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  Greenville, SC convention

  by InChristAlone in

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  so i noticed on the news tonight that the convention is going on in my hometown this weekend.

  i honestly had no idea.

  the person on the news said they were expecting 7500-8000 attendees.

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  Maybe it was an invisible convention , that only approved JW`s could attend or be seen by "Witnesses" in good standing"

  smiddy
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  The UN Files - Print Out And Keep For Your Next JW Visitor

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. scandals

  i've been researching the wt and the un involvement.

  when i was still in and i first seen the un letter online, my cognitive dissonance kicked and i told myself it'll be a fake.

  an apostate lie.. and seeing as no jw i've spoken to has ever heard of it, and flatly deny any involvement "no, they wouldn't do that", i decided to do a little "personal study" of my own.

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  FG2006

  At first the WT vehemently denied they had any association with the UN , but the facts kept coming in by those in the know, when they finally had to admit it , with weasel words to try to defend their involvement .

  Such is the honesty of the WTB&TS

  smiddy
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  Political Correctness

  by snugglebunny in

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  i think i'm just ornery when it comes to equality.

  ever since i can remember, i've always believed that all people were created equal.

  the colour of a person's skin is irrelevent to me.

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  If you believe in the Bible , Jehovah never created all people equal , in Genesis , the Male Adam was the dominant being and the Female Eve was to be subordinate to the male Adam .

  No equality their I`m afraid .

  This was the prime belief in the Old Testament / The Hebrew Scriptures

  and it is sanctioned in the New Testament /the Christian Greek Scriptures.

  Women according to the Bible need to know their place.

  When the WT publications show in illustrations the 144000 in heaven ,( and their have been many ) they all have beards , why is that ,? no women are among the 144000 ?

  The WTB&TS have shown over the years they do not appreciate /respect women for their contribution in this day and age .

  In Bible times they were given much more respect and recognition as prophetess and women of prominence , that is not recognized or acknowledged in the WTB&TS today.

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  JW's opinions on bunker video

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the so called bunker video isn't just getting attention here but among jws as well.

  i've heard a fair share of cracks, some half joking half serious about the prospect of the video playing out in real life .

  but something else i've heard is that the video was meant to be figurative, an illustration representing the 'interior rooms' prophecy..

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  FedUpJW , that sums up my Niece to a tee ,drinking the kool-aid by the gallons.

  The sad thing is , she has two teenage boys who so far give the impression they believe in it lock stock and barrel , or maybe that`s just for the parents benefit until they are old enough to flee the nest.

  .However without meaning to be judgemental ,it would not surprise me if in the not too distant future , one or the other comes out of the "closet". ( not that theirs anything wrong with that ) it`s just that they both seem to have effeminate tendencys that I have noticed.

  Their father always gave me the impression he was an old woman anyway.Whether that has anything to do with it I don`t know.

  Just saying

  smiddy
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  Rumor: Discouraging news from GB at upcoming CA?

  by bohm in

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  2. friends

  this is on the reddit frontpage and sounds super weird.

  can it be confirmed in any way by anyone here?.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/4u72dk/what_kind_of_announcement_could_cause_jws_to/.

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  So , after 8 pages we still don`t know what it`s all about ,

  and after the G.B. explains it ,

  we still wont know what it was all about.

  smiddy
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  Jw Library 2015 for Mac

  by Darran Pryce in

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  2. bible

  hello brothers, .

  does anyone know of a link to download the 2015 wt library for mac that works?.

  agape.

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  Welcome Darran ,stick around , you might learn some things here that the WT wants to keep from you.

  Take care

  smiddy
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  Brother & Sister-in-Law Return to Kingdom Hall After Two Decades, Quickly Get Stumbled

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was a mild surprise, learning that a brother and sister-in-law had began re-associating with jehovah's witnesses after at least 25 years of being away.

  the couple, of hispanic ethnicity, are in their early 60's, with their five children all grown and independent.

  the family had been considered nominal jws, infrequently attending meetings, rarely in field service, but using the annual convention as their family vacation.

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  Let`s hope your brother and sister in-law finally see this bullshit of a religion for what it is..

  smiddy
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  Here is a quote from the Olympic creed:-

  by The Rebel in

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  " the most important thing in the olympic games is not to win but take part" .

  yet according to the daily mail, the entire russian olympic team will today be banned from competing at the rio games next month as punishment for their country's state sponsored doping programme.

  it therefore seems to me the olympics has become associated with doping & drugs, and politics becoming an integral part of the games.. do you think that the 2016 olympcs can still unite countries in a positive way?.

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  And don`t forget the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin Germany ,that was supposed to show the world who the Master Race was .

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  The bitter reality of death

  by Bonsai in

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  2. experiences

  been a lot of death in my life recently.

  a close family member died yesterday.

  a close friend died 8 weeks ago - both from cancer.

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  When you are young , death is something that happens to old people ,or anybody else , you don`t even think it could possibly happen to you

  When you reach the mid 70`s and you still wake up in the morning it is a bonus .

  You now see people a little older than you dying off and some that are even younger than you kicking the bucket .

  You, now more than ever , appreciate the life you had and the life you still enjoy , knowing full well your time on this earth now limited.Make the most of it while you still can.

  I`m sorry what you are going through Bonsai , but that`s the reality of old age that we are experiencing.

  And as you rightfully say their is nothing anybody can say or do to change it .

  The WT pie in the sky dream of a paradise earth promised by GOD is just so cruel .

  Take care

  smiddy
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  Archive of the Watchtwoer

  by universitystudent in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hey everyone.

  i'm a university student very interested in the history of the jehova's witnesses, from the university of fribourg, switzerland.

  i would like to do an analysis of pictures of africa in the watchtower for a small research project.

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  smiddy

  Hi , universitystudent ,welcome to this site .When you have completed your "small research project" , I`m sure many of us here would be very interested to see the final result of your project ,if that is at all possible for you to do .

  You would have your project viewed by people from all over the world here.Not many univerisity students have that opportunity. I look forward to hearing from you again.

  Take care

  smiddy