The JW who understands the current doctrine and studies well enough to identify new light is either bat shit crazy or has already left the organization years ago. All the rest don't understand what they believe right now, and don't study well (or at all) and won't even notice that this is new light and can't compare it with their previous understanding because they never understood it anyway.
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Do You Think All This New Light Will Rattle Any Of The Witnesses?
by minimus inor do you think the sheeple will just follow the gb's words without question?.
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Forthcoming Kingdom Ministry School schedule and references
by cedars ini'm taking a break from jwn at the moment, but i thought i'd briefly jump back on to post some information that has been sent to me.. many of you will be aware that the governing body has somewhat hastily arranged another "kingdom ministry" school for the elders, and there has already been a degree of speculation on the forum as to what matters will be addressed at this meeting.. a friend has very kindly sent me the text of a letter to bodies of elders in britain which includes the meeting schedule as well as the reference material that elders are asked to bring along and "meditate" on beforehand.. here is the letter:.
to all bodies of elders .
re: kingdom ministry school.
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the-illuminator81
Much ado about the same old. Unless lovelingly assisting someone with pornography doesn't mean what i think it does..
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Jwfacts-- More Lies But This Time About The Great Crowd
by Recovery injwfacts has an article that explains why the great crowd must be in heaven.
i am also aware that many of these are the same arguments that stemmed from the 'awakenings at bethel' so my statements are not simply attacks of jwfact's character (since these arguments are probably not original) but rather his copy and paste of what others have said instead of verifying it as 'fact' for himself.. so here are jwfacts arguments:.
1. he shows that russell and rutherford (at some point) believed that the great crowd were in heaven.. 2. each term that describes the great crowd of revelation 7 is else used to described the anointed by the wt.
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Recovery, it's dangerous to think for yourself, and to admit that the WTS can make mistakes. Soon you will find yourself disfellowshipped or inactive. It happened to me!
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GB will do your research for you, just sit back and absorb
by irondork ini know a statement like this has appeared in the literature but i cannot find it.
searching this forum, i am unable to find a conversation on it.. .
it's out there somewhere.
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When reading the part where Andre explains how apostates are taking information out of context my hypocrisy-o-meter exploded. The WTS have taken quotemining and stretched it all the way into out-right lying and they dare to write something like that? Incredible.
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"Suggested" Donation when attending Circuit Assembly
by BluesBrother ini could have called this "fee now charged to go to circuit assembly" but i do not want to start rumours that go beyond what was actually said.
the k hall announcement encouraged attendance at the upcoming assembly day.
the elder then said that since the congregation no longer has to make a blanket donation to the assembly hall it is expected that the publishers remember their responsibility to maintain the costs.
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the-illuminator81
These 'suggestions' are also made here in the netherlands, where they read out the cost (incredibly high for just heating and light) and then simply divide it by the number of attendees and sum up how much every person should pay.
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Did Jesus shun the obstinately willful or incorrigible sinners?
by I_love_Jeff indid jesus shun the obstinately willful or incorrigible sinners?
a popular jw on yahoo answers is insisting that jesus shunned those types of sinners.
i do not recall jesus shunning anyone in his time.
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the-illuminator81
Jesus partied with the worst of sinners, it was his favorite passtime. Extortionists, prostitutes, those were the people Jesus liked to hang out with. He never shunned anyone.
No we have self-appointed apostle Paul to thank for that doctrine. Thanks Paul, for drowning humanity in 2000 years of misery.
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More Disclosure Stuff
by metatron inhardly a week passes without some credible figure testifying to ufo reality.. http://beforeitsnews.com/unexplained-phenomena/2012/08/ufo-disclosure-may-be-imminent-2430224.html.
i've followed ufo stories for some years now and this barrage of authoritative people looks unprecedented.
couple that with the claim that ufo sightings have increased enormously in the past couple years and...... who knows?.
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I find it hard to believe that something could stay secret for so long. Secrets don't keep. Big secrets don't keep at all. And what motive would governments have to keep it a secret? And what motives would the aliens have to work together with the government and keep hidden?
For a sufficiently advanced civilization to be capable of interstellar travel, we would be like ants. We would be an interesting biological study object, but nothing more. They would not be physically present, but they would send infinitely small, invisible probes that could monitor us from beyond the oort cloud and from that distance could see probably down to the resolution of atoms. Currently we can't even see giant rocks in the oort cloud, let alone highly advanced, stealthy tiny interstellar probes that don't want to be seen.
They would not send aircraft, enter our atmosphere, buzz around, have accidents, and fly around with their headlights on, or strike up agreements with the government, or exchange technology. Also, if you look at technological development, there is absolutely zero evidence of any external source or sudden spike in development speed. Every invention is done through slow, tedious, painstaking hard work and overly documented by scientists and researchers and is publicly available. Many times subjects being worked on simultaneously in different countries by different groups. Slipping some alien tech under the table would be noticed. You can't just suddenly set up a company and start selling stuff that is a million times better than anything else out there without any trace of how that technology was developed and stay under the radar.
During the second world war, british pilots saw many unexplained phenomena, or gremlins. There were many pilots flying many sorties. They were up long, they were tired, high altitude, cold, bad sleep, high pressure, scared to die and didn't know about the atmospheric optic effects they might encounter. Nowadays, there are millions of people flying around our earth everyday, in the relatively comfortable boredom of the double-wide cabin-pressurized jetliners. Many many more eyes are looking around the skies. Yet we don't see more UFO's being reported, instead we see less reports of them.
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If the Israelites were slaves and being oppressed by the Egyptians where did they get all their camping gear & supplies to wander in the wilderness for 40 years ?
by smiddy injust think of the logistics to organise a nation of people to accomplish this venture.people who say god provided.... just dont think.. they needed food ,clothing,utensils,tents,tools,fabric,livestock,for food & sacrifice,water,space between families,sanitary facilities,etc.etc.etc.. and don`t forget a generation had to die off before they could enter the promised land.. where is the evidence for any of this.. smiddy.
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How to handle child abuse - watchtower style
by the-illuminator81 instep 1: if anyone finds out, give the abuser a minor punishment, like removing his ministerial servant privileges.
don't tell anyone he's prone to abusing children though, that should be kept hush-hush.
also, don't remove the child or the offender from the dangerous situation, just let them stay together, and above all let's not involve the proper authorities or call the police or anything like that!.
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Step 1: If anyone finds out, give the abuser a minor punishment, like removing his ministerial servant privileges. Don't tell anyone he's prone to abusing children though, that should be kept hush-hush. Also, don't remove the child or the offender from the dangerous situation, just let them stay together, and above all let's not involve the proper authorities or call the police or anything like that!
Step 2: If he touched her breasts, just handle it as if it was a couple in love, not molestation, and carry out the 'minor uncleanness' procedure.
Step 3: All danger averted, everyone can be at ease because it's in Jehovah's hands now! Hurray! Surely after a stern talking to, the offender will no longer have any dangerous urges and can be trusted to be around children again. And don't even think about putting him under supervision, he's already being supervised by the holy spirit, and that should be plenty.
I found this infuriating letter here: http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=13809
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I can't sleep because I just received a very shocking news more than few minutes ago
by Iamallcool ini know a very young brother that got married in june of this year.
they are now divorced that fast.
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