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  wt on a slide, " 1914's generation is not only overlapping, but also composite.

  by prologos in

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  2. humour

  doctrines projected by wt writers can be compared to the slides in the old carousel slide shows, the jw audience was kept in the dark, but the next images' bright filtered new light had their rapt attention.

  often these doctrine images came around again but modified, often totally changed, turned upside down.

  think superior authorities, resurrection ----, .

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  The reasoning in the opening post is actually very plausible....according to wt thinking!

  We have prophet in our midst people!
  
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  Melbourne Victoria Circuit Assembly Figures

  by jonahstourguide in

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  2. current

  hi all, kind of news i suppose.. fyi, 10/12/2016 at melton assembly hall.

  1,266 in attendance.. two 15 yo, one male one female baptised.. costs for the day, $6,951:00 .

  before costs contribution to sydney branch office from last assembly surplus $3,000:00. jtg.

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  The Chronic Apathy disease is spreading...
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  Standing for the National Anthem?

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we are currently living in a country where at the cinema the national anthem is played before the start of the movie and it is law that you stand.

  does anyone know what current jw thinking is on this?

  i know there has been various changes over the years.

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  Ah yes, the old National Anthem conundrum yet again...

  Witness freak out at the mere sound of those first few musical notes, and run to use the bathrooms or whatever if they are at an event where it is played.

  Do they not know of the countries in south America where NATIONAL FLAGS ARE FLOWN on the KINGDOM HALLS each year????

  Or that the society was a member of the United Nations??

  Hypocrisy at its finest.
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  Melbourne Victoria Circuit Assembly Figures

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. social
  2. current

  hi all, kind of news i suppose.. fyi, 10/12/2016 at melton assembly hall.

  1,266 in attendance.. two 15 yo, one male one female baptised.. costs for the day, $6,951:00 .

  before costs contribution to sydney branch office from last assembly surplus $3,000:00. jtg.

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  Wow, a deficit yet again?

  Amazing....(sarcasm alert)
  
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  What Is "Counsel" and How Does It Work?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yes, i know what "counsel" means, but it clearly has an esoteric meaning.

  in the academy award winning bunker video series, the noble brother brown admits he didn't handle it well when elder ben (who was a junior elder...uh, yes, that's right) gave him counsel about a talk he'd given.

  not enough use of scriptures.

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  Counsel in WT world means being "told off" for not going according to Society guidelines, or simply having a bully elder impose his personal views on another.

  There is NEVER any room for a "lesser" witness to reply to or kindly object to the "counsel".
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  Film: "Worldly Girl" ("La Ragazza del Mondo" original Italian title)

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please note - this is in italian!.

  an italian movie - hat tip to room 2015. worldly girl (2016)la ragazza del mondo (original title).

  1h 41min, drama romance9 november 2016 (italy).

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  I agree Smiddy!

  Perhaps someone can recommend it to SBS?

  I'll try myself now.

  While I haven't watched these clips,(nor would I understand them) it seems like the very storyline the Society used in the drama videos at the conventions this year! You know the one about the girl leaving home for her worldly boyfriend. The video where the parents made out like SHE hurt THEM by leaving, and not the other way around! (As they abandoned their family duty to her!)
  
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  questions about some doctrinal issues

  by Truth and Justice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first, a good evening to all on this forum,.

  i have been busy with my work, and so i don't come on here much.

  but because of winter, i will stop in on occasion and share some interesting insights.

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  One thing of note about the "good Samaritan" was that he was from an Apostate Nation, and yet he kindly helped out a Jew! (God's People at the time)

  So, I wonder nowadays if an "apostate" was in dire trouble, would a Witness stop and help them out??

  Thought not....
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  black dog comes to visit

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear friends,.

  once again my depression has got the better of me and i must bow out for a time.. "the angels sang glory to god in the highest and on earth peace unto men of goodwill'.

  so if that means at this special time of the year then have a happy and safe christmas time all of you.. hugs.

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  Do any of the governing body of JWs exercise their conscience?

  by Half banana in

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  2. beliefs

  the members of the governing body, by being at the reins of a large corporation, must be confronted with situations which force them to think about the validity of their doctrines.. the australian royal commission hearing must have highlighted for the gb, especially jackson, the rational inconsistency of using an iron age dictum of "two witnesses" in a world which has moved beyond such rough justice.

  today we have a scientific approach, we examine forensically, we have psychologists who can tell us about individual's minds and behaviour.

  today, children's voices are not ignored.. the first and last resort of jws and their leaders is the doctrine of the "inerrancy of the bible".

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  Exactly as Listener said above!

  They genuinely don't think they have done anything wrong. They sincerely believe the stuff they preach.
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  How Jehovah’s Witnesses leaders hide child abuse secrets at all costs - Reveal News - December 10, 2016

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  how jehovah's witnesses leaders hide child abuse secrets at all costs.

  by trey bundy.

  reveal news.

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  stuckinarut2

  The cracks in the damn wall get bigger....