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

  by FusionTheism in

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  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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  Thanks for posting this, started my day off with a good laugh! So the UN will turn on the Catholics, then ISIS? Sounds reasonable!
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  How Soon Will We See 9-Year-Olds in Committee Meetings?

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that teddy bear baptism video was shocking.. if you haven't seen it yet.

  check it out on this thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/271170002/on-subject-child-baptism-video.

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  4 years ago in Tampa Florida this happened over party celebrations during holiday with 10 year old. No discipline was delivered because of age and lack of understanding.

  
  

  Wait, so at 10 they have the mental capacity to dedicate their lives to god for all eternity, but they lack the understanding to know if a holiday party is "wrong"? Yup makes perfect sense!
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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

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  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  a watcher16 hours ago

  comet, a real Witness, to put it in a nutshell, is one who believes that the GB is the FDS.

  
  

  So you believe God is directing the gb? On all decisions? Some? Allowing them to be wrong? Directing them to be wrong? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or snarky, I once believed in god directing the gb. Just curious as to your thoughts.
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  Am I the only "witness here besides the admins?

  by TheOnlyRealWittnessHere in

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  2. friends

  with all the negativity here i was wondering if i am the only one here that's a witness.

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  the topic pretty much says everything..

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  RealWitness, there are less than a handful of real Witnesses here, me being one of them, and the admins are not Witnesses.

  
  

  What is a real witness? someone who is active and reports time? Goes to meetings? Doesn't visit apostate websites? Believes witness doctrine is actual truth? Watcher, what is the answer?
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  How hard is it to attend a congregation outside of the territory where you live? Consequences for doing so.

  by hoser in

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  2. friends

  i need to change congregation but stay living in the same place.

  any experience with this.

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  I think less than 50% of the people in my hall live in the territory. I didn't realize this was still a taboo thing.
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  What if we could bring down the WBTS?

  by derangedjdub in

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  what would be your plan or ideal reason the walls came crashing down?

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  Just to echo most of the other comments on this thread..it can't ever be totally brought down. It's a business with free labor and zero taxes. The business model they had for many years, publishing company, stopped being viable. Even though they were/are slow to realize this, they have morphed into a real estate company. It seems to me they have amassed enough real estate holdings to keep them going for many decades. The notion of some doctrinal change/shift will cause people to leave is wrong imo. Yes a few will leave, but for the most part, the people who contribute money, the U.S. Western Europe etc. doctrine doesn't matter to them as a whole. I beat the "no one cares about doctrine" drum often, because in urban liberal areas it's the truth, 85% don't know and don't really care.
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  "Jehovah's people as a whole can never be corrupted..."

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zgds4z-h2i.

  transcript below (with key points of interest bolded):.

  please open your bibles to phil.

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  But, today, we’re living in a time where Jehovah’s people as a whole can never be corrupted.

  What's the evidence to support that statement? You're not going to find that in the bible. It's like saying, I can't be wrong, because I'm right. It seems like this is more for people in the know, and for ones at corporate HQ. I think your average jw isn't really going to understand what they're saying. If you know what's going on though the message is clear, forget about all the bad things, it doesn't mean we're wrong. If you don't you're leaving jehovah.
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  TRUE STORY Christian Longo Movie

  by JWdaughter in

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  has anyone seen this movie about christian longo and his adventures in id theft?

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  Just finished watching it. It was an interesting story, they didn't really talk about the fact that he was a jw, just a brief mention of it. While they mentioned he was raised a witness they showed a drawing, presumably by longo, of a cross. At first I thought, well that's dumb, witnesses don't believe in the cross. Then I realized, most people don't know that, so I guess it was just an easy way to show he grew up in a reglious home. Overall I'd give the movie a B. Wait for the dvd
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  Deborah Frances-White comedian - on being a JW

  by wizzstick in

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  2. experiences

  deborah relates her experiences of being a jw in this bbc radio 4 broadcast.. deborah frances white - rolls the dice.

  very funny and by and large very accurate.. fruit based economy indeed!.

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  That was awesome. If someone asks me what are the witnesses all about I'm going to show them this now.
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  How to change some significance of 1914.

  by sloppyjoe2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i first do not think they will change anything about 1914 for at least 20 or more years but one day it will have to happen.

  since 1914 is their meal ticket and they have it in print prior to the year happening, they will never abandon the year altogether.

  they have too much tied into 1914-1919 as well as have held onto it for too long.

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  Overall it's a pretty decent idea. I mean you could bury that in paragraph 8 of some random watchtower study, and If I was an average jw, I'd probably wouldn't even notice.