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  Jw wedding talk giving questionable advice as usual

  by hoser in

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  i recently went to a wedding and listened to the wedding talk at the kingdom hall the couple had both heard the talk before as they were both married in kingdom halls before.

  this is his second time and her third.

  the advice given.

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  At my cousins wedding the celebrant said that she was to be like a "chair", there to support her husband. 
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  End Times

  by Harold Mourning in

  1. watchtower
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  anyone else ever wonder about the claim that the world governments would turn on all religions except the wts?

  until later when they are singled out?

  what would be the separator?

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  I told my exMormon friend about this teaching. He thought it was hilarious, as he said no one cares less about JWs, why would governments turn on them?
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  JW Cart - Historical Photo - 1

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with all the buzz about the jw public witnessing cart it has escaped the notice of all but the most studious researchers that the wt carts were actually started by pastor charles taze russell.

  a careful examination of one of the most famous photographs of the 1906 san fransisco fire, caused by the preceding earthquake, reveals a wt cart.

  further investigation brought the researchers attention to bible student sister myrtle jenson, shown on the left of the photograph, and facing away from the camera, looking down sacramento street.

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  It is photoshopped. Here is the original.

  
  

  

  
  
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  Will my inactive JW bring our children up as a witness?

  by stevepill in

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  2. experiences

  i have been with an in active jw for 6 years, she now wants to marry and have a child, will she want to bring a child up as a witness, she says not but any experiences?

  will she start go back once we are married?

  (i'm a non jw)

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  I have read endless experiences like yours. As soon as there are children the inactive JW partner gets all concerned about the upbringing of the children and Armageddon and goes back to the religion. 

  Your girlfriend may think she mean what she says, but if she does not know why Watchtower is a cult, then she is always going to be vulnerable to slipping back in. Before you get married or have children I strongly advise insisting that she research the religion and its history, and explain why she knows how it is not a good environment for children. If she refuses, or cannot take criticism of the religion, then you will know she is still suffering the indoctrination and vulnerable to joining again. Triggers will be some tragedy in her life, or having children.  

  
  
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  Everyday expressions used by JWs that are NOT in the bible...

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  reading another thread made me realise that there are numerous expressions used as everyday witness terminology, that is not in the bible.... such as:.

  governing body.

  paradise earth.

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  Organization

  Great Crowd of Other Sheep

  144,000 anointed ones

  
  
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  Serious business

  by brandnew in

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  this my friends will help in a long struggle that me and my girlfriend are having.........does the toilet paper unravel over or under.

  thank you for your cooperation on this timely matter...

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  I cannot understand how there is ever even a debate. Of course it is over; it is easier to tear off than when it is stuck up against the wall. 
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  Can the world condition be worse than this?

  by abiather in

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  the innocent civilians being attacked is the norm of the day.

  attacking hospitals too are happening frequently.

  now schools being attacked is becoming a regular affair (last of its kind massacred 150 children in peshawar on december 16, 2014)..

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  You should read Pinker's The Better Angels Of Our Nature. Exactly the opposite to what you state is happening, and we are in by far the most peaceful time in history. The fact that you are shown two or three atrocities on the news each night gives you a falsely negative opinion, but there are billions of humans on earth, with a higher percentage than ever living healthy peaceful lives.

  
  
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  Are people really happy at Bethel?

  by The Searcher in

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  if they are this happy, why do they keep taking down this video?

  :).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evulyocziz8&feature=youtu.be.

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  Awesome video, and great to see Bethelites violating copyright by using that music, which may also be why it keeps getting taken down.

  Happiness is not the norm at Bethel. Viv Mouritz, head of the Branch Committee in Australia in the 1990s told me people do not want to be in Bethel, as it is a totally unnatural way for people to live. They just do it because that is what Jehovah wants until the new system.

  
  
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  Need help compiling a list of the latest changes in doctrine and practices

  by jwfacts in

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  2. beliefs

  i have former jws looking at jwfacts.com in order to update themselves with what is happening with the religion, so that they can better understand their jw family.

  it thought it would help if there was a page devoted to what has changed since 2000. .

  2012 oct release of jw.org - jws encouraged to download their own publications and use ipads at meetings and field service.

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  Thanks for the ideas, and good idea eby for the index list.
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  Need help compiling a list of the latest changes in doctrine and practices

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have former jws looking at jwfacts.com in order to update themselves with what is happening with the religion, so that they can better understand their jw family.

  it thought it would help if there was a page devoted to what has changed since 2000. .

  2012 oct release of jw.org - jws encouraged to download their own publications and use ipads at meetings and field service.

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  I have former JWs looking at jwfacts.com in order to update themselves with what is happening with the religion, so that they can better understand their JW family. It thought it would help if there was a page devoted to what has changed since 2000. 

  Here are a few. 

  • 2012 Oct release of jw.org - JWs encouraged to download their own publications and use iPads at meetings and field service
  • 2012 Annual meeting Faithful and Discreet Slave no longer the 144,000, just the Governing Body
    
  • 2010 Apr 15 Overlapping Generation - Watchtower 2010 Apr 15 p.10
  • 2009 home book study dropped
    
  • 2000 Blood Fractions allowed Watchtower 2000 Jun 15 pp.29-31

  
  

  Please include any others you can think of. There have been ongoing changes to how the elder arrangement works, the CO visit, hourly pioneer requirement etc. If you can find a link on JWC or include a Watchtower reference with more details that would also help greatly.