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  Watchtower History

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of you read our history blog and have read our first two books.

  we're pushing to finish volume 2, separate identity.

  a rough draft chapter from volume 2 is up on our blog.

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  slimboyfat

  Thanks, I thought the video was inaccurate. It gets a lot of views however. Entertainment is viewed above accuracy these days.

  I wonder if Russell and White had anything to say about each other.
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  Watchtower History

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of you read our history blog and have read our first two books.

  we're pushing to finish volume 2, separate identity.

  a rough draft chapter from volume 2 is up on our blog.

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  slimboyfat

  Can I ask a basic question? At the risk of displaying ignorance, I was wondering if you know whether Charles Taze Russell met and had dealings with Ellen White? Because I watched this video yesterday that claimed Russell knew White very well and they even attended the same church. Which is news to me!

  https://youtu.be/YSTmGN4ND2w
  
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  Anyone notice there has not been any announcement for the annual meeting broadcast this year?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  let the speculation begin!.

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  slimboyfat

  You’re extracting the urine.

  Is it this weekend?

  Will they count coloured people at the meeting this year?

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5709541519917056/composition-members-watch-tower-society-annual-meeting-1945
  
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  Anyone notice there has not been any announcement for the annual meeting broadcast this year?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  let the speculation begin!.

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  slimboyfat

  When is it?
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  Who Do You Think Will Be The Nominees For President In The Next US Election?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think trump will be the nominee for the republicans and the democrats... i have no clue.

  i hope bernie sanders runs again and wonder if hillary would dare go for a rematch..

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  slimboyfat

  Never mind 2020, what about 2024? Michael Moore says Trump will stick around as long as he can, including changing the constitution or whatever it takes.

  “We’ve cut more regulations in a year and a quarter than any administration, whether it’s four years, eight years or, in one case, 16 years,” he said. “Should we go back to 16 years? Congressman, can we have that extended? The last time I jokingly said that, the papers started saying 'he's got despotic tendencies!' No, I'm not looking to do it, unless you want to do it.”
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  Adding insult to injury when the WT kicks out a congregation from their hall

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not only does the organization confiscate the hall the congregation owns.

  but then the former congregants are told to continue to pay for utilities and they are still responsible for upkeep and maintenance.

  so they still have to cut the grass etc.

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  slimboyfat

  How does that work and where did they go? Pictures?
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  Who Do You Think Will Be The Nominees For President In The Next US Election?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think trump will be the nominee for the republicans and the democrats... i have no clue.

  i hope bernie sanders runs again and wonder if hillary would dare go for a rematch..

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  slimboyfat

  I heard it’s a run off between Kanye West and Lisa Simpson.
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  What was the EXACT exJW website you first visited and why EXACTLY did you visit it?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had two episodes of visiting exjw websites:one time around 2007 when i just googled "jehovah´s witnesses" and dared to look at those sites.

  i was scared and i promised myself i would never come back to them.

  however, that one didn´t really count.the moment that woke me up was this:i got to know that whitney heichel was a jw and murdered by another jw, because i overheard that conversation in a kingdom hall.i looked up the news and in one of the news comments, there was one where an exjw was complaining that they were hijacking her funeral and they were really trying to downplay the fact that her murderer was a jw... and then it said "visit jwfacts.com"... which i did.and the rest... is history.what exactly got you onto an apostate website when you woke up?

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  slimboyfat

  Can’t remember exactly, it was 1999/2000 and some of the first I read included:

  Reachout Trust (in particular the forum)

  Freeminds

  Beyond Jehovah’s Witnesses (I don’t think this exists any more)

  Carm (an American countercult website)

  Watchtower Observer

  Rick Ross

  JWD (this forum, as was)

  But actually more important were some of the pro-JW sites I was visiting at the time: Jehovah’s Witnesses United, Heinz Schmitz’s “theology” website, Great Crowd forum, Brenton Hepburn (what happened to him?), In Defense of the New World Translation, and more.
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  How many JW´s spend their whole lives being JW´s?

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ever since i became an exjw activist... i have wondered, how many people can i hope to reach?.

  what are the odds that my parents and loved ones will live out the remainder of their lives as jehovah´s witnesses?.

  is there a way to calculate the odds that any jw will remain a jw for the rest of their lives?.

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  slimboyfat

  Most stay in, but perhaps that’s beginning to change. One of the things that cause people to leave sometimes is if they move to a different city and don’t make friends in the new congregation. Or if they get disfellowshipped and don’t got back. Or they pursue a new interest such as education or a career or business or hobby that requires a lot of time and they become immersed.

  Coming to that, I do know a couple of sisters who refused to go to their assigned congregation. They attended another congregation for a while then became inactive. So I do wonder if there will be an impact from all the KH reorganisation that is going on.

  Plus there is the phenomenon that very elderly JWs tend to disconnect, mainly because JWs are extremely poor at including older people in their community when they stop engaging in the preaching work.
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  Serena William is 'fighting for women'?!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  so serena williams lost the us open final 6-2, 6-4 to naomi osaka, her japanese-american opponent.. williams received three code violations from the umpire, carlos ramos: .

  1. a warning for illegal coaching (subsequently admitted by williams's coach).

  2. a point penalty for smashing her racquet.

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  slimboyfat

  I think it’s clear that Serena Williams broke the rules and the penalties are justified from that point of view. The other issue is the claim that men are not penalised when they break the same rules because umpires show discretion when applying the rules, and in practice apply them to men and women differently. If that claim is true then it’s worth trying to fix. Serena Williams complicates the issue because she behaves discourteously and self-centredly. But the point at issue should really be evaluated on the facts themselves: whether the rules are being applied differently to men and women.

  For example it’s illegal to drive over 30mph in town and anyone caught over that speed is breaking the law that is clear. At the same time, if police made a habit of charging women driving over 30mph with speeding, but not men driving over 30mph, we would say there is a problem with that. Not because people breaking the law shouldn’t be charged, but because laws should be applied fairly.