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  What's the Watchtower's latest view on "The End" or "The Second Coming of Jesus Christ"? Most act like its not coming!

  by MagicMItchJensen in

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  i posted that article from the miami newspaper, others posted the united kingdom's articles on jws and isis.

  what's the official position of the watchtower about the last days, are we in them or are we going to wait another 2,000 years like the jews believe?.

  i remember arguing at work with friends that nostradamus end date of 3000 was wrong, are there other past prophets you know of who predicted the world's end past our time?.

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  fiddler

  Fisherman, the 'end' that my grandmother anticipated during the WW II days came and went. She died in 1980. The end that my father anticipated at least by 1980 came and went. He died in 2012. If JWs are still around for a bicentennial all past expectations will be long forgotten....just as you have forgotten past expectations.
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  A letter to Mr. Morris

  by diana netherton in

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  2. friends

  dear mr. morris,.

  i am writing this letter to request that you have an immediate meeting with jehovah regarding the tight pants, spanx (i think you mean spandex) issues.

  it it clear from your pants rant that jehovah has focused his attention away from the billions of people currently suffering on the planet to address this specific issue.. today i observed a group of witnesses in my neighborhood.

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  fiddler

  And if spandex is not appropriate attire for they gym what, pray tell, are we supposed to wear to the swimming pool???
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  Bible Chronology, Egyptology and the Great Flood

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  fact: bible chronology says the flood occurred between 2348 and 2370 bce, depending on which scholar you listen to.

  fact: the great pyramid of giza was constructed 200 years before, in c. 2560 bce..

  so, if you believe in a literal interpretation of noah's flood, you believe that the egyptians built a great civilization, were destroyed by the flood in 2370 bce, and then somehow, they reappeared immediately after the flood, picked right back up where they left off without skipping a cultural beat.. oh, and isn't it ironic that legitimately studying the great pyramid of giza debunks jw mythology now?

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  fiddler

  And then there's Gobekli Tepi....10,000 Years old! Bible 'chronology' (what a farce!) really needs some overhauling.
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  Did Jehovah's Witnesses dishonestly insert the word "Apostate" in their custom version of the Bible

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  interesting article.

  http://doctrinesoffaith.com/more-errors-in-jehovahs-witness-new-world-translation-bible/.

  more intentional repeated errors in new world translation bible: a study on apostates.

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  fiddler

  Reading those bible verses sounds very much like listening to the words and reasoning of Daesh (ISIS).

  But of course, they are both MIddle Eastern, tribal, patriarchal barbarians.
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  Infuriating Elder recorded on JWStruggle

  by dhlpcjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  help from a loving jehovah's witness elder part 1. this elder is clearly out of touch with all emotion period as this poor girl pours her heart out to him.

  can these untrained, unloving, pharisees possibly be fit to represent a god of love?

  a god of anything?

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  fiddler

  I wonder how many times this kind of call goes out to the elders? I'm going to guess that her situation is not unique. What the recording shows is that these men are not loving shepherds but corporate men through and through and their job is the cold following of bureaucratic rules.

  Oubliette always says "let's review, it's a cult".

  I would add: let's review, it's a business. That was an example of how a distressed employee would be handled in a corporate board room.
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  This podcast interview of 2 ex-JWs deserves to go viral

  by Island Man in

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  2. experiences

  the actual interview starts at the 20 minute mark.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxfgbjjs0m.

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  fiddler

  That was Excellent!!!
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  Was it worth it?

  by John Aquila in

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  2. experiences

  for those of you who left family and friends and had to start over from scratch just to get out of the organization, was it worth it?.

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  fiddler

  I don't regret leaving the religion. It was the single most important choice I ever made in my life. If there was ever anything I was supposed to do in this life, that was it. The things that happened in the aftermath; the loss of all my friends and especially family was and is still hard but I don't regret the choice. I have 3 out of 4 of my kids out with me and some cousins. I have many new friends who accept me as I am. Each day I wake up is a gift and I Can alter and refine my beliefs with each day of added information...today's 'truth' may not stand the test of tomorrow's facts. I'm good with that!

  Yes, it was absolutely worth it!
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  Pretend you were still a JW, would you have secretly wanted hospitals to force a loved on to have a blood transfusion?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm curious, even though jws must fight and resist, how many secretly hope that their loved one is forced a blood transfusion so they can live and their conscious is cleared of having done everything possible to not have one?

  or you have felt guilty and upset about it no matter what?

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  During my pregnancies I always took comfort in the fact that the state would intervene in behalf of my child over the blood issue if necessary. But, I mostly didn't like to think about it.
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  "Make a list of people you want to meet in the New System!" (New September Watchtower)

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchtower september 2015 study edition, "stand firm in the faith," paragraphs 16 and 17:.

  following jesus example, we must read the bible daily, study it, and meditate on what we learn.

  along with general bible study, dig into topics about which you may have questions.. you can imitate jesus by meditating on the wonderful promises jehovah has made to you.

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  OnTheWayOutan hour ago

  Christopher Hitchens
  Charles Darwin
  Jimi Hendrix
  Freddy Mercury
  Marilyn Monroe
  James Dean

  
  

  Like your list!

  
  

  I would add:

  
  

  Einstein

  Mozart

  Hypatia of Alexandria

  the 'Jesus' responsible for the sayings of the Buddha

  the Buddah

  and YES! Neanderthals!
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  What's the Worst Gossip You Heard About Why You were DF'ed, Faded or Left and Never Came Back? They say "I am gay!"

  by PhilsWager2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  your going to enjoy the latest rumor i heard why i have not been to meeting for around nine months, i am a homosexual!

  i was caught having a drink at one of the gay bars for business, yes people still talk business in bars.

  revelation 17:4).and murderers, and fornicators (cf.

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  fiddler

  I suppose there was enough circumstantial evidence to suggest the possibility that I was a witch, that I was a stoner, that I was lesbian...none of it true. I have no idea what has been said about me but from the absolute terror some seem to have of meeting me eye to eye (seriously, one sister did the most ridiculous dance of darting into recesses of businesses to avoid me it was comical) it's just wierd. They call US mentally off!

  No, I am a 57 year old woman who has a dog for company and teaches music for a living then comes home to a quiet evening of TV or a book to read and of course, a little time spent here!