Competition between The Watchtower and Awake!

by dydeonwl in

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although the watchtower and awake are companions, but in terms of readers they have strong competition.they are also popular among whole christian community.. check the stats.

https://tingtopten.com/2020/02/top-10-most-read-christian-magazines-of-2020/.

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1. The Watchtower

The Watchtower is not just the most read Christian magazine, it is world’s most circulated magazine in the world. Its total circulation is 93 million. This magazine is available in 369 languages. Jehovah’s Witnesses publishes two editions of this magazine i.e. Public and Study edition. Public edition of The Watchtower has limited number of pages but it is more popular than study edition. It is thought to be the best religious magazine of the world.

Addendum: Please remember to deduct from circulation numbers....numerous copies that are taken from literature counters to impress fellow members and stuffed in a field service bag and never handed out....magazines that are left sitting unread at Doctors offices, laundromats and apartment hallway counters....members who have one in hand but never reads, and magazines that are handed out in field service where magazines are thrown in trash can by a householder who will never join the religion.

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the FULL EPISODE 'The Witnesses,' from 🇺🇸 US Oxygen

by NRKoppe in

the full episode 'the witnesses,' from 🇺🇸 us oxygen(viewable from 🧶 outside of the us!

)https://www.facebook.com/jws4justice/videos/543483709706749/

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Here is Gary Breaux explaining the Watchtower's two witness stance. He quotes Deuteronomy 19:15

15 One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Somehow Mr. Breaux omits reading:

Deuteronomy 19:16-19 New International Version (NIV)

16 If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime, 17 the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time. 18 The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite, 19 then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party. You must purge the evil from among you.

He acknowledges that a CRIME can occur even if only one person has witnessed it. So, why doesn't the Watchtower Society pursue and investigate the pedophile claim any further? Why doesn't the Society let the parents call the police if their findings point to a crime?

IS THE REASON THE SOCIETY STICKS TO THE TWO WITNESS RULE BECAUSE OF LAWSUITS AND A STAIN ON THEIR NAME?

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the FULL EPISODE 'The Witnesses,' from 🇺🇸 US Oxygen

by NRKoppe in

the full episode 'the witnesses,' from 🇺🇸 us oxygen(viewable from 🧶 outside of the us!

)https://www.facebook.com/jws4justice/videos/543483709706749/

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I highly recommend watching this disturbing two-night investigative special,''The Witnesses.'' Being in the organization for over 40 years myself ( left 10 years ago ), this first-part special really shows how the Watchtower Society lies, think the Society is above the law, the Society do not want the image of the Organization ''tarnished'', refuse to hand over their database of pedophiles due to lawsuits, give predators more rights than the pedophile victims and Elders do what they are told without disagreement when it comes to hiding the secret pedophile cases.

Here is a screen shot of Governing Body member Stephen Lett denying that the Organization has child abuse problems!

Some really disturbing findings in the first-part series: Why would parents allow their 7 year old daughter spend time, and even allow her to sleep overnight with a couple who have no children of their own?

Why was the pedophile husband ( Roland Lawrence) bathing a 7 year old girl with the door closed and not the wife? Supposedly, the wife knew what he was up to but she was too afraid to say anything!

Another disturbing pedophile victim story: Jehovah's Witness parents allow the same husband ( Roland Lawrence) and his wife ( who have no children of their own) bring their 10 year-old daughter to a convention, and allow a ten-year old to sleep overnight at a hotel with them. The pedophile molests the 10 year-old in the pool, while the pedophile's wife stays in the hotel room.

I found the non-actions of Mr. Roland Lawrence's wife just as disturbing as her pedophile husband!

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There is a possibility of more people (JWS) dying from suicide than from refusing a blood transfusion !

by Finkelstein in

i just recently heard of another person (jws) taking their life by suicide, a woman in her 30's.. sheesh, reflecting back upon all the other past jws that unfortunately did this, it creates an unnerving acknowledgement, jws are more likely to die from suicide than from refusing a blood transfusion.

i remember going back to the 1970's there were occurrences of people who i knew who were associated with the jws in one way or another committing suicide.. at the time i thought well people will do that just like the rest of the general population, not taking notice about the association with the jws.

but now i do see a connection in knowing of how people are mentally entrapped by this religoius cult in their psychological mind set and sociological behavior.

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But now I do see a connection in knowing of how people are mentally entrapped by this religious cult in their psychological mind set and sociological behavior.

Finkelstein: I totally agree with this statement! The mental toll this religion has on all its members is overwhelming. Some members have no choice but to leave the Watchtower Society to regain their sanity. Some members stay for family, but it takes a physical and mental toll.

I believe that unless someone leaves a suicide note...it is pure speculation on everyone's part on why someone takes their life.

Suicide data:

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Close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. Suicide is a global phenomenon and occurs throughout the lifespan. Effective and evidence-based interventions can be implemented at population, sub-population and individual levels to prevent suicide and suicide attempts. There are indications that for each adult who died by suicide there may have been more than 20 others attempting suicide.

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Another silly Bible story....Joshua and the killing hailstones

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

◄ joshua 10:11 ►.

and it came to pass, as they fled from before israel, and were in the going down to bethhoron, that the lord cast down great stones from heaven on them to azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of israel slew with the sword.. .

looks like the amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets.

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With jehober fighting for and protecting the Israelites plus all the natural elements, like hail stones, etc., at their disposal, why the f*ck did they need nearly a million man army?

Also, why would it take six years of warfare if Jehovah helped the Israelites with huge hailstones, making the sun stand still and angels at his disposal?

w86 12/15 pp. 21-26
“Jehovah Our God We Shall Serve''

13. Mop-up operations are climaxed by the slaying of the five kings, at which time Joshua says to his commanders: “Do not be afraid or be terrified. Be courageous and strong, for it is like this that Jehovah will do to all your enemies against whom you are warring.” This has already proved to be true with regard to seven kings of Canaan, and it continues to be true as another complete number of 24 kingdoms are overthrown. Then only, after six years of warfare, does the land have rest.—Joshua 10:16-25; 12:7-24.

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Joshua and the Gibeonites
Lessons You Can Learn From the Bible pages 78-79 lfb lesson 31 p. 78

Before long, five Canaanite kings and their armies threatened the Gibeonites. Joshua and his army marched all night long to rescue them. The fighting started early the next morning. The Canaanites began fleeing in all directions. Everywhere they ran Jehovah hurled huge hailstones down on them. Then Joshua asked Jehovah to make the sun stand still. Why would he ask Jehovah to do that when the sun had never stood still before? Because Joshua trusted in Jehovah. The sun did not set for a whole day until the Israelites had conquered the Canaanite kings and their armies.

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Another silly Bible story....Joshua and the killing hailstones

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

◄ joshua 10:11 ►.

and it came to pass, as they fled from before israel, and were in the going down to bethhoron, that the lord cast down great stones from heaven on them to azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of israel slew with the sword.. .

looks like the amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets.

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tiki
Is that a picture from one of their publications or website?

No! I took that illustration from a Google search. It's meant to show how silly the Joshua story is. If they were in a battle, the shields would be able to protect every soldier from the falling hailstones. Everyone would form a circle and hold up their shields together. In this silly story, their shields are nowhere to be seen!

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Another silly Bible story....Joshua and the killing hailstones

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

◄ joshua 10:11 ►.

and it came to pass, as they fled from before israel, and were in the going down to bethhoron, that the lord cast down great stones from heaven on them to azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of israel slew with the sword.. .

looks like the amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets.

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◄ Joshua 10:11 ►

And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

Looks like the Amorites came to the battle only wearing helmets. They somehow forgot to bring their shields.

Shields that would have been used to deflect arrows, would have been effective against deflecting hailstones.

I guess the Bible authors thought the Amorite soldiers were just naked in the field.

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The JW media Mecca

by lastmanstanding in

i was thinking about how the org is dying, and how the guboobs are trying to give it cpr by transitioning to tvpreach.

now they will construct a media mecca and it looks like they will go full on e digital.

so, i was trying to come up with a name for their new hollywood that would stick.

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Watchtower Study March 2020.....Make peace with your brothers

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2020. .

4 jesus taught us the importance of making peace with a brother who has something against us.

(read matthew 5:23, 24.

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Panorama Friday, 12 July, 2002, 18:11 GMT 19:11 UK

Alison Cousins: taking a brother to court

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that they should not take another member of their church to court.

1 Corinthians 6:1, 5

"Does anyone of You that has a case against the other dare to go to court before unrighteous men, and not before the holy ones?"

"I am speaking to move You to shame. Is it true that there is not one wise man among You that will be able to judge between his brothers, but brother goes to court with brother, and that before unbelievers?"

Alison's story

Alison Cousins grew up in the small Ayrshire town of Stevenson, just outside Glasgow, where her parents were active members of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

When she told the elders of her local congregation that her father was abusing her they told her they would deal with it.

They did nothing however, and eventually she went to the police.

Her father was imprisoned for five years.

Alison told Panorama:

"They told me that one of the scriptures in the Bible was that you should never take your brother to court.

"And I said to them: 'well what are you meant to do then if he's doing something wrong?'

"And they said: 'Come to us and we'll deal with it'.

"I said to them: 'Well I've already spoken to you and you've told me I'm a liar'.

"I ended up having to go to the police because they were the only people that I thought would believe me."

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However, victimization is MORE pronounced in the Witness religion than elsewhere because of twisted scriptures! At least in the ‘world’ you take somebody to court to get satisfaction for being wronged and there is also not the expectation that you are there to ‘tolerate’ it - unlike the sick and dysfunctional Witness religion where they imagine somebody is!

Watchtower November 15, 1973: "And by dragging fellow believers before pagan judges, they would bring great reproach upon God’s name. As outsiders would be led to believe that Christians were no different from other people in being unable to settle differences, the interests of true worship would be injured. It would have been far better for individual Christians to take personal loss rather than to injure the entire congregation by bringing their disputes to public notice."

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Watchtower Study March 2020.....Make peace with your brothers

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2020. .

4 jesus taught us the importance of making peace with a brother who has something against us.

(read matthew 5:23, 24.

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My, my. So many who perceive that they may have been wronged. Didn't the lord and savior Jesus Christ counsel to remove the rafter from your own eye so you could see how to remove the (tiny) straw from your brothers eye? And what about let the one without sin cast the first stone. I must be in good company here as so many of you are perfect.

2 Jesus said that his true disciples would be clearly identifiable if they showed the same sort of love that he displayed. That statement was true in the first century, and it is true today. How important it is that we overcome any challenges and show love for one another!

4 Jesus taught us the importance of making peace with a brother who has something against us. (Read Matthew 5:23, 24.) He emphasized that we need to maintain good relations with others if we are to please God. Jehovah is happy when we do our best to make peace with our brothers. He will not accept our worship if we hang on to resentment and refuse even to try to make peace.—1 John 4:20.

JTottigy: After reading your 15 posts, it looks like you are either a Jehovah's Witness who is lost or just trying to stir up members on this site!

Please read paragraphs 2 and 4 and you will see that Jehovah's Witness are not clearly identified as true disciples, nor does Jehovah accept their worship.

If you still attend meetings ask yourself:

Have I seen verbal fights among members?

Have I seen promotions or demotions due to favoritism/nepotism?

Are Elders children protected/forgiven more than other children in the congregation?

Has anyone ever left or changed congregations due to refusing to get along or make peace with another member?

Are their alcoholics, adulterers, thieves, or pedophiles still inside your local congregation?

Jesus said that his true disciples would be clearly identifiable if they showed the same sort of love that he displayed.

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1. The Watchtower

Deuteronomy 19:16-19 New International Version (NIV)

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