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  Gerrit Loesch video from this week's meeting

  by neat blue dog in

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  he talks about how a group of 5,000 broke away from the organization due to distrust of government agents infiltrating the jws.

  they weren't regarded as apostates, just distrustful.

  he uses phrases like "their leader" and "his elders", and how they had a meeting with the governing body and made the decision for all these thousands to reintegrate them into the jws, splitting them up among congregations.

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  neat blue dog

  He talks about how a group of 5,000 broke away from the organization due to distrust of government agents infiltrating the JWs. They weren't regarded as apostates, just distrustful. He uses phrases like "their leader" and "his Elders", and how they had a meeting with the Governing Body and made the decision for all these thousands to reintegrate them into the JWs, splitting them up among congregations. I just wonder: How can ANY JW watch this and not be hit with the fact that this is a HUMAN organization led by HUMANS ONLY?
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  terrified but waking up, child abuse, suicide etc.

  by anon1028 in

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  im new to this forum, i dont know where else to post my story, sorry if im wrong for posting this on this subject.

  as i begin to wake up from being in the org i thought id introduce myself to this forum with how i was raised in the org..., ive been beginning to look at everyones stories from being raised as one and how they left, and i find comfort in knowing im not alone, so maybe another young person like me will find the same comfort reading my story.

  as you can tell by my username, i am posting this on an anonymous account because of fear of what the elders would do to me and my parents if they found out who i was.

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  You're young, don't forget that! I know it seems like you've lost time already, but there's so much more. Don't let them steal anymore and be patient while actively working towards your independence. I recommend the movie "Apostasy". You reminded me of it in some aspects, but while sad it is hopeful and empowering.
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  Alternate Jobs for the Governing Body..

  by DATA-DOG in

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  i’m not sure if this is in the right topic area or not, but sometimes i wonder:.

  if it were not for “religion”, what would the current gb do for a living??.

  my speculations:.

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  neat blue dog

  I like your imagination 😅
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  Beards in the WT: Africa too

  by neat blue dog in

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  as many know, african languages have for decades been given their own alternate cover with black people.

  their cover for the 2020 wt#3 also includes a bearded man.

  this can not be a coincidence.

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  That different covers exist, is not common knowledge.

  I assumed most knew, because it's been part of the tours at Bethel for decades and I think was also in the organization video.
  
  
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  Beards in the WT: Africa too

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as many know, african languages have for decades been given their own alternate cover with black people.

  their cover for the 2020 wt#3 also includes a bearded man.

  this can not be a coincidence.

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  neat blue dog

  As many know, African languages have for decades been given their own alternate cover with black people. Their cover for the 2020 WT#3 ALSO includes a bearded man. This can not be a coincidence.
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  Breaking: Beards in The Watchtower

  by neat blue dog in

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  the latest issue of the watchtower shows a man with a beard praying.. .

  i fully expected to see him 'progress' to clean-shaven in the following pictures, but instead he is still bearded when 'applying bible principles'.. .

  i then realized that he was already featured on the cover itself.. .

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  we have to stop living in the past . . . the WTS used to have an issue with beards. . . . But things have moved on. . . . Nowadays a neat beard is perfectly acceptable

  I don't know about that. JWs with beards exist as a very small percentage, but in most of the world they are viewed as not being in good standing, and even in the rare cases they are you don't see them in the publications . . . At least not yet.
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  Breaking: Beards in The Watchtower

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the latest issue of the watchtower shows a man with a beard praying.. .

  i fully expected to see him 'progress' to clean-shaven in the following pictures, but instead he is still bearded when 'applying bible principles'.. .

  i then realized that he was already featured on the cover itself.. .

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  neat blue dog

  By the way GB member Van Ambergh had a beard up until his death about 1947.

  He was the last part of the overlapping beard generation, hence the only reason he was tolerated by Rutherford.
  
  
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  Breaking: Beards in The Watchtower

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the latest issue of the watchtower shows a man with a beard praying.. .

  i fully expected to see him 'progress' to clean-shaven in the following pictures, but instead he is still bearded when 'applying bible principles'.. .

  i then realized that he was already featured on the cover itself.. .

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  neat blue dog

  The latest issue of The Watchtower shows a man with a beard praying.

  
  

  I fully expected to see him 'progress' to clean-shaven in the following pictures, but instead he is still bearded when 'applying Bible principles'.

  
  

  I then realized that he was already featured on the cover itself.

  
  

  Another man with a scruffy beard is shown in another illustration, and not in a negative light.

  
  

  And then there's the big ones. I believe the following paintings are the first time in Watchtower history that a bearded person who is NOT a Bible character is shown in paradise.

  
  
  
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  Anyone know of a safe downloader for movies on youtube?

  by Maralee in

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  2. suggestions

  save from shut down and youtube to mp3 will not download anything over an hour.

  i don't care if it is free or you pay for the downloader.

  thanks maralee.

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  neat blue dog

  For Android the TubeMate app is widely used, trusted and regularly updated. No limits on time, resolution or frame rate.
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  In Grand Assembly (1988) pro-JW film

  by neat blue dog in

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  has anybody heard of this movie?.

  it's so obviously made by a jw under the pretense of being neutral but the gushing is ridiculous.. there's a clip from it here:.

  https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=898735346978554&id=241479099370852&anchor_reactions=true.

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  neat blue dog

  Has anybody heard of this movie?

  It's so obviously made by a JW under the pretense of being neutral but the gushing is ridiculous.
  

  There's a clip from it here:

  https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=898735346978554&id=241479099370852&anchor_reactions=true