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  The Greeks had a word for it, but the Watchtower didn't

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recall as though it was only 60 years ago, sitting in the kingdom hall on those horrible chairs, learning of the four forms of love: agape, philia, storge and eros.. the watchtower never mentioned pragma.. pragma: this is a committed, compassionate love that often grows as two partners continue to cherish and care for each other.

  this type of love is associated with being together for a long time.

  in some cases, the passion of eros can grow into pragma over time, this forging a lasting bond.. i think i know why; the watchtower isn't into committed, compassionate, cherishing and caring, are they?.

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  Removed - blood card

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.

  i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.

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  Pella

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this short thread addresses the often-repeated legend that christians fled jerusalem to pella and escaped the destruction of jerusalem.

  the legend is based upon two 4th century comments.. .

  the whole body, however, of the church at jerusalem, having been commanded by a divine revelation given to men of approved piety there before the war, removed from the city to a certain town beyond the jordan called pella.

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  Big Local Case, Sexual Abuse by former Elder, Police Raided the Kingdom Hall ! Kent, U.K !

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the police have started an investigation where a woman has courageously come forward about her sexual abuse by a former elder, who had a record of doing such things with the local congregation, and i think it was all covered up.

  they have charged him, he is claiming he is not mentally fit to appear in court, i hope that lie does not hold up !.

  this case was unknown to the local elders, but hopefully will now give the strength for other women, who were all very young and very vulnerable at the time , to come forward as well.

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  Is there a lot of Circuit Overseers that have woken up? I say Yes!

  by liam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there have been a few exjw circuit overseers that have woken up, left the organization and have posted their experience on exjwreddit.

  all of them deleted their accounts not long after for fear someone might figure out who they were.

  it’s not easy waking up as a circuit overseer.

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  They are running out of people to do their stuff.

  by liam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

  so it’s the current new light!.

  what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.

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  1922 Cedar Point Ohio Convention

  by Nambo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i recall reading that daniel 12 verse 12 ( 12 blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

  ), was claimed to have been fulfilled by the cedar point ohio convention in 1922.. can anybody recall which publications this claim was published in please?.

  or even better, a screen shot.

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  Reddit thread - ‘Organization Finally Suggesting to Plan for Retirement’

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this information is supposed to be in the upcoming march wt.

  (i don’t go on jw dot org).

  it would sound like they are hinting at a change in thinking.. in my opinion, any such change would be yet another slap in the face to faithful pimis along with those other recent changes.. there are so many heartfelt responses on that thread and a lot of justified anger.. don’t know what to say except that i’m so glad i never listened to the religion all those years ago.

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  List of conventions that congregation are assigned to

  by AdamCzarnobay in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone have access to the list that shows which congregations are assigned to each convention in the uk.

  would really like the 2024 list if anyone has it.. thanks in advance.

  adam.

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  Your First Christmas Tree, Christmas Lights, Other Christmas Decoration/Custom

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as someone who never grew up in the shadow of the wt, i love reading accounts of people who began to wake up and think that the wt wasn't all that it represents itself to be*.

  and especially when they see that the things that they were told to avoid were harmless at worst, and quite often fun.

  christmas is a prime example.

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