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  Status of Jehovah's Witnesses in various European countries

  by blondie in

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  https://bitterwinter.org/czech-republic-in-the-footsteps-of-russia-jehovahs-witnesses-threatened-with-liquidation/.

  czech republic in the footsteps of russia?

  jehovah’s witnesses threatened with liquidation.

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  https://youtu.be/xZLo2w2r8oc
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  Is the Watchtower Ultimately a Creation of Fallen Angels?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a watchtower in ceremonial magical tradition is a tutelary spirit of one of the four cardinal points or quarters (east, south, west and north).

  in many magical traditions, they are understood to be enochian angels... originating with the enochian tradition of john dee, a version of it was popularized by the hermetic order of the golden dawn, which became hugely influential in modern western esotericism, including wicca.

  the watchtowers are invoked during the ritual of casting a magic circle.. .

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  Witches are definitely real as is the spirit world

  This was brought to my attention as a young Christian. I was taking a speed-reading course at Sir George Williams University. During one of the lessons, as I was speed reading an article on voodoo, the Holy Spirit said to me, "Your teacher is a witch." I looked up at her; she appeared normal, looked to be in her late forties, had a British accent. Nothing abnormal at all.

  I couldn't ask her directly in or out of class. But I raised my hand anyway and I told her I was speed-reading an article on voodoo and asked if voodoo had anything do do with witchcraft.

  Her response was, "No it doesn't, and I should know because I am a witch!". I immediately pointed my finger at her rather accusitively and declared "I thought you were! There was a gasp as the entire class turned to look at me.

  At that point, the teacher, trying to justify what she was, asked me if I thought she was a bad person. I meekly responded that the Bible says there is none good, no not one. She explained that she was a white witch and only cast good spells and asked if I thought she personally was evil. I said the Bible says that the heart is evil and wicked above all things, who can know it?"

  Fortunately, she stopped questioning me further, because I had just about run out of human depravity verses.
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  Jesus Christ Will Arrive Within The Next Four Minutes! (parody)

  by Nathan Natas in

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  2. humour

  yes, you read that correctly!.

  jesus h. christ will arrive within the next four minutes!

  in fact, by the time you read this, he may have alreadt arrrived!.

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  It was an invisible coming of course.
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  Hap[y New Year for 2025

  by HappyDad in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we live in the last hour of 2024, i want to wish all of you a happy new year.

  all of us have come a long way.

  we have faced the dragon and spit in his face.

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  Threat of Deregistration in the Czech Republic

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  english translation of czech branch letter to congregations concerning the government looking to deregisterjw as a religion there.. .

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  English translation of Czech branch letter to congregations concerning the government looking to deregisterJW as a religion there.

  

  

  
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  What's Wrong with the Watchtower?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure who wrote this list a while back but i think it is worth a repeat....to be added to or subtracted from or modified...whatever.. what's wrong with the watchtower.

  "overlapping generations" - this teaching makes no sense.

  the word used by jesus is in the singular, not plural form.. .

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  Shunning hypocrisy

  https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=102013203&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=7

  They know what retaliation and manipulation look like in marriage.

  
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  Why you need Christmas to understand Easter/Memorial

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.

  i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.

  lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.

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  Good question Jan, because Jesus was enthroned as king subsequent to His ascension. Neither 1878, no 1914 have anything to do with Christ’s enthronement.
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  Rethinking WT Charity Status in Canada.

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  rethinking wt charity status in canada.. .

  https://avoidjw.org/news/canada-rethinking-charity-status-project-straight-arrow/ .

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  Rethinking WT Charity Status in Canada.

  
  

  https://avoidjw.org/news/canada-rethinking-charity-status-project-straight-arrow/
  
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  What Theme Song Should Be Played When You Walk Into a Room?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this could fun.

  what song should be played when you walk into a room that best describes you?

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  Definitely not:

  I Did it My Way
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  Why you need Christmas to understand Easter/Memorial

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.

  i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.

  lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.

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  I also agree AM.

  The shadow of the cross rested over the manger. "To this end I was born", He said.

  Here is an interesting parable that was floating around in the early 70s.

  God leads a pretty sheltered life.”

  “At the end of time, billions of people were scattered on a great plain before God’s throne of judgment. Some of the groups near the front were angry and bitter

  "How can God judge us? How can He know anything about suffering?” snarled a woman, with a tattooed number on her arm from a Nazi concentration camp.

  In another group, a black man lowered his collar. “What about this?” he demanded, showing the rope burns. “Lynched for no crime but being black!

  Each group seemed to have some complaint against God for the evil and suffering they experienced in life. How lucky God was, to be able to live in heaven where all is sweetness and light, without sorrow, fear, loss or pain. Indeed, what does God know about man and about what we had to face? After all, they agreed, God leads a pretty sheltered life.

  So the leaders of each group got together and decided: Before God would be qualified to be their judge; He must endure what they had endured. Their decision was that God should be sentenced to live on earth as a man.

  • Let Him be born in poverty...said the leader of one group

  • Let the legitimacy of His birth be questioned....said another

  • Let him experience sorrow and grief, others shouted.

  • Let Him be the object of hate and condemnation

  • Let Him be accused and convicted on false charges

  • Let Him be tortured and die the death of a criminal, alone and abandoned

  As each leader announced his portion of God's sentence, loud murmurs of approval went up from the great throng.

  Then after the last one had finished pronouncing sentence, there was a long silence. No one uttered another word. No one moved. For suddenly, all recognized the stark reality;

  God had already served his sentence.