Posts by Downtowner

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16 German Documents and 1 English Video arrived!

by Atlantis in

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16 german documents and 1 english video arrived.. if you are on the email list these files are already in your email.

just continue with your fried chicken.. if you are not on the email list, reply below and i'll swing by your pm box and leave a download link.. petra!.

Was Paul A false Prophet?

by saorean in

i ask the question on the title because there a quite a number of statements the apostle paul made about the coming of jesus and resurrection of the holy ones that never fulfilled.

1 corinthians 15: 51, 52 (nwt) : .

i tell you a sacred secret: we will not all fall asleep in death, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the blink of an eye, during the last trumpet.

Downtowner

Y'all it's only been just shy of 2,000 years. Why are you so impatient? What's another millennium or two? It's just right around the corner 😜🤣

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How can the New World Translation be the ''finest Bible translation'' without containing any errors?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

here is a photo and article where the governing body claims that the new world bible translation committee and jehovah's ''spirit-begotten sons'' wrote the finest bible translation available to mankind.

the watchtower—study edition | february 2017.

“who really is the faithful and discreet slave?”.

Downtowner

Didn't Jesus warn that false Christ's would arise that that "anyone" (not some) saying they are the Christ do not beleive them? It sounds like apostasy crept in like a wolf in sheep's clothing as Jesus predicted and it's recorded in the Bible. In recent years I've been questioning if the Apostle Paul wasn't apostate because he taught things contrary to what Jesus taught.

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OCT 2019 Watchtower - Survival dependant on loyalty to JW Leaders

by Listener in

there is so much wrong with the newly released october, 2019 but that's not unusual.

what stands out is there statement claiming that survival through armageddon depends on loyalty to those 'taking the lead'.

since they claim there will be a point during the gt that they (the gb) won't be physically around, jws must still be loyal to jw leaders.. whats interesting in this article is that they make it clear that they, the governing body are going to take part, from heaven, in the war of armageddon.

Downtowner

Don't forget the Helpers to the Governing Body can be of the other sheep. So they are probably being "groomed" to take over the leadership once there are no more GB left. 😒

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The Old Kingdom Hall, memories of old friends, days and times now vanished...

by TerryWalstrom in

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old friend (in memorium).

we found the site of our old kingdom hall--no longer a place of cult activity--unless the electric supply business has a dark side.

all those meetings, songs, conversations!

Downtowner

Greetings from Tyler, Texas! I was baptized as a child the first year the Fort Worth Convention Center was used for conventions. Back then it was Tarrant County Convention Center. We would always stay at the Hilton (now Sheraton). I remember being upset no longer going to Will Rogers Coliseum because I loved the architecture.

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Did You Ever Luke ANY Songs From The “Songbook “?

by minimus in

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i went on line looking for old jw songs and some of them were pretty good and some were just awful!.

did you ever like any of those songs?

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Downtowner

I had several favorites from the brown songbook which I grew up with but one was Make the Truth Your Own (the tune more than the lyrics. I liked how it flowed.) I don't understand why they got rid of the original tune. Also why they ditched Be Glad You Nations. The new song book is worse than the 2009 one.

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Sensitive data on Watchtower forms

by Fay Dehr in

here's a link to a common form that publishers are required to fill in if they want to participate in city cart witnessing:.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!amcrvjcxi6m6agpvwzog5pxfxja.

note on the reverse of the form comments that elders write, and a box to rate your "spirituality"!

Downtowner

They want to make sure the applicant is indoctrinated aka brainwash so as to not out a "bad name on Jehovah". Its micromanaging which Jesus specificslly spoke against when he said the pharacies bind people with rules. I can't see Jesus requiring this.

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2018-04-05-BOE- Adjustment to May's Local Needs item!

by Atlantis in

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2018-04-05 ( if i get the video i will post it for you.

)adjustment to may's local needs itemhttps://we.tl/rd6immtnvtatlantis!.

Downtowner

Heaven forbid the meeting goes over 7 minutes. That two minutes from one talk and five minutes feom the CBS might not be enough. I might need an additional .5th of a minute taken from the bible highlights portion.

And they need a script for an introduction to the video?? Talk about Theocratic Micromanaging.

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Thin magazine make you think, is it?

by Gorbatchov in

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friends

jw father in law in hospital, this weekend, maybe last days of his life.

with his last energy he was reading a watchtower magazine for comfort.

i could understand.

Downtowner

The Mormons have better quality magazines when it comes to layout and design.

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I got back from the memorial . . .

by neat blue dog in

it was pretty mundane for the most part, same songs, same outline.

the only new thing they added was the video at the end, where stephen lett speaks to the visitors and commends them for coming and recommends they go to jwdotorg and also start a bible study.

they also showed a bar graph with figures increasing every year for jws, memorial attendance and memorial partakers.

Downtowner

No here either