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  What happened to Juan Viejo2?

  by careful in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he used to make such interesting comments and reports here, but his last post was 3 years ago.

  see the final post in this thread:.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5767560678080512/dubs-going-back-kh-again-covid-19?page=2.

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  Smiddy told me he could not access JWN. I don't know what to tell him.
  

  Reregister as Juan Viejo3. Everyone will understand. His posts were usually quite educational and well-thought out. I miss them.
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  entertaining and spot on video ...must have been written by one time elders who knew the process.

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they are naming it differently now, but we know the leopard isn't changing it's spots.

  so this video presents judicial meetings like they are the mob and the background music fit nicely with the narrative.

  enjohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vtnvzlvew.

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  Yes, this is an older in-house vid for elders. I remember seeing it some years back. It goes back to when DFings were still announced at service meetings, as one elder-actor states in it. Do they still use snail mail for inter-congregational correspondence? I don't know but I'd imagine not.

  Yes, Samcats, it would be nice to see the vid without all the YouTube "annotations." How does Eric Clapton's "Layla" or Simon and Garfunkel's music fit in with the mafia or the Witness world?

  This vid though is a classic case of why the GB have taken a more merciful stance toward those in the cong. who violate the rules. You can just imagine how non-Witness people involved in the "worldly" courts and political leaders would view the "judicial system" at work in the Witness world as portrayed here. No wonder they're reforming!
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Study Programme

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  2. humour

  need we say more....

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  Written by a Bethelite?
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  What happened to Juan Viejo2?

  by careful in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he used to make such interesting comments and reports here, but his last post was 3 years ago.

  see the final post in this thread:.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5767560678080512/dubs-going-back-kh-again-covid-19?page=2.

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  Thanks for the replies. I hope he's OK.

  Well, I also hope he has cut his ties with the hypocrite Cedars!
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  What is the WTS teaching of the scripture “MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD “

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i’m wondering what jws are taught or generally think the scriptures mean when they describe humanity has made in the image and likeness of god?

  if there is a teaching on that.

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  If we may stay with info within the early part of Genesis itself (not later interpretations or modern feelings), the fact that the phrase "in his likeness/image" next occurs at Gen. 5:1 and 3 when Adam fathers a son in his likeness/image likely shows how the Hebrews responsible for writings Genesis meant the phrase to be understood in both places: parentally.

  I try to read and understand scripture as divorced from modern thinking as possible, and as close to its original context as possible. After all, we are talking about ancient documents from a culture far removed from modern Western civilization. I hope this helps.
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  Commentary To Revelation

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, i have made a commentary to revelation chapters 1 to 22.. you can find that at my youtube channel in separate videos or by downloading an mp3 file for the whole thing from the link in the description in the video below.

  the mp3 file is 1 hour and 23 minutes long and i have used an ia voice reader to record it all.

  it reads so much better than me.

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  Have you considered checking out reality? You might find it a refreshing change.
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  What happened to Juan Viejo2?

  by careful in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he used to make such interesting comments and reports here, but his last post was 3 years ago.

  see the final post in this thread:.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5767560678080512/dubs-going-back-kh-again-covid-19?page=2.

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  He used to make such interesting comments and reports here, but his last post was 3 years ago. See the final post in this thread:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5767560678080512/dubs-going-back-kh-again-covid-19?page=2

  Is he still alive? Engaged with the community somewhere else? Anyone know?
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  Visited the Russell gravesite yesterday

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  wife and i visited the russell gravesite in allegheny (pittsburgh) pennsylvania yesterday.

  i’ll post photos if i can get them to upload on the hotel wifi..

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  Thanks, dropoffyourkeylee, for starting this thread and your recent pics, and truth seeker, for the old pics and updates. I remember visiting there many years ago when the pyramid was there. I don't suppose the local police have investigated the supposed vandalism? Doubtless they have more important matters to investigate.

  The bird turd on the top of the pyramid is funny, eh?

  dropoffyourkeylee & NotFormer, spot on! History is usually quite important—at least for insightful people.
  
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  Article - New Zealand: Jehovah's Witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522908/jehovah-s-witnesses-lose-last-ditch-court-case-over-abuse-in-care-report?fbclid=iwzxh0bgnhzw0cmteaar1g3qvzxlojo2szcm6xlsf2tsc_0rehd4dp4i6rda6zxafplc_v2hzvvf4_aem_pztghhvtf5to8qsjtv3m0g.

  july 23, 2024. jehovah's witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report.

  jehovah's witnesses have failed in an eleventh hour attempt to block part of a lengthy report about abuse in care that is about them.. .

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  Is it just me and my misperceptions or are the GB so hell bent on keeping all this stuff hidden just to save face among non-Witnesses (like the justice/judge implied), that is, among "worldlings"? A PR concern?

  Or are they really more afraid that R&F faithful Witnesses will find out that the org leadership is not as squeaky clean as they have put forth for decades now? Aren't they more concerned that their "always right, even when non-believers would say wrong" façade will begin to crumble?

  Why else would they be investing a million bucks in futilely trying to stop the report?
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  Apostates are still public enemy number one - WATCHTOWER August 2024

  by raymond frantz in

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  2. friends

  https://youtu.be/rqyqibpnuos?si=zayoa2c-zvmj9_br.

  under the theme "help for those who are removed from the congregation" study article 35 in august 2024 wafchtower that deals with the many changes the organization introduced recenly we specifically look into paragraphs 14 and 15 that deal with the way that we now treat disfellowshipped ones, or more accurately removed ones , since this is the new term.

  and see how they still try to micromanage their members down to the finest detail and how still apostates and more accurately active apostates are public enemy number one.

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  SBF: I'll believe that only when I see it.

  You predicted certain things before on the forum that never came to pass, like the org's complete fall. Are you engaging in wishful thinking again? After all, the Pope might convert to Islam tomorrow at 2:00 PM GMT.