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  What will humans look like in 1000000 years?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok, the bible is a fascinating book of fairy tales, so we move on..e. zolfagharifard, some guy states "humans will be very different creatures in just 1000 years from now due to climate change,artificial intelligence and genetic mutations are all set to transform our bodies in drastic ways.

  a mixture of biology and machine on the inside.

  this is only 1000 years from now, what the hell will humans look like in 100000 years????

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  I just hope no form of religion exists anywhere on the planet.,maybe then humans will reach their true potential.
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  Do You Remember When JWs Relished Explaining Their Beliefs?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i bet most witnesses could not explain their blood policy, their understanding of the slave, and even simple biblical doctrines....they are an embarrassment to any old timer..

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  smiddy

  A Believer do you have access to the " Kingdom Interlinear of The Christian Greek Scriptures" a word for word translation published by the WTB&TS ? from greek to English ?

  If not seek one out , nowhere in the Greek text translated into English is the Tetragrammaton or an equivalent four Greek letters substituting for the Divine name.

  So what that should tell you quite plainly is that the name Jehovah or even Yahweh does not belong in the Christian greek Scriptures /New Testament.

  Also the first edition of the book" Aid To Bible Understanding" admitted that the name Jehovah was not the proper name for God , that it was probably more likely Yahweh .

  The reason they gave for setling on the name Jehovah was because it was the most popular name in use at that time

  So , on the one hand they say that christendom tries to hide the name and on the other hand they say it was the most popular name in use in Christendom ? Which is it ?

  Also Catholic Bibles such as the Knox Translation consistently use the name Yahweh throughout the Old Testament and not just in a few texts.

  Keep searching and researching A Believer

  I wish you well on your journey.

  Those days are gone when we relished a scriptual discussion with a householder ,the current JW has no desire to do so has been my experience.
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  Update on my fade.

  by LogansRun in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks, i have not commented for awhile but i do stop by a few times a week to catch up and see whats new.

  i also find the advice given to others is at times helpful to me also...now about my fade no meetings, service or any contact in over 3 months but they keep trying to call and at first they would leave a message on my voicemail but now they just keep hanging up and i know its them (i screen all of my calls).

  recently they stopped by (in the evening) and buzzed me and thankfully no one let them in, i live in a locked secure building.

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  Hang in their buddy the longer the fade the easier it gets for you to mentally disassociate yourself from this mind controlling excuse of a religion.
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  cleveland ohio CA results

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1350 in attendance 5 kids baptised.

  an astonishing growth of 0.3 percent.

  the org charged $13,000 for the wonderful program!.

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  Welcome A Believer,glad to have you on board stick around here and I guarantee you will learn more about Jehovahs Witnesses than you will ever get from attending KH meetings or WT studies.
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  How many times did you see a JW start a business

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the intention of spending less time working and more time in f.s i saw this many times.

  an ex c.o started a carpet cleaning business with the charter being spending less time working more time in f.s.

  he has long since passed away and the company is now huge being the major player in flood resteration and employing 100's of people one of the owners i spoke to recently was sick due to using to many chemicals but carries on becouse he loves the money even though he's worth millions.

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  A few brothers were in the building industry self employed as were a couple in the plastering and painting in the building game and all self employed .

  Their was also a couple who ran a beauty salon specialising in hair removal using electrolosis that my wife believed was a bit of a con and she opted out of it.

  A brother Elder was also in the cabinet making business self employed and hired young bros, including my son which I was grateful for at the time when he left school.

  I think this was an exceptional area in S.E.Qland where a lot of the bros.were in one way or another connected to the building industry.
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  Malicious Content on Web Servers

  by TD in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  i hope nobody would fall for this.

  not sure what can be done though.... .

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  We have noticed that their is a delay when picking up the phone and answering it then a person speaks with a heavy accent that is when we put the phone down.
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  Showing Kindness To Strangers

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i feel pretty foolish after reading the drivel in today's wt.

  here i was operating under the impression that showing kindness to strangers was something that one did unselfishly.

  boy was i wrong!

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  Do you notice that the WT actually have to tell people to be welcoming and loving even when it is to their own KH ?

  As scratchme1010 said, what does that tell you about the mentality of these people ?

  The JW religion sucks the natural affection / the soul out of their members.and they become robots obeying every dictate that comes from JW.ORG losing all their individuality that Jehovah gave them with a brain they were supposed to use for themselves.
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  792 baptized this weekend at one convention

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at a 3-day convention in nairobi, kenya this week 12-2-16 through 12-4-16, they had 70,000+ attendance, and there were 792 baptized (i presume the baptism was yesterday).

  i was amazed to hear this; i guess now we know where the wt's growth is coming from..

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  Kenya was one of the Country`s that was held up as an example of phenomenal growth over 30 years ago in the yearbook .

  And it is still attracting such growth ?

  I`m amazed that the country isn`t Gods established Kingdom on Earth a true Theocracy., surely there shouldnt be a worldly person living their now.
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  I think my house is haunted

  by Steel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  things seem to go bump in the night.

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  any idea if i should talk to the elder or what they would say?.

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  I knew a sister who was convinced she was being sexually abused by the Demons , thats what she told the Elders.

  And one of the Elders was convinced this was true.
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  Mandatory Reporting Laws in Canada - Child Abuse

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the issue of whether or not the elders have a duty to report is clear cut in canada.

  this will make it impossible for the wts to wriggle out of the wrongs that have been exposed in quebec recently.

  the elders in those situations have received their instructions from the wts lawyers and they have been advised wrongly.. for several years (can't remember when this was made law...years back), it has been mandatory for everyone in canada to report suspected cases of child abuse, which, naturally, include the sexual abuse of minors.

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  smiddy

  Mandatoy reporting in all Australian states of child sexual and other abuse would make life easier for the WTB&TS /Jehovahs Witnesses, Elders if and when it becomes law .

  In the meantime up until this year 2016 no such law has existed in all states of Australia. So for the past 100 + years in most states of Australia it is possible that child sexual abuse has been carried on in Jehavahs Witness congregations and been handled by Elders who have not gone to the relevant authorities but conducted in-house with the judicial committee of three male Elders.

  I wonder how many more victims are out their that have gone un detected and no one can speak up for them .