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  Interesting observations at an SDA church

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i’ve just attended a sda church service today.

  i have to say the attendance was similar to what i would expect to see in a jw service.

  the style and nature of the service was also very jwish (formal, drab and boring).

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  slimboyfat

  What was the racial mix like? In Scotland most SDA churches predominantly comprise people of African origin, with some Eastern European and Asian (Filipino). The one exception being Crieff SDA church, which is predominantly white, and has a congregation of around 70 in attendance. Crieff is also an older congregation. The churches such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Irvine, Faifley, Paisley, Dundee, that comprise mainly immigrants, include lots of families with children and teenagers. Glasgow is the biggest with over a hundred and Faifley the smallest with around 15.

  SDAs claim around 1000 members in Scotland in about 10 churches. My own observations indicate that is about right.

  If you want to see an SDA get animated, ask them what works are permissible or not permissible on the Sabbath!
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  What is wrong with Hollyweird?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  so, the trailer for the new batwoman series was released a few days ago.. proof positive that hollywood, cw network and other movie/tv producers live in their own bubble and are continuing to push their sjw agenda.. the trailer itself has unbelievable levels of cringe at times.. batwoman happens to be a woman (if you hadn't already guessed) and an out and proud lesbian.

  of course, there's nothing wrong with any of this, it just feels so forced.

  within a few seconds of the trailer you get some girl-on girl action, just to hammer home the sexuality thing.

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  Are we sure SJWs exist in real life? The phenomenon seems to be the product of overimagination of reactionary people who live mainly online. I guess the closest I came to seeing in real life was some of the activists during the 2014 referendum, the Radical Independence Campaign, Cat Boyd, the National Collective. I liked some of those people. That was a good summer.
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  Greece HQ up for salee!!

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.pspmarousi.gr/en/#.

  zing.

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  slimboyfat

  Persecution of JWs in Greece made for particularly good Watchtower copy in the 1980s when they used pictures of those stern looking orthodox priests with the squarish headdresses. I always wondered why orthodox priests dress up like Pharisees from The Greatesr Man book.
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  Interesting but sad video

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  very interesting, if very sad, youtube video by a young woman who grew up in a jw household.. i wonder how many more jw kids grew up in similar circumstances to this poor young lady?.

  please post an encouraging comment below her video, if you have a youtube account.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-o2k7mfmbi.

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  slimboyfat

  Did I understand correctly? Her father was having affairs in lots of congregations and moved each time to avoid getting disfellowshipped. Yet he was used as a speaker at every summer convention. That’s got to be a pretty rare combination.
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  What Views or Beliefs Do Jehovah’s Witnesses No Longer Teach?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  evidently they have changed their creative day from being 7000 years per day.

  all blood transfusions were taboo but now blood fractions might be allowed to be taken into the body.

  vaccinations were sinful at one time but not now.. can you name other views or beliefs that have changed from being considered “truth” to no longer “the truth “?.

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  So “soul sleep” is not a term that Adventists use either, but is popular among opponents of the idea? I did wonder if that might be the case. It does sound a bit derogatory, so that makes sense. I need to be more careful not to use it then!

  According to Wikipedia “mortalism”, as it is termed, has been present throughout the Christian tradition, including the reformation and particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Annihilationism and conditionalism are related ideas.

  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_mortalism
  
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  What Views or Beliefs Do Jehovah’s Witnesses No Longer Teach?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  evidently they have changed their creative day from being 7000 years per day.

  all blood transfusions were taboo but now blood fractions might be allowed to be taken into the body.

  vaccinations were sinful at one time but not now.. can you name other views or beliefs that have changed from being considered “truth” to no longer “the truth “?.

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  Yes “soul sleep” for example is believed by Adventists, Christadelphians, and others. In fact even the term “soup sleep” is not one JWs tend to use for their belief (Christadelpuians don’t use the term either, although they share the belief) it’s a term that Adventists promoted, I think.
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  What Views or Beliefs Do Jehovah’s Witnesses No Longer Teach?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  evidently they have changed their creative day from being 7000 years per day.

  all blood transfusions were taboo but now blood fractions might be allowed to be taken into the body.

  vaccinations were sinful at one time but not now.. can you name other views or beliefs that have changed from being considered “truth” to no longer “the truth “?.

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  slimboyfat

  Few beliefs are completely unique to JWs, or any religious group for that matter. What is unique tends to be the particular combination.
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  What Views or Beliefs Do Jehovah’s Witnesses No Longer Teach?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  evidently they have changed their creative day from being 7000 years per day.

  all blood transfusions were taboo but now blood fractions might be allowed to be taken into the body.

  vaccinations were sinful at one time but not now.. can you name other views or beliefs that have changed from being considered “truth” to no longer “the truth “?.

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  slimboyfat

  Don’t know if I’d agree with that jp! I could list a few more, such as no Trinity/Jesus created angel, paradise future, ransom, free will, no predestination, no personal Holy Spirit, no hellfire, Jesus is Michael, thousand year reign, annual memorial, preaching, no social gospel/politics -I am sure there are many more
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  Fifty years ago today: One quote to demolish the Watchtower

  by JeffT in

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  i did not have any connection to jw's when they published this, about two weeks before i graduated from high school.

  i'm now on medicare and collecting social security.

  so much for their ability to see into the future.

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  slimboyfat

  My thumbs don’t work, so can I just say: I endorse this post.

  There are JWs I would like to share it with but not worth the hassle.
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  What Views or Beliefs Do Jehovah’s Witnesses No Longer Teach?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  evidently they have changed their creative day from being 7000 years per day.

  all blood transfusions were taboo but now blood fractions might be allowed to be taken into the body.

  vaccinations were sinful at one time but not now.. can you name other views or beliefs that have changed from being considered “truth” to no longer “the truth “?.

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  slimboyfat

  One of the most startling changes recently has got to be the identity of the “faithful slave” which new teaching basically implies that the faithful slave itself (now the Governing Body) didn’t know its own identity for most of its history. Not to mention the thousands of modern day anointed who lived and died under the apparent misconception that they were the “faithful slave”, only to be demoted retrospectively after death. What a mess. Surely this has got to disturb long time JWs, or they are just not paying much attention.