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Another Armageddon Thread...This Time May be for REAL?!?
by Yan Bibiyan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with the ensuing unrest in north africa and the middle east, i wonder if some "zealous" brothers and sisters are saying: "this is it!!!"..

didn't armageddon suppose to start in the mideast?

isn't the unrest moving closer and closer to israel?
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Discussion involving my Dad & other long timers - Mood is definately different
by Doubting Bro in
1. jw
2. friends
i've seen several posts relating to the mood among longtime jws here recently.

i thought i would add to that collection and recount a discussion i recently had with my dad and a small group of folks about his age.

quick background on the group:.
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1984 WT cover -- Watchtower's Final Failed Prediction?
by FatFreek 2005 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the infamous cover of that 1984 watchtower (27 years ago) was perhaps the last prediction / prophecy of the watchtower society.

will there be any more or have they finally learned their lesson?

some think they are like a race-track junkie and are addicted to predictions.
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The Great Day Of Jehovah is Near!!
by wannabe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
{revelation 16:15}.

{matthew 24:7}.

the governing body of jehovah's witnesses will tell us that matthew 24:7 was fulfilled in the year 1914, but such could never be true.
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High Profile Case: Seeking Reinstatement
by headisspinning in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
but our situation is very difficult and quite high profile.... i was raised as a jw and my mother was very strict and abusive.

i got baptized at age 14.. my mother actually called on my (present) husband's mom in service.

she was on the initial call resulting in his mom coming in the truth and him being raised in it from about age 8 or 9.. despite a very abusive step-father, he followed his mom's lead and came into the truth.
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Does your Cat want to sit on your Lap while you are on the Toilet .....?
by flipper in
1. social
2. humour
i don't know what it is ...... but it's becoming disconcerting.

he's going to just have to sit outside the door and wait.

i know it will be dissappointing to him , as he purrs like crazy while gathering in the experience.
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Where did 607 come from?
by MrFreeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
okay so we've obviously established on this board that 607 is not the correct date that babylon destroyed jerusalem.

even before 1914 came around, the bible students still thought 1914 would be a pivital date.

the only way they can gain that info is from the 7 times or w/e.
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The Watchtower Society owns businesses?
by garyneal in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in my previous topic alwayshere said the following:.

you asked "can a jw join the military?

" her answer "no all the military is good for is killing people and destroying things.
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Can I bring my own stuff to the memorial?
by outofthebox in
1. jw
2. friends
let's say i am an anointed one, but i don't like the taste of the crackers and wine the congregation got the last time.

can i bring my own wine and crackers to partake tonight?

yes or no?
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Russell on "new light."
by Forscher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in view of the recent threads about "new light", i thought you might like to see the gem recently posted by rr144 on his the forum he administers: .

"if we were following a man undoubtedly it would be different with us; undoubtedly one human idea would contradict another and that which was light one or two or six years ago would be regarded as darkness now: but with god there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, and so it is with truth; any knowledge or light coming from god must be like its author.

a new view of truth never can contradict a former truth.