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Your body is a temple
by wearewatchingyouman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
why not smoke, do drugs, drink excessively etc.

well because your body is a temple you see.. .

what is a temple?
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Do you "believe" differently from what you "know"?
by compound complex in
1. jw
2. friends
greetings, all those still searching, still wondering .

.. in one of many faith-related books i have read, i recall the author declaring that there's a difference between what we know and what we believe.

while i cannot recall the author nor his commentary, i acknowledge that, while i do know ttatt and that the bible in not without error, yet there's a part of me deep inside that holds onto the so-called spiritual.. how is it for you personally as you make the transition from the invisible to the visible?
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Another possible reason why GB demoted Pastor Russell from the FDS.
by donuthole in
1. jw
2. friends
in barbara anderson's research for the proclaimers book she was tasked with identifying the faithful & discreet slave throughout history.

the idea was the watchtower could identify a line of kingdom proclaimers from the days of the apostles.

she was not able to do this with the established criteria, that the individual had to adhere to the basic doctrinal beliefs seperating jw's from "false religion".. it seems that governing body would now agree.
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jw.org getting out of hand
by Gorbatchov in
1. jw
2. friends
it seems the watchtower staff have made a runaway train with the introduction of the mark jw.org.. the combination of using a gadget driven platform and the fact that the common jw is low educated and easely influenced.

by new occurrings in their religion makes the situation getting out of hand.. proof: gb members wearing jw.org buttons during their speech, gifts with jw.org are given away, umbrellas with the jw.org are available.

jw.org is more important then god, his son and the gospel.. it's the gadget and the jw.org mark that counts.. i am so happy my grandparents are not confronted with these idiots.. it's a runaway train heading to the end of the track.. gorby .
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The Society is no longer printing hardcover books.
by kneehighmiah in
1. jw
2. friends
letter read that the society will no longer be making hardcover books.

also the told people to not place orders for daily texts or calendars if they had the ability to download these.

who downloads a calendar?
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JW Kids Who Lack Sincerity: Are You In The Flipping Truth Or Not?
by Apognophos in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did any of you know a jw youth who didn't seem to really even try to be sincere about the "truth"?

not someone who led a double life while pretending to be a goody-goody jw.

i mean the kind of kid who went to the meetings and did field service while making minimal effort at maintaining a pretense of being a true believer?.
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The world cup
by Laika in
1. social
2. physical
4 weeks of football and wimbledon tennis in between!?

life is beautiful.. aaahhhh!

i'm so excited!.
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If I asked for a loan from the WBTS would they give it to me?
by objectivetruth in
1. watchtower
2. bible
if this were the "organization" that jesus chose in 1914.. err 1919, wouldn't the principles that he laid out while on earth apply to this organization as well?.

matthew 5:42 "give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.".

so if jw's all asked for loans from the org, every now and then, it would be the orgs responsibility to grant those loans (interest free).
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What would a Father's Day commercial look like if it was made by JW's?
by JimmyPage in
1. jw
2. friends
a father's day commercial for bass pro came on and it got me thinking.

it said, "remember when your dad took you camping and taught you how to fish?".

so i started thinking about my childhood and what the commercial would be like for people like myself.. it would go something like this:.
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We are seeing JW history in the making
by suavojr in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with all the current changes and downsizing, the 1914 "anchor date" appears to be drifting out to sea.

yes, i know the gb is putting all of their chips on 1914 but if you stop and think about it for a moment.. we are seeing jw history in the making for the next jw generation of 2114.. first they teach a date as significant.second, when it becomes obsolete, they come up with a convoluted explanation of how it really was significant, just not in the way "some believers" once taught.third, it becomes a historical footnote, as in: "bible students at one time thought... but now we see... evidently... .

the next generation of jws (100 years from today) will be talking about 2014 as the year of great expectation, and how close the end is in 2114. yes, when jesus spoke about this generation evidently he was talking in a symbolic way, and he was truly referring to the generation class.. .