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  Watchtower today

  by Gorbatchov in

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  today a main point in the wt was a guess game.. the study elder asked: .

  what's wrong on the picture?.

  before i share the local conclusions here, i would like to hear the comments made in your congregation 😎.

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  smiddy

  Tight pants and haicuts that are worldly on the two bros.on the right.And the two righteous bros on the left dont want anything to do with those on the right they are weak and bad associations,
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  Atheism would not appeared if …

  by venus in

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  · if religions were immune to division.

  · if scriptures were immune to scientific errors.

  · if religious leaders were immune to hypocrisy.

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  Atheism has appeared simply because no GOD has ever come out to defend himself/herself against unbelievers.

  Their are over 40,000 christian sects that claim to believe in GOD/JESUS many of which claim to be the truth

  Most of which contradict each other over doctrines and interpretations of what the scriptures actually say or mean.

  Apart from that their are thousands of non Christian religions that promote myriads of GODS to their believers from all over the world.

  And this is not something that has just sprung up in just this last Century it has been ongoing for many centuries past.Thousands of years.

  Where has GOD been all this time ? Why has he/she not stepped in to defend itself ? against all this negativity agaist its existence ?

  GOD -SILENCE

  This is why ATHEISM exists.
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  Women are a "stack of bones and a hank of hair" - J.F. Rutherford

  by krismalone in

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  i have heard rumors and anecdotes of j.f.

  rutherford calling women "a hank of hair and a stack of bones" but i never thought it was documented.

  well thanks to jwfacts i finally found the quote in print.. this j.f.

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  smiddy

  What amazes me is the amount of women who embraced this cult in those early years with statements like these .
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  JW.Org claims they have fullfilled Jesus command to preach in all the inhabited earth.Have they really done that ? I dont think so.

  by smiddy in

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  apart from the fact that they have mainly followed in the footsteps of christendom before them what virgin territories have they ever gone to that christendom before them has not gone to .

  i would think none.. how many lands ,countrys ,are their that they have never made any significant inroads into ?.

  we are not talking about token service in any of these countrys in major cities , but a real door to door witness to every individual householder that gets it every few months as in western lands.. some that i can think of : north korea ,mainland china , bangladesh ,india , pakistan , jordan , israel , iran , syria ,burma ( sorry cant think of the new name ).

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  smiddy

  Apart from the fact that they have mainly followed in the footsteps of christendom before them what virgin territories have they ever gone to that Christendom before them has not gone to

  I would think none.

  How many lands ,countrys ,are their that they have never made any significant inroads into ?

  We are not talking about token service in any of these countrys in major cities , but a real door to door witness to every individual householder that gets it every few months as in Western lands.

  Some that I can think of : North Korea ,Mainland China , Bangladesh ,India , Pakistan , Jordan , Israel , Iran , Syria ,Burma ( sorry cant think of the new name )

  Maybe you can think of a few more lands that fit this catergory

  However even with this list it shows beyond reasonable doubt JW`s have not preached in all the inhabited earth .NO WAY,
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  Memorial Non-Attendance: The Single Most Impactful TTATT Witness to JW Friends & Family

  by AMNESIANO in

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  (original version posted 2014).

  notice: the following is submitted in full recognition of and with compassion and due respect for those who, due to personal circumstance, feel they are unable to employ this powerful strategy.. ---.

  anyone who has awakened to ttatt and has conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent, highly-regarded, studious true-believer from a celebrated multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.

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  My wife and I ,our two sons and their wives have never attended a memmorial since 1993 or a congregation meeting either .

  And none of us were ever DF
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  Amazing News!!

  by The Rebel in

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  my boy is going to play for watford football club!

  and whilst i didn't take his revelation to seriously, i am was glad his " goal" isn't to pioneer.

  :-).

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  Thats good news ,I hope he is not baptised and goes on to better things in the football world Here in Australia Victoria ,we have a JW 23-5 year old not bapised playing for an AFL football team (professional level)

  While they are not baptised they can fly under the radar once their baptised its a different story as you probably are well aware of.

  I wish your son all the best for his future in football.
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  Were You Ever Disfellowshipped or Judicially Reproved?

  by minimus in

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  i never got into trouble with the elders.

  i served on judicial committees too many times.

  i am happy that i no longer have to "judge" whether someone is a "sinner" any longer!

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  No never ,however I did DF them about 15 years after fading and coming on this forum.
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  I'm Dating . . .

  by compound complex in

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  because i am still very much held a prisoner to past beliefs and practice, i dress in suit and tie and bring a briefcase on my frequent dates.. i talk business during the entire happy meal (macdonalds), displaying ad brochures and spreadsheets relative to whatever business plan i happen to be hawking that day.

  i count the venture as a business expense and jws who frequent this fine diner know i am not on a date.

  there are no smirks, no snickering, no knowing glances.

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  cc , maybe you should try having no dates at Hungry Jacks instead of Macs they could be a better clientele.you might even get a kiss on the cheek instead of a handshake.

  Have you seen "The Founder"? with M.keaton? (sorry to stray off topic)

  The suit the tie the briefcase are all good props and the bonus is the brochures and spreadsheets .

  You should have great success in finding any lost sheep .
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  Number of Muslims protesting London terrorist attack = ZERO. Number of Muslims protesting forced Mosque closure in France = HUNDREDS

  by kpop in

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  so it is now two days after another islamic terrorist attack.

  how many muslims are in the streets protesting and condemning this evil?

  how many are marching in all the big cities condemning this in mass protests?.

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  smiddy

  Any Muslim found committing an act of terrorism should be sent back to the land of his origin and his family should be sent back also..

  If he or she is born in the country that they have committed an offence of terroism then they and their family should be returned to the country of the parents,

  This is the only way to get through to parents and offspring that their are consequences for acts of terrorism committed in democratic lands. And that the parents need to control their children and make plain to them the cosequences of their actions.That they will ALL be evicted.
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  A nurse describes a noblood death

  by OrphanCrow in

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  the jehovah's witness protection program.

  my first clue that 'something was up' lay in the fact that it was 7 am in the intensive care unit and getting to my patient was a challenge for all of his visitors in his room.my second clue that 'something was up' lay in the fact that my patient was african-american and all of his visitors were white.now before we get all racially sensitive, i am very aware that many families are blended in many ways and many of us are close friends with people of all races.

  however, in the hospital where i work, it is an uncommon sight to see a room full of white people at the bedside of a black man at seven in the morning.

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  Maybe their should be a procedure in Hospitals that ONLY 2-3 blood relatives are allowed to visit a dying person at any one time and if their is to be an exception as far as "clergy" are to be involved ONLY ONE person can attend and no more.

  Just saying

  How else do you stop Vultures hovering over dying people.