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  All things considered, when will THE JW religion end?

  by sowhatnow in

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  id give a guess of maybe another 15 to 20 years ,.

  nothing will be the same , if there even is a headquarters.. opinion?.

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  apostrate

  The JW religion will end when they can no longer turn a profit. As long as people keep donating money, they will exist in one form or another.

  I don't remember exactly what WT article it was, but it was back in the earl 50's I believe when they changed their stance on refusing vaccinations. As I recall their words were, We can no longer AFFORD to enforce our position on vaccinations. That is not a verbatim quote, but they did say "no longer afford".

  They will continue morphing to accommodate inconvenient laws and the flow of $$'s.
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  A possible way for the Watch Tower to generate revenue via their website.

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  earlier in the week someone posted the potential value of the jw website based on visits and if they used advertisements.

  many stated they would never do that but i propose they could.. besides their real estate profit making business model, they have the conventions as cash generating machines.

  they give directions to their members to which hotels/motels to use.

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  insidetheKH,

  Never say never. No matter what I thought of JW's, good or bad, I truly NEVER would have believed that they would allow rock n roll, hip hop music AND dancing inside the Kingdom Hall. Now I'm a believer...
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  If I Were Still A JW I Would Think We Had To Be Living At The Time Of The End!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with all the terrible things happening on this earth, i bet most witnesses feel that jehovah god has to step in..

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  About 10 years ago we had Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami overseas. News journalists and pundants (as well as many everyday average citizens) were describing these events as "of BIBLICAL proportions". I don't even have to suggest to you what the average JW was thinking.

  And of course, this was just a few years after 9/11. A lot of people, not just JW's, were thinking "this has just got to be the end!"

  Well within the next ten years there will be new events, bigger events, that will have people believing that "this has just got to be the end!"
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  Jehovah witness just like the ISIS...only they can't kill..but they do torture

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  both the jw cult religion and the isis religion are both the same.

  both extremist for there gods...the jw 's sheeple worship the watchtower.

  the isis god is allah, but they seem to worship/kill for muhammad.. .

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  AlphaMan,

  Ha Ha Ha, LOL, that is so funny! The best humor is reality based humor! If it wasn't for my sense of humor, I would've killed myself years ago.

  I kind of had a mental picture of Dick Cheney addressing the prisoners at Gitmo:

  Cheney: "Okay men, the choice is yours. You can be subjected to water boarding, or you can begin attending the meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses at the Kingdom Hall!"

  Detainees (in unison): (Collective sigh, heads down, pouting), "We'll take the water boarding."
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  Jehovah witness just like the ISIS...only they can't kill..but they do torture

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  both the jw cult religion and the isis religion are both the same.

  both extremist for there gods...the jw 's sheeple worship the watchtower.

  the isis god is allah, but they seem to worship/kill for muhammad.. .

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  apostrate

  In all seriousness, NO, no victim of ISIS or Al Quaeda would compare what they went through with life in the JW's.

  But, psychologically speaking, there is a real similarity between the two. ISIS carries out their physical punishment, while the WT plants the seeds in their members minds, and sometimes it can lead to death (as others have mentioned, through suicide or having blood transfusions forcibly denied).
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  Jehovah witness just like the ISIS...only they can't kill..but they do torture

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  both the jw cult religion and the isis religion are both the same.

  both extremist for there gods...the jw 's sheeple worship the watchtower.

  the isis god is allah, but they seem to worship/kill for muhammad.. .

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  apostrate

  I can testify that JW's most certainly DO torture. When I was about 15 years old I had to sit through a 7 Day International Assembly!!! If I had the choice of that or waterboarding.....! Let's just say, a three day assembly is torture enough!
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  Why do ultra rich jehovahs witnesses get a free pass when it comes to being materialistic?

  by hoser in

  1. jw
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  i know a couple of jws in my town that are both very wealthy.

  one has upscale retail stores and owns a property development company.

  the other has a large service company and owns a lot of real estate.

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  Finkelstein,

  Your post wasn't up yet when I began to formulate my thoughts!
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  Why do ultra rich jehovahs witnesses get a free pass when it comes to being materialistic?

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know a couple of jws in my town that are both very wealthy.

  one has upscale retail stores and owns a property development company.

  the other has a large service company and owns a lot of real estate.

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  apostrate

  Why would a poor working shmuck like me constantly be criticized because my hair was touching my collar, and yet Brother "PRINCE" is welcomed with open arms and praised by other JDubs? Ask a JW about "PRINCE" and watch them immediately change the subject. I haven't seen an AWAKE article that was critical of his music. (In all fairness though, I have to admit it's been quite a few years since I've read an AWAKE).
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  Couple questions....like if JW's not the right way then what is?

  by world in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  new member here so don't attack :d here is a couple questions i have been contemplating lately.. .

  if jw isn't the right religion, then which one is?

  or is it basically believe in god, the bible and you'll be fine?.

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  JWdaughter,

  Your last paragraph brought back an old memory. Back in the 70's a "brother" that I worked with would get angry and refuse the Christmas cookies that some of the ladies in the office would bring by. However, another "brother" who worked there would gladly accept the Christmas cookies. But, before he would eat the cookies he would scrape the ornamental icing off of them. Uum-good!

  This really ticked off "brother" #1. I don't know if the humor comes across in print, but to see it in person was hilarious!!!
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  Jw's attitudes toward the act of baptism

  by _Morpheus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i attended (meaning was emotionally blackmailed) a jw baptisum ceremony today.

  i was awestruck at the "event" status given this.

  to be sure it wasnt the first time i witnessed it but for whatever reason it really stood out to me what a spectical they have turned this into.

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  apostrate

  This may not be exactly answering your question......but, I find this piece of information from The Watchtower extremely insightful:

  "The practice of baptism, however, predates the Christian faith. It was employed in Babylonia and in ancient Egypt, where the cold waters of the Nile were thought to increase strength and bestow immortality." The Watchtower April 1, 1993, page 4.

  Seems that JW's like to hang on to certain pagan traditions.