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  Types and anti types

  by Deltawave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  according the watchtower study of may 10th, it has been made clear no prophetic meaning should be given to a a scripture or passage unless the bible itself gives clear interpretation of it.

  therefore daniel 7 especially gives it's fulfillment to nebuchadnezzar only.

  no future kingdom or 2520year wait til 1914. no gentile times or "this generation".

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  Can you provide quotes or pics of what exactly was written in the WT? I have been out for a while. Thanks!
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  JW.ORG on Everything

  by anonread in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why do they have jw.org on all their social medai like instagram.

  were they told to do that?

  also wtf is up with all their accounts being private??

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  It's called Branding. They have created a logo to promote their brand of religion, and they have brainwashed their followers to advertise their brand ... for free.

  Also, I don't mind all their accounts being private. They can keep that shit to themselves!
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  Celebrating Holidays Should Be a "Conscience Matter"

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the witnesses seem to love to make things a "conscience matter" and then just shame people into doing whatever it is they want them to do anyway.

  so, why haven't they done this with the holidays?

  there are plenty of scriptures in their own bible they could use to justify making it a conscience matter, yet the last i knew, celebrating christmas was still a disfellowshipping offense.

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  neat blue dog41 minutes ago

  Christmas isn't a disfellowshipping offense, and neither is taking blood. They are, however, viewed as acts of disassociation, no committee required. Besides blatant ones like Xmas and Halloween, many holidays actually are conscience matters, including Thanksgiving and others . . . but you will be looked at suspiciously.

  Then, that is a change. My grandmother was disfellowshipped for celebrating Christmas 35-40 years ago.

  And I'm not too sure most elders would say that celebrating Christmas or Halloween is a conscience matter ... especially Halloween. I can see more liberal JWs agreeing that Thanksgiving might be a conscience matter, but not most.
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  Question: Are single sisters allowed to be missionaries in other countries?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as far as i remember, only married couples were allowed to be missionaries.

  my jw sister recently told me that single sisters can be missionaries, too.

  this sounds too progressive for jws, so i just want to verify it.

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  I asked my JW family again about this. (i was around several of them today). I told them that so-and-so told me that single sisters can be missionaries now. Didn't you use to have to be married to be a missionary? They all said yes, it use to be that way, but they changed it 5 or so years ago.

  I wonder if they changed it to only married couples in the 70s or 80s and just recently changed it back. When I was a kid, I vaguely remember that they only accepted married couples to Gilead. (in the 80s-90s)
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  Celebrating Holidays Should Be a "Conscience Matter"

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the witnesses seem to love to make things a "conscience matter" and then just shame people into doing whatever it is they want them to do anyway.

  so, why haven't they done this with the holidays?

  there are plenty of scriptures in their own bible they could use to justify making it a conscience matter, yet the last i knew, celebrating christmas was still a disfellowshipping offense.

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  Wild_Thing

  The Witnesses seem to LOVE to make things a "conscience matter" and then just shame people into doing whatever it is they want them to do anyway. So, why haven't they done this with the holidays? There are plenty of scriptures in their own bible they could use to justify making it a conscience matter, yet the last I knew, celebrating Christmas was still a disfellowshipping offense.

  Here's the proof. Have any of you vocal "apostates" pointed these out to your JW counterparts? I wonder what they would say?

  Romans 14:5-6 (NWT)
  5 One man judges one day as above another;+ another judges one day the same as all others;+ let each one be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day observes it to Jehovah.* Also, the one who eats, eats to Jehovah,* for he gives thanks to God;+ and the one who does not eat does not eat to Jehovah,* and yet gives thanks to God.

  The NRSV of the same scripture says:
  5 Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. 6 Those who observe the day, observe it in honor of the Lord. Also those who eat, eat in honor of the Lord, since they give thanks to God; while those who abstain, abstain in honor of the Lord and give thanks to God.

  Colossians 2:16 (NWT):
  16 Therefore, do not let anyone judge you about what you eat and drink+ or about the observance of a festival or of the new moon+ or of a sabbath.

  Psalms 81:3 (NWT)
  3 Blow the horn on the new moon,
  On the full moon, for the day of our festival.

  If anything has pagan roots, celebrating the sun and moon cycles definitely has, but evidently they had no problem with it back then!

  It seems pretty cut and dry to me, but I know for every scripture they are shown that says "don't judge me" they have another to judge anyway.

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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  Question: Are single sisters allowed to be missionaries in other countries?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as far as i remember, only married couples were allowed to be missionaries.

  my jw sister recently told me that single sisters can be missionaries, too.

  this sounds too progressive for jws, so i just want to verify it.

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  prologos3 minutes ago

  wild thing: Yes you could. wild things. (but eeven there they curbed that for a few month in the late 70s.

  What?
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  Question: Are single sisters allowed to be missionaries in other countries?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as far as i remember, only married couples were allowed to be missionaries.

  my jw sister recently told me that single sisters can be missionaries, too.

  this sounds too progressive for jws, so i just want to verify it.

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  I never knew that. I wonder why I always thought you had to be married. Was there something else in the organization that you could only do if you were a married couple?
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  behind the curtain: literature offer for the month

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was an extremely sincere, zealous pioneer.

  i really cared about the people in the field.

  i thought their lives were in danger.

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  I always thought they were just trying to get rid of their excessive inventory from the '70s. Those books were awful!
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  Question: Are single sisters allowed to be missionaries in other countries?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as far as i remember, only married couples were allowed to be missionaries.

  my jw sister recently told me that single sisters can be missionaries, too.

  this sounds too progressive for jws, so i just want to verify it.

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  Wild_Thing

  As far as I remember, only married couples were allowed to be missionaries. My JW sister recently told me that single sisters can be missionaries, too. This sounds too progressive for JWs, so I just want to verify it.
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  Help, suggestion for Mother Day.

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ex jw we are not so great in gift giving, we don't have a lot of experience.

  lol.

  mother day always confuse me, why should i give my wife a gift, she is not my.

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  Wild_Thing

  If you really want to score points, you should go romantic. Get up early in the morning, sneak in the kitchen, and make her the most incredible breakfast you can, and serve it to her in bed. Any woman would melt at the gesture, even if the breakfast is horrible.