole talk on the topic.. .

outline: safeguard your children from “what is evil” co-tk17-26-e. .

fastJehu

OrphanCrow
The WTS submitted a response to the ARC that claimed that they shouldn't be included in Australia's investigation into institutional abuse because...most of the JW cases were familial.

Could you give me a link to the source, where I can find this statement?

Thanks a lot for all your hard work and your research for safeguarding children.

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