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The Watchtower—Study Edition | December 2022
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the watchtower—study edition | december 2022.

6 jehovah has created us to find enjoyment in our work.

(eccl.
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“Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away.”
by Fisherman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
“this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur.

heaven and earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away.”.

the destruction of jerusalem is insignificant in the large scheme of things.
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Have JW `s ever faced the topic of Jesus having inherited Adamic sin ?
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to the bible all humans male and female have inherited sin because of adam and eve`s disobedience to god .. god may have impregnated mary with a life force , however it was still sinful mary who gave birth to jesus after nine months in her body who is /was supposedly without sin ?.

mary must have passed on some of her sinful state to jesus having been in her womb for the past nine months , surely.

and there is nothing in the bible / scripture to say otherwise ?.
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Our J.W friends still have issues with beards 2022??Why?
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
our witness friend who during covid grew his beard has been hassled by elders who asked him "why" he chose to have facial growth.

he for real, had to give an answer why.

this is pharasees total rubbish.
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Free Will - Does It or Does It Not Exist?
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
being born-in and raised as one of jehovah's witnesses i remember a common theme or phrases used by the watchtower in its theory of why things are the way they are -.

jehovah created humans.

jehovah created humans as free moral agents.
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A new generation of anointed that will not pass away.
by Fisherman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
obviously, the older “ anointed ” from 1914 died.

and because they were anointed, they hopefully went to heaven.

in the first century though, a newer generation did not replace the old.
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I'm now turned off by this site
by purrpurr in
1. jw
2. friends
in one form or another i've been a member of this site for almost 10 years.

in the past this was a great place for debate, news and support for ex jws.

i logged on several times a day and posted several times a week.
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Anyone know what this sculpture is of the "torture stake?"
by charity7 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hey guys!

i'm new on this site and am a non jw here married to a jw.

my husband's family are active members and they daily post articles on facebook from jw.org which i know is meant for me to see and read.
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Do you believe in ghosts?
by Country Girl in
1. jw
2. friends
i am posting this because i know there are many people that have had experiences that cannot be explained by natural means.

i am a ghost hunter, as a hobby.

my hobby is to disprove ghosts.
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The Last Days?
by ozziepost in
1. jw
2. friends
today's issue of time magazine bears the front cover headline "the last days of the taliban".. the urgency of these "last days" is re-inforced in the magazine's articles by the use of words such as "final reckoning", "last sanctuary", "rule unraveled for good", "endgame".. words and phrases such as these may seem familiar to regular readers of the watchtower magazine which regularly describes the present time as being the "last days" of this "system of things".. interestingly time describes the "last days of the taliban" as occurring just two months after the commencement of the "time of the end" for the taliban.. i wonder how many witnesses will give this some thought as they consider the watchtower's latest declaration of urgency for the last days of this system of things.

at what stage will these "last days" cease to be the last days?

can they last 100 years?