I remember the DO (not CO) giving the same identical talk with the same identical last words several years apart in different congregations. His ending was:
"And the society has information that the nations are preparing to atack us."
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Excited about the CO visit
by StarTrekAngel induring the many years of being a jw, i could never really bring myself to be exited about the co's visit.
this has been an issue that always kept me wondering back to religions.
why could not feel the same happiness that made everyone around me cry during the sunday service?
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Ooops. They're back at the anti-type game.
by scotoma ini thought it was ex"plane"d at the corporate meeting that type-antitypes were finished unless it expressly is stated in the bible.. from the feb 22 study article.
question on paragraph 11- what comparison found at psalm 122:3,4 could be applied to god's people today?.
during the coming time of trouble for this system, we will have to be truly united.
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Almost anything in the Bible that has a dual nature - one thing along with another - can be used as an anti-type. I think, if my memory is correct, Ray Franz gave a list of dozens of types and anti-types from the Watchtower's publications. -
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It's Over Johnny....The Demise of Jehovah's Witnesses
by ctrwtf ini think i've mentioned before that from time to time my commute on the bqe takes me past the old factory buildings and the soon to be former headquarters building.
i was struck the other day with how shabby they've become.
even 25 columbia heights, still currently occupied, its facade is filthy.
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What Vidiot said.
They are reinventing themselves for sure but this does not imply a demise. As has been brought up previously they could lose 50% of their members and still be able to operate. However, their greed might cause them dearly.
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A coming out story to my mother.
by JennyBoo inso i actually came out to my mother a few days ago.
told her how i really felt about being a jw (jehovah's witness) and how i wasn't straight.
i wasn't surprised by the disapproving response i got because really, i wasn't expecting any more.
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Welcome to the forum JennyBoo. -
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HappyDad, I've found that clicking "copy" on the picture and then inserting the picture in the box works. You have to edit because the picture usually disappears the first time but when you edit the picture reappears and then it will show.
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Islamic ISIS, the Christian Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Watchtower, and their Governing Body
by 9328737 inhi everybody, .
i am currently working on this subject in my blog just in case you are interested.. http://testigoscristianosdejehova.blogspot.com/2015/02/islamic-isis-christian-jehovahs_22.html.
thanks!.
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would it have been different if we knew why?
by sowhatnow ini always took issue with the idea of no one knowing why a person got df.. i know im not alone.. i complained to my mother about this when i was younger, explaining that how do we know what it is that gets a person df if no one knows what they did?
my moms answer was , .
'if people knew a persons personal faults and what they did , others would not be so forgiving when they were reinstated, because we'd always view them with that view, so in other words, if when so n so, committed fornication, and the whole cong would know it, if they announced from the platform then his/her reputation would be permanently stained' .
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@ brandnew:
"That announcement mighta backfired on making me look bad. But keeping it secret, makes me really look bad."
If you were still in touch with anyone in the congregation you could tell them what happened and have the person spread it around. People might think better of you.
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Patterson vs Walkill vs Warwick
by Magnum ini understand that warwick is to be the new world headquarters of jws, patterson is an educational complex, and walkill is a literature production center.
will patterson continue to be used as it is now after the completion of warwick?
if not, what will happen to it?
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@ brandnew, insidetheKH is complaining that this offshoot of a subject is off topic but I believe that the human cost is every bit as important as the financial/real estate costs and machinations. Whatever it is that they do with their property is bound to have an effect on those who presumably will live and work there.
@insidetheKH, yes, it is slightly off topic but close enough to warrant some attention.
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Patterson vs Walkill vs Warwick
by Magnum ini understand that warwick is to be the new world headquarters of jws, patterson is an educational complex, and walkill is a literature production center.
will patterson continue to be used as it is now after the completion of warwick?
if not, what will happen to it?
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@ insidetheKH: "...you don't have a clue what you are talking about"
A lot of us do have a clue as to the human costs of the Watchtower's reorganization. A few people here have personally known cases of people getting booted out without a means of support.
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Why would the Society put this picture of a 'nuclear bomb' on a WT cover talking about Armageddon?
by Esse quam videri ineffects of a nuclear bomb video - .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aza-2wopcfy.
just trying to understand their 'thinking'.
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They're simply referring to the destruction that nations might inflict upon each other. There's no reason to believe that the Watchtower is implying that the big J will use nukes.
