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  Goodbye Mother

  by punkofnice in

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  so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

  that was indeed very traumatic.

  i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I wonder if any of them every actually see these services for what they are, ~ JeffT

  My mom, a loyal JW for 6 decades has advised us that she does NOT want a JW Commercial as her eulogy.

  
  
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  JW.ORG Needs Lawyers

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. bible

  jehovah's witnesses are not encouraging university education... but those who are lawyers already can apply to volunteer to help at bethel.. https://youtu.be/5d_-1lbg-oc?si=fsxeewic-fkczu9p.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Somehow, I don't expect the ranks of the JW's have tons of attorneys. Why not just use Elders who are schooled and trained to head Judicial Committees? Just consider all of the scholarly education they have received!
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  Were the life spans of the patriarchs just an allegory of astronomical cycles?

  by was a new boy in

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  lengths of life of the patriarchs.

  genesis.

  length of life.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Why wouldn't they be real years?

  Maybe because there is nothing to substantiate lifetimes of 100's of years? (You do recall that if there are not TWO WITNESSES, it didn't happen.)
  
  
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  Is the USA gradually moving to a majority of citizens being non-religious

  by Reasonfirst in

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  this is a topic discussed in a current article in the hongkong based asia times*.

  find it at: https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/nones-still-no-match-for-us-christian-nationalism/.

  the claim is made in the article, that near 30% of americans are non-believers, and that this number is increasing.

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  DesirousOfChange

  We live in the buckle of the Bible Belt. Among our "new friends" (since we've been working hard to replace our former "conditional friends") I am surprised that the majority of them not just profess to be Christian, but go to church regularly. These are people 50's and older. I think the younger crowd we know from the same venues are not regular church goers and may in fact be agnostic or atheist. The older generation (non-overlapping) of these friends are all married and at least a couple of them are still in their first marriage. Of the younger crowd, at least 50% just live together. Of course, a larger % of the latter crowd went to college and were likely more exposed to more liberal thinking/ideas and perhaps are more critial thinkers.
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  Trinity Statements in the Dead Sea Scrolls

  by Sea Breeze in

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  dr. ken johnson has identified several statements in the dead sea scrolls that predict that god would visit the earth as a man... as the messiah.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrfvytjhve&ab_channel=kenjohnson%28biblefacts%29 .

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  CA Judge Orders VICTIM to Pay Award to Abusers

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  https://youtu.be/ay9do_jojtm?si=76u8asuictmymi9m.

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  Mandated Shunning is a Crime

  by Lee Marsh in

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  mandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.

  shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.

  mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.

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  That's why it's called "great tribulation". Once it starts, it'll be over in 3 1/2 years. Then we'll really be free.

  
  
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  Sign of the Last Days

  by Fisherman in

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  in the sermon on the mount, jesus foretold that earthquakes “in one place after another” would be part of the sign of the last days clímaxing in the great tribulation.. what could jesus possibly have meant?

  using a phone app nowadays, there are earthquakes detected in one place after another but is this what jesus meant and did they have so many earthquakes throughout the centuries affter his prophecy or are these modern day detected earthquakes unique to this epoch?

  how can we be sure unequivocally that modern day earthquakes are part of the sign fulfilling bible prophecy?.

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  OK! What do wars, famines and pestilences symbolize? ~ Vander

  Famine- the widespread absence of spiritual truth/food.
  Pestilence- spiritual sickness. As described in 2 Timothy 3:1-7. Mentally & spiritually diseased.
  [ Wars] -Conflict between good & evil. Between Satan & Jesus's kingdom.

  Sky Daddy's will is to "save all men" and so he gives the "sign" of CJ's return BUT GIVES THE NOTICE IN SECRET CLUES THAT NO ONE CAN UNEQUIVOCALLY EXPLAIN.

  Hell yes! That makes sense!

  
  
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  Trish Fancher, shunning experience, HuffPost article 9/3/2023

  by EasyPrompt in

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  trish fancher experience.... .

  https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/i-flew-across-the-country-for-my-mums-wedding-when-i-arrived-she-uninvited-me_uk_64f1b6cce4b0fe066b17f93b.

  from article.... .

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  DesirousOfChange

  Would she really spend an eternity in paradise as a happy person, knowing that her daughter was sentenced to death by that same god?

  Evidently, you fail to realize that it is her daughter that made the choice. . . . . to reject Joe Hoover.

  * [Just posting the standard JW reply. Please don't stone me!]
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  So, 60 Years Ago

  by titch in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, folks, 60 years ago, starting on september 1st, i believe, we, local witnesses in southern california, had the "privilege" of attending the "around the world assembly", at, of all places, the rose bowl, in pasadena.

  (i think that it was an 8-day assembly) i was 9 years old then, almost ready to start 4th grade.

  so, was anyone else, on this site, at that assembly?

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  DesirousOfChange

  JW Friend: "Doc, you don't want to miss the Regional Convention!"

  Doc: "I can assure you, I WILL NOT MISS IT!" [Under his breath -- "I sure haven't missed any of those meetings!"]