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  Shunning--newest directive

  by stan livedeath in

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  so just what is the latest directive on shunning?.

  asking for a family member.

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  blondie

  Wow, St George of England, proof the WTS edits their magazines based on legal decisions in "caesar's" world.
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  PREPARE TO GET PELTED BY SYMBOLIC HAILSTONES

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/idhmflud3p4?si=9xc4svrhxslduwvz.

  so david schafer a member of the teaching commitee and a helper to the governing body has come out yesterday with a new video that goes through the king of the north, the hailstones message and other things in the wake of the possibility of a ww3 and especially now that tensions are escalating with russia so he is making quite a few end time arguments and i will be expanding on those one by one but today let's see what he has about the hailstones message of the end(video) so this is the paragraph in question, paragraph 14 from article 20 of the watchtower 2020 study edition: "sometime after the start of the great tribulation, “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” will form a coalition of nations.

  (rev.

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  blondie

  In the October 2019 WT p. 16, the WTS said "may" backing away leaving a gap to escape through: " During the great tribulation, the message that we proclaim will likely change. Currently, we are preaching the good news of the Kingdom and we are endeavoring to make disciples. But at that time, we may well deliver a message as hard-hitting as hailstones. (Rev. 16:21) We may proclaim the impending doom of Satan’s world. In time, we will find out exactly what our message will be and how we will deliver it. Will we use the same methods we have used for over a hundred years to accomplish our ministry? Or will we use some other methods? We will have to wait and see. In any case, it seems that we will have the privilege of boldly proclaiming Jehovah’s judgment message!​"

  2020 May WT p.15 "That symbolic hailstorm may take the form of a hard-hitting judgment message delivered by Jehovah’s people. It could be that this message provokes Gog of Magog into attacking God’s people with the intention of wiping them off the earth."

  2023 June WT p.6 pp13 During the great tribulation, elders will need courage to obey instructions they will receive​—regardless of the dangers involved. The instructions may relate to delivering a symbolic hailstone message and to surviving the attack of Gog of Magog.​
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  JW BORG does not have clergy-laity like Christendom! 😄

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  (because they told us so in a wt!.

  w71 6/1 p. 330 par.

  10 - "another reason why many feel there is no place for them in the service of god is due to the clergy-laity distinction that is fostered in the churches.

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  blondie

  The WTS uses the phrase "paid clergy" to differentiate from this statement is 1971: w71 6/1 p. 330 par. 10 - "Another reason why many feel there is no place for them in the service of God is due to the clergy-laity distinction that is fostered in the churches. However, there was no clergy-laity division in early Christianity, and there is none today in true Christianity. The setting apart of a clergy class dates back to Babylonish, pagan worship. No precedent for it is found in the ministry of Jesus or his disciples."

  We do not have a paid clergy in our organization "Weasel Words" (2012)

  Yet in 2021 "In contrast, true worshippers of Jehovah have no clergy."

  2010 "

  The clergy-laity distinction

  “All you are brothers,” said Jesus to his followers. (Matthew 23:8) The early Christians, including the Bible writers, had no clergy class. This Biblical pattern is the one that Jehovah’s Witnesses follow.
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  Tis the season

  by garyneal in

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  2. friends

  seems like i just pop in here every now and then to see what everyone is up to.

  just like the previous years, i check in during the holidays to let everyone know about the annual christmas card exchange.. blondie used to lead this several years ago and i was involved for about 3 to 4 years before it began to fall off.

  for those of you who participated back then, i still have your addresses and have just sent off this year's christmas cards to everyone.

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  blondie

  garyneal, you are on my list; keep checking the mail.
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  What is Your Favorite WT Lie?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. beliefs

  i would like to start a thread on lies that the watchtower and their reps have told.

  surely we all have one or two that truly sticks out in our memories, no matter how much we would like to forget.

  my favorite wt lie: the reason they don't want to release the name of the "scholars" who worked on the new world translation is because they do not want to accept "glory and honor" from others.

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  blondie

  Ultimate Axion, (smile) I think you missed some. The question could be how many things are the WTS still teaching that are the same as in the beginning. Some of those were before my time and my family's time, it took a careful look at the WTS history to find some of those gems. Thanks for sharing.
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  Is it just me, or is Watchtower lowering its standards?

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the past, we used to hear talks on:.

  avoiding sexual immorality and porn, as well as masturbation and other sexual practices.

  why evolution cannot possibly be true.

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  blondie

  Balaamass2 I agree, I could no longer go door to door or study with someone and tell them to come to the KH and find true love and a clean people. So I stopped that, then meetings. Then all social things with jws. 23 years now POMO.
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  Sacred Days

  by Riley in

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  2. experiences

  yesterday was remembrance day/veterans days in canada.

  we had a couple younger half wits in the cong in field service yesterday.

  both are trying to climb the ladder with the entire elder body ready to die in the next 10 years.. i just of thought it was a dick move to go door to door about the merits of fighting for freedom or not fighting on such a sacred day.

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  blondie

  Here's a quote.

  WT 10/15/1958 p. 624 In the United States it is a custom for mourners to decorate the graves of loved ones on what is known as “Decoration Day,” May 30 each year. So Jehovah’s witnesses made it a point to visit cemeteries on that day with the comfort of God’s resurrection hope, as contained in special issues of The Watchtower and Awake! (US Memorial Day now)
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  Preaching the "good news" - about whom or what?

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the "good news" was specifically about christ's imminent kingship/rulership in heaven, to be followed by his rulership over the earth.

  (matthew 6:10).

  basileia (kingdom) - royal power, kingship, dominion, rule: not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather rulership, the right or authority to rule over a kingdom, of the royal power of jesus as the triumphant messiah.

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  blondie

  BoogerMan, I love the WT CD ROM, especially the Watchtower Online Library. I think they shot themselves in the foot on that one. In fact, I have it on my Favorite websites folder.
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  2024 year Highlights: JWs hit 9 million Publishers

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtower put out some highlights for the 2024 service year:.

  average publishers: 8,828,124. peak publishers: 9,043,460. a 43.2 percent increase in "those who returned to jehovah", meaning 65,816 were reinstated.

  baptized: 296,267. memorial attendance: 21,119,442. missing stat: number of partakers .. womp womp.

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  blondie

  Well, the WTS has never been good with numbers (remember 1914, 1925, 1975 very soon now) still waiting.
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  Is it just me, or is Watchtower lowering its standards?

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the past, we used to hear talks on:.

  avoiding sexual immorality and porn, as well as masturbation and other sexual practices.

  why evolution cannot possibly be true.

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  blondie

  Yes, they have been lowering their stands since the first inception of the Watchtower Society. Just seems like it is on a steeper downward direction.