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  What's next for the Watchtower in 2005?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  after all the events of 2004 regarding the botchtower, what do you think will happen next year?.

  i can think of a few events.. first of all, 70 years will have passed since rutherflawed took on the name "jehovah's witnesses" - a gross misapplication of that scripture in isaiah.. all the new man presses will be operational - already, the wt have increased their watchtower circulation.. "godly obedience" district convention next summer - we all know what that will be about; and don't forget the layman's km article on how to book a hotel, and not just any hotel at that either.. a new book to replace "organised to accomplish our ministry".

  bro barr of the governing body turns 100 (i think this is correct).

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  What Terms Do Jehovah's Witnesses Use To Indicate They Are A Cult?

  by minimus in

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  "the organization" is one of my favorites.

  very "cultish" expression, to me.......and you??

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  Which is worse: shunning by JW or by Non-JW relatives?

  by GermanXJW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday, on the first christmas holiday, my family and me were invited at my father in law's house.

  he has never been a jw and we had no contact but because he shunned us for being jw.

  i find this as offensive as being shunned by a jw - maybe even worse because he decided personally to have no contact.

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  "New system" questions

  by JustTickledPink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you remember all the hype about the "paradise" and then the natural questions that followed that no one has answers to... like,.

  "will we have cars in the new system?

  " - uh, well jehovah will provide us with whatever we need.

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  Catholic Answers comment on the REASONING book

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  strategies of the jehovah's witnesses .

  there may be no religious organization that engages in more publishing, proportionately to its membership, than the watch tower bible and tract society (watch tower society or wts for short)?the publishing arm of the jehovah?s witnesses.

  each month jehovah?s witnesses (jws) distribute millions of books, magazines, and pamphlets, in dozens of languages.

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  New Light and Tacking in the wind

  by Hondo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am not and never have never been a jw, nor do i intend to be, but for personnel reasons have become interested in their beliefs and practices of, as seeminly bizzare as they are.. the similar doctrinal change examples of new light, and of a sail boat tacking in the wind, to provide justification for their continual changes, when they occur, confuses me somewhat.

  if the jw's believe that the "end" is just around the corner, or "soon" as one will probably tell you, is the light at its brightest at this point in time; does the sail boat reach port?

  is there a "last light" that may indicate in some way, shape, or form, when the end will take place?

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  crucifixation or upright stake

  by cakes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone, i'm new :) i know jesus died on an upright stake and not a cross but i don't know where to find the info on where or when the idea of the crucifixation orginated from.

  can someone help me on this please?

  thanks in advanced :)

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  Confused about the blood policy

  by Hondo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i am a non-jw and just recently lost my wife to them after 20 years of marriage.

  she did the wallet "no blood" card bit and also filled out some "power of attorney" looking document, signed by sevenal other jw's, that essentially took me out of the decision making picture had my ex-wife ever need a blood transfusion but was unable to make her own decision.

  in other words, i would not have been able to save my wife's life.

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  what if...

  by Hondo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what if the majority religion (i'm not sure i consider the jehovah witnesses a religion) in the world today were the jehovah witnesses?

  instead of the catholics let's say (i think the catholics have around a billion or so).

  imagine jw numbers at around one billion or two, or about 1/5 of the world population (boy, this is a sacry thought).

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  The end of this system in 2005?

  by Brigido in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey everybody, check this story out.

  i got a call from an inactive friend of mine today.

  while we were just shooting the breeze, she happened to bring up something she heard at the hall from others.

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