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  "That's not the Jehovah I know..."

  by under the radar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometime in late 2014 or early 2015, a video of tony morris giving a talk about giving one's all was released by the borg.

  he was belittling those who had one excuse or another for doing less than (he thought) they should.

  he mocked those who relied on the thought that "jehovah knows my circumstances and he doesn't think any less of me" or some such.

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  skin

  I recently cited that statement to a die-hard JW and was immediately challenged to prove it.
  

  Yes, i have done that, but on another subject, subject was being not allowed to hold hands during the congregation prayer. (This new light was published in a WT study around 2005), I was told no way would the GB ever say that, so I got them to look up the WT where the GB did say it. They read it, they then turned to me and said in a blamful way, " this totally makes sense now, you made it sound like it was bad".

  I had to walk away shaking my head in disbelief.
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  Did you ever have an “Olaf” moment.

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  did your class mates queue up to have sex with you?

  it happened to olaf according to today’s wt.

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  How was Olaf even able to tell his story to the WT writers, so that they could put it in print?

  And I do know WT made a lot of experiences up, with only small amounts of fact being used. The rest is made up to make it more interesting to the reader/audience, to get their (WT) point over.
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  An upcoming Watchtower article saying if people Pioneer Jehovah will provide!

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw the post on reddit and the thread got many responses..can anybody believe the religion is still saying this??

  it has to be as plain as day that so many jws are poor and struggling today because they never got a career or decent job years ago.. sadly, there are still witnesses who believe money will fall from heaven if they are in the full-time ministry.

  they expect some miracle to occur..but, we all know the truth: people in the congregation will be hit up for yet more money for another bunch of irresponsible people pursuing poverty.

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  I never met a poor elder in all my years as a JW
  

  I thought I knew a poor elder, then this elder and his family were absent from our meetings for a few weeks, so I asked about how they were doing. Only to be told that they were on an overseas family holiday.
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  An upcoming Watchtower article saying if people Pioneer Jehovah will provide!

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw the post on reddit and the thread got many responses..can anybody believe the religion is still saying this??

  it has to be as plain as day that so many jws are poor and struggling today because they never got a career or decent job years ago.. sadly, there are still witnesses who believe money will fall from heaven if they are in the full-time ministry.

  they expect some miracle to occur..but, we all know the truth: people in the congregation will be hit up for yet more money for another bunch of irresponsible people pursuing poverty.

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  How many talks a year do we hear from elders telling us to simplify our life's, reduce work hours, get a part time job, go pioneering etc. And there are always those poorer ones in the congregations that follow that wonderful advice each year, going that step further, thinking they are being faithful to God. What happens when these poor ones go to far, and get themselves into financial problems. We get a special talk, thats right, a special talk on how not to be shocked when we hear about our brothers having financial issues, because we are living Satans world, and we are in the last days. So Satan gets blamed for their money issues. Thats right, when following the wonderfull advice of WT fails, its easy to blame Satan.
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  Do you think the big A will come after Russia invades Ukraine?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  I was told the big A was taking place before the 80 year generation of 1914 was to pass away. Today I'm being told we need to prepare for when we come under ban.
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  Request: Do You Have The KGB File!--Operation Zavet!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  atlantis, do you have the file that showed how the kgb infiltrated the jw's?.

  yes, it is back there somewhere, hold on a second.. here you go!.

  the jw's never knew who they were talking to at the meetings!.

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  Gasp!!! You mean the HOLY SPIRIT couldn’t detect those KGB agents? I’m shocked. 🤣
  

  How many of these KGB agents became genuine JWs?
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  1988 Devine Justice convention

  by Dwnundah in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i would like to confirm when (month?

  ) and where the 1988 devine justice assembly (lang park?

  ) was held in brisbane, queensland.

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  1988 was the year I started studying with the JWs.
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  Tennis Controversy in Australia

  by smiddy3 in

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  apr 20, 2020. novak djokovic sparks a backlash after publicly opposing the covid-19 vaccine.

  he says: “personally, i am opposed to vaccination, and i wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel.”.

  asked by sky news australia anchor danica de giorgio why djokovic was granted the visa in the first place, the home affairs minister said: “they’re entirely separate processes”.. “to gain entry to australia you need both – you actually need the visa, which is determined quite separately, and then you have to meet the entry requirements,” she said.. “i know that people are putting the two issues together, but the visa application process and the granting of a visa is very separate to the additional entry requirements that every traveller needs to meet to be able to enter australia.”.

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  He has had plenty of time to prepare himself to enter Australia, he would have known the required covid rules to enter this country. He has made that choice himself not enter by not getting vaccinated, so he can't blame anyone else for upholding the goverments rules to enter.
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  I was scrolling on my Google news feed and this came up

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/global/multiple-nations-issue-joint-statement-calling-for-an-end-to-the-persecution-of-jehovahs-witnesses/.

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  I was told years ago by an elder, that if we weren't being persecuted, we weren't doing enough for Jehovah.
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  Another example of how Watchtower are rewriting their own history.

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from today's daily wt text.. friday, december 31 2021.let your kingdom come.

  let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth.​—matt.

  6:10. christendom generally does not teach the scriptural truth that one day obedient humans will live forever on earth.

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  skin

  Thanks all regarding the update to the time period with the earthly hope teaching began. 1935 would be when the other sheep / great crowd were identified as having hope on earth.