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Life during the 1,000 reign???

by Joliette in

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me and my brother recently got into a discussion about the 1,000 reign.

i told him that even after armageddon, you know that you still have to work for your salvation??

he says yes, that he is prepared to work for jehovah (wth), and that it will be a wonderful time.

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Life during the 1,000 reign never sounded appealing to me even as a kid, it sounded scary!

After going to meetings, assemblies, field service, and having your life examined by the local elders your whole life, now you have another thousand years of the same thing in ''paradise earth.''

You still need to prove yourself during the 1000 year reign. ''Somehow'' Satan is still alive. God still keeps him around.( somehow my loyalty never impresses Jehovah )

After the 1000 years, Satan and his cronies comes out of jail/abyss and try to tempt you again for Jehovah's loyalty. ( talk about an insecure God )

If you remain ''loyal'', you will live forever. If you are tempted and fail with your loyalty, you will get the '' second death'' (eternal).

I encourage my brother to do more research into the 1,000 reign

Another made up fantasy brought to you by the WTBTS.

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Flashback: Samuel Herd/Ashland Avenue Chicago

by Phaedra in

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must have been mid to late 1970s.. it was when they still published the speakers' names on the light-blue circuit assembly programs.. i was a child sitting in the audience at ashland avenue's circuit assembly venue.

i loved that place with it's own basement cafeteria and baptism pool with a big jesus getting baptized mural behind it.. samuel herd was giving the talk.

my child self could only remember my father pointing him out on the program.

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We attended the 7900 S. Ashland Chicago, IL Assembly Hall in the 1970's. It was scary back 40 years ago. Here is a screen shot of the property in 2018.

We traveled to Ashland Ave from northwest Indiana when I was a teenager. Scary, scary neighborhood!

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Motives Matter

by AllTimeJeff in

there is a difference between the leadership of the borg (gb 2.5, is that what they're on now?

) and the sheeples, that for a variety of reasons, stick with this nonsense.. not every jw publisher believes this stuff.

the gb knows this.

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This cult isn't about improving your relationship with god.

AllTimeJeff : I was at a Ministry School Meeting ( ten years ago ) and listened to two sisters making a field service presentation. The sister made her usual spiel to the householder and took out an older 190 page book for her to read.

I sat there and it finally hit me right in the face. Why would this householder be interested in this 10 year old book .. a book she would never understand and have little interest. Why not just read some insightful Bible scriptures to the householder?

Now, I figured it out! This book was offered because of large inventory at the warehouses, not because of subject matter. ( they probably had so many 190 page books that collecting dust )

This WTBTS is nothing but a religious corporation. It has a 8 member board and answers to no one. They send out Missionaries, Pioneers, Circuit and District Overseers, and have Elders make sure the rules and all regulations are enforced. Most labor is free: from factory, warehouse, Kingdom Hall, Convention Halls and the Warwick Headquarters construction. Also,there is the buying and selling of real estate, large money contributions and no accounting on where all this money goes.

As you said: The motives of the Sheeples class is not what this is about. Simply put, it's about the leadership

The only thing they give in return to its members is ....the carrot and the stick of the '' new paradise'' and false promises.

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The twisting and manipulations of the scriptures used by the WTBTS

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower society has always been headed by narcissistic control freaks.

scriptures as a front for their human agendas ( have the power so they can control its members ).

they twist and manipulate scriptures to fit it in with their ideas and controlling ways.

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The Watchtower Society has always been headed by narcissistic control freaks. They use the

scriptures as a front for their human agendas ( have the power so they can control its members ). They twist and manipulate scriptures to fit it in with their ideas and controlling ways. They can write any article or any idea and it will be accepted as true by all its members.

blood policy...cannot receive blood... but you can take fractions ...who came up with this one????

shunning... the last time I read the Bible it said : treat him as a tax collector...shunning articles are another means of fear and control

1975....blaming its members for its fiasco... Watchtower articles were written where it stated that brothers,sisters read too much into what was written

overlapping generation.....no matter how they try to explain it...it flies over everyone's heads..makes no sense

field service reports....I don't remember any followers of Jesus who counted hours and return visits..the service reports are a means to control and manipulate members to pass out literature...doing the dirty work of the WTBTS

no beards...."You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard" Leviticus 19:27

I don't see one scripture on one not growing a beard...somehow no one puts up a fight on this matter..

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God wipes out humans/wickedness in Noah's Flood but somehow wickedness returns

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

genesis 6: 9-139 this is the account of noah and his family.noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with god.

10 noah had three sons: shem, ham and japheth.11 now the earth was corrupt in god’s sight and was full of violence.12 god saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

13 so god said to noah, “i am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.

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I mean, c'mon, what's the point? When is mankind going to bet a break from God's never ending mismanaged disaster tour?

Just like the never ending final tour from KISS and Cher, this final tour of Satan and his Demons finally ends at the end of the 1,000 year reign of Christ.

After finally making it to Paradise and having to attend another 1000 years of Kingdom Hall meetings, now Satan and his Demons are coming after me again with fury. For some reason, God has to test me again for my loyalty. Talk about an insecure God!

Why doesn't Satan ever go away? Why does God need to test me even more?

What a bunch of crock!

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"Escaping The Watchtower" Trailer

by Christian Gutierrez in

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojqswew8pva.

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What do you wish to accomplish with all your videos?

Is it therapeutic for the both of you?

How do you know these videos help anyone trying escape this tyrannical organization? Do you get any feedback?

Do you realize that no matter how many internet sites, books, youtube videos, and lawsuits against the Watchtower, people will not leave until they are mentally ready?

Thank you both

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God wipes out humans/wickedness in Noah's Flood but somehow wickedness returns

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

genesis 6: 9-139 this is the account of noah and his family.noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with god.

10 noah had three sons: shem, ham and japheth.11 now the earth was corrupt in god’s sight and was full of violence.12 god saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

13 so god said to noah, “i am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.

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truthlover12

So, what did God ( supposedly ) solve by wiping out wicked humans in Noah's day and having all the new descendants with the same DNA ( WICKEDNESS ) ? Why even bother wiping out those evil humans when new descendants would be no better?

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God wipes out humans/wickedness in Noah's Flood but somehow wickedness returns

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

genesis 6: 9-139 this is the account of noah and his family.noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with god.

10 noah had three sons: shem, ham and japheth.11 now the earth was corrupt in god’s sight and was full of violence.12 god saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

13 so god said to noah, “i am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.

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fulltimestudent:

So yes! drunkeness and sexual sin soon returned to the cleansed earth. Re-introduced by the family saved through the destructive flood.

This biblical story reminds me of a WHO song:

LYRICS FROM '' WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN ''

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

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God wipes out humans/wickedness in Noah's Flood but somehow wickedness returns

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

genesis 6: 9-139 this is the account of noah and his family.noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with god.

10 noah had three sons: shem, ham and japheth.11 now the earth was corrupt in god’s sight and was full of violence.12 god saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

13 so god said to noah, “i am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.

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I always wonder why God has to "destroy" things. Can't he just make it disappear? Why destroy?

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Instead he decides to have a peasant build a gigantic boat -- with the angels sitting around watching again - and then once he finishes, decides to wipe out all animals and plant life and destroy entire ecosystems.

Ananias and Sapphira were immediately struck dead ( a fast and easy death) because they held back money from the congregation.

Why didn't God do the same in Noah's Flood? Why wipe out animals, plant life, and every living thing when you can easily have all wicked humans expire ( heart attack ????) like Ananias and Sapphira?

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God wipes out humans/wickedness in Noah's Flood but somehow wickedness returns

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

genesis 6: 9-139 this is the account of noah and his family.noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with god.

10 noah had three sons: shem, ham and japheth.11 now the earth was corrupt in god’s sight and was full of violence.12 god saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

13 so god said to noah, “i am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.

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GENESIS 6: 9-13
9 This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.

This silly story makes no sense!

God destroys people that are violent and wicked. He destroys animals, humans, and everything alive except Noah and his family.

They start a new life but violence and wickedness continue from his generation to today. It's worse today with more humans on earth.

So, what was accomplished by destroying everything if it starts all over again? Unless God had plans to make things better does this story make sense.