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Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 8:02pm On Aug 13, 2017
achorladey:
What can I do but laugh, you are not different from the individual that hand over the materials to those numerous websites such as (avoid jw.org). Are you?
No. I am not.
The website is visited and updated by Jehovah's witnesses who want to create awareness to the world about what's going on in the organization
This is how the world knows about the thousands of child molestation going on within the org.
If everyone keeps quiet, many more will suffer.
Below is GB Jackson at the commission. No jw was told this happened, but thanks to the internet and some brothers in bethel, we can now see the testimony the brother gave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu6X1YU6YYI
Christianity EtcRe: Attending University Is Lack Of Faith Says Jehovah's Witnesses Gov Body by mikeolu1(op): 3:33pm On Aug 13, 2017
Here is a discussion on how the gb has meander through the matter of higher education over the years


Jehovah’s Witnesses and Education – A Brief History
“It is only the ignorant who despise education.” —Publilius Syrus, Moral Sayings, first century B.C.E.
– As quoted in Awake! of March 8, 1998

Once again, parents among Jehovah’s Witnesses have some tough decisions to make with respect to the education of their children. In its October 1, 2005 issue of The Watchtower, the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (hereafter WTS) has published an article entitled Parents-What Future Do You Want for Your Children? With this article, the WTS has evidently decided to attempt to reverse, at least to some extent, a landmark change that was presented in the November 1, 1992 issue of that same magazine.

The goal of this essay is to acquaint the reader with approximately 40 years’ worth of history on this topic. It is written from the perspective of the
1966 In the publication Life Everlasting—In Freedom of the Sons of God, the year 1975 is held forth as the end of 6,000 years of human history. For Jehovah’s Witnesses accustomed to believing that the Thousand-Year reign of Christ (the “Millennium”) would follow shortly after the conclusion of this 6,000-year period, this date engenders a sense of extreme excitement and urgency. It also leads to a “date-oriented” view towards many other matters of life, including housing, planning ahead for the later years of life and, yes, education.

w69 3/15 p. 171 What Influences Decisions in Your Life? The influence and spirit of this world is to get ahead, to make a name for oneself. Many schools now have student counselors who encourage one to pursue higher education after high school, to pursue a career with a future in this system of things. Do not be influenced by them. Do not let them “brainwash” you with the Devil’s propaganda to get ahead, to make something of yourself in this world. This world has very little time left! Any “future” this world offers is no future! Wisely, then, let God’s Word influence you in selecting a course that will result in your protection and blessing. Make pioneer service, the full-time ministry, with the possibility of or missionary service your goal. This is a life that offers an everlasting future!
1970 – 1975 The 1975 expectations build to a “fever pitch.” The phrase “stay alive till seventy-five” is coined.

Some Witnesses adopt extreme viewpoints and engage in unwise behavior, such as taking on debt they never intended to repay or foregoing helpful, even necessary, medical treatment. While the WTS did not necessarily advocate these extreme views or actions, they certainly do nothing to dampen the “urgency” of 1975 in other areas, including decisions with long-term consequences related to housing, finances, employment, and education. Long-time Witnesses may remember this comment from Our Kingdom Ministry:

km 5/74 p. 3 How Are You Using Your Life?
Reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this old system in the pioneer service. Certainly this is a fine way to spend the short time remaining before the wicked world’s end. (Bold mine)
The view of education in the midst of that environment continues to be about what one might expect:

w71 9/15 p. 563 Set Apart from the World

Approximately 2001 - 2004 Some start to notice evidence of a ‘negative’ view of higher education reappearing in certain program parts on Special Assembly Days, Circuit Assemblies, and District Conventions. Comments seeming to disparage higher education appear with greater regularity. Whereas, in the 1990’s, youths who were pursuing higher education, while still exemplary in serving Jehovah, were featured on such assembly and convention programs, this seems to decrease. The idea of moving very quickly into “full-time service” right out of high school, or shortly thereafter, seems to make a comeback.
Still, nothing overtly negative appears in the pages of The Watchtower, the official doctrinal journal of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Alert publishers in the ‘field’ start to wonder whether a ‘tug of war’ of sorts is going on at Bethel with respect to this issue.
2005
At the ‘Godly Obedience’ District Conventions, a drama about the life of Timothy is presented. Some take the contrast presented in this drama between Timothy and a fictional contemporary who pursues higher education in the Roman system as further evidence that the organization’s view of “higher” education is once again turning negative. Still, without further commentary in The Watchtower, the matter seems left to some level of interpretation.

That changes with the arrival at Kingdom Halls of the October 1, 2005 issue of The Watchtower, and the article Parents-What Future Do You Want for Your Children?
Meanwhile . . . The eighteen-year-old who graduated high school in the year 1969 turns fifty-four. He has children that are older than he was that spring day in 1969, when he was told “this world has very little time left.”
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 3:21pm On Aug 13, 2017

Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 3:15pm On Aug 13, 2017
S-61-E Elder checklist for C.O. visit

Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 3:07pm On Aug 13, 2017
June 27, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: Donations to Regional Conventions Using jw.org
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2fYNzAbUpqFbGJiWFhHZW1rM28/view?usp=sharing
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 3:05pm On Aug 13, 2017
March 22, 2017 TO ALL CONVENTION COMMITTEES Re: Discontinuation of Physical Distribution of Convention Releases

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2fYNzAbUpqFMDY0TXpGeHVQakk/view?usp=sharing
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 3:03pm On Aug 13, 2017
August 1, 2017 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS Re: Using and Maintaining Kingdom Halls

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2fYNzAbUpqFSkVsUkFCYXRaRW8/view?usp=sharing

More letters to boe
Christianity EtcRe: Research Article: 10,000+ Jehovah's Witnesses Died From Refusal Of Blood Transfu by mikeolu1(op): 2:58pm On Aug 13, 2017
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 2:56pm On Aug 13, 2017
Please read and share this article from Washington Post, March 23 2016 :
"I told the truth in my sister's obituary, so that others might choose to live"http://wpo.st/shET1


https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/221220/suicide-how-many-do-you-know-within-jws?page=22
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 2:51pm On Aug 13, 2017
https://www./1474402276106899/

Jehovah's Witnesses Suicide Memoriam
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 2:44pm On Aug 13, 2017
Peacefullove:
Have relate with people of various religion but you can't deny They are more decent and their believes make more sense than all these fake miracle healing , Hell fire myth mongers of other Church group . I will rather listen to a Jw than Someone shouting a mythical hell at my door.


are you now planning to just join the league and drop religion all together or You still want to join another church ?
What's important is if you are jw, be aware of what's going on. If you are studying or interested in jw, be aware that all you read in watchtower is not enough for you to make a decision to join or not to join, widen your research. Also know that after baptism, if you disagree you will be shunned by even your family. Jehovah's witnesses don't tell people this before people join them.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 2:39pm On Aug 13, 2017
dudebuck:
Fake news
Fake news
Fake news
Don't restrict your research only to watchtower publications, I know that's what the gb wants you to do.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 2:35pm On Aug 13, 2017
Peacefullove:
and na because them be jw he killed them ? nairaland people sef
Read the op and you will get the point.
Christianity EtcRe: Attending University Is Lack Of Faith Says Jehovah's Witnesses Gov Body by mikeolu1(op): 6:27am On Aug 13, 2017
Hairyrapunzel:
Still doesn't change the fact that your imperfect gb tells people to shun family and friends if those people disagree with the imperfect gb teaching which are non biblical.

Do you know that it is only a cult that punishes people from leaving it?
The punishment is shunning which is emotional blackmail
And do you think it's only when you don't believe in Jesus you are an atheist? Stop your black and white thinking
Well he doesn't want his family members to ostracize him.
He shouldn't be punished or shunned by his family and friends for not believing imperfect gb members teaching
You have told the truth that most jw will hate you for. It takes many of us a long time before we realize we've been in a cult.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 6:15am On Aug 13, 2017
funbat:
lol... I am jw, I hold my truth, I made some changes within my self, I reason freely, that's how I live my life and am happy, cos I love the religion, but some doctrines am not soo cool with, like shinning family member or friends that are not jw, i ambrave them all withy heart, I appreciate God any time I add new age, soo many.. but. ever the less am jw for life, no other religion is better
this religion revealed a lot of truth to me so ama hold on forever
Your reasoning is one reason why so many are still in the organization..
In my short live, the gb has changed the "generation" teaching 6 times.
Each time they say, the present "truth", so the old one becomes old truth.
That's the way it works in jw land.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 6:11am On Aug 13, 2017
701ecilana:
This doesn't sound Christ like. Where did they get this from? Who has this kind of power over God's children?
See Satan o.
All cults do this.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 6:10am On Aug 13, 2017
Nigeriadondie:
Are u a baptized JW that is in?
An elder here, if that satisfies your inquiry
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 6:09am On Aug 13, 2017
achorladey:
its easy to post numerous things like these on platforms of this nature. I only hope you dont backtrack on them later in life. The undercover operation you are doing seems okay by you. What baffles me is, your still in the organisation because of family ties and not fully out of the organisation and you are using your numerous post and this platform to discourage others who are willing and looking forward to learning from the Jws not to do so while you on the otherhand you still enjoy certain privilege if not all. Please when you backtrack later in life on this your post, comeback on this platform as well to change the mindset of the little ones that are drawn to your numerous post.
Take heed...... The signs of the times are here!!!!!!! To whom it may concern.
You are still drinking the jw cool aid.
You will be liberated some day as well. Thousands have.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 6:07am On Aug 13, 2017
achorladey:
A link to the website address will be just fine. So we all can source from there as well.
http://avoidjw.org/en/publications/letters-2015/
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 6:03am On Aug 13, 2017
achorladey:
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT do Delilah, Absalom, and Judas Iscariot have in common? They were all disloyal—Delilah to the man who loved her, Judge Samson; Absalom to his father, King David; Judas to his Master, Christ Jesus. In each case, their deplorable actions wreaked havoc on others! But why should this be of concern to us?
A modern-day author lists betrayal among today’s most common vices. That is to be expected. When giving the sign of “the conclusion of the system of things,” Jesus said: “Many . . . will betray one another.” ( Matt. 24:3, 10 ) “To betray” means “to give up to, or place in the power of an enemy, by treachery or disloyalty.” Such a lack of loyalty confirms that we are living in “the last days” when, Paul foretold, people would be “disloyal, . . . betrayers.” ( 2 Tim. 3:1, 2, 4 ) Even though authors and screenwriters often dramatize and romanticize treacherous acts in literature and in the movies, in real life disloyalty and betrayal cause pain and suffering. Indeed, such acts are an ominous sign of the times!
What lessons can we learn from the Bible about those who were disloyal in the past? What examples of people who proved their devotion to others can we imitate? And to whom must we remain steadfast in our loyalty?
Not loyalty to a governing body, but to god.
Christianity EtcRe: The Scars Of Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses. by mikeolu1(op): 6:02am On Aug 13, 2017
achorladey:
The signs of the times!!!! To whom it may concern take heed.
Fall not for their tactics.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 7:22pm On Aug 12, 2017
Hier:
Is Jw an organization? I mean, what does it mean when you call it an organization?
Jw refer to it as "gods organization".
They believe anyone who does not come into that organization when gods kingdom comes will be destroyed. There are about 8 million jw worldwide. Of these, the non-serious or inactive ones as well as the rest of mankind 7 billion+ will be destroyed.
That's it from jw land.
Christianity EtcRe: Research Article: 10,000+ Jehovah's Witnesses Died From Refusal Of Blood Transfu by mikeolu1(op): 6:13pm On Aug 12, 2017
Lightning07:
no one is coerced into making any decision it's a matter of personal choice. You also seem to forget the number of those whose refusal of blood transfusion was instrumental in their recuperation. You seem to have lots of bitterness in your heart sharing the reason for such bitterness will really go a long way in helping you
Most Jehovah's witnesses are the most decent and honest people many will come in contact with. These people are all victims of a group of men- the Gb, who have created a cult out of bible's beneficial principles.
The gb, some of them victims as well, have created hosts of rules that are so laughable and non defensible.
Most jw rank and file are forced to defend those senseless interpretations of the Bible.
That's what you will see on this thread whenever a jw responds to questions.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 4:02pm On Aug 12, 2017
joyandfaith:
@mikeolu@rottennaija, if you are having problems with some practices or beliefs, I will advise you to write governing body of Jehovah witnesses, explain your positions humbly and clearly. I promise that you will be attended to. forming activism does not help you.it is even betray of trust if you are leaking letter of any organization you are affliated to. how would you feel if someone send letter to you and your son posts the online for all to see because if he feels he needs to expose you. gal 6:7.
If you are as much as express doubt, you are on your way out. To write to the gb! Ha! Many who have done it have been labeled apostates. That "A" word, for a jw to be identified as apostate is worst than having aids or hiv or leprosy.
As per the leak, I am not leaking anything. These letters are all over the internet, that's even before the cong receives the letters.
Jehovah's Witness organization is consists of 8 million, half of this people want to leave but are stuck with no way out. It's like North Korea.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 3:50pm On Aug 12, 2017
Lightning07:
For someone who is no longer interested in being a jw you seem keenly aware and updated with day to day running of the organisation. Don't sit on the fence bro it's either in or out. Don't let sentiments keep you from doing the right thing
These letters are all over the internet. I am not the leaker.
It's coming from high at the top. Many up there are fed up with the whole crap and want to wake people up. But jw are deep sleepers who are difficult to wake.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op): 7:44pm On Aug 11, 2017
Re: Letter to Missionaries, special pioneers and pioneers
Need in the field-training others.

Christianity EtcJehovah's Witnesses: Letters To Nigerian Bodies Of Elders. by mikeolu1(op):
October 1, 2017 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS IN NIGERIA Re: Local Needs For the Week of October 16-22
Dear Brothers:
The mid-week meeting for the week of October 16-22 has a 15 minute local needs part regarding donations that includes a video on ways to contribute electronically. During that part, the following information should be conveyed to the congregation.
Please stress that regularity is very important when contributing. Some 20 years after Pentecost of 33 C.E., the apostle Paul reminds the Corinth congregation about the need for a certain contribution. “Now concerning the collection that is for the holy ones, just as I gave orders to the congregations of Galatia, do that way also yourselves,” he writes. Then he adds a piece of advice: “Every first day of the week let each of you at his own house set something aside in store as he may be prospering, so that when I arrive collections will not take place then. But when I get there, whatever men you approve of by letters, these I shall send to carry your kind gift to Jerusalem.” The resolving of how much to give appears to have included the whole family, whether rich or poor, because it was to take place at their “own house.”—1 Corinthians 16:1-3.

Paul’s suggestion on the manner of contributing can be applied by congregation members today. How? Regularity is the key. If your congregation is to pay the monthly rent and maintenance expenses of your meeting place or Kingdom Hall, it will take “contributing, not so much the amount, but the regularity of setting something aside each week or month for Kingdom interests,” writes the branch office in Peru. Does this idea appeal to you? Even children can be taught to appreciate how regularity in contributing is part of their worship.

We all regularly set aside money for school fees, food, rent and other necessities. How much more important it is to do so for kingdom interests. Taking advantage of whichever way is most convenient for us personally, whether electronically or by using the contribution box in our local Kingdom Hall, regularity in contribution will help us to put true worship first in our lives.
As we wish you Jehovah’s rich blessing on your efforts, please be assured of our Christian love and best wishes.
Your brothers,

Christianity EtcRe: Jehovah's Witnesses: August 7, 2017 Letter To All Congregation. by mikeolu1(op): 7:28pm On Aug 11, 2017
New letter to Bodies of Elders.
The 2018 Memorial will be held on Saturday, March 31, 2018.

The 2019 Memorial will be held on Friday, April 19, 2019.

Christianity EtcResearch Article: 10,000+ Jehovah's Witnesses Died From Refusal Of Blood Transfu by mikeolu1(op): 7:19pm On Aug 11, 2017
http://ajwrb.org/jehovahs-witnesses-and-blood-tens-of-thousands-dead-in-hidden-tragedy

The latest research article published at AJWRB estimates the number of Jehovah's Witnesses who have died from following or being coerced to follow Watchtower's blood policy. The numbers are staggering.
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 7:15pm On Aug 11, 2017
rottennaija:
I know all these. I have been a JW for long. But with time, our activism will pay off.
Spread the word. It's getting louder.
BBC has done 3 programs on jw in the last 1 month and so are several other major tvs and magazines
Christianity EtcThe Scars Of Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses. by mikeolu1(op): 3:45pm On Aug 11, 2017
http://www.citynews.ca/video/2017/08/10/video-leaving-the-jehovahs-witnesses/

Think twice before you join. Research Research and Research before you join
Christianity EtcRe: Jehovahs Witnesses Suicide Rate 5 To 10 Times Above Average by mikeolu1(op): 3:41pm On Aug 11, 2017
This video came out few days ago in Canada.
What happens when you leave jw http://www.citynews.ca/video/2017/08/10/video-leaving-the-jehovahs-witnesses/

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