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  The Watchtower—Study Edition  |  May 2022

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | may 2022. study article 19. revelation—what it means for you today.

  15 satan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the kingdom-preaching work.

  prominent ones among them were the figurative “two witnesses” spoken of as being killed.

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  FFGhost - "Looks like they still identify the "8th king" as the United Nations, but... It barely gets a mention. 3 articles, 60+ paragraphs all about Revelation, and the UN is mention exactly once, almost in passing... Used to be that the UN was front and center in WTS end-times rambling about the book of Revelation... Maybe they are working on phasing out that particular interpretation?"

  The idea that the UN is as dangerous as the WT's eschatology suggests takes some next-level suspension of disbelief (realizing this was one of my little wake-up moments, in fact), but I think they're stuck with it...

  ...there's no one left with the creative and narrative chops to give the Org's old Cold-War-centric End-Times script an overhaul.

  At this point, all they can do is soft-pitch the weirder parts and hope it'll all still (somehow) come true.
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition  |  May 2022

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | may 2022. study article 19. revelation—what it means for you today.

  15 satan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the kingdom-preaching work.

  prominent ones among them were the figurative “two witnesses” spoken of as being killed.

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  Biahi - "...when I read this it made me think the GB is preparing the rank and file for when they go to prison..."

  Hard to argue with.
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  Are Jehovahs Witnesses a cult?

  by GoverningBody in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this question has been presented many times throughout the years.

  somewhat recently, there has been much talk surrounding the "bite method" :.

  "bite” stands for behavior, information, thought, and emotional control.. some examples were thrown at me, such as the decisions of who we associate with, discouraging any worldy media, encouraging our brothers and sisters to report any of our misbehaviours to the elders, our rejection of criticism on the truth, shunning etc.. what do we think about this?.

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  "Authoritarian High Control Group".

  A bit wordy, but break it down to its individual components, and I think even the most hardcore loyalist would have difficulty refuting the label.
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  Norway Takes Appropriate Action Against Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i hope other countries follow suit.. https://youtu.be/pfw9xzugcms.

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  Vidiot

  Yet another indication that the end of the Org's tax-exemption is in sight, IMO.
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  Article: Judge: Jehovah’s Witness Parodies Are Fair Use. Watch Tower: So What?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://torrentfreak.com/judge-jehovahs-witness-parodies-are-fair-use-watch-tower-so-what-220220/.

  february 21, 2022 by andy maxwell.

  in 2018, watch tower filed for a dmca subpoena that would've required youtube to hand over the identity of an animator who parodied the religious group in his videos.

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  As far as I'm concerned, this is proof the Org reps have long since bought into their own rhetoric.
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  Governing Body needs qualified ''early to mid-twenty year old elders''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://avoidjw.org/files/en/docs/doc-s/s-147/2022/s-147-22.01-e_bi.pdf.

  avoidjw.org has posted a letter titled, ''announcements and reminders january 2022.''.

  the governing body are always changing bible procedures.

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  Rules & Regs:
  

  This one never gets old.

  It still looks like a drunken southern mayor up for reelection, and trying to pander to the "colored" demographic.

  
  
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  It begins norway no money for wt because of shunning

  by Yomama in

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  organized shunning will stop when money stops.

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  Vidiot

  Is there a transcript of the article that can be posted here?
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  Does anything about your religion trouble you as a Jehovah’s Witness or is it all good?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  can you add to this:.

  "does anything about your religion trouble you as a jehovah’s witness or is it all good?

  some of the things that would trouble me if i were a jehovah’s witness would include:.

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  Stephane - "I felt I was surrounded by people who pretended they lived in a spiritual fortress all the while being afraid of someone with a slingshot."

  Damn, that's good.

  I felt intellectually muzzled, personally.
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  Well what do you know gb finally understanding social isolation or shunning.

  by Yomama in

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  update some upstanding jw are experiencing social isolation isnt that what df and da people feel?reap sow karma..

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  hybridous - "Of course they understand it... That's why they're so strident about using it."

  Nailed it.
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  Coercion at its worst: religious mandated shunning

  by Yomama in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  by patrick haeck any comments on article?.

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  Vidiot

  I think targeting the WT's "charity status" violations are the way to go.

  The fact that they've quietly bend over backwards trying to keep it over the years suggests that they are far more financially dependent on it than we'd previously thought.