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  Secret Societies involved at the very top of the Org

  by Formerbrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  are all the gb members past and present, part of skulls and bones and other masonic secret societies?

  we know the first few top brass were, like br rutherford and br russel.. they all have several expensive watches.

  like literally more than one for everyday of the week, rolex and omega, where did they come from?

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  neat blue dog

  To address both your 'points':

  1: The Freemasons have never had a problem admitting membership for various individuals, so why would they make an exception for one ultimately unexceptional man?

  2: No, he wasn't buried in a 'Masonic cemetery'. The Masonic temple, which is across the street, was built many decades later, and is one of many in Pittsburgh, which is famous for that.

  Just do a bit of research. Knowledge is your friend. That type of 'research' is what led many to become JWs in the first place.
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  Highlights from Leaked Bethel Videos - part 1, cleaning and picnic

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  atlantis recently leaked hours of videos recommended only for immature audiences, in this case bethelites, so i thought i'd share just a few highlights of things that stood out to me, along with some screenshots.. some minor renovation/cleaning was done at patterson, including white paneling in the auditorium and cleaning out the plant alcoves under the stairs, one of which was said to have a big spider cave.. .

  there was the bethel office picnic, with lots of activities and pizza.. .

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  neat blue dog

  Atlantis recently leaked hours of videos recommended only for immature audiences, in this case Bethelites, so I thought I'd share just a few highlights of things that stood out to me, along with some screenshots.

  Some minor renovation/cleaning was done at Patterson, including white paneling in the auditorium and cleaning out the plant alcoves under the stairs, one of which was said to have a big spider cave.

  
  

  There was the Bethel office picnic, with lots of activities and pizza.

  

  

  
  
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  Secret Societies involved at the very top of the Org

  by Formerbrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  are all the gb members past and present, part of skulls and bones and other masonic secret societies?

  we know the first few top brass were, like br rutherford and br russel.. they all have several expensive watches.

  like literally more than one for everyday of the week, rolex and omega, where did they come from?

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  neat blue dog

  Iy iy iy . . . This is no evidence at all that any GB members are secret society members besides their own, (the faithful and discreet slave). If you're referring to things like the Pyramid or cross and crown, the former was a theory postulated by others and endorsed by Russell, but not originated by him. The latter is a symbol that merely signifies JC's kingship and is even now used by a number of denominations. If you're talking about Russell being a Mason, no he wasn't but even if he was so what? The idea that Mason's are some illuminati type NWO shadow organization is long and easily debunked. There are plenty of LEGITIMATE criticisms that can be levied against the JW organization, so it's best to stick to that. Anything else plays into the JW stereotype that 'apostates' are 'mentally diseased'.
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  A Jehovah Witness is....

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is not exactly a new topic, but bears repeating anyway:.

  a jehovah's witness (non-anointed) is a person:.

  a. who is not born of the spirit of god (spirit begotten) and therefore cannot see/inherit the kingdom of god.. b. who has not been justified by the blood of christ.. c. who is not part of the new covenant.. d. who has no personal mediator.. e. who is bereft of a heavenly hope.. f. who cannot come unto jesus christ when troubled or have commune i.e.

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  neat blue dog

  Amen all the way down the line. Even though a JW may admit some of these are true, like service reports and beards, I think anything can be reasoned away as long as they're convinced that the central tenants that make JWs unique are true. If those are true, then the 'little' things aren't too important. However, speaking for myself, once I realized that these unique JW teachings I was convinced were in the Bible actually weren't, like Christians living forever on Earth, military service being wrong, blood ban, door to door preaching, last days, etc. Then the nagging doubts about all the little things made sense and there was no need to rationalize. It was basically all false.
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  What Is The Most Ridiculous Thing You Have Heard From A Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.

  he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.

  interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.

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  neat blue dog

  In the New System after we've filled the Earth, we might go on to colonize other planets

  That was actually official teaching, from Studies in the Scriptures.
  
  
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  What Is The Most Ridiculous Thing You Have Heard From A Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.

  he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.

  interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.

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  neat blue dog

  There are so many marriages lately the end can only be a matter of months away

  There isn't a face palm GIF good enough for this 😮🙄😏 lol
  
  
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  What Is The Most Ridiculous Thing You Have Heard From A Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember an elder questioning a woman who had admitted to giving and receiving oral sex from her unbelieving mate.

  he asked her the most intimate questions which clearly flustered her.

  interestingly, she “confessed “ to the elders because her conscience bothered her.

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  neat blue dog

  "Look at that car accident! We can expect more of that in these last days." (just a single car that hit a phone pole)
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  Thin magazine make you think, is it?

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jw father in law in hospital, this weekend, maybe last days of his life.

  with his last energy he was reading a watchtower magazine for comfort.

  i could understand.

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  neat blue dog

  They did it gradually so the shock wouldn't be so great.

  1536 pages a year.

  1152 pages a year.

  768 pages a year

  576 pages a year

  480 pages a year.

  All in a little over a decade.

  Who knows what's next?
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  JW's Blow Their Own Trumpet Each Month

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  w06 12/1 p. 27 par.

  11 what it means to love our neighbor - “jesus commissioned his followers to preach and to teach and to “make disciples of people of all the nations.” by our participation in this work, we show love for......... neighbor.”.

  by recording the number of hours of “love” shown to neighbours each month in their monthly report slip, aren't jw's in reality doing what christ said not to do?.

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  neat blue dog

  The faithful and discreet slave isn't being very discreet are they?

  P.S.

  I can't start any topics anymore, not even text only, so if Simon sees this . . . HELP lol
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  New JWism in April broadcast?

  by AuntBee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone know what it means to be "securely wrapped up in the bag of life"?

  is this a new special wt terminology?

  they said it or a slight variant of it, several times in the broadcast, perhaps 3?

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  neat blue dog

  That one takes the cake, er, garlic bread.