I am admittedly quite a bit behind on WT news, but the JWs were under ban in Indonesia for decades. Is that no longer the case?
dropoffyourkeylee
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Indonesian--2020 Elder Manual--Addendum--and August S-147-E!
by Atlantis in2020-04 indonesian--shepherd the flock of god elder manual, flock book addendum, and the 2020-august-s-147-e announcements and reminders.. .
reply below if you want me to send a link to your pm box.. .
petra!.
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JW Tchotckes _ How Nauseating Are They?
by Room 215 inknorr, franz, henschel et al must be spinning in their graves....https://www.jwstuff.org/.
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If they had a cross & crown lapel pin I just might buy one
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Unbelievable Freddie Franz Admissions
by Vanderhoven7 inunbelievable admissions.. freddie confesses he fell for his own propaganda.. https://youtu.be/fkjw-r9oitk.
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I remember hearing him speak. That's definitely him. He spoke without notes, and he had a kind of rambling way of speaking, though it was interesting and easy to listen to.
There is a little ambiguity on the statements about his <maybe> offer of Rhodes scholarship and to Oxford. It sounds to me like he applied for the scholarship and later withdrew his application. Maybe just that process meant that he was automatically accepted to Oxford (with or without the scholarship), but it isn't really clear to me.
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Galaxies and 49000 years
by HowTheBibleWasCreated innow today this is of course a non-issue.
the wt has embraced the big bang/old earth etc just not evolution.
in fact the creator book has some decent info.. however i have a good copy of the 1958 paradise book.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Russell taught the 7000 year creative day belief, maybe it made sense in the 1800's. Most likely he didn't invent it himself, but picked it up from the literature of the time period.
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AUSTRALIA | 23 July 2020 - Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall bomber found guilty by Supreme Court
by jwleaks inleonard warwick has been found guilty for a number of bombings committed during the 1980’s, including the family court bombing and the jehovah’s witnesses casula congregation kingdom hall bombing on 21 july 1985 which killed the public speaker, graham wykes, and injured 13 others.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/leonard-warwick-family-court-bomber-found-guilty/12483286.
side note: i have been closely following this story for 35 years now, including the past few years of supreme court hearings, much of which dealt with the jehovah’s witnesses kingdom hall bombing..
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dropoffyourkeylee
First I've heard of it. Why on earth would it take over 30 years?
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Your worst convention experience.
by zeb inby a split second rescuing our handicapped son from being pushed down the stairs by a flood of sisters rushing out to see as the drama had started.. the main offender being a special pioneer..
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Worst for me were the terrible seats in the unbearable heat. No shade and hours at a time getting baked with no relief. On the flip side, at one convention it was terribly cold, this was in San Francisco, and the sessions at that time (early '70's) would go until about 9:00 p.m. The fog coming in off the bay was chilling cold.
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Lillian Gobitas Klose, the Jehovahs Witness who refused in 1935 to salute the American flag in Minersville, Pa. started a trail that ultimately changed American legal history died Aug. 22 at age 90
by Sol Reform inlillian gobitas klose, the jehovahs witness who refused in 1935 to salute the american flag in minersville, pa. started a trail that ultimately changed american legal history died aug. 22 at age 90. only three years after it had ruled against the gobitas family, the supreme court voted 6-3 to overturn that decision in a case involving a family of jehovahs witnesses from west virginia.. regardless of what one might think of jehovahs witnesses, lillian gobitas is an example of a person whose willingness to fight for her beliefs has expanded everyones personal freedoms.. http://republicanherald.com/news/minersville-girl-made-legal-history-1.1744279.
lillian gobitas klose, 90; test of faith went to u.s. supreme courtlillian gobitas klose sign the guest book.
atlanta news obituarieslillian gobitas klose, 90; test of faith went to u.s. supreme courtby elizabeth montgomery the atlanta journal-constitution.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I have just become aware of a 2011 interview of Lillian Gobitas Klose on youtube. Here is a link to an abbreviated version of it:
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Beth Sarim and Beth Shan - other boondoggles
by Terry inif you were a religious organization publicly identified with predictingarmageddon soon, would you be motivated to build large and expensive edifices or hideaways in foreign lands?such as:a $ 1,425,400 property in which a welsh translation center could be maintained?.
this looks like a pleasant location for doomsday, doesn’t it?.
maybe just a fortunate location for.
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dropoffyourkeylee
There are photos of the bomb shelter that have been posted on this site a few years ago.
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When did WT lose the spirit?
by Smiles inat what time would you say that the watch tower schema lost the spirit?.
like the ancient nation of israel which struggled maintaining divine blessing due to a long series of grave errors that eventually culminated in definitive loss... how and when did watch tower lose the spirit?.
can we pinpoint a time or event?.
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dropoffyourkeylee
Every person will have a different answer to that question. Each person accepted it at one time in their lives, goes through a period of strong belief, then doubt, then disbelief. For me personally, the disbelief came when I realized I had gotten screwed by not attending college, which came around 1980. Before that I would have thought that the religion was true and vibrant, after that it really started to fade fast.
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Hiram built Solomon's temple.
by peacefulpete inother threads recently touched upon the temple description in the ot.
i've made comments to the effect that the temple designs mirrors that of other cults of the region.
additionally i wondered if the temple ever existed in the 8th-9th century at all, given the lack of archaeological evidence for it and the mythical characters and obvious embellishments in the story of it's construction.
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dropoffyourkeylee
There are some commentators who believe the’steps of Ahaz’ were actually something like a sundial used in sun worship. Seems more of a possibility if Hiram designed it as a copy of the temple in Tyre.