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  The Genesis 3:15 woman.

  by Fisherman in

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  genesis 3:15 says that the woman’s seed would be in enmity with the serpent’s seed.

  although the bible reveals that the woman’s seed is jesus and christians that go to heaven with christ, it does not identify the woman directly.

  we at jw believe that the woman is symbolic.

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  What if the woman is simply Eve?

  "All in all, the term “the woman” is used nine times in this chapter. There can be no doubt from the context that its use from verses 1 to 14 and then again in verse 16 applies to Eve. Does it seem reasonable then that God would inexplicably change its use in verse 15 to refer to some hitherto undisclosed metaphorical ‘woman’? Luther, the Pope, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and others, would have us believe so, since there is no other way for them to weave their personal interpretation into the narrative. Are any of them right to expect this of us?"

  Quoted from this article: https://beroeans.net/2016/08/18/salvation-part-3-the-seed/
  
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  Marc O'Donell's statement: Lloyd and the conflict of Interest

  by Diogenesister in

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  as expected from a man who prioritizes the most vulnerable members of our community, marc has made a sober statement that explains why there's a deep conflict of interest between lloyds recent behaviour and the work they do at jw watch.

  you can read it here:.

  public statement of mark o’donnell.

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  Nostromo

  Germany is not the only country in Europe where the age of consent is so low, there are about 15 more. I have never understood this.

  https://www.ageofconsent.net/continent/europe
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  Nostromo

  ^ I believe there were two 14-year-old girls in Marko's story and only one of them was a witness.
  
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  Bit cut from annual meeting

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone have access to the leaked copy of the annual meeting?

  because on part 2 (released as the feb. 2022 monthly program) there is a piece cut out at the 1:30:20 mark..

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  Nostromo

  Mark Martin made a video about this:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEgFAfkWa8I
  

  And here are the removed parts separately:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLbw-rOecYI

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJir1NODEJE
  
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  Annual Meeting

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my uber cousin and wife are going back to wallkill this weekend for the annual meeting since they have a daughter and son in law in the inner sanctum so they are always invited.

  cousin said it was going to be broadcast from patterson to wallkill.

  anyone hear anything else about subject matter etc?.

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  Nostromo

  I believe its the Gilead graduation this weekend, not the annual meeting.
  
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  Latest on Greg Stafford

  by Nitty-Gritty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for all those who know who greg stafford is/was.

  the former "apostate/apologist and author of three dissertations and other books, is on page 2 of the march 2016 meeting work book.

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-meeting-workbook/march-2016-mwb/meeting-schedule-mar7-13/welcome-memorial-guests/.

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  I wonder what this is all about.... has Greg lost his mind? His videos have changed lately, they used to be daily texts from the Bible but now there has been videos about hidden symbols in Hollywood movies. And now this?
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP5OaUjViKU
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  Latest on Greg Stafford

  by Nitty-Gritty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for all those who know who greg stafford is/was.

  the former "apostate/apologist and author of three dissertations and other books, is on page 2 of the march 2016 meeting work book.

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-meeting-workbook/march-2016-mwb/meeting-schedule-mar7-13/welcome-memorial-guests/.

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  Here is Greg's new youtube channel

  https://youtu.be/x716N8ltvdo
  
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  a young 14 year old girl was disfellowshipped in my former congregation last week

  by alexandre in

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  2. bible

  a baptized girl from my former cong.

  was expelled out because she participated in more than one porn videos with classmates in the school and theses videos became public.

  she is 14 years old and grew up as witnesses.but anybody knows she had many boyfriends and she-, but that thing was unbelievable!

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  ""Porn video" and "14 years old" adds up to "criminal activity".
  The 14 year old is the victim of a crime - whoever was making those videos ought to go to prison for a long, long time."
  
  The problem is that that this whoever might well have been some of her 14-year-old friends or even herself. Often teenagers make these videos or take pictures when they are drunk and therefore do stupid things; they regret what they did afterwards but it's too late then and the material is all over the net if they sent them to their friends. This phenomena is such a mess caused by the entertainment industry which is all about sex sex sex and pop stars who act like porn stars and are awful role models to teenagers.

  A good point j dubb, prisons would be full of teenagers who do this.
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  a young 14 year old girl was disfellowshipped in my former congregation last week

  by alexandre in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a baptized girl from my former cong.

  was expelled out because she participated in more than one porn videos with classmates in the school and theses videos became public.

  she is 14 years old and grew up as witnesses.but anybody knows she had many boyfriends and she-, but that thing was unbelievable!

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  With all the webcams and smartphones it is so easy to make one stupid mistake when you are young and then it's all over the net and stays there forever. It's the rotten, dark side of the internet. She needs help and support, not shunning. Some teenagers have killed themselves because something like this. Don't the elders know that??
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  How many of the GB helpers are "anointed"?

  by Nostromo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  according to this list there are 29 helpers at the moment: https://jwleaks.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/jehovahs-witnesses-governing-body-committees.jpg.

  i wonder how many of these are "anointed"?

  all the current seven gb members were helpers first and then appointed to be gb members.

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  According to this list there are 29 helpers at the moment: https://jwleaks.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/jehovahs-witnesses-governing-body-committees.jpg

  I wonder how many of these are "anointed"? All the current seven GB members were helpers first and then appointed to be GB members. So if some of the current helpers are anointed, why don't they appoint them? At least Malenfant is anointed according to this forum. Would be interesting to know whether there are others than him. Does anyone know?