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Are they really hiding child abusers
No doubt many of us are painfully aware, child abuse and religion has and will more than likely throughout or lifetime continue to be linked. It is not something inherent in religious organisations, it is something that happens across … Continue reading
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The past few days have been fantastic. My blog has received well in excess of 160,000 hits. Many of these hits are down to people reading the letter I received form my mother, it seems to have struck a chord with … Continue reading
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The Letter
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The end is nigh
It is with all the previous blogs and points that I have made in mind that I really have struggled with my mother’s decision to cut me off. As previously stated, both my parents are intelligent people, able to … Continue reading
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Fear of knowing!
As a child being brought up in the witness faith I was constantly told the importance of testing ones faith, that God had often tested people’s faith in Bible accounts. The account most of us will perhaps know well is … Continue reading
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Is it propaganda?
Many people have told me and it is well documented that the witnesses employ similar tactics to the tabloid press. Allow me to elaborate. We often see in the newspaper statements usually associated with some form of celebrity scandal, they … Continue reading
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To continue lying…
Now that you have some form of understanding as to what the Bible has to say, or rather not say on the matter of disfellowshipping, I feel it is important and only fair that we have a brief look at … Continue reading
The Antichrist pt2
Another example that the organisation use is that of Matthew 18: 15-17, again this quote is taken from the witness print of the good book (The new world translation of the holy scriptures) and it states: “Moreover, if your brother … Continue reading
The Antichrist… pt1
As previously discussed, disfellowshipping is put in place by the organisation as a safeguard, designed to stop existing members of the congregation from being misled by wrongdoers who are still claiming to be members of the flock. My mother made … Continue reading
Biblical justifications?
The rules surrounding dissfellowshipment or shunning a former member of the faith are complicated, there are many of them and it is important to note many are not directly mentioned in the good book itself! So I will try to … Continue reading
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