I posted this in another part of the internet where the 1975 thing has been debated. The writer references where the 1975 date was first mentioned, in 1966 with the publication of the book Life Everlasting- Freedom of the Sons of God. Then in a very specific talk it was given an exact date of Sept. 5 1975. The 1975 issue also started the new-light "Adam-Eve" gap... So, I'm seeing this new not quite exactly directly saying a date for this 40 year thing... as the new fiasco brewing. Complete with new-light "overlapping generations". They allude to things in text form... but people are talking about talks given that seem far more direct... Like in 75 so they have back-peddle room.
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"No more than 40 years"
by dynamiterose77 inin another corner of the internet someone stated that witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "gog of magog" will start the great tribulation.
can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?.
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"No more than 40 years"
by dynamiterose77 inin another corner of the internet someone stated that witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "gog of magog" will start the great tribulation.
can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?.
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I'm just trying to confirm if they have made an actual, current, "40 years" prediction. I'd just like to get it in writing somewhere... so that I can be an cackling old lady in 40 years time. "OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS! HAHAHAHAHA" and then I'll die with a smile on my face.
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"No more than 40 years"
by dynamiterose77 inin another corner of the internet someone stated that witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "gog of magog" will start the great tribulation.
can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?.
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dynamiterose77
In another corner of the internet someone stated that Witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "Gog of Magog" will start the great tribulation. Can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?
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Artists
by Incognigo Montoya inas a child i naturally inherited an interest in art, drawing and painting to be specific.
being a jw, the paintings and drawings in the literature always caught my eye and piqued my interest.
as i got older, and bettered my artistic abilities, i was often encouraged to put bethel as a goal, though it was family friends more so than my parents who suggested that i should pursue a bethel career, using my artistic skills.
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dynamiterose77
BIG HUGS FELLOW ARTIST!!
I feel like we had some similar experiences in regards to the whole "Illustrating for the Watchtower" bit. I thought it would be cool at one point, but eventually things took a different turn. Went to art college, no one wanted me around them at the hall...
I'm def. not as recognized as you seem to be. I've done local art shows and people say they love my work, but it hasn't translated to anything other than what it has been.
One thing I will say... when it seemed my life was crumbling... art was the one thing I had that would never leave me. It saved me more than anything else ever could.
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Flat Earth and Jw. Not possible?
by Earthmeasured insorry for my poor english, i hope to make not too many mistakes.
im a jw and in the last three years i have studied a lot the topic of the earth being flat.
i have a good scientific background so im not stupid or crazy.
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Pretty sure this is a troll... but, hey, devils advocate and I believe in refuting with facts in case someone else is wondering and not sure. I took ACTUAL astronomy classes, and even the most basic lesson shows that the earth is round (spheroid) . First, by the fact that the northern and southern hemispheres see different constellations. If the earth were flat, everyone regardless of where they live on the planet would see the same constellations at the same time. We did plenty of assignments that were nothing more than documenting the position of the sun where it set every day for a month... documenting constellations as time progressed through the year. If we were on a flat surface, none of that would be possible.
Plus the time zones... plus how shadows work... etc etc...
Then there is the little fact of how gravity works, and gravity on a flat surface would place the center of mass at the center of the disc and pull everything to it... but flat-earthers don't believe in gravity either...
Here are better explanations than I could do of very simple observations. https://www.popsci.com/10-ways-you-can-prove-earth-is-round#page-15
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Cart witnessing
by Phoebe innot sure if anyone has posted this before but it's just been put on youtube so i guess it's okay to show you??
if not, please delete it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdusnlvjm-k.
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Is this a meeting??? People in jeans? Is that a new thing? or was this some after hours type thing. And when did skits start???? It reminds me of Justin Timberlake on SNL when he's a mascot for various places...
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Capitalizing names
by john.prestor injust a random thought here but does anyone else notice than when the name "elder" or "circuit overseer" appears in the organization's magazines and books they're always lower case even though they're proper nouns and should be elder and circuit overseer... but branch committee member, governing body helper, governing body member, they get to be capitalized.
another subtle indication of how the governing body and other high-ranking elites see themselves, i think.
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I never noticed that... but it makes sense. This is what marketing departments do for brands all the time as subtle ways of leading an audience in advertisements. And you are correct, in the design world it's one of ways that you set up a visual hierarchy to organize information for the viewer so they know what is "most important."
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Many Jehovah's Witness Leaders and Followers Customize Their Religion to Suit Their Needs
by new boy inafter observing my jehovah's witness friends and family members for over 50 years it became apparent that the vast majority of "the brothers and sisters" pick and choose the rules and laws that their church/organization what them to follow.. tough the society may state these admonitions as definite "do's and don'ts" many of the church followers put these admonitions in the the "grey zone.".
the reason being jehovah will give them special dispensation.
yes, for some odd reason jehovah will cut these people some slack for the same things he must punish others for.
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Know what's gross... when your mom is giving you the "talk" at age 11 or 12 ... and she tells you she had to be strong in refusing to do "what gay men do" in bed with your dad... as an example to you for when you're married someday.
Still get shivers...
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JW's will NOT like the first months of life in the Paradise! (University Research)
by fulltimestudent inhave you ever wondered (when you were an active believer) what life would be like immediately after the big a?.
in my experience of the pre-big a spiritual paradise most witnesses were aware of the problem posed by the dead bodies of those slain by the bloody minded, would-be mass murderer jesus.
most liked to quote the author of the revelation, that carrion birds would eat the carcasses.
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@Blondie thanks for reminding me of the science projects I did based on Awake topics... I was heartbroken every year because I didn't do well...
... you can imagine how my 5th grade research paper about evolution went...
guaranteed my kids don't have that problem :-P
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"New Light" being the answer for every change, then also for going back to the thing they changed from.