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  The utter absurdity of the "universal sovereignty issue", chapter 4,786

  by sir82 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so on the jw broadcast channel, there is a new 4 minute video entitled "why does god permit suffering".

  i won't give them free advertising by linking to it, but you'll find it under the "latest videos" section.. it looks like it will be something that will eventually be used in field serve-us as a video to show householders.. anyway, it gives the illustration of the teacher and a "rebellious student" who says he has a "better way to solve the problem".

  the infinitely wise teacher allows him to try, he fails, and the teacher is "vindicated".. other posts on this site demonstrate how inane the illustration really is - it breaks down nearly effortlessly.. anyway, the video goes on to explain that god allowed "rebellious humans" to continue on because (more or less direct quote) "millions of angels were observing.

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  Sunday's Watchtower Study March 18... Another Money Appeal

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  january 2018 issue "why give to the one who has everything?

  an unashamed contribution appeal... this one with the most manipulative language i can imagine... it may have been commented on before, but i am going to anyway.. p5 quote.

  "would you not agree that jehovah is worthy of all the glory and honor that we can give him by offering the best that we have?

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  Do You Think a Schism is in the Future?

  by lepermessiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was thinking about this over the weekend.

  just this week, there was the "consolidation" talk (in my wife's congregation) , the article about shunning that went viral, and the annual "show your love and obedience to jehovah by giving us your money" watchtower.

  i know my wife said people are running scared about this consolidation even though it was sold as maximizing space to help other areas, build kh in other countries, etc...... the media and government has hit them hard in many countries, but they have gotten off easy in the usa, where the majority of the people and money reside.

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  Clearly, undeniably, without doubt ... is there a term for introducing a thought in such a way.

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watchtower article often introduce a point that has no merit with words such a "undeniably.".

  for instance the watchtower 2014 august 15 page 10 says:.

  "jehovah undeniably blesses the preaching work of christian women and supports them in times of trial.

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  Sincere question to those who no longer believe in God

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i get it, not a fan of yahweh the desert god.

  but what about jesus?

  anything wrong with his teachings like the sermon on the mount and the example he set.

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  JW Jokes

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. social
  2. humour

  they don't want you to donate blood because..... .....it might be within the erection of a homosexual act at any time.

  watchtower tried to become the internet service provider of their members...... ......but their virus software kept deleting all but 144,000 select files.

  what do you get when you cross a devil worshipper with a jehovah's witness?

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  Today's WT Paragraph 4

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i thought that this little gem deserved a thread of it's own.. 4. why is it important for us to be present at the memorial if at all possible?.

  4 reflect on the importance of attending the memorial.

  remember, congregation meetings are part of our worship.

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  How do you deal with people who do not like you?

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi guysin the last year i have started to socialise a lot more.

  namely comedy and a tennis social club.. for a variety of reasons i find socialising tough.

  in my tennis club a couple of women have been extremely rude to me and i have blocked one from my phone and refuse to speak to both.. is my behaviour extreme?paul.

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  Pondering the real numbers

  by Deltawave in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was sat in the assembly hall yesterday, wondering how many pimo ones like me there was there.

  or even if they don't know ttatt still don't believe it for whatever reason.. i think there must be more of (us) there than we all realise.

  i mean, brothers reaching out is at an all time low, information via the internet is at an all time high and the preaching work has now become a motionless, speechless babysitting of a book shelf advertising a website as someone here pointed out!.

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  Questions To Ask JWs Who Are Shunning Their Relatives

  by Teufel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  would you sacrifice your child to gain immortality?.

  follow up with: but this is exactly what you're doing.

  you hope to live forever, and are willing to cut off your own children forever in order to gain that prize.. if they say they worship god because he's their creator or because they love him:.

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