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  Jehovah's Witnesses and language worlds.

  by gonzobear in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was born in as a witness, left at the age of 28, and have been out for many years now.

  i'm a writer and am writing about witnesses but from the perspective of how they control followers through the use of language.

  it's only after studying a lot of literary theory that i've realised a lot of their mechanisms of control are through using language in a particular way.

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  Updated Chronological Timeline of the Great Tribulation -- after the New Light from July Watchtower

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the july 15, 2015 study watchtower article entitled "your deliverance is getting near", along with the jw broadcasting video entitled "gerrit losch: fortified by "the prophetic word," and chapter 21 of the god's kingdom rules!

  book presented a large amount of new light or clarified understanding of the events of the great tribulation.. here i am presenting it in chronological order -- this is the governing body's updated chronological order of events for the time right before the great tribulation through armageddon:.

  the final sealing of the anointed occurs just prior to the outbreak of the tribulation.

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  100 yrs + 1000 yrs = 1100 yrs of Kingdon Rule ?

  by Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone one else have a problem with the celebrating '100 years kingdom rule' (1914-2014).

  while at the same time teaching that the kingdom will rule for 1000 years?

  (rev 20:6).

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  Pinker on Terrorism .... Self-Defeating

  by jgnat in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://chronicle.com/article/era-in-ideas-terrorism/128490/.

  his conclusion, .

  "even when they are not rooted out by states, terrorist groups carry the seeds of their own destruction.

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  I lost my family today.

  by awakenyr2004 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so far my oldest niece and oldest sister cut me off.

  i'm waiting for the goodbye texts from my other siblings.

  my parents asured me they would never cut me off.

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  CO's visit ends with a bombshell!!!

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the end of his final talk he said of the gb: they are telling the higher ups , "start getting ready we're not going to be around much longer!

  " and we expect the angels to release the four winds any day now!

  " my first thought was why are you building a corporate country club then?!

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  Will JW.ORG actually harm the WT Society Long Term ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my son and i were discussing this yesterday over coffee.

  since the wt society in previous years virtually demonized going on the internet at all for jw's - now wt leaders are doing a complete turn around or about face probably so as to " compete " or keep up with all the anti-jw websites that are out there to give the wt society point of view.. however- it very well may backfire on them as once people start doing google searches looking for jw.org it will bring up all the other websites dealing with any jw issues and in the privacy of their own homes out of curiosity i'm sure lots of jw's are going to want to check out some of these sites to see what all the " apostate " hoopla is all about.

  i wonder how many jw's will do this and will it have an effect in opening more minds to other views ?

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  Eating disorders - advice about someone

  by 88JM in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i'm sure there are probably a few posters on here that have had experience themselves or had family members with eating disorders.

  i'm posting here not for myself, but out of concern for someone else.. there is a teenage (about 16, recently baptized) brother who quite obviously has an eating disorder.

  i have personally been at a few gatherings and seen him refuse all food while everyone else was eating, with the excuse that "he wasn't hungry", so i can say it's definitely an eating disorder and not some allergy or just a one-off.. i'm also not the only one who has noticed it - i've been in discussions with a few brothers and sisters who have also remarked on his conditon, but don't seem to know any more about it than i do.

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  House to House Board Game

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.ministryideaz.com/house-to-house-board-game-p/h2h.htm.

  i thought you guys would like it.

  required accessories (not included): new world translation of the holy scriptures, reasoning from the scriptures.

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  Circuit Accounts Servants Confesses how the SCAM WORKS!!

  by JT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, i too have wondered how an assembly that is held in a fully paid for assembly hall, with no food service, could possibly have $10,000 in expenses.

  i suppose the bethel speakers have transportation expenses - maybe $1000 or so.

  as for rent on the assembly hall, well you have already paid for it once, why pay again?

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