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Voting - what is the current position?
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my wife recently became a citizen and when she was registered to vote, she was very excited....now she is with the mindset that though earthly governments are important due to keeping some semblance of order, voting only brings one farther from jehovah because it makes one more of this world....what is the current view on voting, is it one of those things that is stated to be a matter of conscience, but one is strongly frowned upon if they actually make a decision to do it?
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Governments and voting - have there been reinforcments in this?
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
was wondering since this an election year in the us, if the wts has been reinforcing its position on the voting ban...i thought it recently had become a matter of conscience, but tonight my wife was talking about how she realizes there is a need for governments, but there will be only one government which will bring peace.

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i asked her about selecting the government and she said that there will always be people who vote and they can select the governements since overall government really does not matter.. i am guessing that she has spent more time with the pesky sister in her free time than i had previously thought.
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Looking for help on JW Doctrine on Paradise Earth
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i believe that it is fear of impending armegeddon that is the 'gravity' that is acting on my wife by the jws, and i know a lot of that is due to the media and the portrayals of the current world conditions.

she has asked me about the lutheran view of armageddon, which frankly i am not sure of, since it is not a focal point of the faith (so i need to do some homework on this) and also she keeps bringing up the paradise earth doctrine, and asks me if 'jehovah' did not mean for man to inhabit the earth, why was it created.

what would her come back (or should i say the jw comeback) be if i pointed her to the many places in the bible where it talks about a new earth, the destruction of the present earth and similar?
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Wife attending DC, what can I expect when she returns?
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my wife has recently been contacted by a pesky meddling sister about restarting a bs that she stopped almost a year ago and she is going to be attending the assembly in hampton, va in a couple of weeks.. i have no idea what these are like, and was wondering if you all could provide me some read ahead material so i know what areas they will hit on, as well as be able to prepare me for her attitude and mood on her return, not only each evening, but also after the event is over.

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End Times Preaching and Armageddon - has the WTS made a new push on this?
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my wife has been an on again, off again sympathizer of the jws.

she recieved a phone call this past weekend from a sister who had attempted to study with her in the past and all of a sudden she is reading all the wts literature she can on the meaning of armageddon and the topic of paradise earth.

has the wts started a new push on this topic as of late??
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1935 and the sealing of the anointed class
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
all throughout this forum and on other websites i have read about the anointed class that will be going to heaven with jesus (a unique twist on the book of revelations, both chapters 7 and 14).

furthermore, in direct conflict with 1 timothy 2, verses 5 and 6 the anointed class is seen as the mediators between jesus and the great crowd.

according to the theology of the wts, in 1914 jesus began ruling in 1914 and in 1918 the jws were selected as the true religion.
Ethicists blast study testing fake blood - from www.pilotonline.com
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. medical
ethicists blast study testing fake blood.

by lindsey tanner .

ap medical writer.
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New forum member, have wife with a jw background
by insearchoftruth in
1. jw
2. friends
hello, i have been a member of the discussion group for only a couple of weeks and have never taken the time to introduce myself.

i have posted a few threads which have been very helpful already and have had a few conversations with members of the group that have provided me support and insights that i did not already have and that i shall need.

now for my story.
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JW Reform
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in trying to get information on the jws, i have come across sites such as ewatchman, jwreform and beth-sarim.

what is up with these sites.

some of the articles i have read from jwreform i feel are very well written (one in particular is organizational idolatry) and have provided me some interesting information on the fallacies of the organization.
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What Does the Bible Really Teach??
by insearchoftruth in
1. watchtower
2. bible
my wife's family is jw, she has never been a partipative jw, but now due to her mom, has been expressing some interest and is starting a 'bible study' using 'what does the bible really teach?

' am looking for any guidance on this book as well as any path i can take to make sure my wife stays away.

any assistance at all would be appreciated.