I recall there was a family murder with two sons killing their JW parents, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't the Menendez family, rather was someone else.
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L.A. D.A. Announces His Office Is Reviewing The Menendez Brothers' Conviction
by silentbuddha innot sure if anyone really remembers this case, it was huge at the time.
the very interesting point though about this was that at the time the parents were known to be very active in the jw religion.
i also believe that the father may have been an elder(i could be mistaken, though).
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Annual Meeting live updates
by ukpimo ini have obtained the live link for the annual meeting tomorrow:.
annual meeting live link.
the meeting will begin at 9:45am eastern time, for those of us in the uk, that will be 2:45pm.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I could be wrong, but I expect they will somehow change the link at the last minute and/or require password to view.
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Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting
by slimboyfat insay it ain’t so!
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in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?
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dropoffyourkeylee
It doesn't appear to be the same man. The facial angles and glasses are different.
Possibly I am wrong, but it still looks like MacMillan to me.
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Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting
by slimboyfat insay it ain’t so!
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in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?
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dropoffyourkeylee
I think the man in the black suit in row 3 right and row 4 left is almost certainly A H MacMillan
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Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting
by slimboyfat insay it ain’t so!
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in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?
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dropoffyourkeylee
My opinion is that if there is such a change, it would be motivated entirely by GB succession planning. The doctrine began in the Russell days when 144,000 seemed like a lot considering the relatively few people in the Bible Student association. May have seemed believable at the time, but as the years have gone by and there's no end in sight, it has become ridiculous. The pool of candidates for leadership, ie: the GB, is so small that all they can get are nitwits.
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Fully Colored Version of My Book of Bible Stories
by Nosferatu indoes anybody know which edition of "my book of bible stories" had the fully colored pages?
i'm pretty sure it came out late in the book's life, but i'd like someone to verify which one it is..
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dropoffyourkeylee
We’re making too much of what is simply a matter of printing economics. Back in the heyday of WT printing, they would print color only on one side of the 32 page signature (which was then folded multiple times on all four axes), resulting in a printed book or magazine with some pages in color and some in black and white. If you have ever tried to create a print of something which you then fold to produce 32 pages all facing the same direction you will know what I mean.
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Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting
by slimboyfat insay it ain’t so!
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in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?
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dropoffyourkeylee
LOL if this happens I think I'll fall off my chair laughing
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AWAKE MAGAZIBE'S SURPRISING NEW DIRECTION
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/ze4q_7_-uo4?si=l0xe0drc5a9urhyt.
so there was a time the awake magazine was printed every 15 days but now since jehovah is blessing them so much the magazine is printed once a year, and here you have the 1st edition for the year , which is nothing more than an informatial of how good of a charity they are to their local community.
so we read in the following box: what we are doing firstly, jehovah’s witnesses promote a balanced, healthy lifestyle.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I look for Awake to cease publication. It is nothing more than a 1st grade level flyer now. They may as well just print a pamphlet if they want something for the JWs to hand out at their carts.
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Sorcery = Pharmakeia
by KerryKing inrev18:23 '....you deceived the nations with your sorceries'.. the interlinear for sorceries reads pharmakeia.. bible hub has some interesting definitions, i'll try to share screenshots below.
the gist of it is that sorcery involves drugs/medicines/poisons, with or without spells, sorcery is not the same as witchcraft or divination, or white/black magic.
i have long wondered about the connection between the medical/pharmaceutical industry's symbol of the serpent wrapped around a pole/stake, and the use of the word pharmaceuticals/pharmacy.. considering the common use of fluoride in public drinking water, nsaids with side effects such as depression, brain fog, dizziness, and opioids, mrna gene therapy, vaccines and so on, i wonder am i going mad, are these all coincidences??
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I think the 1970's ban on smoking was more of a reverse logic. Previously JWs had been allowed to smoke, but it was kind of discouraged. Not allowed in service, etc. Generally in the world, the cancer causing part of smoking was becoming more known by 1970 and the JW leadership thought (I believe) "What reason can we come up with to get the JWs to quit smoking? Oh yeah, it has a drug in it, which links it to pharmakeia, which in turn links it to spiritism!" Presto, smoking is banned and JW smokers either quit in 6 months or are disfellowshipped. Problem solved!
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The fading of a well known American religion. Could this happen someday to Jehovah's Witnesses?
by Balaamsass2 innew york times 9/5/24.
" there are only two shakers left.
they've still got utopia in their sites.. "by jordan kisner.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I’ve been to Sabbathday Lake. Stopped, looked around, bought some music cds of Shaker music ( Simple Gifts, etc). Did’t see or meet either of the two members.