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  Please explain the Watchtower's "Ransom" for me

  by Doug Mason in

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  according to the watchtower:.

  who received the ransom payment?.

  why did the ransomer need to be paid?.

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  sparrowdown

  In WTworld there is a fourth party involved in the "ransom" the mediator's mediator and that would conveniently be WT itself!

  Even though the ramsom was paid you still have to earn your right to a sucky conditional salvation by dedication and works to this mediator's mediator for the term of your natural life and even then your salvation is iffy!

  Even though when JC was being executed he promisd his fellow execution buddy beside him who was not a follower of his that they would be together in a "paradise" after their death.
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  Do you talk differently now to non-Witnesses?

  by compound complex in

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  you, a jw:.

  "how're you doing, mary?

  " joe witness asks the grocery clerk.. "not so good, joe.

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  Yes, I do.

  When I see witnesses now I ask how their non-JW or DF/inactive kids, spouse or family are. I mention each of them of them by name but only in the context of how they are doing as people nothing borg related at all.

  You know the ones they never talk about and you're not supposed to ask about.

  They look at me like "why are you asking about them for when you know they're NOT in the truth!" LOL.

  Oh the horror! I'm a wicked woman.
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  Crises of Conscience latest, plus : a solution for reading it legally, courtesy of u/ziddina

  by Diogenesister in

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  2. bible

  recently, someone who knows deborah drexler, the current copyright holder of cofc, asked her if she will consider having it published again.

  her response was:.

  " i will have to ask jesus"!!!!!.

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  Is she being evasive for a reason ($$$)???

  I always thought it would be in WT's interests to buy the rights to the book and pay her to not talk about it so it never sees the light of day again.
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  The end of this system is so very near.....NOT

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  2. beliefs

  world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses - warwick, new york.

  “yes, the end of this system is so very near!

  is that no reason to increase our activity?… 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.

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  The truth lies in what they do not what they say. Look at what WT spends it's money on.

  And it looks more like a beginning than an "end."
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  "entitled" talks

  by road to nowhere in

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  2. beliefs

  one thing that bugs the heck out of me is the exclusive use of entitled when offering the name of any talk or article.

  can;t it ever be "on the subject of", named, titled, called, about or anything else.. i guess technically it is a correct usage, but entitled always (to me) means gives the idea of being in a special privelege, having a right to something or such..

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  sparrowdown

  Haha, to say "on the subject of" would be false advertising for borg talks. JW talk titles often don't match the content of the talk. Saying "the talk entitled..." is like a weasle word for them IOW "the talk is called this but it's actually about that - usually a subject spun into a WT propoganda message."
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  not a new topic - really a pet peave

  by Moster in

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  makes me crazy:.

  there: go over there!.

  their: they own it; belonging to etc.. for the love of pete - use them correctly!.

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  Their, they're its ok, weel getya through this.
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  why won't legal department simply release all the secret pedophile files?

  by poopie in

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  what do you think there hiding?.

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  I see their stubborn refusal as proof they know they've painted themselves into corner with stuff like blood, two witness rule and shunning.

  It's possible that it's simple maths. WT's legal advice has been that releasing data and changing policies would open the floodgates to more liability suits and more loss than not releasing and not changing.
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  Has Politics Affected Your Friendships?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i’ve read that some families are not looking forward to spending time with their families and friends during the holidays because of their opposing political views.. isn’t that just ridiculous?

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  It's impossible to have an open discussion about many of the issues because people get so damned hysterical.

  Who needs that grief.
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  Eloise Dupuis' husband gets medical files (Quebec, Canada)

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this article is in french but it translates fairly well:.

  the husband of a jehovah's witness who died after giving birth.

  the husband of eloïse dupuis, a jehovah's witness who died after giving birth at the hôtel-dieu de lévis, may have the complete medical record of the deceased.a text by yannick bergeron.

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  Sounds like a test case for WT.
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  Rock band titles from JW history / culture

  by sir82 in

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  on another thread, undercover suggested "adam and the dinosaurs".. i came up with these:.

  green bible dinosaurs.

  jezebel and the fornicators.

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  The Revelators

  Collective Nofap

  Guardians of the Sum