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  The "Jesus is Michael" teaching soon to go?

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  could the teaching that jesus is michael the archangel, be soon to be discarded?

  first of all, watchtower is big on image and this is one of those teachings that paint the jw religion as being rather kooky and heretical.

  secondly, this teaching is not an original watchtower teaching but one they inherited from their second adventist ancestry.

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  berrygerry

  Way too many questions to answer then with Rev. 12:7
  
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  2017 Convention Recording: JWs Applaud 10yo Girl For Shunning Her Own Sister

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this poor girl was baptized at 9yo.

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  she isnt old enough to buy alcohol, to vote, to decide her own medical treatment, to buy a pet, to travel alone... yet she was deemed old enough to dedicate her life to a religion that will cut her off from her family if she ever leaves.. here she is applauded for shunning her own sister who tried to keep in contact with her after waking up.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzgnfda8ki.

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  pale.emperor

  I believe that the clip is from an Assembly, as the speaker spent time talking about being "spiritually fat" from the 3 days at the RC.
  
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  Instructions to remove old WT information from kh libraries

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a pimo friend (physically in mentally out) has just informed me that the cult has decided that they want to suppress all old jw org information by removing bound volumes etc from kh libraries.. in reality, all through their history they have claimed divine "new light" as a means of changing uncomfortable doctrines.

  this however would mean that new jws, or more likely these days young jws, will be prevented from seeing the old light which had been held up as divinely inspired truth in the past.. truth which would get you through big a and which if you didn't agree with would get you disfellowshipped.. anyone else heard of this?

  what might be the reasons (if true) for removing the old wts?.

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  KH Tour.

  "And this is our Library!"

  "Umm. Where are the books?"

  "Ummm. .... "
  
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  Child Custody/Visitation questions? JW Parent and me as the non JW parent

  by Gokumonkey in

  1. social
  2. family

  hello everyone, this is my fellow up from my first post, feel free to check that out if your unsure of the whole situation.

  i have two twin babies that are now two months old.

  i already to my ex to court, yes i took her to court and now im established as the father and ill be paying child support next week.

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  berrygerry

  What country?
  
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  The World's Fastest Growing Religion

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm confused.

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  http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2017/08/05/new-mosque-opens-its-doors-to-public-in-niagara-falls.

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  berrygerry

  In case, it's TLDR stuff:
  

  The congregation acquired the building in May after it outgrew its previous home on Stanley Avenue.

  The new location, the former Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, allows the mosque to expand its services to include youth sports and a tutoring program for high school students.
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  The World's Fastest Growing Religion

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm confused.

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  http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2017/08/05/new-mosque-opens-its-doors-to-public-in-niagara-falls.

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  I'm confused.

  http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2017/08/05/new-mosque-opens-its-doors-to-public-in-niagara-falls
  
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  What kind of toppings do you like on a Pizza?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i want something different on my next pizza!.

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  berrygerry

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lOG3rD5CrQ
  
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  Rookie exJW Question

  by Phoebe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering if someone could help me with a question.. i am a rookie exjw, i only left the organization 4 months ago and everything i've discovered (un/arc/malawi/mexico etc) i've only discovered in the last few months so you can image it's been a huge shock to me especially after after 50 yrs!.

  every time i think i've heard everything, something else pops up.. now i've come across a youtube video that mention tv evangelizer jimmy swaggart and the watchtower.

  i remember jimmy swaggart from the time i lived in the u.s.a and i remember the scandals with him and prostitutes etc.

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  berrygerry

  WT was always driven by sales and money. They simply changed their wording and methods over the years.

  http://imgur.com/a/KvYUq
  
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  Using Illegal Means for Righteous Activism

  by John Davis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanted to get people's opinion on something.

  how do you feel when people use illegal means while performing their activism to shed light on the watchtower.

  there have been people who have illegally recorded conversations with elders and with branch offices or at meetings.

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  Reverse question:

  What do you think of elders lying in court?

  What do you think of elders and the branch not reporting child abuse?

  What do you think of Headquarters not obeying court orders?

  What do you think of GB members not obeying subpoenas?

  Does this smack of a criminal organization?

  Is it more important to discuss the ethics of an organization, or of the ethics of dealing with an unethical organization?
  
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  New Announcement At The 2017 - DF'd People To Sit At The Back Of The Hall

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone else heard this?

  a poster on another thread said it's a new rule brought in at this years convention.. last year they were told to shun even non df people and now this?

  a religion cant force someone where to plonk their ass surely?.

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  berrygerry

  The videos are another step in the progression of ensuring compliance.

  The WT studies in our congo spent an inordinate amount of time dissecting the photos, which showed us EXACTLY what we should be garnering from the written material.