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  Pope Francis: All dogs go to heaven

  by NewYork44M in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i always wonders, and now i know.

  thank you pope francis.. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/world/europe/dogs-in-heaven-pope-leaves-pearly-gate-open-.html?action=click&contentcollection=sunday%20book%20review&module=mostemailed&version=fullion=marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article.

  does this include the dogs that end up on the dinner table in some cultures?

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  hoser

  This opens a whole can of worms. First of all do worms go to heaven? But seriously, if there is a dog heaven is there a cat hell?
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  This religion is about to be toast.

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the governing body is preparing to take a major hit.

  this recent watchtower shows it.

  not the new understandings, but the article on marriage.

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  hoser

  In the picture the bridesmaid in the center is not smiling. I wonder why?
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  Warwick, Class 5 Building project, Why?

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so what is a class 5 project?.

  it is one done to the highest standards.

  paint & drywall, fit and finish, of everything to perfection.

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  hoser

  they'd run me off the job in less than 10 minutes with my shitty work ethic guaranteed
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  What Was Your Body of Elders Like?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  were they pretty much a good group of men?

  we're they jerks?.

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  hoser

  The elder who is timid and can't say no is usually the secretary. If there is a pioneer elder he is the service overseer. The bully/ahole is usually the COBE.
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  What's next, Food Banks?

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just thinking, and speculating here.

  who would have even immagined a tv channel as a change.

  what could top that?.

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  hoser

  Food banks don't help pay multimillion dollar sexual abuse law suits, but your generous donations to the world wide work will be put to good use.
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  WT Society holds EXTREME Responsibility for 1975 and False Expectations

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  however- many jw's who have come into the jw organization from like 1985 forward virtually may have no knowledge of the wt society's 1975 debacle and false predictions of the end times or armageddon predictions.

  just like in in the book 1984 by george orwell the wt society has a way of not only erasing it's history so no newer witnesses will be aware of their false predictions, but also they are re-writing their history as if those false predictions never happened.. so for those of you here who may have never read or heard of how whipped up into an emotional frenzy witnesses were in the years just before 1975 by the wt society claiming the end was any day now- this threads for you.

  to see the pressure that was put on jw's by the wt society to get rid of everything before " armageddon " .

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  My mom lived through the whole thing and denies that the society ever mentioned anything about 1975
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  Hebrews 10:25

  by millie210 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was asked recently by a still in friend (it was meant sincerely not sarcastically).

  "but what do you do with that scripture so far as not attending meetings?".

  i typed hebrews 10:25 in to the search bar but didnt get much.. .

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  I am surprised that they never changed the wording for the new new world translation to "do not miss the meetings".

  The way to reason on this scripture is the word forsake. Do not forsake the gathering of yourselves together. The word forsake means to abandon completely. So if a person goes to say half the meetings has he forsaken the gathering of yourselves together. No.

  This scripture would apply if a person never, ever went to a meeting.
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  Elders removed in Northern PA. Congregation

  by ToesUp in

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  2. friends

  a close family member just informed me what happened during their last c.o.

  visit.

  this occurred 3 months ago.

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  hoser

  They probably didn't kiss the new co's a$$ or were thinking for themselves.
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  Has Anyone See The Giver, and If so, Do you Relate It to the Watch Tower?

  by jamiebowers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just watched it on dvd, and holy cow, i can see so many similarities to the watch tower!

  i don't want to give anythng away for those who would like to see it, but i really wish the way it ended was a possibility in watch tower world..

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  hoser

  I watched it with mrs hoser. It is worth watching. A lot of jw isms
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  New theory on GB or the mysterious people who profit from all the money going to the WT

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with all the money grabs and shady things going on, you wonder how can they actually believe they are representing god and even believe in god and still be doing these things.. then i thought, what if a trend started awhile back, people who gave up everything and got high in the org, but also since they got high up, they were privy and learned things that convinced them it was a lie.

  now if they remained believers, they may end up like ray franz, a true believer wouldn't want to deceive people seeking god, they would be afraid of god's wrath.. since as is shown on this board many also become athiests, some could have become so while still in and in high ranks.

  at this point they think of their options, a. leave, screwed, welfare, older they are the harder to adjust and everybody turns on them or b. kind of shady but the org and everyone put them in this position and they will turn on them in a heartbeat with no remorse so he is going to beat them to it and insure the rest of his/their lives are well taken care of and going to get rich off it.. so those higher ups who turn athiest opt for option b since they don't believe in any god and since the whole org will turn on them for disagreeing and not believing and leave them with nothing, they will instead keep working their way up, start companies for the things wt already buys, turn it into a big cash cow for themselves.

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  hoser

  I am highly suspicious that at the regional building committee level there were dishonest dealings and kickbacks going on. In one congregation where they did a refurbishment the initial estimate required specialized equipment that a brother happened to own to do foundation work. This would have added 50000 dollars to the cost of the project. the rbc told the congregation that if this foundation work wasnt done they wouldn't do the renovation.

  It it turned out that the congregation couldn't raise all the money and the brother sold his machine and the Reno went ahead anyway without the foundation repair.

  Another congregation was forced to upgrade their sound system to be in compliance with what other congregations had for the tune of 10 grand. Priced out on line the sound system is at the most 2000 dollars.

  Somebody is making money on some level.