Topics Started by slimboyfat

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The Greeks had a word for it, but the Watchtower didn't
by Nathan Natas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i recall as though it was only 60 years ago, sitting in the kingdom hall on those horrible chairs, learning of the four forms of love: agape, philia, storge and eros.. the watchtower never mentioned pragma.. pragma: this is a committed, compassionate love that often grows as two partners continue to cherish and care for each other.

this type of love is associated with being together for a long time.

in some cases, the passion of eros can grow into pragma over time, this forging a lasting bond.. i think i know why; the watchtower isn't into committed, compassionate, cherishing and caring, are they?.
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Age Appropriate Friends
by Riley in
1. jw
2. friends
we have a 25 year guy in our hall who is also a pioneer (which means he lives off his parents money), who likes to spend a lot of time with a 16 year old girl in the hall.

it is usually in a group setting but he seems to gravitate toward her.

he even has her auxilary pioneering , which is something i don't think any student trying to make the grades needs.
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Annual Report
by St George of England in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!.

george.
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Why you need Christmas to understand Easter/Memorial
by Anony Mous in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.

i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.

lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.
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JW vs. Christian Message To the World - The Kingdom of God, or Reconciliation with God?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
after stuydying jw's for over half a century, i haved concluded the following: .

old light / new light is a primary doctrine of jehovah’s witneses.

when they abandon on old prophecy or change a doctrine, they characterize this as “old light”.
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Interesting bit of Watch Tower history
by vienne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
two images of allegheny city and a challenge.

see https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/ the newest post.

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Wythenshawe Kingdom Hall - Sold
by AdamCzarnobay in
1. jw
2. friends
i was slightly surprised to see that wythenshawe hall has been sold.

it's now a mosque.

this one had an attached flat where the co and his wife lived, i wonder what accommodation they put them in these days..
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Why Did God Create Us?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jesus is the creator god, but why did he create us?

what say you?.
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Memory hole, international conspiracy, and the JW international network
by slimboyfat in
1. social
2. current
can anyone else who was around 15 to 20 years ago remember an odd story about jw missionaries being stopped at the swiss/italian border with american bonds worth billions of dollars in their possession?

because i can find little to no information about it anywhere online, yet at the time i am sure i recall it being reported by different mainstream news sources, including the bbc.

why do some news stories seem to disappear from the internet altogether?
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Conversion Therapy for Gay Bethelites in Poland (?)
by Jensus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently, there was a rather accurate report on jw on german tv station "sat1".

you find it on their streaming service joyn.. https://www.joyn.de/serien/jenseits-des-glaubens-zwischen-religion-und-verblendung/1-2-die-zeugen-jehovas.

there was one piece of information that was new for me: a former bethelite explained that he realized that he was gay.