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Are JW's a Social Experiment ?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when a person looks at the sheer volume of watchtower lies, denial of salvation, free labor, false prophecies, misrepresentations, gas-lighting and falsehoods about everything and anything, it makes me wonder if it's one big test to see how gullible people can be.

there was as social experiment in the 1960's that tested how far people were willing to administer an increasing dose of electric shock if directed to do so by an authority figure.

shockingly, people were willing to give lethal doses to their neighbors.
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JWs can toast now….what’s next
by FFGhost in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so you can see from multiple topics here (& elsewhere), based on gb update #4, jws now have permission to toast.. there’s been a boatload of “xyz is now allowed” over the past couple of years….beards, no ties in field service or at the kh, sister can wear pants at the kh & in field service…... what do you think is next?.

a lot of folks are speculating on birthday celebrations being allowed, and i agree that will eventually come, but i don’t think it is next.

too big of a jump.. heres my guess:.
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What Did You Do For Fun That You Felt The WT Frowned Upon?
by NotFormer in
1. jw
2. friends
in the light of the lifting of sanctions on glass clinking and recent threads on chess and dvds of lord of the rings, was there anything you did for fun, as a hobby or for recreational purposes that you felt might be "taken the wrong way" if it came to the attention of the elders or sister busybody?.
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Steve Let has been cloned
by JohnR1975 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
he looks completely different and he doesn’t do that raised eyebrows and funny mouth that he used to.

and something is going on with his hair.

is it a combover or a wig or is that even him?
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Toasting allowed - BIRTHDAYS will soon follow!
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"jehovah’s witnesses do not celebrate birthdays because we (the g.b.

) believe that such celebrations displease god.

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/birthdays/.
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Toasting
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
when did the jws make the rule that you couldn’t clink glasses together and raise glasses of wine?.

and why the change to being a conscience matter now?.
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"Slimboyfat" response why I have Witnesses for dinner.
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
he asked why we have them over for dinner....we are not disfellowshiped just faded away so we can still have dinner with witness friends now we have known for 10 years.

alot of "faders" do same.

you might listen to afew dumb scriptures from them but still friends..
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Books that are taboo C.O not happy lord of the rings
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so the c.o and his wife came over for dinner and of course checked out our library and saw lord of the rings and told us off for spiritism books...it's just a damn fantasy book the bible has more magic and devils in it.

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JW light Elders?
by Mikejw in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so many elders are now saying no to pretty much everything.. they are saying no to assignments and away talks.

saying no to jobs in the cong.

the cos and the super fine elders are using scripture and the elders manual to try to persuade them to step up.. many are coming off as an elder, but even more are simply saying the cost of living or other reasons they are just finding it hard to fulfill all their assignments.. if you say you want to come off the public talks list altogether they still try putting you down for some and making a fuss saying you have to give some public talks.
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The Coming Global Salvation - (Not Universalism)
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the overwhelming majority of the early church leaders (fathers) were premillennial and believed in a literal 1000 yr. kingdom.

today, 2/3 of christians are amillennial.

i do not want to imply that amilennialists, are not christian.