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4 Letters Arrived--English and Spanish! (as of 2020-06-19)
by Atlantis in1.--2020-06-18-- english--instructions for our online meetings.. distractions.
noisepreparations.
personal appearance .
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A question about the contemporary generation teaching following a conversation with a JW apologist
by Giles Gray ini would like to ask the ex-jws on this site to put their ‘apologists hat’ back on for a moment, so that i can go through the overlapping generation teaching in an attempt to make sense of it.
i apologise if these points have already been addressed on this site.a quick background for the reason for my request… having never confronted a jw apologist on the topic, i recently engaged with a jw regarding the official understanding of a ‘generation’ and unfortunately he didn’t have an answer to the points i was making.
i was left a little confused as to what the official jw response would/should be.so i was hoping that my thoughts below might be considered from an apologist’s perspective.the point in question relates to this section of the watchtower article below from 2008, as well as the jw.org video explanation of the overlapping generation:---:w08 2/15[box on page 25] can we calculate the length of “this generation”?the word “generation” usually refers to people of various ages whose lives overlap during a particular time period or event.
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amiable atheist
Overlapping Generation comprehensively explained by Goatlike Personality:
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Set ptermber AT study article: "Armaggedon Is Good News!
by Room 215 inomg, is this the apotheosis of bat-shit craziness or not?
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amiable atheist
The GB ( Garrulous Bullshitters, Greedy Bastards, Glib Barnacles, ... ):" Do our bidding, or else your dead meat!"
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Evolution or Creation Poll
by Vanderhoven7 inevolution is how we got here.. demonstrate that you believe that all species evolved from a single cell over/within 3.5 billion years by tapping "like" below.. demonstrate that you believe in special creation by tapping "unlike" below..
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amiable atheist
I read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins in 1976. That did the job. I like Jerry Coyne too, he gives some talks on evolution on YT.
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This is my fav. pic of girl petting a lion.
by rockemsockem in[img]http://i63.tinypic.com/vpas74.jpg[/img].
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amiable atheist
Click on the "View raw image" link, (bottom left)
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Bottlegate Revisited
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara inhilarious,enjoy.found on reddit.
this should set the mood for the weekend !.
zing.
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amiable atheist
A frugal breakfast for a True Scotsman.
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JUNE 2019 Watchtower: Higher Education - HQ & Bethels are populated with evil, educated folks!
by The Fall Guy inhow alienated from jehovah and un-christian so many bethelites must be, who finished their higher education and gained their degrees!
i don't know how they can live with their consciences!.
pages 6 & 7, pars.
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amiable atheist
Thankfully, once I realized that being immersed in higher education was damaging my relationship with Jehovah, I knew I had to stop.
This should read: "Thankfully, once I realized that being immersed in water was damaging my relationship with reality, I knew I had to stop."
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amiable atheist
Oh, nice. Photos from the Pyongyang national convention of JW.
I am going to send this to my JW parents. As to whether they'll get the joke, I have severe doubts...
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shunning of those who have "left da troof"
by resolute Bandicoot inhi friends, .
can somebody please help me locate a recent thread that dealt with shunning of family members and the policy double standard, e.g.
jw.borg explanation that the family relationship is unchanged and the recent daily text that suggested that we should shun them.. tried searching but could not find it.. thanks rb.
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I just remembered this post from about 3 months ago: "They would Stone us if the law would allow"
by ElderEtta, where Paul Grundy (author of jwfacts.com) had dug up this gem of Watchtower:"Being limited by the laws of the worldly nation in which we live and also by the laws of God through Jesus Christ, we can take action against apostates only to a certain extent, that is, consistent with both sets of laws. The law of the land and God's law through Christ forbid us to kill apostates, even though they be members of our own flesh-and-blood family relationship. However, God's law requires us to recognize their being disfellowshiped from his congregation, and this despite the fact that the law of the land in which we live requires us under some natural obligation to live with and have dealings with such apostates under the same roof. Satan's influence through the disfellowshiped member of the family will be to cause the other member or members of the family who are in the truth to join the disfellowshiped member in his course or in his position toward God's organization. To do this would be disastrous, and so the faithful family member must recognize and conform to the disfellowship order. How would or could this be done while living under the same roof or in personal, physical contact daily with the disfellowshiped? In this way: By refusing to have religious relationship with the disfellowshiped." Watchtower1952 Nov 15 p.703
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shunning of those who have "left da troof"
by resolute Bandicoot inhi friends, .
can somebody please help me locate a recent thread that dealt with shunning of family members and the policy double standard, e.g.
jw.borg explanation that the family relationship is unchanged and the recent daily text that suggested that we should shun them.. tried searching but could not find it.. thanks rb.
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amiable atheist
Examining the Scriptures Daily -- Download link:
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/Examining-the-Scriptures-Daily-2019/#?insight[search_id]=a721743e-0d1f-46e9-a9ec-5ef5ab6c7a39&insight[search_result_index]=0
"Monday, January 14
Discipline . . . is painful.
—Heb. 12:11.
Despite our pain of heart, we must
avoid normal contact with a dis-
fellowshipped family member by
telephone, text messages, letters,
e-mails, or social media. Yet, main-
tain hope. Love “hopes all things,”
including that those who have left
Jehovah will come back to him.
(1 Cor. 13:7) If you see evidence
that a close family member is hav-
ing a change of heart, you could pray
that he or she gain strength from
the Scriptures and respond to Jeho-
vah’s appeal: “Return to me.” (Isa.
44:22) Jesus said that if we were to
put any human before him, we would
not be worthy of him. Yet, he was
confident that his disciples would
have the courage to maintain their
loyalty to him despite family opposi-
tion. If following Jesus has brought
“a sword” into your family, rely on
Jehovah to help you deal with the
challenges successfully. (Isa. 41:10,
13) Find joy in knowing that Jeho-
vah and Jesus are pleased with you
and that they will reward your faith-
ful course. w17.10 16 ̊19-21"This refers to Watchtower 2017, October, Study edition P.16, par. 19:
"19 Respect the discipline of Jehovah. His
arrangement can bring the best long-
term outcome for all, including the
wrongdoer, even though the immedi-
ate effect is painful. (Read Hebrews
12:11.) For example, Jehovah instructs
us to “stop keeping company” with un-
repentant wrongdoers. (1 Cor. 5:11-13)
Despite our pain of heart, we must
avoid normal contact with a disfellow-
shipped family member by telephone,
text messages, letters, e-mails, or social
media."BUT: Clip from the Supreme Court of Canada Case on November 2, 2017 involving the Jehovah's Witness Organization vs. Randy Wall. What the WT-Org lawyer says is an utter lie. Watch this: