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JWs: not creationists but believe in creation...
by TheStumbler in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been having a bit of an email exchange with elder dad and i need some advice.

i thought i was getting through to him but i think my criticism and tone became a bit too strident in my last email and now he thinks that i am attacking him personally.

i think he has dismissed everything i said because he perceived me as 'overally critical, and rude.. .
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Freaking out a Jehovah's Witness
by jgnat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as you know, my husband has physically left the witnesses.

he nevertheless clings to many of the beliefs like a protective cloak, and every once in a while i trigger a dissonant episode where my reality clashes with his.

recently he listened in on my work research, a video of a futurist describing the a potential "disruptive change" event in the next fifteen years, as our culture shifts to autonomic (driverless) vehicles.
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why Jehovah's witnesses? not yaweh witnesses?
by purrpurr in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this i never understood, the publications say that gods name translated from hebrew is yaweh.

why add a whole bunch of letters and vowels that change the sound of the name completely?

i've often thought surely we would gain greater respect on the ministry if we used a name that is historically and verbally accurate?.
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For those of you that LEFT.....
by DocHouse in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...did you also toss your faith as well?.
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Need help understanding scriptues in Mathew. just trying to show my wife the BORG is soooo wrong
by goingthruthemotions in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as you know i am still in but have no strong conviction for this cult..but i still go because my wife is still asleep to the false teachings.

for a few months now...when we have family study it is stricly from the bible.

which is great, while we study we are taking the bible as it is, i think it is opening her eyes and how important jesus is.
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thinking of leaving
by justme67 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am 46 and have been a jw for only 6 years.

i was doing ok until about a month ago.

we were having an international convention and i heard the brother that had to pick up 2 of the members of the governing body had to get a background check done on him and his wife.
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Questions for those who believe in the Watchtower Blood Policy
by Lee Elder in
1. watchtower
2. medical
new article on ajwrb:.

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/questions-for-those-who-believe-in-the-watcthower-blood-policy.

lee.
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JW.Org Blitz
by Theredeemer in
1. jw
2. friends
i've noticed, partilcularly on instagram, a advertising blitz for jw.org by the dubs.

primarily its the younger ones 35 and under vs older ones.

i dont know if its just my friends or everyone but they are obsessed with jw.org.
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for those still "in" what's the mood
by lastchance in
1. jw
2. experiences
in my area the general sense is bleak.

many are in survival mode.

even at the convention the appearance of the majority was unhappy and tired.
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What did Jesus really mean, when he said he had made his Father's name known?
by Faithful Witness in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am preparing for my meeting this friday with miss k. we are reviewing the bible teach book, and she is looking forward to "showing me some things about the divine name.

" i don't know what she might pull out of her hat this time... but that section of the teach book is so completely assanine, i don't even know what to say.

) what did jesus mean when he said that to his father?.