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  Jehovah's New Light

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what new light from jehovah did you find hard to swallow?.

  the conversations in the attached video are enlightening.

  the graphic is hilarious.. https://youtu.be/byj3zrpbuvg.

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  I loved the overlapping generation! It's absolutely hilarious!
  
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  Which of you readers are being shunned by their relatives / friends ?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a simple " me" if you dont want to say more--or a short explanation about who is shunning you and how long has this been going on.. i'll set the ball rolling: my daughter--her husband and children; my younger son --no contact from them for 40 years...because i left their religion.. (edit--i just noticed the typo in the header--if should be of ).

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  I'm another one here. Basically, everybody who knows I got out is shunning me. Their loss!
  
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  Are Venus and Serena Williams baptized?

  by inkling in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone heard actual evidence that they are or are not?.

  (besides the absurdity of thier actions that the local elders would have to let slide).

  do they even claim to be witneses anymore?.

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  Who cares?!
  
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  Is the Governing Body still considering giving an apology?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  cricket australia apologised to child sex abuse survivors on monday.. https://supersport.com/cricket/news/d697602e-7832-45d7-9710-024493595f57/cricket_australia_sorry_for_historical_child_sex_abuse.

  is it still foreseeable the governing body will consider giving an apology to anyone who has suffered sexual abuse in australia?

  7 years ago.

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  What's "an apology"?
  
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  Next time a jw says "the end is sooo close now"

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  say this.

  with what's going on the world does it look like they are going to proclaim peace and security anytime soon?!

  or was the organization wrong again about the end times?.

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  Here they don't get close to me now! They think I'm an apostate! But I'm only an heretic! 😜😝😀🙏
  
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  Who is GOD Favouring in this Time of the End ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah`s witnesses , seventh day adventists , church of jesus christ of the latter day saints.. these 3 are probably the more influenthal in the last 200 or so years ago.. if membership is a sign of god`s blessing on who he favours then @ the year 2021.. jehovah`s witnesses membership 8.5 million.

  church of jesus christ of latter day saint`s membership.16.8 million.

  seventh day adventist`s membership.21 million.

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  Did God and Christ name any religion that They would be supporting in the Bible? Perhaps They forgot doing that...
  
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  Had to laugh.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had to laugh.. i bumped into a friend who has started going back to the meetings and who has that enthusiastic arm-waving way of talking about the stuff they're hearing from the platform.. in part he's wittering on about some talk they'd had about king david and all of his ups and downs.

  and says, "and as the speaker emphasized over and over again, we can imitate david because he was a man just like ourselves.".

  " i finally interrupted.. that shut him up.

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  They have this tendency of saying that if they could do it, so can we! They simply forget that we're living in completely different times and that people are also different. Ignorance and bias reign in the cult!
  
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  which Translation Now?

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those of you who still respect the bible, which translation/s are you using now?

  why?.

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  joao

  Many, as always. NWT is biased, specially when it forces the induction of God’s name into the NT without any reason for that.
  
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  Leaving JW - My own experience

  by joao in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as some of you may know, i disassociated myself from wt$ last april.

  and i did it in the noisiest way i could find: i wrote my disassociation letter and made sure to send it to all elders of the two congregations in my town and to all jws whose email address i possessed.

  i knew this would bring loads of issues because my wife was in as well as our younger daughter.

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  joao

  Hello everybody!

  As some of you may know, I disassociated myself from WT$ last April. And I did it in the noisiest way I could find: I wrote my disassociation letter and made sure to send it to all elders of the two congregations in my town and to all JWs whose email address I possessed.

  I knew this would bring loads of issues because my wife was in as well as our younger daughter. I was prepared for it. I was well read and documented. And I had this secret hope that, by slamming the door, I'd force the true nature of this false religion to become more evident to them.

  I've never been the guy who chooses the rest path and my strategy paid off! By showing them my true love and concern for them and for our family, by showing them what the Bible really says about the True Christians I was able to help them see beyond the WT$ lies! And they also had lots of opportunities to see how untrue JW$ love really is!

  The result is that they are feeling betrayed by the vast majority of our "friends" who have only shown conditional love for them. Let's not even talk about me here!😜

  The bottom line is that they have made my family a great favour by helping them to fade out!!! Yes!!! I didn't even have to make a great effort!!! Eh, eh!!!
  

  Is there anyone who can relate?
  
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  Another congregation closed

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  15 years ago there were 5 congregations now there is only one and it is still struggling.

  congregations closing their doors doesn’t mean business is good.

  it looks like this last one to fold had no young witnesses, they either left the religion or moved.

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  joao

  Nothing!!!