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  No More Life Story

  by Farkel in

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  for reasons i've stated in the window washers thread, i will not write and post any more about my life as a jw.. thank you, "yesidid.

  " you're a real gem.. farkel.

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  pirata

  @FARKEL, if you do not continue your store I am going to restore the life force of Leo Greenless and Edward Chitty and send them after you.
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  ADAM AND EVE CREATED SAME YEAR says Jehovah's channel:

  by garybuss in

  1. watchtower
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  adam and eve created same year says jehovah's channel:.

  insight book #1 p. 772 eve .

  when adam was 130 years old, eve gave birth to a son whom she called seth, saying: "god has appointed another seed in place of abel, because cain killed him.

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  So Adam has been alone 35 years naming frickin animals? BULLCRAP!

  Good thing he didn't know that 35 years of naming went down the drain when all the animal kind variants got wiped out in the flood.
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  HELP I need activation

  by GrandmaJones in

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  hi im grandmajones grandson and would really like to be a member here but my account hasnt been activated i was wondering if there was something i needed to do?

  my screen name i made was revolutionary rebel.

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  From what I remember, the accounts are activated by the admins, it is done in batches every few days.
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  misquotes, misquoted & misquoting

  by SpiceItUp in

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  can anyone give me some good examples of the wt misquoting scientists/historians etc??

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  Excellent List. Lady Lee, thanks for compiling!

  RunningMan, if you're still reading this, thanks for your research!
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  Matthew 24:14

  by FrankWTower in

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  i don't know if you've read anything like this before, but i'd like to share anyway.

  as you know, we hear time and time again how we've preached pretty much in every country on earth (with a few exceptions for safety reasons).

  well, maybe we have, but that doesn't mean we've reached even half of the people on earth.

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  you'll hear JWs throwing around the "reading the hearts" crap if there is a non-JW in their presence, etc.

  Very true. The public explanation at jw-media.org certainly does give that impression (http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article32.htm). SImilar responses given at the door and in courts.

  Do you believe that you are the only ones who will be saved?

  No. Many millions who have lived in centuries past and who were not Jehovah’s Witnesses will come back in a resurrection and have an opportunity for life. Many now living may yet take a stand for truth and righteousness before God’s time of judgment, and they will gain salvation. Moreover, Jesus said that we should not be judging one another. Humans look at the outward appearance; God looks at the heart. He sees accurately and judges mercifully. God has committed judgment into Jesus’ hands, not ours.—Matthew 7:1-5; John 5:22, 27.
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  Matthew 24:14

  by FrankWTower in

  1. jw
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  i don't know if you've read anything like this before, but i'd like to share anyway.

  as you know, we hear time and time again how we've preached pretty much in every country on earth (with a few exceptions for safety reasons).

  well, maybe we have, but that doesn't mean we've reached even half of the people on earth.

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  pirata

  The official teaching on "what about countries were the majority have not heard?" (which, as far as I know, has not changed since then) :

  *** w52 6/1 pp. 344-345 Fixing Destinies in This Judgment Period ***
  COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY
  13 In view of the eternalness of the destruction of those slain by
  Jehovah at Armageddon, some will ask about those who may not
  personally hear the message, especially in some lands that prohibit
  the witness work. In addition to family responsibility the Bible shows
  a communal or community responsibility, where a community upholds or
  goes along with rulers that persecute Jehovah’s people or are
  otherwise wicked. Did not the Egyptians suffer plagues because of
  Pharaoh’s hardness? (Ex. 5:1, 2; 9:13-16) Did not the Amalekites
  suffer for generations afterward because of Amalek’s opposition to
  Israel in the wilderness? (Ex. 17:8, 14, 16) King Saul brought trouble
  on Israel years after his death. (2 Sam. 21:1) David’s sins brought
  punishment upon the people. (2 Sam. 12:10-23; 24:10-17) Some relate
  some of this to ruler punishment rather than community responsibility,
  but it does show how the sins of one can affect many. It was
  unquestionably community responsibility when Achan trespassed and
  brought a military defeat on Israel. (Josh. 7:5, 13-21) Wicked men
  brought destruction upon the entire city of Gibeah, and those who
  supported Gibeah or merely refrained from helping punish her suffered
  with her. (Judg. 19:22-30; 20:40; 21:9, 10) Because King Jehoram of
  Judah deflected from God the nation went wrong and was punished. (2
  Chron. 21:11-15) If idolatry started in a city in Israel and corrupted
  the inhabitants the city was destroyed. And other examples could be
  given. (Gen. 12:17; 20:9, 17; 26:10; Deut. 13:12-18) Matthew 10:14,
  15, 23 shows households or cities that are unreceptive to the message
  will find judgment day unendurable. The principle applies on a
  national scale also.
  14 The people must accept responsibility for the nation’s acts. If the
  government becomes too oppressive against them they oust it, by either
  ballots or bullets. But wickedness against God they placidly tolerate.
  To them personal convenience and liberty are more precious than
  godliness. They revolt from harsh rulers, but support godless ones.
  They lack the burning love for righteousness and the devouring hate
  for wickedness that would consume the corruption and immorality now
  rampant in all human governments. Rulers and ruled wallow in the
  trough of an international moral breakdown. (2 Tim. 3:1-5) Nations
  operate according to the principle of community responsibility. Rulers
  may start wars, but the people fight them. It is upon the people
  generally, young and old, male and female, that the enemy nation rains
  destruction, and not upon the wicked rulers. The nations in their wars
  sow death on the basis of community responsibility. Will it not be
  just for them to reap it on the same basis at Armageddon? Can they
  rightly complain if they reap as they sow, are judged as they judged,
  are shown the same mercy they showed? If the people either actively or
  passively support what is corrupt and immoral and murderous, do they
  not bear some responsibility therefor?—Matt. 5:7; 7:1, 2; Gal. 6:7;
  Jas. 2:13.
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  Matthew 24:14

  by FrankWTower in

  1. jw
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  i don't know if you've read anything like this before, but i'd like to share anyway.

  as you know, we hear time and time again how we've preached pretty much in every country on earth (with a few exceptions for safety reasons).

  well, maybe we have, but that doesn't mean we've reached even half of the people on earth.

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  pirata

  At least if they never hear it, they might be spared.

  Not entirely true. The official teaching is that ONLY those who actively support the annointed will be saved.

  However, if they did before the great tribulation begins, then God will read their heart as you stated and they might have a chance in the resurrection.

  At least that's the 'official' teaching.
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  Window Washers

  by dontplaceliterature in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  question:.

  why do i see so frequently the witnesses referred to as "window washers" on here?

  i have been a witness (though only recently "conscious") for my whole life.

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  dontplaceliterature, which ones among those elders and servants pioneer?
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  Window Washers

  by dontplaceliterature in

  1. jw
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  question:.

  why do i see so frequently the witnesses referred to as "window washers" on here?

  i have been a witness (though only recently "conscious") for my whole life.

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  pirata

  I personally know a half-dozen JW window washers. They all went into the business because the money is decent, time is flexible, and you can be your own boss. Great for pioneering.

  When I was in the halls that had very few or no "bread-winner" poineers (ie. pioneers were all housewives), then there were few or no window washers.
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  Watchtower 1973 - "Scientific" article explains there were Dinosaurs on Noahs Ark! = College Education??!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this article must have been written by bethels most advanced scientific mind......this is why we need a college education.. .

  watchtower 1973 july 15 p.7 "question from readers.

  when did the dinosuars become extinct?

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  pirata

  Not to mention the rapid evolutionary development required to repopulate all the animal variants from just a "kind" of each animal.