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  Today's Text - Justifying The Increase Of Annointed Ones!

  by Divergent in

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  thursday, august 31. jehovah knows those who belong to him.—2 tim.

  2:19.. in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christ’s death.

  that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.

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  why don't they just say the increase has taken place from the very year we changed the doctrine to allow people born after 1935 to be anointed.

  All they have to do to stop it is close the door again LoL!!
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  in retrospect: RBCs vs LDCs / the hype about a lot of new construction and subsequent abrupt halt to construction

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so, now that some time has passed, i’d like some input/thoughts/analysis/etc.

  on the jw construction situation in the last few years.. first, why did they discontinue the rbc arrangement and institute the ldc arrangement?

  was it for more and/or better control?

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  oh Morpheus what can I say?

  It's heartbreaking.

  Thank goodness good brother Smith kindly left the beautiful park to the community.....for generations of family's to enjoy the only paradise they Will ever know, and didn't trust the wtbts to manage THAT.

  I can't imagine a modern dub being so generous to 'worldly' spawn of satan , or having the independence of mind to donate to the local cong and people, instead of the wtbts.
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  Of hurricanes and 9/11

  by zeb in

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  a poster commenting on the houston sit and closed kh's made reference to '9/11' referring to the failure of the wt/bethel to offer first aid support to people fleeing from the crashes.. could someone enlighten me please..

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  If I remember there was a posting by an ex-Bethelite about this. It was something to do with going to help.

  The Bethelites wanted to but we're initially forbidden. Later management changed their minds and allowed bethelites to go help with, please don't quote me, either being medics or searching the rubble? Honestly can't remember.
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  Hurricane Harvey JW Victims - Keep trusting in Jehovah’s loving arm of support.

  by Funchback in

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  2. current

  not a peep about all victims, not even a prayer for them.

  only pray for jws.

  and who or what is jehovah's loving arm of support?

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  we give any support to these people we will be helping Satans people

  THIS SUMS UP THAT ROTTON EXCUSE FOR A RELIGION SMIDDY

  ps sorry for caps Lol
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  How to disorder a JW (family) chat

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we all know the moment that a nice family chat is moving to the propaganda game.. sister in law saying that jw.org is the highest ranked website, cousing saying that the new hq is energy neutral, aunt stating that jw have the best education.... what can we say on these moments?.

  that br splane just likes these new light ideas?.

  that a jw.org video stated that jw use the name jehovah because people recognize this name?.

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  Sister-in-law: "Yes".....
  
  Alexa (an Amazon.com company)
  

  https://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity

  No.1 - JW.org
  

  Remember Jw's have ONE website - ALL other religions, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists have thousands a piece. And it's not unity, the reason you have one, its the high control that doesn't allow for any other. ... total control = cult

  So put that in yer pipe an shmoke it Auntie!
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  I'm a bit worried about god!

  by punkofnice in

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  2. humour

  it's true.

  i'm a bit worried about god.. he seems to be doing some quite silly and frankly, insane things to prove he exists.. some bloke found words from the quran in a tomato.. jesus keeps appearing in toast and cats bums.. i'm worried about god.

  i think he's gone a bit didlow..

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  Punky wish I could give a super-likey for

  a)the post

  b)the toast

  c)the yummy recipeeee
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  Clapping and singing in Conventions... like the evangelicals??

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  https://www.facebook.com/traslapados/videos/1470101566382318/?hc_ref=otherwhat do you think of this video?.

  do you think they're imitating evangelicals?is this happening in other places?

  ?.

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  Toes up...that guy and gal doing the twist @the Georgia convention.

  We were told " the Twist" was an ancient FERTILITY dance!! It was way off limits for us! ( I'm sure that's in an old Watchtower)
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  why jw's commit suicide?

  by notalone in

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  2. friends

  we all know the rate of suicide is high among jw's.

  my question is this- was there some subliminal messages that encourage this.

  i was a born in and my entire life i would have these thoughts that could come out of nowhere,"kill yourself.

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  MOrpheus @diog- you say things have gotten worse since my day.... out of curiosity, when do you think "my day" was....?

  Sorry Morph, just seen it.

  I thought you posted a photo in flippers photo thread....I'd say the 1930s -40s?

  😂😂😂 Good call I have no idea. Point taken!
  
  
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  Let's talk about Blood again....

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i know we have all talked about this topic before, but for some new ones on the forum, or to refresh ourselves, i wanted to start this thread.. the society likes to go on about the sacredness of blood, and how it should not be transfused etc.. they liken it to a symbol of life itself.

  something that should be respected and therefore not transfused.. but, what is more important: real life, or a symbol of life?.

  an illustration came to mind.. if we give a bunch of flowers to a loved one as a symbol of our love for them, are those flowers more important than the love itself?

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  The novice bible theologians namely F Franz screwed this up which costed thousands of human lives,

  I'm surprised, I thought it was Rutherford, did Franz advise him?

  ironsnake 656 animist

  The ancient Isrealites fetish with blood and "nephesh" or "spirit" has always reminded me of the animist tribesmen who thank the spirit of the animal they hunt and kill for giving it's "spirit" - or life - to preserve their (the hunters) life.

  You can see the connection there, the ritual probably evolved from this idea.
  
  
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  Blood Transfusions are Biblically Supported

  by allpoweredup in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  to jehovah's witnesses elders: blood transfusions are biblically supported: acts 15:20 says abstain from blood but 1 samuel 14:32-5 says saul's army ate unbled meat to not starve and no verses show god not forgiving them.

  christ says god also forgave david's eating temple holy bread to survive and that god wants mercy not sacrifice.

  (mt 12) the may 22, 1994 awake tells of 26 jehovah's witness kids who died without transfusions, and by common sense in massive bleeding as in car wrecks blood expanders won't save lives http://www.ajwrb.org.

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  Actually Fishy does make one good point with his Watchtower post stating autologous blood is between Jehovah and the publisher.

  I wish more pregnant jw moms would see it, and store some of their own blood for emergencies. This at least would be a start, and save many lives. It might be worth Obstectric medics having a copy of that watchtower to hand!