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  Amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic...Ben Carson

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  laughing my a-off watching the comedian lewis black and he mention what carson said, and i thought surely old ben didn't say that.

  i b- damn, he said it.

  black said " he said this in front of a lot of people and i'am surprise no one came up to him and said ben, you must come with us now"...                                                                               .

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  Any links to these ? I need a good laugh
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  Catholic church raised a cry of alarm, every year thousand of Catholics become J.W

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my brother (elder) e-mailed this to my sister(not a jw).

  the francisco pope praises j.w worldwide.

  oh shit, they will have a field day with this.

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  Some facts the Francisco Pope may not have been aware of when he made this statement.

  Jehovahs Witness born in youths leave the religion in droves once they reach teenage years.

  Crimes committed by practising JW`s ,cover every imaginable crime you can think of from the most petty to the most serious. (google it )

  The retention rate of remaining a JW , is the worst of any Christian religion , they have the highest defection rates of any religion

  Take note of the ex JW sites that abound on the internet ,Social Media ,U-Tube etc.,reaching the thousands ,and what should that tell you.

  Broken marriages because one leaves the religion ,and the believer sues for divorce ,for incompatability.

  Children /teenagers being kicked out of the family home for not wanting to be a JW anymore ,and are then shunned by their parents.

  Children shunning their own parents because the parents no longer want to be JW`s.

  The internet ,Social Media,U-Tube ,etc.,are full of true, real life experiences of people who have lived through these situations.brought on by an organisation that has been primarily a publishing organisation with a gauranteed circulation and sales of the millions of members.at a given time.

  And now in this 21st Century we find that the WTB&TS are selling off prime real estate that was purchased in the early 1900`s ,that are now worth millions of $$$$ .

  The last count was over 1 Billion Dollars of profit was made in the last year from sales of some of their Brooklyn real estate.

  And yet , their is far more to sell ,has it put a break on their appeal for more contributions ? from even the young ones ? no it has not.

  They still solicit for more money , even though it goes against their former President C.T.Russell., who stated "we will never solicit for money"

  Jehovah`s Witnesses as a Publishing Company and a Real Estate organization making and accumulating millions of Dollars in profits from each of these ventures , under the guise of being a religious organisation , just beggars belief .

  How do they get away with this ?
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  Dumbest elder

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  i went to field service group once and the young elder taking the group was wearing a hat and said the prayer with a hat on.

  i informed him later that you are not meant to have head covering, he said he was unaware of such things.

  now that the calibre of recruiting on the part of co..

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  Lets face it , what truly genuine religious training do JW`s get before they can become an Elder ? None.

  All they have to know is basic current WT new light on some core beliefs held by the GB. And more importantly have more than 10 hours regulary every month for at least six months in field service ,and bingo you can be a MS ,and keep it up for another six months you can be nominated for an Elder.

  All you need is to be indoctrinated with JW , / WT beliefs and your in.

  At least Christendoms mainstream religions have extensive knowledge of history of first century Christianity , their writings , including books not included in todays accepted Bible , and generally an understanding of the languages of the time.

  Most JW Elders are completely ignorant of early christianity and the writings that were available ,the languages that were used at that time ,or the possible additions./subtractions to scripture either in the OT or the NT.

  They just do not have the knowledge or education level to comprehend such things.
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  BEARE OF INDEPENDANCE - Leaked Talk On My YouTube Channel

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  brother melvin mallett delivers a talk entitled beware the spirit of independence.

  (because, you know, thinking for yourself is not what jesus wants.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7znpzkakaki.

  oh, and remember folks... this isnt a cult or anything!.

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  p.e.

  I love that scene of a KH , rows and rows of empty seats ,if only ....sadly not in my lifetime.
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  Women's Place In Jehovah's Arrangement

  by TMS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "i do not permit a woman to teach or to exercize authority over a man, but to be in silence.

  " these inspired words are frequently quoted to help define the role of women among jehovah's witnesses.

  then eve.

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  In illustrations of the 144000 anointed to heaven , a great number of which are women who claim to be of the anointed , not one of the illustrations shown by the Watchtower , shows a woman serving at Jesus Christs right hand.in heaven .

  The144000 are all depicted as males with beards ,not one woman is represented in their illustrations.

  I have heard it said their is no gender in heaven , so why are they all portrayed as males ? with beards ?

  Jehovahs Witnesses may give lip service to womens contribution in the congregations ,however its certainly not recognised in their doctrines.
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  Caleb and Sophia have some competition

  by usualusername1 in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nmyoqiidqo&sns=em

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  Well you`ve gotta admit it , it`s a bloody good catchy tune , where do I sign up.
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  Chinese Communist Party to commence nationwide crackdown on Christianity including Jehovah's Witnesses

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  8 october 2016. china's governing communist party is set to launch a nationwide crackdown on the christian church.. by matthew carney - abc.

  the communist party has just enacted much tougher laws that criminalise christians if they do not pledge loyalty to the state.. chinese president xi jinping has warned that all religions now have to become "chinese" and the new laws will attempt to bring churchgoers and their leaders under party control.. the new laws will put the state firmly in charge, giving the communist party the ability to hire and fire church leaders and change religious doctrine to make it more chinese.... that means churchgoers will have to pledge loyalty to the communist party first.. there is good reason to be afraid.

  chinese authorities have already started the crackdown in the christian heartland in the southern province of zhejiang.. it's been extensive and brutal.

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  What with our conditioning when we were JW`s ,this news may have had a big impact on our thinking about the time we are living in ,when in reality , its no big deal .

  Its just another little ripple in the pond of life ,we were conditioned to believe that any little thing that happened in the scheme of things in life , political ,religious ,or military wise , was a sign we were living in the last days .

  When you stop and seriously consider it ,how ridiculous. ! When you consider the history of the world of any nation or groups of nations , their has`t been a time when something significant or major was occurring.

  And had we been living then we may have concluded it was fullfillment of Bible prophecy.

  Nothing to see here move on , live your life and enjoy it.
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  JWs ----( fill in the blank)

  by minimus in

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  what say you?.

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  That`s nice Paradise starts off here in Australia , I recognise that tiger from Taronga Park Zoo , and those Koalas from Melbournes Zoological Gardens.
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  CO visit... Circuit is not growing at all, he said during midweek meeting

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so that was a "shocker".

  i was not able to attend the meeting.

  i had a more important one with my other apostate friends in the area.

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  Classic examples of JW`s speaking out of both sides of their mouth .

  On the one hand they use the scripture Zech.8:23 in relation to the last days..where people will flock to Jehovahs Witnesses from all nations because they have heard God is with you.

  This was used when JW`s did have growth in numbers worldwide

  On the other hand Matt 24:12 speaks of the decline in numbers of JW`s because the love of the greater number has cooled off .a decrease in numbers.

  On the one hand increase is evidence of Gods blessing on the organization having the truth ,then on the other hand the cooling off (decrease) of Gods people is evidence they have the truth.

  And of course they ignore entirely that Seventh Day Adventists ,Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ,both of which have far more practising members than the JW`s do ,Roman Catholics , and Islam , both of which have over a Billion members each , not to mention the Protestant religions which total over one billion members ,and this doesnt even include so called Pagan religions.

  Jehovahs Witnesses are irrelevant in the religious world as being nothing more than an insignificant sect.
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  Gloria Naylor, 66, dies, former JW missionary, The Color Purple

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/gloria-naylor-whose-novels-gave-voice-to-african-american-women-dies-at-66/2016/10/04/73d64318-8a3d-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html.

  after graduating from high school, ms. naylor worked as a missionary for the jehovah’s witnesses in north carolina and florida before leaving the church in the mid-1970s, finding herself disillusioned with what she called the limited role that it prescribed for women..

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  R.I.P. Gloria Naylor

  She was a success story being a pioneer /missionary , then leaving that all behind to eventually getting her degrees and having a successfull life getting her books published., and teaching.

  So sorry to hear she died a young 66 yrs old .I will look out for that "Women of Brewster"

  My condolences to all her family , from Australia.

  blondie , even though you were wrong with Gloria naylor `s involvement with the Colour Purple , I`m sure she would agree that it was a fantastic movie , that highlighted the plight of Afro Americans in these years especially.

  And really has so much changed today ? And it is not just in America that these issues are rife today , its happening all over the Globe .

  And no its not a sign of Armageddon , its society coming to grips with issues that have always existed since Adam was a boy.

  smiddy