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  This Weeks Watchtower Study

  by Lets Think in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so paragraph 5 of todays watchtower says: people with faith see clearly the difference between the baseless claims of men and the sacred promises of jehovah god.

  then i thought of every pre 1995 awake inside cover page in the box where it say why the awake is published; where it says:.

  most important, this magazine builds confidence in the creators promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.. .

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  The (study) WT November 2011 Makes Me Puke !

  by Hairyhegoat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this study edition is an absolute attack on kids going to higher education, and you all are getting too cosy at home with your sky tv and the internet, get out on the doors you idle dogs.. oh and if you have a good job already you could not be putting the kingdum first !.

  here is some of the crap in the mag, and the article temporary residents in a wicked world.. 10. .

  in view of the imminent end of the present system of things, as jehovahs servants.

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  Here i am....

  by makersmark in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  here i am - born in truth, hard-core spiritual everything all my life, early reg.pioneer, ms, elder, assembly parts, tour at bethel, etc, married now...... i'm trying to examine jw teachings a little closer...... i've spent the last two weeks reading many many posts, info , references on where ex-jw's are coming from.

  i'm kind of concerned about a few things lately..... honestly - some points make sense to me - some don't - here are my general thoughts:.

  -wt getting un membership for access to library - doesnt bother me - some passports and other governement documents have similar forms and requirements..... -blood issue - some counterpoints to the jw 'rules' makes sense (original intent of scripture is unbled animals, white blood cells similar in mothers milk) etc -however a lot of 'apostate' reasonings and proof are inaccurate.

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  Watchtower study for week of Feb. 7, 2011

  by FrankWTower in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this past weekend a quote from the wt study caught my eye.

  it can be found on paragraph 14 of the article.. "however, worsening world conditions have caused many to respond when shown that alienation fromgod is at the root of human evil and suffering.".

  i'm just focusing on the first par that says the world is getting worse.

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  Some observations from the KM Elder School I wanted to share with you.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my school was a couple weeks back, and it was interesting to a degree.

  to be honest with you, it reminded me of a police crime scene investigation with yellow tape.

  what i mean is, in one respect it was business as usual.

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  Is the World really getting worse?

  by Nickolas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a fundamental platform of the watchtower bible and tract society, from which its fearsome prognostications are launched, is the inexorable deterioration of the world.

  the world is becoming a less and less hospitable place in which to live.

  it seems with news of every earthquake, every natural catastrophe, every epidemic, every atrocity, and every disaster manmade or otherwise, there is the inevitable shaking of the finger and stern proclamation, "see?

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  1914 - What is the importance of this date?

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "we don't live for dates".

  i have heard this a lot in my lifetime when witnesses get approached with any critical thinking of the 1914 year date.. this sounds good, at face value, but it's so disconcerting to hear them minimize this date when they will jump all over it as "proof" of their organization's divinity.. without dates such as 1914 societies like the watchtower simply would not exist.

  the watchtower needed these dates to anticipate and use as selling points.. remember, before 1914 there were not very many witnesses.

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  The Society, having lost its younger generation, now appears to be doing its darndest to lose the older ones as well

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from all the "annual general meeting" notes floating around, one quotation stands out in particular:.

  many older ones already are telling the younger ones how they regretted not getting an education, pursuing a lucrative career, saving up money or not having a retirement plan.

  the sad truth is that such ones are like the murmurers of israel when coming out of egypt.. what does this remark tell us?.

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  According to the WT Study this past Sunday, questioning the Slave is equivalent to questioning God & Jesus.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i didn't see if blondie did a wt review or not, but i wondered if anybody else caught this?

  paragraph 15.. .

  sadly, though, some have become casual or even cynical about reminders concerning the need to stay awake.

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  A Newbies Story

  by Lets Think in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  resigned as an elder last week.

  briefly this is my story.

  i was raised as a witness in the 60s and 70s.

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