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So much "growth"! JW Land double sided coin
by thedepressedsoul in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm finding it more and more funny how every wt article for the public or congregation, including jw broadcast talks about all this "growth" and how fast jehovha's organization is speeding up!

yet everything behind closed doors, insider information, elder letters and sales paint a very different picture.

i have news for you gb members!
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Something that my devout JDUB cousin said...
by yogosans14 in
1. jw
2. friends
we used to be so close before she got heavily involved in the jw religion.

she actually got me into it (i actually believed all the nonsense) and i went to meetings with her and everything, we were like brother and sister.

she lives in texas now in a remote area where their is no cell phone signal or anything with her dad and mom (i think they said they moved their to get closer to jehovah which is weird).
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This Year's Memorial
by TD in
1. jw
2. friends
perhaps i'm just getting older and crankier, but it really seems to me that the jw faith is deteriorating at an accelerated rate.. case in point: this year's memorial talk.

it was one of the most incoherent messes i've ever heard.

(and i've heard a lot of memorial talks over the last 50 years....).
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Questions about Non JWs attending a JW baptism
by TTWSYF in
1. jw
2. experiences
i attended my brother and sister in laws' baptism at a kingdom hall a number of years ago.

i was [am] not a jw so when i arrived i was bombarded with attention from the flock to which i politely stated that i was there to see my brother and his wife.

it seemed like the distraction was intentional.
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Jesus Saves From What? March 2015 Watchtower Article
by Perry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just skimmed the titled article on jw.org and once again the watchtower is misdirecting:.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20150301/jesus-death-and-resurrection/ .

they try and make the old case that jesus saves us from being destroyed at armageddon.
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YouTube video: Ex Jehovah's Witness becomes Catholic!
by yogosans14 in
1. jw
2. experiences
http://youtu.be/lvjyq6drtl0.
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Have you noticed that the Mormon and JW websites try to appeal as looking "normal" and "mainstream"
by yogosans14 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
http://beta.mormon.org.

for instance look at the mormon website versus jw.org.

they both look colorful and try to paint themselves as "normal everyday people" and they don't fully explain all there beliefs for obvious reasons.
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Going inside "Christendoms evil churches" after abandoning the BORG
by yogosans14 in
1. jw
2. experiences
after i was done with the wt and its unbiblical teachings i went to other churches.

first i went to a roman catholic church after reading many of the early church father writings (which btw all of them affirm the trinity) and as i first went in i thought i was literally going to burst in flames or become posssed by a demon!but as i went in the church had a nice smell to it and i sat down in the back pew and the church was very full.

the service was beautiful, there was 4 bible readings and a sermon and the priest talked about being a light to the world and living like christ and it was a very uplifting sermon considering i used to think catholics were idol worshipers and never read the bible.
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Is the organization actually gaining more members or losing more?
by yogosans14 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
last time i was at the kingdom hall they were praising themselves about all the growth in members they have been having.

is this "growth" they are having statistically accurate?or are a lot leaving?
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Jehovah's witness doctrine on "only 144,000 are born again" easily debunked!
by yogosans14 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
these verses in particular were an eye opener for me.

of course in the jws i thought only 144,000 are truly born again and are part of the new covenant but the bible says else wise.

i know most here will disagree with me but try to have a open mind here :).