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Quotes where Watchtower claims inspiration
by krismalone in
1. watchtower
2. bible
http://www.eaec.org/cults/jw/jw5.htm.
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This is rich, coming from a leadership that has proved themselves fickle, dishonest, hypocritical, reckless, and above all "prone to human ERROR":
"At that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from Jehovah's Organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint -" Let me just interject here. If it's not from a human standpoint, then whose standpoint is it from? The heavens? I thought these guys don't get divine inspiration. "- All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear SOUND FROM A PRACTICAL AND STRATEGIC HUMAN STANDPOINT OR NOT." -WT, November 15, 2013.
This is pure Guyanese grooming.
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2017 Annual Meeting
by obarac in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
on saturday, october 7.. any chance to get user name and password for stream?.
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@NewYork44M I remember the security code for the Kingdom Hall alarm being "4191" (1914 backwards) for my hall when I was a little girl and my elder daddy having to open up early one morning. You're damn right that the whole thing is backwards.
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1st it was happy at bethel now it also appears in the KH
by joe134cd in
1. jw
2. experiences
https://youtu.be/lfddxzipzga.
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You can't even walk down the aisle to Pachelbel's mesmeric (and polite) Canon in D, but you can bust a move on the platform like this?
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What exactly is grieving gods Holy Spirit?
by Chook in
1. jw
2. experiences
i had an elder tell me once i was grieving holy spirit but i’m not sure how this dickhead knew..
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Oh, that's easy. Maybe he went through your trash and found some leftover garlic bread covered in poison. I'd get a restraining order, @Chook.
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Jehovahs witnesses that believe its "The Truth" vs JW's who know it isn't
by Christian Gutierrez in
1. jw
2. friends
hey guys!

what do you think is the percentage of jw's believe that it is the truth and the percentage of those who think it might be some false or all false??

?.
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@Unstuck and @Island Man Throw in a giant foam finger and you'd think these guys were off to the NFL finals:
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Disfellowshipped in Absentia
by HereIgo in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have heard of this happening before, but how often?

its pretty rare it seems.

i have often wondered if the elders would go this route with me since they knew i was actively sinning, but as far as i know, no jc was ever formed.
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@Chook Don't they already know where you live from some of the visits they've paid you this this year?
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Propaganda???
by Disassociated Lady 2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i read this in the july 2017 study version of the watchtower.. ".

propaganda—how dangerous is it?.

what is propaganda?
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@zeb Then they're an apostate to be avoided like a corpse carrying a host of diseases. Clever way of quarantining those still in from the facts, isn't it?
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By what authority does the Watchtower declare itself biblical interpreter?
by TTWSYF in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we're god's reliable mouthpiece, but not prophet?

jesus inspected all faiths in 1914?.

does everyone agree or is it more convoluted than that?.
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@BluesBrother "If we pray for his spirit and work in harmony with our prayer..."
That is so neat. Last night I prayed to become a doctor, and today I carefully administered some Panadol to my kid. This prayer stuff is really working. Who needs an Ivy League education when you can listen to the voices in your head telling you that you have God's blessing?
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a bunch of books to write instructing everyone how they MUST live their lives from a medically-sound perspective.
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New, but needed to vent- thank you :-)
by Danni Jackson in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i discovered your website this morning as i was trying to find some information about 'marking'.

you see a very close friend of mine was 'marked' earlier this week and as i know the ins and outs of the situation (as we are close friends) i disregarded the talk immediately as i know my friend is obviously having issues but is no way a 'danger' to anybody else's spiritual health.

basically they are dating a non-believer- hence the talk.
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@Danni Jackson, hey sweetie. I'm a single mother too and have faced the ugly, cold, indifference of the elders and the organization as a whole. It's a source of great anxiety when you begin to wake up and realize what a tangled web we've gotten ourselves into. Backing out of the Watchtower is no easy feat, and often the repercussions on our network of friends AND family are devastating. It takes someone with true integrity, an inner sense of justice and above all, HUMANITY, to actually entertain the thought that all is not right with the organization. I can see you have these qualities. These are the traits Jesus demonstrated for humankind. The Watchtower is a far cry from the essence of true Christianity, but I think you've already figured that out now. Chin up. We're in this together.
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By what authority does the Watchtower declare itself biblical interpreter?
by TTWSYF in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we're god's reliable mouthpiece, but not prophet?

jesus inspected all faiths in 1914?.

does everyone agree or is it more convoluted than that?.
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@TTWSYF The May 1, 1997 Watchtower answers your question on where the "authority" comes from:
"Jehovah God is the Grand Identifier of his true messengers.He identifies them by making the messages he delivers come true. Jehovah is also the Great Exposer of false messengers. How does he expose them? He frustrates their signs and predictions. In this way he shows that they are SELF-APPOINTED PROGNOSTICATORS, whose messages really spring from their OWN FALSE REASONING - yes, their FOOLISH, FLESHLY THINKING!"
Thank you for clearing that up for us, WT.