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  "A little leaven ferments the whole batch of dough". A way to make witnesses think!?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  how can we briefly make a calm, dignified point to witnesses we care about such as family or friends?

  how can we make them think?.

  here are a couple of well known scriptures: (from the revised new world translation.

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  smiddy

  Quite frankly Perry I dont think the average JW would be able to follow your logical take on this reasoning .

  They just dont have the mental capacity to grasp all you are saying .
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  Do You Hope Donald Trump Makes Jestures Of Mending USA With Russia Relationships?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  2. current

  i think the problems the us and russia face are mainly ideological.

  the cold war these two countries have been in needs to be stopped and common sense needs to be applied i hope trump can push thing in the right direction and that he has good advisors.

  i'm all for these two major world military powers to put away their differences and find way to work together on common problems they face.. they need to cooperate with each other even in their cyber warfare.

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  smiddy

  A few years ago the USSR and the USA were the two major superpowers

  The USSR no longer exists and Russia is a shadow of what it once was.

  The USA ? has reached its peak and is now on a decline that is gaining momentum under Donald Trump .

  The sleeping giant China is poised and almost ready to step into one or the others shoes in the vacuum that will ensure.

  The USA and Russia will never see eye to eye on world politics/ they are too diabolically opposed to each other so the short answer to your question is NO
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  WT Library being edited

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought that wt would have started doing this, but i have not noticed any posts before.. can anyone confirm (post is from fb)?.

  so i have been looking up these different articles to read for myself...one problem.the last time we got a disc was 2015 and i used my mil's disc to down load it to my computer.

  they did a update to it last year over the internet, the program updated it's self.

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  smiddy

  If anything defines the Jehovahs Witness religion as a cult ,corrupt ,lying ,decietful ,not to be trusted in whatever they say is the verifiable fact that they are constantly re-writing their past history to erase past false prophecys ,expectations ,wrong dates ,and anything else that shows them in a bad light.

  No reputable organization and especially one that claims to be Christian and based solely on the Bible would stoop so low to engage in such a practice of deceit .

  The fact that Jehovahs Witnesses do so on a regular basis highlights what sort of an organisation they are.

  Their should be a law against such deceitfull practices conning unsuspecting victims into joining ,financing ,and supporting such dishonest organizations whether they be religious or otherwise.

  Because people who do associate and support these organisations become unwitting victims.
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  Watchtower study today - best practice in word

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  due to family reasons gorby was present today.. the watchtower study was about refugee's.. how to treat refugee's, jw and non believers, and help them spiritual, not financial.

  nothing new.. what i mentioned is the juridical message underneath the whole story.

  don't talk politics, listen to government regulations etc.. most bizar is that a whole congregation that normaly avoid giving any aid to people in need, this morning gave the best practice in word about what to do with refugee's.. if the subject was not that serious, this hypocracy could be funny.

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  smiddy

  Jehovah`s Witnesses condemn Christendoms religions, however they are by their practice of charitable works despite whatever religion you practice or even if your atheist or a non christian religion they dont discriminate against you.

  They give practical physical financial help and nourishing food and clothing to all in need.

  They also run and support hospitals aged care for the elderly and they provide volunteers who help and feed the needy with practical aid.care.

  They put the Governing Body of Jehovahs Witnesses to shame who call themselves christians they are anything but christian in practice and attitude.

  What is that scripture that says something like if you meet your fellow man in need and all you do for him is say go in peace .?

  That sums up the JW religion in a nutshell.
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  Tacoma Dome Conventions

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i went to visit my jw aging mother this week (i've been df'd for 40 years) and she told me she needs to give the people who are taking her to the convention $10 each day of the convention to cover gas?

  my uber elder cousin told her she needs to do this!!!

  wtf?

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  smiddy

  As you rightly pointed out Lynnie they are going their anyway so why would your mother have to pay anything.?

  They are just cheapskates who want a free ride for themselves .
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  Becoming a jw actually made me a much more worldly person.

  by lancelink in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was raised a catholic from birth to age 15, that's when my dad started to study with some jw's that came to our door.

  i was too young/ naive to notice how my lifelong friends were slowly being replaced with so called " outstanding spiritual youths".. anyway, there was randy and kevin, the sons of the po from the hall, everyone thought that they were the most spiritual people i could hang out with.

  these guys taught me the fine points of :.

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  smiddy

  It was far more common than JW`s want to believe leading this double life and that was back in the 60`s to 80`s ,so how much more common is it now I wonder..
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  Anointed Ratios

  by Labate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another recent topic got me thinking.

  has there ever been any kind of study of the ratio of male to female anointed?

  if the female anointed will be co-rulers in heaven with morris and company, why are they not represented as gb members and helpers before armageddon arrives?.

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  smiddy

  Women are second rate citizens in the JW religion in spite of what the GB say..

  Women have no say or role in the hirearchy of the JW religion here on earth either in HQ the abode of the GB or in congregations around the world.

  Yet the Bible clearly states women will rule with christ in Heaven in his Kingdom for a thousand years .

  When the JW`s illustrate the heavenly class ruling with JC in heaven they all have beards not one woman among them ?

  Jw`s frown on men having beards here on earth in the congregation but it is apparently OK for Angels/resurrected annointed brothers and sisters who rule with Jesus Christ to have beards in heaven ?

  doesnt this reasoning of the JW/ WT boggle the nind ?
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  Were You Surprised You Remained a JW As Long As You Did?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have been told there's no place else to go.

  and to some degree mentally speaking, that is true especially if you were raised in the religion.

  at 50 i was out of the organization's clutches.

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  smiddy

  When I look back now yes I am surprised I stayed in as long as I did..I had signs that things were not what they seemed in the ealiest years of my conversion .The trouble is I wanted to believe it was true despite the warning signs.And i brushed those things aside because Jehovah would sort it out in due time.

  After my eventuall exit 33 years later and getting a PC did I learn more about the WT/JW religion than I ever new as a sincere believer.

  Thankfully the internet has also taught me a helluva lot about the Bible that I never knew as a believing JW.
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  JW interview about cart work (English video)

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/who-people-handing-out-leaflets-13263220.

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  smiddy

  Of course he`s a window cleaner what else would he be ? a rocket scientist ? A brain surgeon ?

  or just a gullble shmuck like the rest of us who converted to this religion.
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  Can the GB be directed by Holy Spirit and at the same time be not inspired ?

  by Chook in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yes god directs our writings but they're not inspired, so gods directions are staggered and overlapping , so the genuine innocent believing jw has a wonderful life of overlapping bullshit.

  so next time you meet a jw priest ask them what is the difference between being directed and inspired, then i promise you will hear first hand an example of overlapping bull..

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  smiddy

  Thats a good point chook ,if the GB are directed by Holy Spirit then surely they would have be inspired by God.

  Otherwise being inspired by God or being directed by God ,or being directed/inspired by the Holy Spirit makes no sense at all

  Good questions to throw at JW`s when they knock on your door.