In print the WTS says it is a conscience matter (for legal purposes) but the chatter behind the scenes from elders, etc., can and will walk it back.
Posts by blondie
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41Blood decisions are now your problem: WT JULY 2025
by raymond frantz inthe following is from the latest study watchtower july 2025, study article 28, paragraph 17:.
each christian must make up his or her own mind about whether to accept or to reject these fractions.
we may find it a challenge to understand this matter fully, but making decisions like this is part of the load that each of us must carry.
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Live long and prosper: WT JULY 2025
by raymond frantz in"now more than ever, we need to focus on our hope.
because we are living in 'the last days' and we all have problems that are 'hard to deal with.
' (2 tim.
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blondie
nowwhat? Yes, they are selling kingdom halls and combining more congregations in one building. Here there are 4 congregations meeting in one building. Midweek meetings M, TU, W, TH and Public talk and WT study combo twice one Saturday other Sunday.
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Sisters can now wear pants. Any more important changes
by Witness 007 inalot of my witness friends were excited sisters can now wear pants and you can say hi to disfellowshiped folks but what about important stuff child molesters in the congregation you need 2 witnesses blood fractions are fine but not whole blood????
607 bce is from the 1880s wrong....anything else?
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blondie
moomanchu, yes, a sister could not be df'd for wearing pants to the meetings and in field circus, but they would not be seen as a good associate for other jws by the body of elders. That could cut back or eliminate your jw social life.
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Building Houses for the Resurrected.
by vienne inrecent to b's history blog, an article explaining that n. pierson, a russell associate, built cottages for his soon to be resurrected relatives.
fascinating.
he hated rutherford, but still .... https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/.
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blondie
Actually, this persisted into Rutherford's day with the building of Beth Sarim in California. From the Proclaimers book “House of the Princes” page 79
"Brother Rutherford had a severe case of pneumonia after his release from unjust imprisonment in 1919. Thereafter, he had only one good lung. In the 1920’s, under a doctor’s treatment, he went to San Diego, California, and the doctor urged him to spend as much time as possible there. From 1929 on, Brother Rutherford spent the winters working at a San Diego residence he had named Beth-Sarim. Beth-Sarim was built with funds that were a direct contribution for that purpose. The deed, which was published in full in “The Golden Age” of March 19, 1930, conveyed this property to J. F. Rutherford and thereafter to the Watch Tower Society.
Concerning Beth-Sarim, the book “Salvation,” published in 1939, explains: “The Hebrew words ‘Beth Sarim’ mean ‘House of the Princes’; and the purpose of acquiring that property and building the house was that there might be some tangible proof that there are those on earth today who fully believe God and Christ Jesus and in His kingdom, and who believe that the faithful men of old will soon be resurrected by the Lord, be back on earth, and take charge of the visible affairs of earth.”
A few years after Brother Rutherford’s death, the board of directors of the Watch Tower Society decided to sell Beth-Sarim. Why? “The Watchtower” of December 15, 1947, explained: “It had fully served its purpose and was now only serving as a monument quite expensive to keep; our faith in the return of the men of old time whom the King Christ Jesus will make princes in ALL the earth (not merely in California) is based, not upon that house Beth-Sarim, but upon God’s Word of promise.”
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At the time, it was believed that faithful men of old times, such as Abraham, Joseph, and David, would be resurrected before the end of this system of things and would serve as “princes in all the earth,” in fulfillment of Psalm 45:16. This view was adjusted in 1950, when further study of the Scriptures indicated that those earthly forefathers of Jesus Christ would be resurrected after Armageddon.—See :The Watchtowers, November 1, 1950, pages 414-17.
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blondie
First, the WTS blamed the rank and file jws for the 1975 "misunderstanding" in 1976 but then in 1980 said that the WTS could possibly, possibility share part of the blame. For more details and where to find this in WT publications go to jwfacts. com at the link below and scroll down to this (the whole articie very good outlining how the whole 1975 debacle happened)
Post 1975 Blame the followers https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1975.php
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Live long and prosper: WT JULY 2025
by raymond frantz in"now more than ever, we need to focus on our hope.
because we are living in 'the last days' and we all have problems that are 'hard to deal with.
' (2 tim.
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blondie
I went onto Watchtower Online LIbrary from my laptop and July 2025 does not show up yet for me. I will keep an eye out at that site. Based on the wordage above this a satirical approach. For example, "Just hang in there, keep preaching, and don’t let those pesky present-day needs harsh your spiritual vibe. Sounds like a plan, right?"
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WASHINGTON ST PASSES BILL MANDATING CLERGY REPORTING CHILD ABUSE
by blondie inhttps://www.thereflector.com/stories/washington-legislature-passes-bill-to-make-clergy-mandatory-reporters-of-child-abuse,378913 .
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Are There any JW Teaching that you DO Agree With?
by NotFormer in(apologies for the typo in the title.
"teaching" should read "teachings".
i misread vanderhoven7's most recent post as being the above.
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blondie
None, like one bad apple in a barrel of apples, the WTS teachings all become rotten. What does a rotten apple spoils the barrel mean? A single bad influence can ruin what would otherwise remain good
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Memorial attendance
by Balaamsass2 incurious.
what was your local memorial attendance like tonight?
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blondie
Gorb, allowed by the GB, I can see Jesus doing it remote :)
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3 Changes The Watchtower Made on Babylon The Great in the Last 6 Months
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/vpws6ncqpla?si=dqnf7-hupfr4pdta.
for decades, jehovah’s witnesses have been banging on about babylon the great—the so-called world empire of false religion—being on the brink of collapse.
any day now, they assured us, churches would empty out, priests would be left twiddling their thumbs, and humanity would collectively bin organised religion.
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blondie
I can think of three changes to the identity of Babylon the great (is the GT the cutoff point to become jws and survive) Can you share the changes you have seen in the last 6 months in the publications, Publication name year month and page #?
1879 C. T. Russell and his associates also realized that this infamous harlot was not merely the Catholic Church. Thus, while the Watch Tower of November 1879 identified Babylon the Great with the “Papacy as a SYSTEM,” the article added: “We must go further and implicate, (not the individual members, but the church systems) other churches united to the Empires of earth. Every church claiming to be a chaste virgin espoused to Christ, but in reality united to and supported by the world (beast) we must condemn as being in scripture language a harlot church.” Proclaimers Book Chapter 5 p.42 p. 70 par. 4
1963 n 1963, The Watchtower clearly showed that “Babylon the Great” represented not only Christendom but also the whole world empire of false religion.
2025 Some who witness the destruction of Babylon the Great might join us in true worship.