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  New Convention Song “ It Will Not Be Late”

  by BluesBrother in

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  this made me chuckle.

  a new song that they are encouraged to practice for the convention.. “ we know your day will come, sure as the rising sun.

  no matter how long it takes , it will not be late” …………... it is based on habakkuk 2 , we discussed this in depth around 1973/1974.

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  Beth Sarim

  ""Time"" is in fact the Borg's worst enemy.

  Other than itself.
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  Advice to reduce hours earn less and spend more time on the ministry

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  2. beliefs

  the advice to reduce work and earn less to spend more time preaching has not aged well.. the cost of living crisis means many have more going out on necessities than they have coming in.. so many asked their employer to reduce their hours and refused promotion only to see their colleagues go up the ladder when they stayed lowly position with rubbish jobs thinking the end will be here soon.

  next week midweek meeting is all about preparing for an economic crisis.. they say have a go bag and new advice for all jws to store food and water at home and grow a vegetable garden, i kid you not.

  this is the new direction..

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  Beth Sarim

  With these "go bags" ,,,you just wonder where exactly they have in mind """to go""🙄
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  Weasel Word Phrase--The Bible Does Not Say...but

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  the bible does not say—the weasel word phrase that bugs me the most.

  note that though the wts says this, it then proceeds to add :.

  after jesus’ birth, why did joseph and mary remain in bethlehem instead of returning home to nazareth?.

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  Beth Sarim

  Questioning ""could"" be causing divisions
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  TV report-May 3, 2023-The Pa. grand jury investigation into alleged cover-up of child sex abuse within Jehovah's Witnesses

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3q289vwok.

  the link is to the tv report - may 3, 2023. .

  below is a transcript of the tv report.. a pennsylvania grand jury has recently brought child sexual abuse charges against nine men—all jehovah’s witnesses—in what some are calling the most extensive investigation into the group in history.

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  Beth Sarim

  Thanks for the information
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  WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES

  by blondie in

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  "a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.

  “words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].

  intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].

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  Beth Sarim

  Yeah, cuz their is no viable source
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and Mental Health

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

  this psychiatrist makes sense to me.. https://youtu.be/l5wcqc6m-gi.

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  Beth Sarim

  "Dubbie disease""....too funny.🤣
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  Do Your Own Research.

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there were several times when i was inside the congregation that i met up with a problem in my life and on mentioning it at a group i would be told to do my own research about it.. of course, they didn't mean for me to research worldly material for the answer but to use the wt indexes and look into the wt society magazines.. it was only when i started to do my own research outside of the wt that i began to see the limited scope of the society's magazines as all problems usually fell into the category of 1. read the bible, attend meetings, go out on the work, and pray; or 2. this isn't going to be fixed now but in the new world god will sort it out and the former things (what you are suffering from now) will not be called to mind.. i wonder how many people still in are struggling and are not being encouraged to research away from the organisation where they would receive practical and valuable advice?.

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  Beth Sarim

  ""The greatest revenge is living a happy & Successful life""

  There is no other way to put that. Spot on!! 100%
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and Mental Health

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this psychiatrist makes sense to me.. https://youtu.be/l5wcqc6m-gi.

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  Beth Sarim

  Yes the Borg smells out those with mental problems and exploits them.
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  JWs Still Attending on Zoom

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  another topic based on a conversation with a friend living near warwick (i talked to him over the weekend).

  he said that cong's in and around bethel, including his, are slowly starting to see an uptick with people attending in person his cong is pretty much 75%+ in person.

  however there are many that still use zoom as a fall back.

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  Beth Sarim

  ""According to my buddy thats what is kind of happening already.. so not sure what their next step is""

  Probably closing their KH and making them drive inconveniently further.
  
  
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  Acts 15:29 - "keep abstaining from blood"

  by aqwsed12345 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for a christian, only the moral commandments of the old testament are binding (as they cannot change), but the various liturgical, social, and other so-called casuistic laws no longer apply to them.

  this includes dietary habits, such as the prohibition of pork or fat, as well as the prohibition of blood.. take a look at the following verses: mt 15:11, mk 7:15-19, acts 11:7-9, 1 tim 4:3-5.. the jehovah's witnesses say that, yes, but in the acts of the apostles (15) the consumption of blood, idol meat, and strangled animals is also prohibited, meaning the new testament still forbids it.

  for catholics, the council of florence settled this issue, stating that this apostolic regulation was only a temporary measure to facilitate agreement between jews and gentiles in the early church.

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  Beth Sarim

  WT studies a truly make someone gag, sick to the stomach.

  You hear comments like ''we don't want to be overbearing with rules and commands'', or ''jeopardize someone's health and safety''.

  Yet, they have an entire WT about adhering to a deadly blood policy including using liason committee elders to enforce this with possible resulting in a disfellowshipping if someone takes a transfusion.

  Just doesn't make sense.