I can understand if they went to a similar cult, like LDS, Scientology, one of their own making etc. But what about general "churches", can you make a logical argument instead of just "WHY"?
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2021 Annual Meeting: just more self-exaltation
by neat blue dog inthe annual meeting from last fall had a live audience again this time and a recording of it makes up the january monthly program.
jesus said "everyone who exalts himself will be humbled", and the gb as usual waste no time in exalting themselves over the course of the annual meeting.
during splaine's talk, he says i guess what he thinks is a profound part of the talk outline, and then says "i'll repeat that", and reads it again.
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neat blue dog
The Annual Meeting from last fall had a live audience again this time and a recording of it makes up the January monthly program. Jesus said "everyone who exalts himself will be humbled", and the GB as usual waste no time in exalting themselves over the course of the annual meeting.
During Splaine's talk, he says I guess what he thinks is a profound part of the talk outline, and then says "I'll repeat that", and reads it again. He's not reading from the Bible, he's just reading from his own talk, and he backs up to re-read his own words for the audience to take note of with such undue reverence. They say they aren't inspired but they think they basically are.
Later they show the progress of the large media construction project, and just in case you aren't as excited as you should be, the narrator turns on the applause sign by saying, "no doubt, seeing these images is very exciting and encouraging for you".
Another crazy thing was during their convoluted new light on end-times prophecy. One thing I've seen joked about a few times on this forum is taking a scripture and adding or replacing words with very specific JW doctrine. Well, this time they actually did it for real. I didn't see it coming and laughed out loud when it flashed on the screen. They took a scripture from Daniel, and added their own words to fit their current interpretation, like "great crowd", "1914" and "Jesus Christ" instead of Michael.
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Tony Morris hijacking GB
by asp59 inhas the gb been hijacked by tony morris?
hes the host many times on jw videos.
saying gb members wanting him too host.
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neat blue dog
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Not that there's anything redeeming about being a 'deep thinker' like Splaine, or like he imagines himself. He idolizes Franz and loves to speculate to the absurdest degrees.
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I was scrolling on my Google news feed and this came up
by nowwhat? inhttps://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/multiple-nations-issue-joint-statement-calling-for-an-end-to-the-persecution-of-jehovahs-witnesses/.
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neat blue dog
Same here! JWdotORG has NEVER shown up in my Google feed before, I doubt it's a coincidence. Can they arrange for a given story to be promoted in that way somehow?
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'We thank Jehovah for Dark Mode'
by Smiles innew light!
or is it new darkness?.
like online video conferencing and apps, apparently the faithful & discreet governing body class now bless the masses with divine dark mode.
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neat blue dog
"We thank Jehovah for the continual improvements"
- it's a basic feature that many apps have had for years, but yet again they invented the thing 🤣 so pathetic
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Poll abouth new media center
by asp59 inlets take a poll abouth new media center.
maeby its gonna show how well it's gonna be accepted in the congregations.
you can only choose this two options.
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neat blue dog
For faders, then sitting at home all the way. For those who are stuck in for the foreseeable future, and their whole social structure is built around the hall, and no opportunities for socializing elsewhere or engaging with another community, then this could be depressing.
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2021 Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses Worldwide
by Joker5 in2021 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 87. .
number of lands reporting: 239. .
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neat blue dog
The worldwide increase was only 0.7 percent, that's less than the average population growth! 😅
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Love one another intensely...avoid partiality
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | march 2020. study article 13. love one another intensely.
if we have intense “love for the whole association of brothers,” we will avoid being partial.
7 jesus urged us to keep treating others the way we want to be treated.
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neat blue dog
The GB is ignoring their own advice right now by promoting division among members regarding the unvaccinated.
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JW News - yup it's a thing
by neat blue dog inyou might have seen my post a little while ago about how they were throwing around a new term, "jw news" and inserting it in articles.
well now they went ahead and made a logo for it.. .
oh brother 🤣 i wonder if this'll be part of the programming on jw studios' paid streaming service 😉.
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neat blue dog
You might have seen my post a little while ago about how they were throwing around a new term, "JW News" and inserting it in articles. Well now they went ahead and made a logo for it.
Oh brother 🤣 I wonder if this'll be part of the programming on JW Studios' paid streaming service 😉
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NASA hiring religious leaders on extraterrestrial life....
by mikeflood innasa hiring religious leaders just in case they found extraterrestrial life, at priceton university's center of theological inquiry.
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just of curiosity, if nasa find something, how do you think the borg is gonna spin it.
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neat blue dog
JWs have never had a problem with dinosaurs, in fact they devoted a whole Awake cover series to them. They aren't young-earth creationists so there is no problem, and most Christians also see what they believe are bible verses mentioning dinosaurs.
As for aliens, CT Russell himself, both in his books and in the Photo Drama speculated that there may be other intelligent worlds out there that have their own divine purpose to be fulfilled.