DesirousOfChange

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  1/25 WT: Oral and Anal sex are a go - if she's ok with it

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  he will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.

  a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.

  generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..

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  . . . and warning people who engage in them [oral sex] to keep their mouths shut . . .

  Is it just me that sees something conflicting there?
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  Bethelites dressing up for Halloween

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  think about it: they had to go out and buy halloween paraphernalia, then apply makeup & costumes to dress the 'brothers & sisters' up as vampires, witches, mummies etc.

  and you know they were probably joking around the whole time.

  what a bunch of hypocrites, the last gen gb would be turning in their graves to see such a photoshoot at the 'house of god' 😆.

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  Probably a stock photo they purchased.
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  Attended JW funeral today

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  never miss a marketing opportunity—even at a funeral.

  funerals aren’t the first place you’d expect marketing.

  but jehovah’s witnesses know how to turn every moment into an opportunity to share their message.. during funerals, they weave in their teachings of hope and resurrection, offering comfort and, at the same time, presenting their beliefs to attendees who may not be part of the faith.

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  My mother is getting up there in age and I find it quite interesting that she has made it clear she does NOT want a JW infomercial.
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  Who will Survive Armageddon?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breaking news....there is hope for good hearted non-jws!!!.

  according to sergio:.

  are jehovah's witnesses the only ones to be saved during the end time?.

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  New light: overlapping centuries.

  
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  1/25 WT: Oral and Anal sex are a go - if she's ok with it

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  he will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.

  a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.

  generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..

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  DesirousOfChange

  And foreskins apparently.

  Which reminded me there was a position recently open at the National Zoo to circumcise elephants. The pay scale was not impressive, but the tips were.

  
  

  . . . . . [CYMBAL CRASH] . . . .

  Sorry............I'll go back to my room now.
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  BABYLON THE GREAT IS NOT FALLING ANYMORE? (NEW LIGHT FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING)

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/rsbfa_7lqv4?si=muuxmgtll1n1ifad.

  the watchtower’s babylon the great: a shrinking reality?.

  so this latest annual meeting introduced a new idea about babylon the great, and here is the part from geoffrey jackson's talk we real need to dig in and consider it's ramifications..... so you’ve got to hand it to them; they know how to keep things interesting with their ever-evolving interpretations and, of course, those classic "adjustments" in understanding.

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  so the GT can begin at any time

  
  
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  JW's Family Worship Evening - Mormons got ripped off!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mind you, it took the org over 30 years to think it was an idea worth copying.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/family_home_evening.

  imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

  😁.

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  I told him: now waiting for deleting the rest [of the meetings]. ~ Gorb

  Most JWs today are hoping for the same.
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  50 year anniversary

  by Dromedar007 in

  1. social
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  remember 1975?

  maybe when you were a kid - like i was?

  i will celebrate 01.10.2025 the 50th anniversary of the "end of 6000 years of human history and the immediate end of the world".

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  Sadly, at least half of JWs today were either not JWs or not even born yet in 1975 and thus they have NO recollection of that 1975 WT fiasco (Stay Alive 'til '75). At the very best they might know of the vicious rumors unleashed by mentally diseased apostates claiming that WT "prophesied" the culmination of this old system by that time. At least that is how I heard it explained by a newly baptized JW during the WT Study about 10-15 years ago. That's right-- he had been told that all those "lies" about WT forecasting The End by 1975 were apostate falsehoods.

  
  
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  NEW LEAKED ANNUAL MEETING VIDEO :KENNETH COOK :THE DISFELLOSHIPPING IS NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/6ga9v7ffrwk?si=0lor5qquapmq8ck4.

  what you are about to watch is another leaked instalment from the recent annual meeting delivered by kenneth cook with the theme "help to tear down and build up" and highlights tge new take o disfellowshipping that will from now concentrate on major wrongdoing whereas minor wrongdoing will be dealt with kind and love.so the watchtower's at it again, rewriting the narrative like an old tv show that conveniently forgets a character's past.

  for decades, the organization has been the ultimate gatekeeper, quick to kick out members for even minor missteps—let's not forget how jehovah's witnesses have had to grovel and practically beg to be reinstated.

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  JWs need to. . . . start boldly proclaiming their beliefs

  Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

  Do not ask the impossible!

  JWs DO NOT KNOW what they believe!
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  Serious sinner?

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the statement in the study watchtower this sunday, that stop serving jehovah is a serious sin, the following:.

  - can i conclude now, that we, (i, wife and 2 children), since 2008 pomo and no longer active in any religious activity, are serious sinners for jehovahs witnesses?.

  writing this in a watchtower, a statement like that, could have big implications.. it makes me so sad.

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  What concerns me may be an unfounded fear, but this statement leaves it open for Elders to Label any of us as being " Serious sinners" according to their lights, and then we will be treated the same as any actual "Removed Person".

  Aren't we already being treated that way?