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  Broadcast November

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what was your opinion about november broadcast with tony morris( maeby it's december)?

  saw small parts of it.

  i thought it was extrem desperation.

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  Mum

  Doing away with Zoom will not hurt elderly and infirm or anyone else. It will give people options to do something else.
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  Why Not Celebrate Christmas?

  by Mum in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, jw's don't celebrate christmas or other holidays.

  as bill cetnar once said, there are two reasons for everything: the reason they tell you, and the real reason.

  they will tell you it's because christmas is "pagan" and can lead to all sorts of licentious conduct (like drinking too much macallan scotch?)..

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  Mum

  So, JW's don't celebrate Christmas or other holidays. Why? As Bill Cetnar once said, there are two reasons for everything: the reason they tell you, and the REAL REASON. They will tell you it's because Christmas is "pagan" and can lead to all sorts of licentious conduct (like drinking too much MacAllan Scotch?).

  Now for the real reason: JW's are not allowed to celebrate because it's an easy way to get their families angry at their self-righteousness and superior attitude, which feeds the JW's persecution complex. It alienates the JW from family members and former friends, giving the borg more control over them. It feeds the JW sense of moral superiority and inhibits fun and merriment. It saves them money, which they can then donate to their narcissistic masters in New York.

  What a clever ploy!
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  How things are in JW land right now?

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  any news about how going back to kingdom halls and door to door ministry going right now?

  are there many people at meetings and meetings before going out in service as congregation?.

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  Mum

  I've been free for over 40 years. Yet, I had a dream about being in a family getting ready for the meeting. The wife decided not to go with the child. There was a teenage girl in the home, and she had a "worldly" job. I was in one of the bedrooms listening to everything, and I heard my name mentioned, saying I'd probably go. I said I didn't want to. Meanwhile, the teenager walks up to me and says, as I say the same thing, "I HATE those meetings!" I reassured her that she was doing the right thing by working and saving money to get out. Sometimes I think I had a previous life as a JW. Strange indeed!
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  Is Your Name in “the Book of Life?"

  by BruceX in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here are 2 reviews about the recent watchtower study article "is your name in “the book of life?':.

  https://beroeans.net/2022/11/24/wt-fantasy/.

  https://michaeljfelker.com/2022/11/16/is-your-name-in-the-book-of-life-watchtower-study-review-september-2022/.

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  Mum

  I have a very common name. My name is no doubt in the Book of Life, probably more than once. Is it supposed to be a literal book?
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  2022--December--S-147--Announcements And Reminders!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  will they start appointing "teen-agers"?

  who knows, nothing is shocking when it comes to the tower.

  paragraph 1 says: "teens or even "younger" for responsibilities in the congregation.. 2022-december-s-147-announcements and reminders.. click the image to enlarge.. page 1--https://postimg.cc/hhh8c3sd page-2--https://postimg.cc/pnzpzfjh if this keeps up they will be asking babies in diapers to give the instruction talks.

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  Better to have a male high schooler as an "elder" than a woman with a lifetime of experience. The main qualification to be an elder in in the south-of-the-waistline anatomy.
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  JW apologist

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  jehovah’s witnesses and sexual abuse: 3. some common misunderstandings.

  a chap called terrill hamons who l am taking to be a jw apologist on quora sent me this link along with many others .

  the sites are all about how misunderstood and unfairly treated the wt is .

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  Mum

  So-called "apostate" material feeds their persecution complex, which makes them more clingy to their delusions.
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  Watchtower Double Speak

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on eternal life.

  "none of us are in position to earn god’s gifts, least of all to earn the gift of life.

  but we can show ourselves worthy of the gift of eternal life by … dedicating ourselves to jehovah and then proving faithful to that dedication.” (the watchtower, august 15, 1952, p. 485).

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  Mum

  It is presumptuous to say that we could ever be "worthy," no matter how hard we strive. That's why salvation is termed a "gift." Martin Luther called the book of James ("Faith without works is dead.") a "right strawy epistle."
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  WT Style Pacificism

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  episode 203 of netflix ... i am a killer looks at the murder of christopher chavez in texas.

  christopher chavez was a 22 year old ministerial servant and a born-in son of an jw elder.

  after a thursday night meeting and a quick bite to eat afterwards with friends at a local restaurant, he was kidnapped, taken to a gas station and forced to drive his killers around for hours while they were in the back seat.

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  Mum

  What about using your own good sense/intuition/logic to assess the situation and your right of self-defense or escape? The Watchtower micromanages to a level of putting lives in danger. We all have the ability to figure out what we can and can't do in a given situation.
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  Which of you readers are being shunned by their relatives / friends ?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a simple " me" if you dont want to say more--or a short explanation about who is shunning you and how long has this been going on.. i'll set the ball rolling: my daughter--her husband and children; my younger son --no contact from them for 40 years...because i left their religion.. (edit--i just noticed the typo in the header--if should be of ).

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  Mum

  Fortunately, I came from a non-JW family. My mother became a JW late in life, but she never shunned me. She expressed regret that I was no longer a JW, but did not shun me.

  I also have a niece who was a JW for a few years, and she didn't shun me either. Maybe I have a better family than I thought. No members of my family are currently JW's.
  Thank you, Jesus!
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  Memory and memorization

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  3.1415926535807932384626433i used to be able to go to a hundred from memory.

  my son and daughter can do so.age 75 has cheated me a bit in this regard.what sort of things have you memorized (whether useful or useless)?i can recite the entire rime of the ancient mariner to this day, btw.there are many so-called tricks for remembering things that can be easily learned and i've read all or most of those books.the amusing thing about such memory is this: nobody cares!

  "why do you need to memorize when you can just use your iphone?sigh...i memorized the periodic table of elements one day at work.

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  Mum

  I can recite MacBeth's soliloquy word for word, a French poem called "Clair de Lune," as well as the Pythagorean theorem, several Bible scriptures, the pledge of allegiance, and some other things.

  I find very little to no use for them.