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  Six Screens announcing passing of “MINIMUS”

  by RESPECTFUL OBSERVER in

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  2. friends

  https://youtu.be/ty_2l8zynvq.

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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-30-2017 WT Study (WHO IS LEADING) IN PARTS

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  blondie’s comments you will not hear at the april 30, 2017 wt study (february 2017) (who is leading).

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-february-2017/who-is-leading-gods-people-today/ .

  excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

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  Today's W.T on GB not being inspired is having ZERO impact on most J.W's

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the congregation i attend had it's watchtower study on thursday night because of l.d.c work this week-end, and another congregation i have some not very spiritual friends in had their watchtower study on wednesday.

  from what i have delicately prised out of people, the congregations loved the watchtower study this week, saying it was so encouraging and all the usual stuff, with no-one seeming to realise the g.b.

  said they're not inspired, so the spirit int he past has moved them to teach wrong things, and all the other ideas excellently summed up on reddit.. today's watchtower will wash over the heads of most j.w's like it never even happened, the all remaining as loyal as ever, and it makes me so, so sad..

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  What do You Think About Hybrid and Electric Cars?

  by Village Idiot in

  1. social
  2. current

  battery technology has been making leaps and bounds in affordability and energy output throughout the past decade.

  while pure electric cars currently have limited range, the near future holds prospects for longer ranges.

  hybrids, and recently plug in hybrids, have a mileage of up to 50 mpg* giving them a range of 500 miles from a ten gallon gas tank.

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  What was it like being a JW in the 1960's and 1970's

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is obviously a question for the older generation.

  i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.

  was the society as strict as it is today?.

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  Faithful and Discreet slave class. Challenge the definition

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, so we all know that the basis the org uses for its power, authority, and supposed ability to speak on behalf of god is matt 24:45.

  "who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics to give them their food at the proper time?".

  but how can it possibly define the wt org?.

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  144000 Literal or Figurative?

  by why144000 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the speaker at the memorial tonight stated straight up that the 144,000 is a literal number as we will stop celebrating the memorial when jesus 'arrives' and takes the few remnant with him.

  how can the society change the 144,000 to figurative without blowing themselves out of the water?.

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  PARTINGS - How Judaism and Christianity Became Two

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i you have a desire to understand the origin of christianity, this book may start you on the way to understanding the way it happened.

  i truly doubt that the formation of a completely new religion was the intention of jesus.it is much more likely he really thought that he was about to restore the kingdom of israel, as he promised the twelve that they would rule with him ( luke 22:30).. i havn't had a chance to read this book yet, but the list of contributing scholars instantly appeals.its published by the biblical archeology society.. here's the list of chapter headings and the scholars who wrote that entry.. partingshow judaism & christianity became two - softcovernew from bas!.

  edited by hershel shanks.

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  I'm Returing To Become A Jehovah's Witness Again

  by Space Madness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a little background, i faded in 2007 and have been out ever since.

  i started studying at 18 and have no jw realitives.

  i'm returing because my life is heading in the wrong direction.

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  Are some JWs justified in staying in the org?

  by greendawn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  most of us left the organisation because we could no longer stand one or other aspect of it, perhaps its very dictatorial administration, the disappointment due to the false promises and vain hopes raised by its leadership, disagreement with the blood ban or pedophile and shunning policies, the feel one gets that this is a business and not a religious organisation manipulating its members to its own profit etc etc.

  these are of course valid reasons for rejecting this religion and refusing to identify with it but do the jws who stay in have a valid argument for rejecting leaving the org?

  they will say: "ok our religion, our society has its flaws but what human society doesn't?

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