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  Christmas, yes or no ?

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have just started to steep the mincemeat for my mince pies in dark rum .

  christmas is a big deal in my family and circle of friends.

  however among ex jws it's a bit different or so l understand.

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  it will be an odd one for me this year. My wife is going home for a month ( Philippines)..to see her family--not been home since 2019. I'm not going.--so no decs or xmassy stuff this year
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  "The Truth"

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.

  it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.

  what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.

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  The truth will set you free

  Yep--it did me--40 years ago.
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  Kingdom Hall Bomb

  by Dr Jekyll in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  old news but uncle bruce wanted it dug up.... the guardian.

  22nd july 1985.. man killed in blast.

  at sydney service.. from richard yallop in melbourne.. one man was killed and 70 people were taken to hospital after a bomb exploded yesterday during a jehovah's witnesses service in a kingdom hall in the sydney suburb of lurnea.. the explosion occurred close to the speaker's dais just as mr. david winder, a visiting elder from the sydney suburb of prospect, had begun his address on loyalty to god and the family.

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  probably sold that hall.....
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  Evolution News: Humanlike Footprints in Crete Dated to 6 Million Years Ago!

  by Disillusioned JW in

  1. social
  2. current

  i find it astonishing that humanlike feet could have existed that long ago.

  i wonder if some non-human upright ape might have had that kind of feet that long ago.

  see https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/humanlike-footprints-in-crete-dated-to-6-million-years-muddle-archaeologists-1.10301706 and https://scitechdaily.com/oldest-footprints-of-pre-humans-identified-in-crete-six-million-years-old/ .

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  6 million year old humanlike footprints found in concrete.
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  What decade or era in human history do you like the most or would have liked to live during?

  by Fisherman in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  in the us, the 60s and 70s was a great time to be alive except for getting drafted if you wanted to be that age.

  they were music years,  greatest movies, fun, simpler and enjoyable days—also except for the d&ugs.

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  here in the UK it was all doing well up to 2019---gone to pieces since.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

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  stan livedeath

  who's going to make this page 600 and reply 6000?
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  Anybody from Perth, Western Australia?

  by silentapostate in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello guysi never knew this forum existed!

  it still seems quite active.

  i'd love to hear from any folk from perth, wa.

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  stan livedeath

  several regulars here are in Oz.
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  Suspected Washington Kingdom Halls arsonist arrested

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as many probably remember, in 2018-2020, multiple kingdom and assembly halls were set on fire in the state of washington, so fbi, atf, local sheriff and arson alarm foundation offered $61,000 in rewards for information leading to arrest of the arsonist.

  the attacks (seven arsons and one shooting) included:.

  march 19, 2018: two arson attacks - one at a tumwater kingdom hall and the second at a kingdom hall on cain road in olympia.

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  stan livedeath

  a mentally disturbed person, not a disgruntled apostate.

  is the opposite of disgruntled--gruntled ?
  
  
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  Was / Is God biased ? prejudiced against certain Peoples / Tribes or Nations ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  let me explain :.

  after the creation account of the bible, tribes of people and nations began to form and spread around the land.. god first chose noah and his family to protect them as he destroys all others in the flood.. and he ticks off everyone in babel ?

  and then he favours abraham and his descendants as the nation of israel culminating in the jewish lineage to jesus the son of god.. he has never had any dealings with any other people`s or nation isn`t that some form of favouritism ?

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  in the beginning, man made god.
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  Not Reporting Child Abuse Should Be Prosecuted

  by usualusername1 in

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  2. friends

  anyone who works with children and does not report child sexual abuse should be prosecuted, the final report of a huge, seven-year inquiry has recommended.. this could be huge for elders in the uk.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63318342.

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  just been on the BBC news. An ex jw was interviewed