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  Spiritual Paradise Watchtower Style

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can you believe the presumption?.

  https://youtu.be/1mamt-krcnc.

  https://youtu.be/wjnk-mr_860.

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  BluesBrother

  I do not doubt the authenticity of these clips, but it would be better to have some references to the original videos , it would be good to see the sound bites in context....

  Nevertheless it cannot be anything less than presumption to claim that Isaiah was prophesying directly about modern elders...of course he was not. It may be what the best of them aspire to but certainly the vast majority fall a long way short.

  [Edit.... Anna Marina, I enjoyed your Shakespear clip.... truly the JW faithfull have "slumberd here" if they continue to accept this pseudo spirituality ]
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  Peace and security

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scrolling through the news this morning and i couldn’t help to think we are light years from any leaders crying out peace and security.

  jws are going to have to wait another decade or two and see how things develop before they get excited about armageddon coming in their lifetime.

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  "You could even make a movie about Armageddon and it would sell well."

  Didn't Bruce Willis star in that?

  As for the P &S cry? That has been expected for years, especially during the years of Glasnost and every treaty. Seems further away than ever now.. But dubs tell me that "God will put it into their hearts when he is ready"
  
  
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  For those who are STILL believing Christians...

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest watchtower of august 2020 discusses on page 15, "how will the resurrection likely take place?".

  since learning real truths as opposed to the org's version of truth, has your view of the resurrection changed significantly?

  just one example - regardless of psalm 37:9,11,29: matthew 5:5 & revelation 21:3,4, do you now believe that our destination is heaven rather than earth?.

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  Kind of loaded thread title, "STILL believing Christians" as if there were something wrong with that.

  I still believe. I have read lots of atheist views and non are convincing to me . Each to their own at the end of the day.

  The o/p asks about the ressurection. I no longer expect a New World and ressurection as the JWs do, but whatever God has in store for us, I guess I will find out soon enough !
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  Bias in News

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you can't escape bias in the news media, so making it visible is the next best thing.. just came across this site which aims to label the news stories to show who is covering it.

  you can see how some stories are only covered by one side which shows either their bias, or the bias of the other side from not covering it.. well worth checking out:.

  https://ground.news/.

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  BluesBrother

  I don't think the BBC are that bad, compared to some I could mention. ...

  But they are certainly not perfect and at times a bias shows through, usually anti whichever party is in government at the time.

  I try to read news from a variety of sources to get a spread of views. I often check out Reuters which is pretty good ,IMO.

  Thanks for the link,Simon, I will try it.
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  Search function help

  by average joe in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  when i use the search function it shows me random dates.

  can i set up search somehow to show most recent posts about a key word or subject?

  thank you.

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  BluesBrother

  Yes , the search button on this site is pretty u/s... I have used Google Advanced Search which can be limited to a particular site..

  Good hunting. ..
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  Will You Constantly Wear A Mask?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today, it will be 90 degrees and humid!

  this morning i’ll be playing tennis again.

  while most people have been holed up in their houses, i have regularly played the sport outside.

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  Scientists have been divided so it is easy to find advice for and against them. Here they are not mandatory but now officially advised in indoor places. The idea is not to stop the wearer catching it but to reduce the spread of droplets from someone who has it, perhaps unknowingly.

  So yes, I would wear one in a shopping mall or anywhere not open air. I see it as a civic duty to others
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  Watchtower August 2020 Are they introducing new light?

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.

  7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.

  so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.

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  I don’t think it was intended to be taken as literally as you did . Yes , you are technically right in saying they don’t become adopted as God’s children until the end of the Millennium.

  It just reads to me as a sloppy piece of writing. Standards are not what they were ..
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  That was quick!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. social
  2. humour

  the joke's on the dolts who have swallowed & defended all the covid 19 b.s.

  the chickens are coming home to roost even earlier than i expected.

  remember this from 12 days ago?:.

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  What do you call “ Covid 19 BS”?

  There is plenty of BS certainly from fake remedies to conspiracy theories..

  I don’t isolate to obey the law, I do it to protect my health . I’ll not mingle with the masses until either we are Covid free or I have had a vaccine
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  Field service national average - what do you think it is now?

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it’s always been 10 hours when door to door was active.

  i’m curious of how it’s changed with only letter writing and phone witnessing approved.. i’m curious if they are able to do it for 3 hours like a typical door to door morning.

  i would be surprised.

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  BluesBrother

  Since March it must average little more than zero. Unless dubs have kids to study with, or a suitable person to write or email.... then field service has stopped .

  Dubs I knoware enjoying a holiday.
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  Voting and JWs

  by Davros in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the upcoming elections, the campaigns and political rhetoric are ramping up.

  (ramping up is an understatement lol) .

  i remember a few years ago, gb member brother herd mentioned during one of his talks that several witnesses were either reproved or disfellowshipped for voting for a certain presidential candidate who won...twice.

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  BluesBrother

  Some things in the KH used to be put to the vote.... expenditures usually. I dont know if they still do ( difficult by zoom!) So much these days is dictated by central Bethel.

  The question was really about political voting for governments. I always believed that article that said it was a conscience thing was a sop to the public authorities because in reality W T forbids such voting .

  Whether today is is a disfellowshipping matter , I am not sure .The Shepherd the Flock book is not specific.