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But, no one has ever ACTUALLY "Witnessed Jehovah"!
by kairos in
1. jw
2. friends
this just came to me, must have been mentioned before, right?.

the name of the group is a lie!!.

we all announced and taught that we were "jehovah's witnesses".. i'm struggling to find more words right now..
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2015 Yearbook page 89
by lenaga in
1. jw
2. friends
i have read the yearbook (i know, i'm a pervert).

on page 89, there is a photograph.the caption: "brothers knorr and franz ..."which franz?

fred franz was 71 years old in 1963. ray franz was 41 years old.. there is also president of knorr.
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Je Suis Charlie
by Slidin Fast in
1. social
2. current
this incident in paris makes me feel absolutely furious.

yes i feel desperately sorry for the victims and their families no one should have to deal with that.

the thing that makes me feel absolutely incandescent though is the attack on freedom of speech and expression.
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2014 increase in Memorial Partakers to 14,121
by jwfacts in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have updated the article at memorial partakers with the figures released for 2014. no surprises here, it has risen yet again, this time by 6% over last year, and is now 14,121.. .

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New Understanding of Slave Class
by mrquik in
1. jw
2. friends
good morning all (good evening to those on the wrong side of the world);.

could someone explain the new arrangement with the "anointed"?

is anyone other than the gb in this class anymore?
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What is truth?
by Heisenberg in
1. jw
2. friends
well, i have been lurking on this site for several months and i recently decided to join as a member.

i have made several observations and would like to make a few comments.. first, i am perplexed by the attitude of many on this site that are either former or active (but apostate) jws.

they seem to have a strong hatred for the wts and also for rank and file jws.
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CREATIVE "DAYS" - What do JWs believe?
by Bloody Hotdogs! in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a few weeks ago, i asked you to critique my website article on dinosaurs (http://www.jwbeliefs.com/what-do-jehovahs-witnesses-believe-about-dinosaurs/).

it was pointed out that much of what i wrote depends on the creative "days" being relatively short - something i believe jws teach.. after being prompted to review my conclusions/research, i was more convinced than ever that jws promote relatively short creative days.

the nail in the coffin was the teaching that day seven is indicative of the length of the other six days (i.e.
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2034 is going to be a huge letdown for the dubs
by wha happened? in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i've seen a few postings of a possible "next date" for dubs of 2034. based on an article they published comparing the last days to the days of noah.

preaching for 120 years.

however, i noticed a little tidbit from wiki about age:.
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Does God's foreknowledge take away from free will?
by Christ Alone in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just by knowing what will happen, that doesn't mean that we can prevent or cause something to happen.

my knowing that does not prevent them the free will of making the choice.. it's the same with god.

if god is not restricted to existence in the present, then the future is known by god because god indwells the future as well as the present and the past.
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Do JWs take Genesis literally?
by undercover in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as i grew up as a jw it seemed that we accepted genesis was a literal account with the only question being how long a creative day was.

for the longest time, as best as i can recall, a creative day was considered a thousand years long, based on the ole "a thousand years is as a day to jehovah" rule.. somewhere though, it seems that there was some waffling on how long a creative day was.

especially since science was showing that the earth was millions of years old.. since i've faded i wonder, do jws today consider genesis as a literal account of how things were created, even if they can't explain the exact length of a creative day?.