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  Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. beliefs

  say it ain’t so!

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  in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?

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  Can anyone identify the last time WT affirmed the literal 144,000 teaching in print or in broadcast?
  

  Every Memorial.
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  WTS 2024 Annual Business Meeting ...

  by careful in

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  2. beliefs

  ... is just three weeks from this saturday.

  the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.

  now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.

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  ... is just three weeks from this Saturday. The org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,

  Now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting FS time, judicial matters, etc. have been in place for months, do you think they'll have some new ones to announce at their big meeting?
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  lets imagine big A really does happen...

  by stan livedeath in

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  lets imagine the watchtower idea of armageddon really does happen in the next couple of years.... and afterwards jehovah says to the gb.

  " right guys--ive done my part--its all over to you now.

  see you again in 1000 years time ".

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  Vidiot

  advances in science and medicine would grind to a halt, creationism would be mandated in schools, post-secondary education would be nonexistent, all foreign entertainment would be banned, any form of alternative sexual expression would be forbidden even between straight married couples, disfellowshipped people would be imprisoned or deported, and “apostates” would be sentenced to death without possibility of appeal or reprieve.

  Isn’t that what all good JWs expect the new order to be? Except DFed ones will be executed too

  SBF:

  So R&F Witnesses are writing fiction and making a buck from their spiritual brothers doing so? The GB is not stepping in to stop it like they did with Theocratic Attorneys and Doctors? Maybe these “independent” Witness authors have promised the org a tithe on their royalties?

  
  
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  New lawsuit against the Watchtower in Ontario, Canada

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the new class action lawsuit against the watchtower for having covered up child sexual abuse will begin in court on may 13-14-15, 2024 in the province of ontario, canada.

  it is not the same as in the province of quebec because the laws aren't the same.

  i don’t have more details.

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  Thanks for the update, Earnest, even if it wasn't what people wanted to hear.
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  Will Governing Body follow through with New Zealand Royal Commission's recommendation to publicly apologize?

  by was a new boy in

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  2. child-abuse

  'following on from an apology from the prime minister, the commission recommends all faith-based leaders offer a public apology, including the pope, the archbishop of canterbury, the president elect of the methodist church, the moderator of the presbyterian church in new zealand and the head of each individual presbyterian support organisation, the general of the salvation army, the overseeing shepherd of gloriavale, and the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses.'.

  https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/govt-takes-blame-will-apologise-to-children-abused-and-tortured-in-state-care/ar-bb1qwoyt?ocid=bingnewsverp.

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  But after the comment by GB member Fleegle, in saying the Governing Body is not required to apologize for its mistakes,
  

  no-zombie: would you please give me this ref.? Is it in one of their videos? I have a hard time watching them for long, so hunting myself for this is out. I just can't take it. But I'd be willing to endure thru a bit in order to see this admission for myself. I think it's a very hot topic, given the apostle Paul's words at Gal. 2:11-14, as well as passages like Acts 15:37-39, Heb. 13:18b, and Jas. 5:16.
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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

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  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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  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.