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  New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.

  omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!

  here is the trailer..

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  This is the type of film that could be taken up by the T.V. stations such as SBS or the ABC

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  Child Abuse

  by MicaSmith in

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  2. child-abuse

  hello, i am new to forum.

  i want to thank you for allowing me to post my concerns.. you are a lively, intelligent, empathetic community.

  i have read many of your posts and comments.. i have two concerns that i would like to discuss here.

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  Welcome to the forum MicaSmith , that was a very heartwrenching account you posted .I hope everything starts working out for you now.

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  JW Videos

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

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  2. beliefs

  my belief is that the jw organization is moving towards video teaching.

  at the last convention a mini jesus movie was created.

  today watching the jw video on 'older ones' is the famous widow in the temple scene with the same actor for jesus.. are they slowly and carefully making a jesus movie?.

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  You guys might be onto something here , I have been out for over 20 years , and what i see now was unbelievable back then .It is a 180 degree turnaround .

  Though I do think the Governing Body going on JW.Org is going to be their downfall .While nobody really new who they were , before , they were a mystery .Appearing on J.W..Org , they are their for all to see in all their imperfections and idio -syncracies .

  The Emperor without his clothes .

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  Memorial mixed emotions...

  by Tornintwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone else feel 'pulled back in' at this time of year?.

  i still consider myself to a believer, believe in god and jesus christ, on the whole i think he taught tolerance, love, acceptance and i think we can benefit from following his example.

  i love ray franzs book in search of christian freedom.

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  I read your Bio Tornintwo , you don`t think the big guy in the sky would kill more than 99.0% of humans ? at the big " A" ?

  Presuming you believe in the Bible , didn`t GOD kill off all of humankind ?, and not only all humans but animals as well in the flood of Noah`s day ?

  Why did he kill off all the land animals along with humans in the flood .Some estimates millions of people ?Man Woman and Child.? After 2000 years of procreation

  Why then didn`t he kill off all marine life in the oceans when he brought on the flood .?

  He kills off everything on land including animals and birds along with humans , yet he does not destroy marine life , WHY NOT ?

  If the whole world and land was covered in water ,shouldn`t the underground waters under land masses of continents , the lakes and streams that flow underground be salty ? like the sea water ?

  How is it they are crystal clear fresh water ?

  The sea`s are salty water , the underground rivers and lakes under land masses are freshwater crystal clear. water.

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  Frank Sinatra Jr.dies .

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  does anybody here acknowledge the passing of frank sinatra jr.?

  at the young age of 72 ?

  o.k.i`m slightly older .. however i`m surprised that nobody has mentioned this to date.

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  Thank`s for that Cold Steel , I nearly choked on my chardonay , Don Rickles was a very funny man , and Frank was one of my favorite singers and actors .

  I have since googled Frank Jr`s songs and he did have a fine voice , and as Lisa says it`s hard living in the shadow of someone so famous .

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  JW related collective nouns

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  english is a great language, especially when it comes to collective nouns.

  a "murder" of crows is just fantastic as is a "mob" of meerkats.

  a "colony" of ants, a "pride" of lions.

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  A state of Real Estate opportunists

  A sham of a Charity Religion

  A nobody who is a wannabe
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  Preaching the "good news"

  by truth doubter in

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  2. beliefs

  just wondering.

  what do those who left wt, and still believe the bible, feel about matt.24:14?

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  The facts are Jehovah`s Witnesses have never gone out in fulfillment of Mt.24:14 , all they have done is follow in the footsteps of the Catholics and Protestants who have largely fulfilled that scripture.

  And J.W`s have poached off of them ever since.

  And as has been said above , what Good News have they preached , they keep changing the goal posts.They don`t even know what they believe anymore , if ever they really did.

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  California Electrician Dies After Falling 53 Stories...Possible JW and Suicide?

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-construction-worker-falls-from-l-a-high-rise-hits-cars-dies-20160317-story.html.

  social media is saying that this individual was a jehovah's witness.

  can someone from the southern california area confirm this.

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  The sad fact is suicides are not confined to J.W.`s , it is a worldwide scourge on humanity .( I hope that was the right word )

  Far too many people take their own life and from all walks of life in what we refer to as civilized affluent country`s

  Why is that ?

  Their has to be real money ,real programs ,real participation by Governments to tackle this , before it becomes completely unmanageable .

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  Is Reading/Writing about Mythologies bad?

  by Messhy in

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  2. beliefs

  as the topic title says, is reading/writing about mythologies bad?

  i read alot of mythologies and enjoy it.

  should i stop?.

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  Welcome Messhy ,glad you have found your way here. Should you stop investigating mythologies ? no way .

  And don`t apologize for asking a lot of questions , how would we increase our knowledge /understanding of anything if we didn`t ask questions,

  My question to you in all seriousness is , how do you discern fantasy from reality ?

  You enjoy reading fantasy and mythologies ,and you say you believe in Jehovah , so how have you proved that Jehovah is not a fantasy and a myth ,?

  Just asking

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  Frank Sinatra Jr.dies .

  by smiddy in

  1. social
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  does anybody here acknowledge the passing of frank sinatra jr.?

  at the young age of 72 ?

  o.k.i`m slightly older .. however i`m surprised that nobody has mentioned this to date.

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  Does anybody here acknowledge the passing of Frank Sinatra Jr.? at the young age of 72 ? O.K.I`m slightly older .

  However I`m surprised that nobody has mentioned this to date. Fair enough he never achieved the fame his father did , After all he still did have a reasonably successful life as a singer and a bit part actor , was it the Sopranos he played himself in one of their episodes ? And didn`t he sing the opening song for "The Family Guy "? T.V.show ?

  I believe he also conducted the orchestra when his father and Lisa Minnelli toured Australia for their Concert some years ago.

  Not forgetting his abduction and ransom many years ago that ended successfully .

  R.I.P. Frankie Jr.

  smiddy