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  Watchtower Jul 22 - Jesus directed the GB on how to deal with Covid

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  14 jesus provides wise direction in times of crisis.

  the benefits of that direction were evident when the covid-19 pandemic broke out.

  while many in the world were uncertain about what course to take, jesus made sure that we received clear guidance to keep us safe.

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  dozy

  Just for comparison , below is a link to the Church of England's guidelines. ( They are , according to the Society , directed by Satan the Devil. ) I honestly don't see anything different in the way that the Watchtower Society has directed matters that shows any specific direction from Jesus. If anything , the Church of England seems a lot more organised in terms of available material - I see nothing similar on the JW dot Org website.

  https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance#na
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: remembering the weird and wacky!

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do you remember some of the weird and wacky stuff emanating from the watchtower society?

  let's make a list from memory that we can use to inject a little humor into our discussions with jehovah's witnesses.

  - venus may be an enormous jurassic park.. - germs don't cause disease.. - no beards allowed.

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  dozy

  The change of thought in 2009 that all unborn babies who died might get a resurrection. My JW sister-in-law , who has had several miscarriages , finds this appealing but when you actually think through the concept and look at the figures , it is a crazy concept.
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  I'm Back--Blondie

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, i am posting again.

  i could not for awhile technologically and it is now fixed thanks to simon.

  thanks, simon!

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  dozy

  Wow welcome back Blondie - a true JW.net /JW.com legend! Always used to enjoy your Watchtower dissections.
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  4 New GB Helpers

  by Reservations in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently 4 new gb helpers as per reddit.

  1) paul gillies.

  2) johnathan smith.

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  dozy

  Gillies just seems a rather uninspiring brown nosing company man. I guess that is the main qualification for progress through the upper echelons of the Org. He is really exceptionally dull and uninspiring , with no noticeable empathy or warmth though - with a manner like a junior Edinburgh lawyer - I don't know how well he would be in front of the cameras of JW Broadcasting.

  If he does eventually become appointed ( albeit he must be in his mid 60's by now , so upper age limit for such as post ) , he would be the first British (and first Scot) to be appointed to the GB since Jack Barr (died - oops , sorry , ended his earthly course - 2010 ).
  

  I hate to be cynical, but I just wonder how genuine these sudden claims ( in their middle age ) to be anointed are from obviously ambitious men who clearly have their hearts set on becoming GB members.
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  ENOCH & the Watchtower Society

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  genesis 5.

  5 so all the days of adam that he lived amounted to nine hundred and thirty years and he died.

  8 so all the days of seth amounted to nine hundred and twelve years and he died.

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  dozy

  According to the JWs Enoch was a righteous man, and other violent people wanted to kill him. To prevent this from happening God killed Enoch himself.
  

  Sounds familiar. According to the Society , the world is so wicked that God decides to end the wickedness by killing over 99.9% of the earth's population including women , children and new born babies. Ditto the flood ( with the particular irony that the supposed bad guys actually survived. )
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  May 2022 Study Watchtower - FAKE prophecy again for JW's

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  may 2022 study watchtower page 6, par.

  5 “satan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the kingdom-preaching work.

  prominent ones among them were the figurative “two witnesses” spoken of as being killed.”.

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  dozy

  Fredrick Franz did notice the discrepancy, so in a footnote to the "Revelation"-book

  There was much debate as to how involved the (then) 95 year old Franz had in writing the book.

  Although pretty senile by then , it is possible that Franz did have some input - notably after he died , the Climax book was substantially revised (we all remember the long list of changes to the book before it was studied for a third time.) His superb expertise in numerous languages , such as biblical Greek , would doubtless have been helpful to the writing committee.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

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  dozy

  Is his final "confessional" livestream still up on Youtube? I was looking for it the other day but couldn't see it. Admittedly , it was a bit of a car crash.
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  Governing Body needs qualified ''early to mid-twenty year old elders''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://avoidjw.org/files/en/docs/doc-s/s-147/2022/s-147-22.01-e_bi.pdf.

  avoidjw.org has posted a letter titled, ''announcements and reminders january 2022.''.

  the governing body are always changing bible procedures.

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  This must be a massive need and a huge demographic leadership issue for the Org that they are pushing for really young elders to be appointed. My still-in JW uncle has a group picture of his last elders school on his mantelpiece (he's well into his early 80's - basically just an elder in name only as he doesn't do much now and zero during covid.). Probably 90% of the elders are late middle aged or older. Some looked like they had just been let out of the nursing home for the day.
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  Turning up The Insanity To 11

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a jw elder acquaintance sent me an email "encouraging" me to return to the organization, including this little nugget of a quote from today's wt session,*** w21 november p. 23 par.

  11 how strong will your faith be?

  ***learn to trust those whom jehovah and jesus trust.

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  dozy

  Learn to trust (those whom Jehovah and Jesus trust). At times, (those appointed to take the lead) may give direction that does not make sense to (us). However, Jehovah blesses obedience.

  Actually - Learn to trust us. At times, we may give direction that does not make sense to you. However, Jehovah blesses obedience.
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  2022-01-16--COVID-19 Test Kits!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2022-01-16 covid test kits.

  click image to make it larger.. .

  https://postimg.cc/f1fddpry.

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  dozy

  "Please reach out to your local elders for assistance"

  Good luck with that one. "Keep warm and well fed and get lost" would be the traditional response.