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  By what authority does the Watchtower declare itself biblical interpreter?

  by TTWSYF in

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  we're god's reliable mouthpiece, but not prophet?

  jesus inspected all faiths in 1914?.

  does everyone agree or is it more convoluted than that?.

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  Apparently they are the only men fulfilling that role, so it must be them.

  Humbly, they dont take on this role individually, rather, their individual power has been watered down to one seventh but only if they attend their scheduled Wednesday gathering at Watchtower headquarters.

  Only when they are right is it God's direction, when they are wrong it is from their human imperfection. How do we know the difference? Time will tell and then we know for certainty that if they were right, it was God's direction and if they were wrong it was their own imperfect direction. So we ought to stick with them because it will eventually sort itself out, sometime in the future.
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  Protect Your Family??

  by Tech49 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is an article in the current study copy of the wt.

  tell me your thoughts and i will tell you mine.!

  this is a topic that i am very sensitive about, as i could never see not protecting my family, even if that meant using whatever means at hand to do so!

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  "During the great tribulation, Christians will rely on Jehovah and not try to defend themselves."

  They've gone mad. In the bunker video they opened the door voluntarily to armed men. Are the Elders being asked to keep contacts of everyone to make it easier for officials to find them? It's strange that they huddled together in one spot, unarmed and willing to not defend themselves.

  During the so called 'GT' all the Government needs to do is issue a demand for all JWs to go to a specified place and as law abiding citizens, they'll come running.

  
  
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  2018 Special Talk Outline: “Who Really is Jesus Christ?”

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  revision date: 8/17.

  the talk outline “jesus christ—earth’s new ruler” has been discontinued and should no longer be used.

  it has been replaced by “who really is jesus christ?”note: this is the special public talk outline for 2018. the talk will be given in most congregations the week of monday, march 19, 2018.. .

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  Was JC - Earth's new ruler an old outline?
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  Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?

  by usualusername1 in

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  2. friends

  do any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.

  thanks.

  paul.

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  It's not even a requirement that they go through their own Gilead school.
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  Brazil: Judge authorizes blood transfusion in adult JW

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  fyijustice authorizes blood transfusion in jehovah's witness patient in es.

  painel politico, friday, september 15, 2017 (via google translate).

  religion does not allow the faithful to undergo the procedure, even in cases of emergency; the judge argues that the right to life overrides this.

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  In the matter of no blood the witnesses do not obey, what they think to be, God's laws above man's laws.

  I wonder what their justification is for this.
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  Help! Mike & Kim videos all being deleted by Youtube

  by mrmagic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  due to watchtower flagging the mike & kim videos on youtube for copyright, youtube is giving them 6 days before they are shutting down their entire youtube channel.

  can you help with a mass downloading program and then reuploading them on a mirror ?

  would hate to lose all those good videos!

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  The Watchtower stopped them once before, their channel was closed down. They opened a new one adding a y to their name.

  It's a pity we can't shut down the Watchtower for all its lies and false advertising.

  It's interesting to see a number of unofficial JW YouTube channels showing numerous Watchtower propoganda. The comment section is always disabled. No doubt, this is another method of theirs to try to divert viewers from anti Watchtower videos.
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  Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?

  by usualusername1 in

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  2. friends

  do any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.

  thanks.

  paul.

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  Jp1692 The August 2015 Watchtower includes Jackson's background, written by him. He does his best at trying to make himself look good. He says he left school at the age of 15 (with a certificate). At that time, in Australia, 15 was the youngest age you were allowed to leave School. You were considered a Highschool 'dropout'. A lot of boys did it but often went on to do apprenticeships.

  Jackson also brags about the fact that he got several academic awards at high school. At his level of education it's hilarious to see him boasting about it.

  He got baptized at 13.

  I can see why he thinks he's anointed, delusions of grandeur.
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  Updates on the workload of Bethelites

  by usualusername1 in

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  2. friends

  have the bethelites started cooking and doing their own washing yet?

  how are they coping?.

  paul.

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  To charge for fruit in the first place is petty. If they were paid a proper wage it would be different.

  It amazes me that they need someone to collect the money in the first place, can't they be trusted enough to have an honor system? It often works in the workplace.
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  Help! Mike & Kim videos all being deleted by Youtube

  by mrmagic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  due to watchtower flagging the mike & kim videos on youtube for copyright, youtube is giving them 6 days before they are shutting down their entire youtube channel.

  can you help with a mass downloading program and then reuploading them on a mirror ?

  would hate to lose all those good videos!

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  It proves that all their writings and words are just from men otherwise it couldn't be copyrighted.
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  Russell Family Tree

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  2. friends

  unfortunately i had to zoom out to put all of the family tree in one picture.russell had 2 full brothers, 2 full sisters, and a half-sister.

  it's interesting that margaret went on to be a jw (i.e.

  stayed with the watchtower organization), whereas mabel, his half-sister, went on to stay with the bible students.it would be very interesting to find the descendants of both margaret and mabel... wondering how many still are bible students / jw's.... .

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  That's an interesting link that. It looks like the Watchtower an masthead were influenced by his families gravesite grounds, therefore giving honour to the dead. The plot thickens so to speak.