Posts by skin

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Remember how it felt before you woke up. Living forever in a Righteous World.

by pistolpete in

i woke up early in life.

it’s not because i was smarter than my brothers and sisters.

in fact, reflecting back, i actually don’t know why i didn’t embrace the watchtower teachings?

skin

I woke up just before the internet came along, it was thanks to WTs very own pre 1930 publications that cleared it up for me, the history lessons that we learnt about the organization during the 1990's WT studies, then to read the early publication's to discover the real history of the organization.

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When and Where Chinese Rocket Debris could fall today or tomorrow?!

by Iamallcool in

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/when-where-chinese-rocket-fall/507-14ff3b78-daf6-40b9-b7ed-3840a65a6bd2?fbclid=iwar1a-fuczov5biryyy-ozycgawshyxladh0nb23u400lkz5upn3gayepdfu .

skin

Yep, safely down in the ocean.

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Jws failure to protect their vulnerable follower

by Fadeaway1962 in

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9545969/amp/jehovahs-witnesses-criticised-failing-stop-devout-followers-plan-stab-wife-49-times.html .

elder should face some kind of criminal prosecution..

skin

"This article calls the JWs a church, has to be made up lies from Satan, we shouldn't be reading and putting these false thoughts into our minds". Well thats the answer i would be told if I showed this news item to the JWs i know.

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Double Speak from last night's CLAM

by eyeslice in

now that there are no meetings to physically attend, i am in a position where i listen in to my wife's zoom calls.

i thought some of the ideas in last week's clam were a bit strange, for instance they harped on about being 'friendly' to non-jws but not to become 'friends' with them.

the poignant question being put to the audience; 'what is the difference between being friendly to an unbeliever and being his friend?'.

skin

I had the same thoughts too when I sit through that part.

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Welsh Witness in court

by Lost in the fog in

must be a very understanding body of elders there is all i can say.

lol.

successful graduate spared jail after being exposed as paedophile by police.

skin

Havnt i been told that the media is controlled by Satan? And Satan wants to bring reproach upon Jehovah's people with all kinds of slanderous lies. Of course the JW community around where he is will support him, because they know the truth behind the lies that the media publish in this time of the end. Sad 😥.

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Headship and WT's Changed Understanding

by Bobcat in

i don't think anyone has mentioned that the february 2021 study wt (p. 15, 16; par.

8) changed wt's long standing view on headship within the congregation.

wt used to view all baptized males as being the head of all baptized sisters.. this view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.

skin

This view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a Bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.

Is this no long the case? I was semi listening in to this study but didn't pick up on this if it has changed? They still mentioned that if a sister was in a teaching role , she had to wear a head covering.

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Procedure Question Involving GB to Make JWs Think

by truth_b_known in

since leaving the jws the governing body upgraded their status to being the "faithful & discreet slave".

in a sense, the gb declared themselves the 8 popes of wallkill.

absolute, unquestioning loyalty to the gb has become the central belief of the watchtower and declared the only source of salvation for the "great crowd".. the gb has instructed their followers to believe what they say and only believe what they say.

skin

Those that they call Helpers to the GB would step up.

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WT Says Don't Contract with False Religion, But Does Just That

by Sea Breeze in

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let's all open up our crystals to 2 facet 1: 1 - here we lean about how buddha escapes prism.

skin

Thinking about sold kingdom halls around this area, one became an art gallery, one was transformed into a rental house.

Here is a classic example how you can support the advancement of so called false religion, yet I am not allowed to step foot into an op shop that is run by a church to buy a $2 shirt.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/9124458/Witnesses-sell-Elim-buys

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