Topics Started by elderelite

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Petition: Tell Museums to Stop Hiding Watchtower's Past
by rebel8 in
1. jw
2. friends
please sign this petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/watchtower-hitler/ .

tell holocaust memorial museums all over the world they should stop hiding the truth about the watchtower societys decades-long anti-semitic/pro-hitler stance.

while individual jehovahs witnesses were suffering at the hands of the nazis, its mother organization was outspokenly supporting hitler and demeaning jews.
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When Elder's Fade
by zack in
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2. friends
as a publisher, still buying the wt line that they were god's sole channel and any problems, doubts, etc... i had were all a product of my own lack of.

wisdom and or humility or failure of application, i would be shocked and puzzled at how long-time elders would resign and then fade away.

i would wonder: what could have happened.
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Rutherford's wife, why the info blackout?
by VM44 in
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2. friends
rutherford ruled the watchtower organization from 1916 to 1942, traveled extensively, had several residences, most notably, beth sarim.

but absent always was his wife, mary, not to mention his son, malcolm as well.. ok, rutherford was so well known, why did no one inquire about his son and wife?.

when rutherford resided at beth sarim in san diego, why was his wife not there with him?
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MY CONSULTING TRIP TO BETHEL (starting over) PART 6
by seven006 in
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2. friends
within a few weeks i leased a condo on the banks of the willamette river just out side the city of portland.

as she got into her car she looked at me funny again, laughed and just shook her head.. .

i told him that if i said i was sorry, i knew that is what they wanted to hear but it was not the truth.
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WT article on Esther: dead wrong.
by JeffT in
1. watchtower
2. bible
a few weeks ago the pastor at our church gave the sermon from the book of esther.

this sparked some old wt memories.

i looked through my old bound volumes and found this gem of misguided scholarship from the writing department.
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Twas the night before Ramadan
by TweetieBird in
1. social
2. humour
"twas the night before ramadan" .

by mullah mohammed omar.

twas the night before ramadan, and all through the cave.
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How long have you been kissing Hank?
by messenger in
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2. friends
john:.

mary:.

john:.
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Perversion of Baptismal Vows
by AlanF in
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2. friends
an appendix in the book contains some 120 questions along with hundreds of scriptural "proof texts" that the proselyte is then expected to study.

12 jesus commanded his followers to baptize new disciples in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit.

the following quotation shows what the proselyte is expected to study just prior to baptism:.
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"He who loves me will OBEY my commandments...
by AGuest in
1. watchtower
2. bible
to the household of god, israel, that is on jw.com, and all those who 'got with' them:.

may you have peace!.

because israel has, at this 'season' fallen asleep with regard to many 'things' that our lord, the son of god, jah-eshua mischa-jah ("jah saves"; messiah - "chosen of jah"), 'commanded' us to teach others (matthew 28:20), i am compelled by the spirit of my father, the holy one of israel, jah of armies (psalm 68:4), that is in me, by means of my lord, to remind israel of one of such commandments.. on the night that he was put to death in the flesh, our lord gave a commandment, to which he stated "keep doing this in remembrance of me.
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Blood Transfusion?
by Friend in
1. watchtower
2. bible
considering the latest questions from readers article on blood transfusion, i was wondering what the feelings are among this forums participants about blood transfusion.

over the years the society has been receiving a growing amount of letters on the subject of blood and blood transfusion.

any interesting biblical perspectives here about whether "abstain from blood" means abstain from blood transfusion?