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  Observation on the external appearance of Kingdom Halls (or are they JW.ORG facilities?)

  by sd-7 in

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  2. beliefs

  i happened to be picking up the family from the kingdom hall today, and it struck me how the outside appearance has changed a little.

  i know it's not new, but perhaps being away from it all for so long made a difference.. of course i noticed the blue jw.org box on the side labeled "kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses", but it was two things that stood out to me.

  the first thing was the meeting times.

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  I'm late to the party on this Gog of Magog change...

  by sd-7 in

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  2. bible

  so this may 2015 study edition...i know you guys have talked about it already, but wow.

  this is classic.

  mostly i like to revel in the presentation of these changes.

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  Today's text--Jehovah, the 'Impartial' God

  by sd-7 in

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  2. bible

  "jehovah your god...treats none with partiality."--deut.

  10:17.. "impartiality is one of jehovah's endearing qualities.

  " <--yes, between that and his tendency towards genocidal warfare, i don't know what makes me love him more.

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  Today's Text: Nothing is permanent--especially not real estate, know what I mean?

  by sd-7 in

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  2. bible

  "do not be loving the world or the things in the world.

  "--1 john 2:15. wt comments: "satan's system seems to be permanent and real.

  nevertheless, one day it will come to an end.

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  Today's text--James Brother in...The Bible Is Not Enough

  by sd-7 in

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  2. bible

  wt comments, 4/29/15: .

  "does this mean that as long as there is no clearly stated law from god, we can just follow the ways and standards that we are brought up with and that are common in our area?...

  [quoted prov.

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  News Article from The Atlantic about the Health Effects of Leaving Religion (Mentions JWs)

  by sd-7 in

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  2. current

  http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-health-effects-of-leaving-religion/379651/.

  a particularly curious quote was:.

  the most mainstream research on this is a 2010 study out of pennsylvania state university, which examined data from 1972 to 2006. the study showed that 20 percent of people who have left religion report being in excellent health, versus 40 percent of people currently part of strict religious groups (such as jehovahs witnesses and latter-day saints) and 25 percent of people who switched from a strict religion to a more lenient religion.

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  Thoughts on the new 'God's Kingdom Rules!' book

  by sd-7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was feeling a little melancholy earlier this week and i decided to start reading wt literature again, just to see what was new and improved.

  and it seems that, as has consistently been the case, the more i read of the literature, the more i see that i made the right choice to leave.. the first chapter goes into explaining what the kingdom is, then it looks like they must've essentially cut and pasted from the recent wt study articles about the 'harvest' illustration and about the two groups of anointed = one generation, but there's a third group of anointed who aren't part of 'this generation' (but, i imagine, probably will be someday, i mean, if two groups decades apart in age can be part of one generation, why not three?).

  it's interesting, looking at it again after all this time.

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  Interesting experience at work re: convention invite

  by sd-7 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, a guy i know and would sometimes chat with briefly at work came to me recently.

  he said he'd been invited by his neighbor to attend the upcoming jw convention.

  apparently, he had heard that i used to be a jw and wanted to get my thoughts about whether he should go.

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  The Beast-Tower #11: God's View of Trolling

  by sd-7 in

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  2. friends

  "did god really say that you must not eat from every tree of the garden?

  " with those words, satan the devil became the first troll.

  (gen. 3:1) what is trolling?

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  4th Annual Memorial of Freedom

  by sd-7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear false brothers and fellow servants of satan:.

  this is to inform you that the 4th annual memorial of freedom will be held next monday, april 14th, at sundown.

  please make arrangements to bring your own emblems--chocolate milk and pop tarts, or else some other food and beverage or "down, right strong punch" combo of your personal choice.

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