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  How soon is soon?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  i guess if the jdubs have no clue how long a generation is they also wouldn't know how long a time period the word "soon" refers too.. 60 years ago my mother would hammer into my brain how soon the great tribulation was.

  soon jehovah would destroy the wicked.

  then a few years later there was no need to go to college because the end was so soon.

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  slimboyfat

  I believe Watchtower writers could benefit from an explanation of "near and far" from our old pal Grover.

  https://youtu.be/iZhEcRrMA-M
  
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  Watchtower Telephone Books!

  by Atlantis in

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  watchtower telephone booksdownload1999https://we.tl/2wddq7vcwv2015https://we.tl/pfhhniienc2017https://we.tl/pjxyjtvbrx.

  petra!.

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  slimboyfat

  Interesting that 1999 lists Albert and (presumably) his wife Charlotte, plus his son Judah Ben Schroeder and (presumably) his wife Amber, plus "Jacob Schroeder", another son?

  The 2015 directory has no Schroeders, so presumably they left after Albert (and his wife?) died?
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  Watchtower back to criticising the United Nations

  by AverageJoe1 in

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  the outline number 44 from this year’s regional assembly states:.

  la organización de las naciones unidas es en realidad una falsificación del reino mesiánico, y es una ofensa para dios.. .

  translation: “the united nations organisation is actually a counterfeit of the messianic kingdom, and it is offensive to god.”.

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  slimboyfat

  I was not aware Watchtower ever stopped condemning the United Nations.
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  Clearly, undeniably, without doubt ... is there a term for introducing a thought in such a way.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower article often introduce a point that has no merit with words such a "undeniably.".

  for instance the watchtower 2014 august 15 page 10 says:.

  "jehovah undeniably blesses the preaching work of christian women and supports them in times of trial.

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  slimboyfat

  Incidentally, it was one such word, so the story goes, that made my father in law leave JWs. He was reading the section "chronology" in the old Aid book, which used the word "evidently" in relation to 607 BCE, with no actual justification before or after. He concluded he couldn't believe in the teachings on the basis of an "evidently".
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  Clearly, undeniably, without doubt ... is there a term for introducing a thought in such a way.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower article often introduce a point that has no merit with words such a "undeniably.".

  for instance the watchtower 2014 august 15 page 10 says:.

  "jehovah undeniably blesses the preaching work of christian women and supports them in times of trial.

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  slimboyfat

  Adverbs of certainty, apparently. I mean, definitely.
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  Clearly, undeniably, without doubt ... is there a term for introducing a thought in such a way.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower article often introduce a point that has no merit with words such a "undeniably.".

  for instance the watchtower 2014 august 15 page 10 says:.

  "jehovah undeniably blesses the preaching work of christian women and supports them in times of trial.

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  slimboyfat

  Undeniably there should be a technical term for this kind of usesage. Evidently there are other words that could be added to the list. Clearly Watchtower frequently use such words in place of arguments. No doubt there will be someone on the forum who knows the term.
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  Do You Know Any “Gay” Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  of course the religion condemns homosexuality but did you know any gay witnesses?

  i knew some bethelites that were very effeminate and i remember 4 women who were suspected of being lesbians by many in the congregation.

  they eventually moved away and were very vocal against males, especially elders..

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  slimboyfat

  Yes, I knew a couple. Well, not a couple. Two individuals, to be precise.
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  Russia Uses Nerve Agent to Assassinate Spy

  by cofty in

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  what started as news of a man and woman being found unconscious on a park bench 12 days ago is escalating into an international incident.. sergei skripal had worked as a double agent for british intelligence mi6 before he was discovered and imprisoned in russia in 2006. he was later flown to england as part of a spy-swap in 2010. on sunday 4th march he was discovered along with his 33 year old daughter yulia close to a shopping centre in salisbury.. since then the story has become increasingly bizarre.

  a policeman who was first to attend the scene also became critically ill and remains in hospital.

  government scientists at porton down have confirmed that the cause is a russian military-grade nerve agent novichok.

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  I don't believe it. Why would Russia do this against their own interest? The British state is one of the biggest and most notorious liars in history.
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  Watchtower History Gem: I Found When Maria Got Her Teaching Certificate

  by Wild_Thing in

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  i consider myself an amateur watchtower history buff.

  i have always read that maria frances ackley russell, charles taze russell's first and only wife, went to a teacher training college and was a teacher for a number of years before marrying russell.

  but, i have never seen proof that she truly did finish college and became a certified teacher.

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  slimboyfat

  If volume 4 consists primarily of a compilation of articles previously published in the Watchtower. And if Maria Russell often wrote articles for the Watchtower. Then perhaps that's fhe basis of her claim (if such she made) that she deserved royalties for her part in authoring Studies in the Scriptures.
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  Do Jehovah's Witnesses Accept Evolution?

  by jukief in

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  by evolution or by creation?

  by evolution or by creation?

  "the bible is a myth" and "evolution is true".

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  That's what Raymond Tallis says, and I can understand that view. But when he says he's not interested in a God he can't make sense of that's an ethical choice on his part. It doesn't mean it holds for everyone or is the objective truth. Other people may be comfortable with the idea that God is beyond comprehension.

  https://philosophynow.org/issues/73/Why_I_Am_An_Atheist

  And I don't think the scenario is all that unrealistic. Suppose a loved one was killed in a car accident last week and God said he would make it not happen. Not merely that you would forget about it but that it would not happen at all and life will be at it is without the accident happening. Is the damage still done, even if, more than simply not remembering it, God actually changed reality so it never happened at all?