Topics Started by Aleph

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OMG JW Sea Org
by sherrie11 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i found this picture and i just can't believe it?

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http://www.jw-archive.org/post/130152768378/jw-booth-at-a-book-fair-in-brazil-photo-shared-by#.
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"Why did Jehovah give us needs?" - An example of JW thinking...
by Goldenash in
1. social
2. humour
so i had a conversation with my brother some time ago.

i don't entirely remember how, exactly, but the following subject came up:.

"i wonder why god gave his earthly creatures needs... you know, like how we need water to drink, food to eat, air to breath, etc.
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Would Jesus have been disfellowshipped by the "Elders" of his day . . . . . .
by Dunedain in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i bet jesus would have been df'd by the "elders" in his day.

lets think about it, jesus hung out with "worldly" people.

his closest friends were known prostitutes, money collectors, men of "prominence" in the world of that day, non "beleivers" of the "faith" like samaritans, and many others that todays "elders" would have deemed "unworthy".. jesus spoke against the "organization" and "elders" of his day.
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70 years of the UN ... Peace and security is the top priority
by Aleph in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok....well it s now or never!.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/28/opinions/lykketoft-united-nations-transformative-year/.
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What is going on
by Aleph in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
first of all thank you for the nice welcoming messages i received !.

as you know they are reducing bethel families to the minimum, services etc...here s what i heard from 2 different sources (one from africa, one from europe).. - "official" reason given : "end is now, no more time to build, we all need to preach!"..

- all members are invited to go and support where the need is great in the congregations (not necessary their own), missionaries aren t sent back to their counties of origin.. - i have no info regarding huge kh building program...is it still on?
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JW's won't like this but the Guardian says, "Now for the good news: things really are getting better"
by AndersonsInfo in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/11/news-isis-syria-headlines-violence-steven-pinker?cmp=share_btn_fb.

now for the good news: things really are getting better .

friday 11 september 2015 04.00 edt .
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Seen an Angel witnessing...
by Aleph in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
here in france we received instruction to stand back from the cart.. so you can see "angels" witnessing with a cart by its own, no one around, and no one cares, i stayed a while, did my shopping, and half an hour later the "poor angel" was still there on his own.... i guess wherever is the publisher, he s hard working counting his hours..
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Calm Down Everybody, We Will Know Soon Enough
by OnTheWayOut in
1. jw
2. friends
seriously, they will change the midweek meeting ever so slightly.

it is just repackaging of the same old stuff.seriously, we don't know if construction is halted for days, weeks, months, forever, or what.. we don't know if new kingdom halls will still go up, old kingdom halls will be closed and sold.

they have laid off bethelites before and they will lay them off some more.
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Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"
by sparrowdown in
1. jw
2. friends
my thoughts are.

1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.

i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??
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A MODERN FICTION: the lie which became a GOVERNING BODY
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
safe to say, if you walked up to any of the 8 million jehovah's witnesses on earth today and told them the.

governing body was a fiction, not only would they refuse to believe you--they'd consider you their immediate enemy!.

what if i told you jw's embrace a mental construct which is at odds with history?.