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  Is it Time to Declare that The Great Tribulation Has Started ?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.

  they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.

  but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.

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  berrygerry

  Today's study - April 2016 WT - Extra-simple edition
  

  Thousands of young Christian men and women are willing to sacrifice getting married or are choosing not to have children, at least for now. Why? Because they want to concentrate on serving Jehovah more. Also, many of our older ones sacrifice spending time with their children or grandchildren. Instead, they give their time and energy to Jehovah. Some of them work on construction projects or attend the School for Kingdom Evangelizers and move to a congregation that has a greater need for publishers.

  What's old is new again.
  
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  Is it Time to Declare that The Great Tribulation Has Started ?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.

  they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.

  but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.

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  berrygerry

  The JWs make up for .8 % of the world's population of 7 billion, they have still lots to pick out from

  My math is 0.117 %
  
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  Is it Time to Declare that The Great Tribulation Has Started ?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.

  they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.

  but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.

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  berrygerry

  Thought that this deserved its own thread.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5673447866761216/why-doomsday-underground-bunker-videos-jehovahs-witnesses-may-more-prophetic-you-think
  
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  Why the “Doomsday Underground Bunker” Videos of Jehovah’s Witnesses May Be More Prophetic Than You Think

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://jwvictims.org/2016/06/05/why-the-doomsday-underground-bunker-videos-of-jehovahs-witnesses-may-be-more-prophetic-than-you-think/.

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  berrygerry

  https://jwvictims.org/2016/06/05/why-the-doomsday-underground-bunker-videos-of-jehovahs-witnesses-may-be-more-prophetic-than-you-think/
  
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  Is shunning unscriptual?

  by MrTheocratic in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  international version 1 cor 5:11. but now i am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler.

  do not even eat with such people.. if shunning is wrong.

  .how does one explain this scripture?.

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  berrygerry

  WT shunning is the exact opposite of Corinthians.

  Dude was sleeping with his step-mom, so was banned from meetings.

  When he ceased boinking his step-mom, he was to be IMMEDIATELY welcomed back.

  WT REQUIRES meeting attendance.

  WT acts like the Prodigal's resentful brother, bullying those who return, even though no longer "sinning."
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  “Worldwide Epidemic”

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watching the world - awake june 22, 1977. during the first interhemispheric conference on adolescent fertility, held recently at arlington, virginia, the delegates representing thirty-nine nations concluded that childbearing among teen-agers has reached the proportions of a “worldwide epidemic.” as quoted in medical tribune, iranian journalist nalia kazemian said in the keynote speech: “[we must] face the fact that the world-wide trend towards pregnancy and childbearing [at an early age] is a physical, social, and demographic crisis.

  damaging the whole fabric of society.”.

  daily mail - june 2, 2016. us teen pregnancy rate falls to an historic low.

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  berrygerry

  Watching the World - Awake June 22, 1977
  

  During the First Interhemispheric Conference on Adolescent Fertility, held recently at Arlington, Virginia, the delegates representing thirty-nine nations concluded that childbearing among teen-agers has reached the proportions of a “worldwide epidemic.” As quoted in Medical Tribune, Iranian journalist Nalia Kazemian said in the keynote speech: “[We must] face the fact that the world-wide trend towards pregnancy and childbearing [at an early age] is a physical, social, and demographic crisis. . . damaging the whole fabric of society.”
  

  . Daily Mail - June 2, 2016

  US teen pregnancy rate falls to an historic low
  

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3620672/Teen-births-fall-drop-decades-decline.html
  
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  Global life expectancy increases to 71.4 years

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  haven't noticed this posted:.

  life is getting longer, reports world health organisation, at the fastest rate since the 1960s.

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/19/global-life-expectancy-increases-by-five-years-to-71-who.

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  berrygerry

  Haven't noticed this posted:

  Life is getting longer, reports World Health Organisation, at the fastest rate since the 1960s

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/19/global-life-expectancy-increases-by-five-years-to-71-who
  
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  Feeling Sad After Uncovering TTATT

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my initial pangs of unease and doubt led me to research some things.

  well, a lot of things really.

  i've never felt comfortable using the bible to try to calculate dates (1914).

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  berrygerry

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2bh9eq/almost_exjw_in_a_very_diffucult_situation_need/cj5hvb8
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  shunning

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the awake!

  of 8th jan 1947 it states that shunning is a pagan practice and is "all together foreign to bible teaching".. hope this helps some..

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  berrygerry

  http://taxfundedabuse.ca/shunning.php

  It should be noted that the "weapon" of RC excommunication was a "nothing-burger" (Kevin O'Leary speak).

  An excommunicated RC was simply deprived of the sacraments. He was not shunned, nor even expelled from the church.
  
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  Whoopsie - I did a DoS attack against myself !

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  sorry the site was offline for a short while - i kicked off a re-index of the site to pick up the http -> https changeover and, well, i didn't put any rate limits in place so google went full bore at it.

  having the site hosted in google's data centre probably helps it go faster than normal.. in other news, i now know the site can scale to handle an insane number of requests if it ever needs to (as long as i put some more coins in the meter)..

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  berrygerry

  I did a DoS attack against myself !

  Hey, my other personalities sometimes do weird shit to me, too.