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  11. How can we show our support for the Messianic King? (From book study last night)

  by NikL in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the study was on how wt has refined itself over the years by ceasing celebrations of christmas etc.. paragraph 11.

  11 what a fine example those faithful bible students set for us!

  reflecting on their example, we do well to ask ourselves: ‘how do i view the direction we receive from headquarters?

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  When reading this portion of scripture tonight, it's interesting about husband's and wives, notice the emphasis on who is HEAD of the Christian Congregation. Who is it that Christians male and female are to look to for guidance. Who are Christians subject to? Who feeds the Congregation? Let the scriptures answer that question!

  
  

  Eph 5:23 Because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Saviour of the body.

  24But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every respect.

  25Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it,

  26in order to set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,See Rev. 19:8, 9

  27in order to present it to Himself a splendid assembly, not having spot or wrinkle or any of this sort, but that it might be set-apart and blameless.

  28In this way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

  29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but feeds and cherishes it, as also the Master does the assembly.

  30Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

  31“For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”Gen. 2:24

  32This secret is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly.

  33However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.
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  Aren't you a bit amazed that the WTS/JWS is still around ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know i am, to me its a bit of a peculiar anomaly that the wts is still around and functioning in reflection of its decades and now complete century that the wts has been bullshitting to people .

  organizations like the church of god have shrunk dramatically from its heyday of the 1980's, this too was another organization that spread and grew by publishing its own magazine proclaiming a armageddon soon doctrine and its main publication was called " the truth " .

  i'm guessing some of this has to do with the fact that people who get lured into this cult aren't aware of its past, its doctrines, the people who started it and so forth.

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  I think what is surprising to me is that despite all the controversies that are out there, which are only a few finger taps away on our smart phones nowadays;, why there isn't more of a an outcry?

  I walk into the kingdom Hall and it's as if nothings going on ...What the F@#&.

  Very strange !!
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  Born in baptisms to avoid embarrassment

  by Spoletta in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i noticed a recent commenter mention an assembly that had only one baptism, a born in.

  the last assembly i went to had three baptisms, of which two were born ins.

  could part of the motivation for youth baptism be to avoid the embarrassment of an assembly with no baptisms at all?

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  I was at an assembly once where there were no baptism candidates. The baptism talk was still given regardless. I think I recall that it was given for encouragement to those thinking of baptism.

  At another assembly 2 children got baptized. I recall a woman in the row in front of me turning to another sister looking a a little shocked and saying 'their children'!'!

  She expressed what probably many were thinking.
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  GB asks every JW to give Putin their home address

  by MrHappy in

  1. social
  2. current

  jw's around the globe have been encouraged to write letters to putin and the russian government.

  they are expected to give their personal details on the envelope.

  i appreciate that this might be normal when writing to your own government if they are tolerant, but is this not a bit strange that the gb want to give putin the address of every jw in the world?

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  OMG. What about the thousands of letters sent to the GB from everyone affected by THEIR policies. Do the GB listen to people's heart felt pleas. Clearly No!

  As much as I disagree with Putin and I really do. I think his policies are a disgrace when it comes to religious freedom. BUT It's a little like the pot calling the kettle black!
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  How deep is the rot?

  by JeffT in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  by now it seems obvious that the gb and other leaders of the wtbs are corrupt.

  the pedo scandal and various financial schemes are sustained by either lack of concern or greed at the top.

  my question is how far down the food chain does this go?

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  I think it's quite telling how the GB and it's leadership avoid the media so much. It always baffled me why they hardly ever stand up for their beliefs when controversies arise.

  I remember when I was newly baptized in the early 90's and watching the news regarding a mother losing her life after giving birth and had refused a blood transfusion. The media were outside Bethel. I remember Bethelites walking past the media and any answers given were either no comment or discomfort on the faces of those walking past. I remember thinking why don't they get a spokesman to open up the Bible and stand up for why we don't take blood.

  I recall a similar attitude when panorama suffer the little children was shown.

  I personally think a lot of elders are aware of the rot, but bury their heads in the sand. Think to if all those who have raised their views at judicials. They will know to some degree what's going on. I am convinced my CO is aware of things, but hey company men are company men. Many such ones will tow the line come what may.
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  Hello JW Lurkers. Did you watch Leah Remini's show? Or her interview? It's here...

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  substitute "jehovah's witnesses" for every time leah says "scientology".

  it's a cult folks.

  please watch the interview below.. "you should always talk to someone who was in, because, if you don't get the nomenclature 100% correct, we have a way of kind of discrediting you if you're not using it correctly.".

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  Brilliant interview. Very similar to the witnesses in regards to brain washing.
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  A woman's Heartfelt message to the Governing Body

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just watched this lovely lady's heartfelt message to the governing body.

  i hope that the men she named and all lurkers who have some clout at bethel listen to this message and stop this cruel and divisive shunning policy that has ruined so many family's around the world.

  this is just one voice of many many people who feel this way about your (governing body) destructive policy.

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  Judging by the latest hearing at the Australian Royal Commission ie no GENUINE empathy shown towards victims of child abuse AND I mean no genuine empathy shown towards victims of child abuse. Particularly when the issue of shunning was brought up! Its there for all to see on youtube.

  There is a very very big difference between loyalty to 'an organisation/publishing corporation who 'claim to be the ONLY true Christian religion' on this earth AND the simple teachings of God's word,

  The lady in this video speaks from the heart. Jesus did not departmentalise people. He preached to ALL the good news of the Kingdom. A wonderful hope. Scriptures that touch on avoiding sinners need to be read IN CONTEXT according to God's word, and not through a particular religious groups interpretation.

  This woman's message has more power than all the jw.org broadcasts that I have watched. Please pay attention Governing Body. Listen to the heart (this honest woman's heart)..NOT the traditions of men!!!!!!
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  How many years did you waste away in the Org?

  by Tallon in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my case; 27 years.

  7 of which were as a ministerial serpent ... sorry, i mean 'servant' ;).

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  Mother became a jw when I was a young teen. Baptized 26 years. Ms for around 12. Faded on and off over the years. Only in because of family.
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  Stephen Lett looks like a crazed maniac in the March JW broadcast

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  are people taking this man seriously?

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  he looks genuinely mentally ill. .

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  https://youtu.be/dKkT8_RGDYg
  
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  Local Elder Mentions this Site from the Platform

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a local elder had the part this week on the "good news" brochure.

  he said: "if the householder has any questions, direct them to jw.org, don't say, just look up jehovah's witnesses on the internet(an older sister said this at the door), if you do they will be directed to a site visited by apostates and weak witnesses!

  " "this mistake, would cause the householder to never accept bible truth".. i thought to myself, wow, i'm sure some listening to this part, will get curious now(many in the hall are just being exposed to the internet, and practicing with their new tablets) and do, just what they were told not to do..

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  The young ones listening to this elder will wonder what he was referring to and will now be very curious.