Diogenesister

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  With these 2 long term building projects will it FINALLY wake up some jdub's?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the ramped up rhetoric the last few years many were totally convinced the end would be here by 2019-20 .

  and instead of making due, the org.

  has burdened the brothers once again to donate and volunteer for the new and improved patterson and video production center to be completed by 2026!

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  Diogenesister

  Every other building will be flattened. maybe some halls will survive

  What happened to moving to the holy city of Jerusalem

  When I was young we were taught/believed that nothing would survive of the old world including all the concrete Bethel building etc that these are eyesores that won't be around. Instead greenery and building our own wooden places would be the thing.

  When did they build this Patterson by the way, anyone know?(I live in the UK) I remember seeing that video of the farm in the mid nineties and being shocked at the scale.
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  What would happen if Jepthas daughter disobeyed and got married anyway?

  by nowawake14 in

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  2. friends

  would jehovah kill her?

  or would she be shunned by her religion as a whole?

  say anything you would think of..

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  If she had quickly married....

  She would have survived.

  She would have been the property of her husband and thus no one else would have the right to dispose of her AND...

  She would not have been a pure virgin (the REAL reason she was sacrificed), the 'first to see her father' was a later cover-up for child sacrifice. To appease the gods you offered your best and brightest, your most valuable.
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  Annual Mtg Points

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  matt 28: 19 is the year text.

  new understanding on joel ch 2 who are the locusts?.

  there is a new building addition to warwick in the works.

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  Diogenesister

  Er.....how on earth do they think they're going to use their audiovisual/ video/ broadcasting etc after the big A without

  Satellites

  Cables under the sea

  Power plants to make electricity

  An army of installation people for antennae and thousands of people making and managing servers.

  Most of the resurrected won't even know how to use a toaster
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  Cite one scripture in the N.T. that chargers Christians to be witnesses of / for Jehovah.....Not one.using K.I ./ WTB&TS

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  i think the wtb&ts publication titled "the kingdom interlinear of the christian greek scriptures" speaks for itself.. the word for word translation of the greek into english.. that publication does not even contain the name or word jehovah either in hebrew letters or greek letters anywhere in the word for word texts.. their is not one scripture in the n.t.

  where christians ,followers of jesus christ are instructed to be witnesses of jehovah ,however there are something like twenty scriptures that explicitly state followers of jesus christ are to be witnesses of, for, and about jesus...

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  One of the reasons they (cynically imho) took the opportunity, when they were creating another company, to call themselves "Christian Congregation of JW"
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  Trump Urges Ukraine and China To Investigate Joe Biden and His Son

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lol, president trump is clearly putting it out that he’s not too scared of impeachment..

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  He's looks out for himself, not his country. Peace out, Mr. Flipper

  Listen, I know next to nothing of the complexities of modern American politics.

  But this fact is blindingly obvious to anyone with any understanding of human character traits, character flaws, behaviour, empathy and understanding.

  This man cares nothing about the ordinary American person. The little people, the people who may be very intelligent but put family, community, creativity or integrity before riches and power. He esteems the elite of any nation before ma and pa American-just-getting-by.

  That man just doesn't fuck with the little people.

  Why WHY would you want such a person as your president?
  
  
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  News report - Montana Supreme Court Hearing: Silent No More: The Justices (Silent Part 4)

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.wlwt.com/article/silent-no-more-part-4-the-justices/29040023?fbclid=iwar1beverlfko8g4lz5hbsize6dl1b87ukfabevyv07iizgziawzq1gfvevu .

  silent no more: the justices.

  jehovah’s witnesses argue montana supreme court justices should overturn $35 million verdict—largest in u.s.. mark albert .

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  Vidiotthe insistence that the WTS is "God's Exclusive Earthly Organization" becomes increasingly undermined.

  And when that's eroded away...

  ...there's virtually zero incentive to stay.

  Absolutely. Simple as that. Reporter law or not they will not report for that simple reason. The parents fear DF for bringing reproach, brazen conduct or whatever the current buzz words are now. The elders fear going against direction because they will loose their position.

  Its just not a simple as going to Satan for help and ignoring gods direction for just this once
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  Post convention grumps..

  by zeb in

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  hm of you with a divided house have to put up with this?

  in this house its walking a mine field.. also our little cat has been gone for some 24 hours and her absence is also my fault apparently..

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  Snakes.....

  I saw a programme once where some vets in the USA carry out charity work fixing up of sadly euthanising the terribly mangled victims of cats, mainly birds. Apparently millions of birds a year are killed by more and more especially feral cats.

  My cat is an indoor cat on the advice of our local vet since we live near main roads. Your cat net thing sounds fantastic. We are lucky and have this kind of outdoor roof garden for our cat. Which is just as well since he’s a holy terror. A baby bird flew in to my bedroom window the other day and luckily landed on me briefly waking me up and I as able to wrestle the cat out of my room whilst my husband set the bird free. It was a damn close call and that bird was nearly a goner.

  I love cats but boy they do some damage to wildlife especially in New Zealand and places they were not native to.

  Zeb As to post convention blues, well I’d get sad in the past but it’s not very Christian to take it out on others imho. Is there no way of distracting her by going to some nice very unjw places such as museums etc?
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  Netflix “Explained: Cults”

  by Butterfly607 in

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  2. entertainment

  has anyone else seen the netflix documentary “explained: cults”?

  i thought it was well done.

  i feel like a jw might watch it and feel uncomfortable as the show goes through the definition of cults and then the step by step indoctrination process.

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  I heard that Jehovahs witnesses were briefly mentioned on a piece of text or a written list, which is interesting.

  Im definitely going to watch.
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  See you in a couple weeks

  by Biahi in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leaving today for rome, and then a mediterranean cruise.

  will not be online, i will miss you all.

  hopefully, when i get back, the wt will have declared bankruptcy.

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  Ooooo very jealous!! Can we have some wonderful scenic photos when you get back please?

  My son is going to Iceland with the school next year for Geography GCSE. Very exited for him.
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  Sex before marriage.

  by nicolaou in

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  2. relationships

  mrs nic' and i were 16 and 18 years old respectively when we first met at a circuit assembly in corby.

  three years later we were married.

  we've had a great time, we're very lucky but looking back i can see how crazy it is to put that pressure to marry on teenagers.

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  I agree with road to nowhere it’s not even the sex per sa, it’s the inability to get to know a prospective mate intimately AT ALL, even in the sense of spending time being physically close - whatever that means to any particular couple. Never mind having shared interests or things to talk about, even. Since you’re only allowed to be interested in Watchtower.

  its also incredibly damaging having to be a “narc” on your partner ie grassing them up for any perceived watchtower faux pas.