they may as well start with a collection plate if they are going to use guilt trips for more money , a corporation that brings in a billion dollars a year is not hurting for money , they compare themselves to the ancient israelites just like the MS religions do expecting 10 per cent . The first church only ran a charity for widows and orphans as the mortality rate was hight from the persecution , I remember the apostle John said to look after them > Jesus did tell the LF to sell everything they ownded and give gifts of mercy to the poor . This religion could not be expanding that fast since 7 million seems to be the number for the last decade and why would you build a church somewhere you know it's going to get burned down anyway? There just doesn't seem to be scriptural support for building churches , if people sold all they owned then they wouldn't even have property . Yet another rag not worth the time or effort printing , proof that they are wasting what they get anyway .
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 02-16-2014 WT Study (MAKE SACRIFICES)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 02-16-2014 wt study (december 15, 2013, pages 11-15 (make sacrifices).
review comments will be in black.
wt material from today's wt will be in a quote box.
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Curious change in December 15 Study Article
by Bobcat ini ran across a change between the printed edition of the december 15, 2013 wt study edition and the magazine as a pdf download from the jw.org website.. whether the change amounts to much, i'm not sure.
but it is curious.
the change is in paragraph 16 on page 15:.
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I can agree that the quick build construction is a good place to teach the young ones some skills but I don't get where this is some sort of service that jehovah has to approve of , do not neglect you family of course is the most important thing , I don't see anywhere in the NT that christians went and bought land to build churches on , instead they sold all their property , if they had anything more than they needed for a day they were considered greedy and bad association , just how this thing turns into what the WTBTS made it into is not in the bible .
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Doesn't the ARMAGEDDON teaching foster a MORBID view of the future?
by Black Man ineven when i was dyed-in-the-wool j-dub, i felt the armageddon teaching was one of the most morbid concepts to be hammered into the psyches of jws.
think about it, only jws would survive this catastrophe, which translates to roughly .001 percent of the population would survive while everyone else would die a horrible death.
that includes people who do good things and are good people, but are just not jws.
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If that's what you believe then , I think you were not understanding what it is about and they were'nt teaching it correctly . Revelation 16 is where the word appears and only 1 time , it appears to be a spiritual battle located on a fictional battle ground where the church and the state are stuggling over the preaching work and the state attacks the church . Not until 19 does anything really happen when jesus destroys all world governments but if we look at Daniel 11-12 you see why , it's because the king of north and south have all but destroyed the planet over global dominance ...IMO
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Victoria Australia, the FDS does not exist (eliciting gasps from the observers).
by confusedandalone incan someone please point me to anywhere that more information regartding this can be found.. i read a smidge about it in another post and would love to see if there is more info.
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that was interesting , the official transcript would be nice , They have been weilding this power over the church for some time now yet legally they don't exist , invisiblity can be a problem here , watch out for them hail stones as GOD will show you a thing or two about who exists ...
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The Paid Clergy of the WTBTS
by The Searcher indoes the wtbts of transylvania have a paid clergy?.
but do they lie about it and claim otherwise?
here are some of their falsehoods, imitating "the father of the lie" and his deceptive practices, to blind people's minds:.
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I know that's a lie fernando . The KH I attended would have the ministry school time to say they need money for projects or to pay the mortgage or the electric bill .. They even went so far at one meeting to turn off the power and cancel stating they needed money .. absolutely pathetic
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Poor, confused sheepies!
by stillin inas an actively inactive person who attends meetings pretty regularly, i have made an observation that would be comical if it weren't so pathetic.. between the watchtower study and the weekly bible study ( which is actually a book study, but don't tell anyone) i have noticed the witnesses being urged to have love among themselves and reach out to nes who may be weaker or having difficulties.
so, within the next week or two there is a general warming-up toward me, a friendly phone call from my assigned field service group overseer, a hike across the auditorium by the coboe to ask how i'm doing, etc.. then comes the wt article, now and then, that mentions how dangerous bad associations can be, even from among those in the congregation!
(gasp!
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Been there done that , got the T shirt . you make spiritual progress only if you agree with the WTBTS every bit , there's no room for debate , just sit there and tell them how greatful you are even if they make 180 degree changes in their stand on various topics and you were right to question it even if you did . I was told to start my own religion if I didn't toe the line ,, bunch of sick control freaks
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The Paid Clergy of the WTBTS
by The Searcher indoes the wtbts of transylvania have a paid clergy?.
but do they lie about it and claim otherwise?
here are some of their falsehoods, imitating "the father of the lie" and his deceptive practices, to blind people's minds:.
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they are pathetic , they take in about a billion dollars a year tax free but if you don't pay for your magazines you are the free loader ,, unbelievable
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How Do Cults Function, Interesting Article We Know Too Well.
by RottenRiley ini thought this artice might be a good read for our friends on jwn, do you see any of the tactics used by the watchtower?
good day!.
..... cults, wonderful on the outside but on the inside are very manipulating.
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I like the part where they say they are not a cult ... geez who admits it? THey are all cults , the domocrat and repubublican parties are cults
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I remember they started it in public schools and yes I got the flu but not sure if the shot or some idiot thought the shot was going to help and showed up after already sick ...I don't think it was kinder or milder than any flu I ever had
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How many have been the FDS in the whole history of the world ?
by scary21 inwith the jw crazy new light, they must now believe that only 20-30 men in the whole history of mankind fill that role.
rutherford would be first, then knorr.
after them there were what eighteen on the gb?
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think that's about right if even they consider themselves the FDS . Thought they stated there was no tribulation and the FDS shows up during it , which makes the whole thing a fraud , I think there has been serious tribulation myself , just because we live in a country where there is food and water doesn't mean others aren't going without and the constant wars raging everywhere , a horrible state of affairs , almost as bad as a zombie appocolyse in some countries .....