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Is there a JWD mindset?
by beginnersmind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
not sure if this is the correct place to post this but i thought it would be better in here out of the choices.

the title was to hopefully make you at least be interested in this post whereas the politically correct non generalised question might be "is there a mindset of some on jwd?.

a while back i was browsing the forums and 2 posts stood out.
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reasoning
by BR25 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i read most of the posts on here and i was just trying to get an understanding on certain topics.

i read some peoples material and why they dont believe in the jw faith.

i understand that some people left the jw faith and some people on here may never have been jws or believed in it, so i understand why you post and give info back and forth, but i have trouble understanding some of the disfellowshipped ones on here.
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3.9% interest
by indahsempurna in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
does anyone else find it terrible that the society is charging interest for congregations to build kingdom halls????

why the hell are people putting money in the "special" box marked kingdom hall fund??

my boyfriend who already hates the witnesses found this absolutely horrible.
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Detailed version of split caused by Rutherford...where???
by beginnersmind in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi i was wondering if anyone has the link to the site that deals in great detail with what happened leading up to rutherford taking control of the 'society'.

im sure its a bible students site and it has a very detailed page with links to copies of official letters by the parties involved etc
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NEED HELP: What's wrong with CURRENT Borg policy on molestation?
by Open mind in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
ok, first off, please don't shoot the messenger here.

the dateline show on jws hiding pedophiles was one of several "defining moments" in my process of questioning "the truth".

it disgusted me.
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Jesus gave the Sign
by Doug Mason in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when jesus answered his disciples question about the sign of the temples destruction, they coupled it with the end of the age (aeon) because the end of the temple would clearly indicate that the jewish age had come to its end.

likewise, the disciples believed that this momentous event the destruction of the temple would herald the appearance of messiah in power.

they did not recognize that, instead of coming as a mighty conquering warrior, the messiah had arrived as a babe.
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I have a little problem with minor & major fullfillments in Bible prophecy
by beginnersmind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi this is the 1st thread (posted only a few times as well) ive started.

dont know why, maybe i thought i would get my head bitten off.

you know like a sheep amongst lots of wolves!
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Is my understanding correct?
by Doug Mason in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is my understanding correct?

1. to arrive at 1874 for christs parousia, ctr employed time parallels from the scriptures and measurements from the great pyramid.

2. ctr used a 2520-year timeframe to arrive at october 1914 for the end of the gentile times.
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My dear atheist posters, what would you recommend . . .
by pennycandy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
for a reliable, accurate study of the authenticity of the bible and/or the existence of god?.

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A completely different view of DFing from the scriptures and Greek
by avidbiblereader in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
'" (nrsv) "when they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples," (niv) clearly, being satisfied or having eaten all that one desired could not be said of eating a small fragment of an unleavened loaf.

the common view is that this means they had finished eating the meal and the pieces of the one loaf.

1 corinthians 5: 3 3 even though i am not with you in person, i am with you in the spirit.