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  Topics I’ve Been Pondering On

  by JWINQUESTION in

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  2. bible

  this is my first post on here so bear with me.

  currently i am still an active jw with serious questions about the jw org.

  i was hesitant signing up but really need as much input from the people on this forum to get a clear understanding on things.

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  Honesty

  The reason things practiced by Jehovah's Witnesses bother you is because God's spirit is making you aware of them.

  As far as the morality taught by the Watchtower Society; it is skewed and distorted because no matter how hard anyone tries to live a morally upright life it is out of our reach because all of us are sinners.

  If you try to go it alone you will fail miserably at maintaining moral purity.

  The only way that you can have a measure of it is through the Holy Sprit, which the Watchtower lies and says is available in full measure to only 144,000.

  I suggest that you read Romans (especially chapter 8) and Galatians in a real bible instead of the perverted New World Translation where you will find treasures from God which will lead you to the Holy Sprit.

  He will then lead you into all truth and give you a peace you have never experienced.
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  The insensitivity and opportunistic nature of witness at the 9/11 site !

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i saw an online post with pictures of all the witnessing carts all around the 9/11 site during the anniversary of the tragedy.... im appalled at how opportunistic they are, and how they prey on people in a mourning and vulnerable state!.

  apparantly they boast of: "there are 65 carts, with 200 witnesses manning the area... and so far 15 new studies started!".

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  Can you post a link to the online photos.

  I would like to see this for myself.
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  Want to make Money $ with a Web Site?

  by sarahsmile in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  has anyone had success with a high traffic website or blog ?.

  it might take a team of people to accomplish.. ads pay and people count, lots and lots of people.

  does jehovahs-witness.net make money every time someone looks at the web site?

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  Honesty

  Sarahsmile must be either constipated or suffering from PMS.
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  Curious" Has WTBT changed beliefs on Jehovah's Witnesses attending or working for/in other churches?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just curious.

  "touching the unclean thing" or working for or attending "babylonish" church service or functions was taboo in the past for jws.

  has this changed recently???.

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  Honesty

  No, it is still considered a 'sin' for a baptized Jehovah's Witness to work for a church.

  But it is not a 'sin' for the Watchtower Society to sell one of their kingdom halls to a church.

  The 'sister' can technically say she is working fr the bridal party and it is just a coincidence that the photos needed to be taken inside the church and on the outside steps.

  Her elders will look the other way.

  Some elders here work on renovating churches all the time.

  I have seen 5 or 6 of them at the same time painting a new nursery addition at a Baptist church.

  I was at the church on 'secular' business with the pastor when I saw them.

  They were very surprised when I showed up but I told them I wouldn't tell anyone at the hall.

  They kept their mouths shut about it and so did I.

  No need to get them in trouble for making a living.
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  Attention Governing Body: October 2, 2014 is only 940 days away...

  by Alfred in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in 1823, john aquila brown (a man who is not mentioned in any wt publication) came up with a bizarre mathematical calculation which totalled 2,520 years (in an unauthorized attempt to predict the end of the gentile times).... several religions recycled this bizarre calculation, including the adventists and the bible students... when armageddon didn't come on the variety of early 20th century dates predicted by several "dooms-day" religions of that time (including charles taze russell's bible students who predicted that the big a would start in 1914), they all finally realized that this 2,520-year calculation was nothing more than arbitrary mathematical speculation derived from erratic biblical extrapolation.... except for the bible students who continued to move up the date for armageddon 2 more times (1918, 1925) and then decided to use wwi as the starting point for the "last days".. all the while, one thing that seems to remain intact is the october 2, 1914 date.

  oddly, for the watchtower bible & tract publishing cult, this particular date still marks the end of the 2,520-year period (that john aquila brown referred to in his bizarre 1823 book "the even tide")... again, no mention of this in any watchtower publication.

  but, for jws, that date still remains the starting point for the period of time often referred to as the "last days" or even "the generation that shall not pass".. because of this, the governing body has been forced to change the definition of "the generation that shall not pass" countless times since the early 1970's.

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  Honesty

  Only 22 more days to go.
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  New method of appointing Regular Pioneers!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a new arrangement for appointing regular pioneers has been announced.. in the past, a person would have to fill in a form from the society, this would have to be approved by the local elders, then this would be sent to the branch for final approval and appointment.. now it is just the local elders that approve it.

  it doesn't need the branch approval any more.. they are selling it as a way to "speed up the process in order to be more effective in the ministry during these urgent times blah blah".

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  It's called CYA.

  The Watchtower Society wants to be as far removed as possible form the local congregations so when a pioneer is charged with child molestation the Governing Body can say we didn't even know he was a pioneer.

  Watch for MS and elder appointments to be made by the acting CO's. That was another CYA move by the GB when they began using local elders as CO's.

  It's all about the $$$$
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  A locally produced video for JW's - come to Tennessee!

  by gingerbread in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we received this link through an email chain.

  not too sure what the purpose is....it's mostly about food.. .

  vimeopro.com/user4747451/tnvideo.

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  Hello Brother Junction-Guy!!

  It's good to see you exposing the Jehovah's Witness cult's latesst methods of enticement.
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  My JW mom is now willing to "listen" to our side...Need advice pls

  by 2pink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my husband and i (both born in jws with extended family all "in" except for one of my sisters who left when we did) left the church 5 years ago.

  we did not fade, we just didn't believe it anymore, told our families so and left.

  obviously, big drama in our family after this, messy feelings, etc.

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  Honesty

  Simple and quick.

  Romans 6:7

  The Watchtower uses it to claim a person who dies has paid for his sins.

  Where does that leave the new covenant and Jesus' sacrifice which Matthew 26:28 says paid for our sins?

  Acts 5:31 says that God exalted Jesus to His right hand for the forgiveness of sins.

  If our death pays for our sins then there was no need for Jesus to die for us.

  Also Romans 6:1-14 has nothing to do with our death paying for our sins.

  Romans 6:1-14 describes the new life a believer experinces in Christ.
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  Hi! I'm new here

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thought i am gonna introduce myself.

  i am a girl from a country in europe, and not an english speaking one, so if i am writing strange or something, you know why.

  anyway, have been reading here for a while now, the other day i thought it was time to register as a member.

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  Honesty

  Welcome powermetal4ever!

  Although I like it too, I'm sure the JW's would consider your choice in music not only worldly but much worse :)

  It's good that you are out on your own because it makes fading much easier without the added problems of the JW's so called encouragement to go back to meetings.

  I look forward to reading more of your posts.
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  "Who are we to question /god/?"

  by LovelyEunie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone had this line said to them when there was questioning involved?

  did it irritate you because when questioning did happen that line was almost always used as a shut down to keep you from going any further and to make you feel guilty in the process?

  because we're just idiotic and feeble minded human beings, so surely we can't possibly begin to question the likes of god.

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  Honesty

  The next time someone throws that crap at you, counter their ignorance with Numbers 11:11 and Numbers 16:22.