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Who Resurrected Jesus?
by snakeface in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one of the heresies of the wt is denying the divinity of christ.

during this "memorial season" they say that jehovah (god the father?

) resurrected jesus.
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The everyday fears of a JW
by days of future passed in
1. jw
2. experiences
remember how much your life revolved around fears?

fears of how going to a new place, might put you in harms way?

how bad the world was and how even talking to people, might find you robbed etc?.
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I think I made up my mind
by paradiseseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
a month ago i travelled alone to italy for three days and i had the opportunity to visit the beautiful florence and re-visit many parts of rome.. but most importantly, i had the opportunity to stay alone and think about my situation and to make up my mind.. i've had very clear for almost 5 years that i will eventually leave the religion, but i couldn't decide when.. but now i know : i will leave on april 20th, the day after the memorial.. that day i will talk to my parents (this is by far the hardest thing to do) and soon afterwards i will talk to my closest friends, then i will send my disassociation letter.

i know that i will let them down, i will hurt them, most probably some of them will cry... but i need to live coherently for the first time in my life.

i'm sure that living in this contradiction is affecting and will affect my mental health and it's time for me to help myself instead of others.
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Holy Spirit - Present or Gone in the Congregations?
by BourneIdentity in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was doing some reminiscing and remember the days back in the late 80s and early 90s where i truly could say the meetings were so encouraging and that i felt the holy spirit present and operating on all of us.

today when i attend, there is nothing of the sort.

is it because jehovah has withheld it?
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Less facial hair? More spirituality!
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we've often seen the happifying kingdom trope of a bearded bible student coming up from the baptism water with a freshly shaven, baby smooth face.

beards, after all, signify independent thinking and are best left to worldlings.

our new july 2019 issue of the watchtower, however, sheds increasing light on the subject.
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The subtle , yet massive change of Matt 5:32 in the "New" New World Translation
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so i noticed this change in the text of the new silver nwt compared to the older nwt at matthew 5:32. old nwt:.

"however, i say to you that everyone divorcing his wife , except on the grounds of fornication makes her a subject for adultery...etc" .

new nwt:.
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Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch
by UnshackleTheChains in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..
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Something different about the memorial invitation
by days of future passed in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.
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Bethel Life
by Holden Caufield in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is life like for those in bethel?.
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meandering thoughts on the memorial meal study:
by waton in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so, its a simple meal, wt trying to deflect away the questions about the elephants in the room.

no record in the bible the apostles celebrating it later, until paul writing about it.

jesus commanding it to be celebrated every year.?