Threat of Deregistration in the Czech Republic

by Vanderhoven7 in

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

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

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

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

jw
friends

this could fun.

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

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Why you need Christmas to understand Easter/Memorial

by Anony Mous in

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.

Vanderhoven7

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.

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Merry Christmas Everyone

by jhine in

it's that time of year again .

in the words of the bard ( noddy holder ) " it's christmaaas " .

merry christmas everybody .

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Caleb, Sophia, and family want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

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Merry Christmas Everyone

by jhine in

it's that time of year again .

in the words of the bard ( noddy holder ) " it's christmaaas " .

merry christmas everybody .

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Oh the horrors of Saint Nick

https://youtu.be/kPwbVGA2xws?feature=shared

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Living in the last of the last days - A new prophecy

by Listener in

although not a new concept by the watchtower, particularly in public talks and at assemblies, they have now put this prophecy in writing.watchtower oct 2019 page 8 -13 study no.40 titled -keep busy during the last of "the last days".

the first paragraph asks '1.

what convinces us that we are living in “the last days”?

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We are living in the final part of the last days..” Watchtower April 1, 1967. Sound familiar?

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What makes a cult (in the pejorative sense)?

by Vanderhoven7 in

michael moore writes:.

a cult is an organization that enslaves minds and destroys families using cult mind control.

cult mind control involves orchestrated deception, social pressure, psychological abuse, and repetitive indoctrination (brainwashing) centering around an unchallengeable ideology enforced in a totalitarian way in a closed socially-separatist community setting.

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Mack Moore writes

Jehovah’s Witnesses are only not considered a cult by persons who have never studied the real-world cult phenomenon. Many people treat cults as if they were merely a concept, and claim that any asserted belief is “my truth”, and therefore above questioning. Nonsense. Ignorance is not equal to knowledge.

If you have to use the qualifier “your” or “my” with the word “truth”, you’re not dealing with truth, reality, or facts. Truth is shared, or not truth. Reality is shared, or not reality. There is no such thing as “your truth”. There is such a thing as “your delusion”, which is the opposite of truth.

A true belief or statement is one that aligns with reality. A false one deviates. Reality is the only standard by which to measure truth. You have to study reality in order to align with it in your beliefs and statements. We should not miss the opportunity to hold ourselves accountable to reality by observing it, and aligning with it. Those who miss the opportunity are choosing delusion.

If you haven’t studied the real-world cult phenomenon, you are uninformed. Almost everyone is uninformed, because of never having studied, and assuming that “my truth” is correct, just because they labeled it as such, which is a delusion.

No topic is more buried in myth, disinformation, and prejudice than cults and mind control.

However, all the published cult researchers are in agreement, because they have all studied the same real-world phenomenon. That agreement should tell us something.

If we want to be informed, and therefore protected, we must read the work of the only party who has studied the phenomenon. In this case, that would be cult researchers. They have published dozens of books. Ignore them at your own peril.
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We are living in the final part of the last days..” Watchtower April 1, 1967. Sound familiar?