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  How long did it take before you realized that you missed the obvious?

  by pistolpete in

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  2. beliefs

  remember when the public speaker in the kingdom hall or convention related the ten plagues and the parting of the red sea?.

  the finale when jehovah closes the red sea and swallows pharaoh's entire army of egyptian men.. when i was a little kid about 5 years old and listened to this story, i would think---wow jehovah is strong.

  when i started school and started learning compassion as early as the first grade i started wondering?????.

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  neat blue dog

  Eh, not a good point. Egyptians were among those who joined the Israelites right before this, so any JW would tell you they had a chance. Even in modern wars, tough decisions have to be made like dropping the bomb on Japan, to ultimately save far more lives.
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  'Pop Cult'?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  interesting little video from a youtuber called david stewart.. he puts forward an interesting idea that fan following around films and music is comparable to people being in a cult.. stewart is a film reviewer among other things, putting out several videos critiquing the force awakens (2015) and receiving lots of abuse and even death threats.. enjoy ….

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4wfmj-zjc.

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  neat blue dog

  Yeah, and some will say others aren't "real fans" just like JWs will say others aren't "true Christians" 😅
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  JW Online University

  by Tim207 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a family member who is a remote bethelite and they are working on creating content for online "university" for bethelites to teach them skills that are needed at bethel.

  from what i've seen it is a lot of recorded content saved on their sharepoint sites.

  i haven't seen any information on this from this site or reddit which i'm more active on.

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  neat blue dog

  Interesting, though not surprising at this point. Their own version of BYU . . . JRU 😅 (Brigham Young=Joseph Rutherford, both second presidents after a organizational control crisis.)
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  Sam Heard Womens brains are smaller then mens brains.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so rolex sam said this.

  is this something the whole cult buys into?

  any links to rolex sam saying this?

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  neat blue dog

  By this logic we should all be submissive to elephants.
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  Threating to Sue

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is the wt doing these days if someone das but threatens to sue if the elders make an announcement that leads to shunning?.

  i know the elders are supposed to notify the legal department, but what is the legal department telling them to do?.

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  neat blue dog

  It happened in my congregation with a suicide threat, no judicial action taken. Not sure about a lawsuit threat.
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  Did Jesus Have A Dog?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a preteen asked me , “did jesus have a dog”?

  i thought the question was hysterical.

  why wouldn’t jesus have a dog or pet cat or sheep?

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  neat blue dog

  Did Jesus Have a Dog?

  Evidently, he did not. In these last days, many put undue emphasis on things like pets, in effect worshipping them. The Awake! magazine of 1/22, 1976, in the article "Enjoy Pets- IN THEIR PLACE!" says that some have given their animals . . .

  gold bracelets, black lace panties, evening gowns and birthday parties . . . They have obtained clip-on diapers for their parrakeets, false eyelashes for their poodles and sunglasses for vacationing pets.

  The article also mentions that a pet owner might . . .

  permit himself to be “kissed” by a pet that had recently been licking its sexual and anal areas

  Surely such actions are unbecoming of a mature christian.
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  False memorial partakers deserve to die???

  by Jofi_Wofo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  every memorial, much emphasis is placed on making sure that only the (self-proclaimed) anointed partake in the emblems.

  this year, however, the speaker at my wife's congregation presented it as an even more serious matter.

  he likened it to individuals in ancient israel who sought position of the priesthood despite never been appointed by jehovah.

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  neat blue dog

  Methinks he's a little rogue. My talk said the exact opposite, that we shouldn't judge any who choose to "partake".
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  Would the world be a better place without religion?

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know what you’re gonna say---------everyone has a right to believe whatever they want.. but the question above is not about everyone’s right to believe whatever.. the question is very specific------will the world be a better place----without religion.

  think for a while what the world would be like without any religion.. no conflicts between islam and christianity.. no conflicts between different sects of christianity.

  (example; jehovah’s witnesses vs catholics).

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  neat blue dog

  Even the irreligious manage to channel their worship into organized fervor and oppression of others based on the conniving of a few and the faith of their masses. This is happening right now with things such as race relations and climate change.
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  Would the world be a better place without religion?

  by pistolpete in

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  i know what you’re gonna say---------everyone has a right to believe whatever they want.. but the question above is not about everyone’s right to believe whatever.. the question is very specific------will the world be a better place----without religion.

  think for a while what the world would be like without any religion.. no conflicts between islam and christianity.. no conflicts between different sects of christianity.

  (example; jehovah’s witnesses vs catholics).

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  neat blue dog

  Don't be absurd. Humans would always be disposed to conflict. If you think otherwise, you're as naive as John Lennon.
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  Questions I have about the "Ministry School".

  by Pallbearer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember that jehovah's witnesses used to have a 2-hour, 2-part mid-week meeting which included a 1-hour "ministry school" followed by a 1-hour "service meeting".

  please correct me if i am wrong in any respect but to the best of my memory the ministry school was composed of 4 parts, as follows:.

  part 1: an "instruction talk".

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  neat blue dog

  There's a talk by an elder or servant with now participation.

  Then there's the Bible highlights-like part which is mostly audience participation.

  Then there's a Bible reading with no surrounding commentary unlike before.

  Then there's several initial call, return visit or Bible study demonstrations. All can be given by either men or women, and these are sometimes replaced by prerecorded versions from HQ instead of local.

  After that is the equivalent of the service meeting and the equivalent of the book study, both of which are much shorter than before.