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Apostasy Trial - Undercover spycam part 1 [Jehovah's Witnesses' Watchtower Judicial Committee]
YouTube.com ^ | April 12, 2015 | JWStruggle

Posted on 04/16/2015 5:53:44 PM PDT by Colofornian

As many of you that visit this channel know, the Jehovah's Witness religion does not allow people to have freedom of thought and belief. If a person changes their viewpoint and questions the JW hierarchy and leadership then they will be sanctioned. If a member adopts an "unacceptable" opinion or conviction and dares to speak of it, then the local religious leaders (called Elders) will come after them, using an iron fist in a velvet glove to bring them back in line. If that fails, then they will cut the person off and ostracize them before everyone, announcing them from a public pulpit as a satanic person, not fit for anyone in their club to associate with ever again.

And so now, for only the second time in the history of the Internet, we have a front row seat (and a live video recording) of another "Apostasy Trial" put on by the Jehovah's Witness religion. This two-hour meeting revolves around a man named Isaac. His so-called sin is speaking out about the flaws and contradictions he has discovered through studious research into the religion of his birth. He is summoned to stand before a puritanical committee of three JW clergymen, without representation and without friends or witnesses to speak up in his behalf.

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But the silver lining is that nearly 100,000 people each year fade away or are kicked out of the controlling religion. Ironically, this grants them opportunity to pursue freedom and clarity of thought. Isaac is now yet another person that has been freed from the religious bondage to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York!

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Other non-Christian
KEYWORDS: apostasy; jehovahswitnesses; jws; watchtower
(I don't see a "Part 2" posted as of yet)
1 posted on 04/16/2015 5:53:44 PM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

So what part of “free association” do you disagree with? one only has to see how liberals in the mainstream churches were allowed freedom to teach their heresies in the 1970’s, and now those who still hold the traditional truths were slowly pushed out of the bureaucracy and then the leadership posts and then discouraged from attending seminaries.


2 posted on 04/16/2015 6:16:30 PM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: LadyDoc

Sounds like it is falling apart. A good shake up is good for everything.


3 posted on 04/16/2015 7:14:28 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: teppe

because he’s a CINO - Christian in Name Only, and in his own opinion


5 posted on 04/16/2015 8:27:44 PM PDT by AbnSarge
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To: Colofornian

Some people can’t see the tree for the forest.


6 posted on 04/17/2015 1:19:32 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Colofornian

The main elder’s puzzlement that a man would allow himself to be made a “slave” of any physically non-coercive system is the default foil of every cult: You are free to leave at any time.

As long as you don’t mind ending up in Hell. Losing family and all the friends you “once enjoyed sweet fellowship” with. Losing your job or savings. Can’t imagine why anyone would fear that...

Classic spiritual trap of “equity rescuing”.


7 posted on 04/17/2015 7:12:01 AM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: Colofornian

8 posted on 04/17/2015 7:19:09 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: Colofornian

I just watched it.. My sister is in this cult, I did research years ago and confronted my sister and I also put her in contact with a group of Former JW`s now Christian.

She told me she could no longer be my sister if I pressed her anymore on it, I have a number of times broken that promise to share with her, but she made it clear that no more, I was not to ever mention again or she would have nothing to do with me.

So I turned it over to Christ, and I pray for her daily. It also recently occurred to me, that with her daily door knocking she is probably hearing the truth quite often when she knocks on the odd Christian door.Yes hearing but with a closed heart, Only The Holy Spirit will break through.

So I watched the video here, but right after another couple videos just rolled automatically on you tube, a wonderful young paster , former JW I think, was very encouraging.

The sad part is that my sister has all this info but she cant view it because iot is forbidden.

Another fellow on youtube explained to me why I found my nice coat that I left at her place the day before, wrapped tightly in several bags outside her back door in the rain, she was afraid of my demons..in her mind.

She wont accept anything from our family that is from a Christian used clothing store, kind of a hobby of mine..Salvation Army and another great store that has a Church connection with great clothes etc for sale.

This guy here was wonderful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IolPuMWqf-A


9 posted on 04/17/2015 7:22:44 AM PDT by Chauncey Uppercrust (TIME TO ROUND THE LITTLE BUGGERS UP (LGBT))
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