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Door to Door

by Drifting Away in

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i hear my wife say to me " we are the only religion that does the will of god , and that is to preach door to door, and speak about gods kingdom" and in one sense she is correct, i know there are others that preach door to door, but then someone told me door to door, does not literally mean door to door in modern times.

i was confused, has anyone ever heard of this before?

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My mum also makes this claim about the preaching. But seeing how non active people on the carts are, and how brothers and sisters walk the streets like snails. Going as slowly as they can from house to house is very upsetting. But they are preaching. As the others have said, it counts for nothing if what they have been preaching is false. Millions now living will never die. 1975. The generation that will not pass away.

Many will say to me in that day, 'My Lord, my Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name have cast out demons, and have done many mighty works in your name?' I know the JWs certainly will be.

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Generation expiry date?

by pleaseresearch in

how long will it take for a jw to see that even the overlapping generation is wrong?.

the org waited and waited to see if their interpretation of it came true.

those alive in 1914 would still be alive obviously it didn't and jws have to believe in an overlapping generation.

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Well thanks for stumbling upon it and being honest. Why couldn't the Watchtower have been honest when we were Jdubs :(

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Generation expiry date?

by pleaseresearch in

how long will it take for a jw to see that even the overlapping generation is wrong?.

the org waited and waited to see if their interpretation of it came true.

those alive in 1914 would still be alive obviously it didn't and jws have to believe in an overlapping generation.

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Brilliant video AnonVet, Hitler couldn't have said it any better.

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Generation expiry date?

by pleaseresearch in

how long will it take for a jw to see that even the overlapping generation is wrong?.

the org waited and waited to see if their interpretation of it came true.

those alive in 1914 would still be alive obviously it didn't and jws have to believe in an overlapping generation.

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How long will it take for a JW to see that even the overlapping generation is wrong?

The org waited and waited to see if their interpretation of it came true. Those alive in 1914 would still be alive Obviously it didn't and JWs have to believe in an overlapping generation. But in the minds of a JW, how long will they give it before they know even an overlapping generation isn't going to work. Are we looking at JWs accepting an overlapping, overlapping, overlapping generation teaching? In which case it can go on for as long as they want.

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Any thought behind your " Avatar"

by The Rebel in

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friends

i think that's the correct phrase?

anyway when i first came here, that little picture that "the rebel" hides behind, was a self portrait of a very sad man, who simply had too much knowledge.

now i feel after 7 months here, i should repaint that " avetor" give some happiness to the eyes, and a contented smile to the lips.. in short my " avetor" was a self portrait of a man with too much knowledge.

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I like beer :) I like it even more if I get a nice head on the top and I can draw a smiley face

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Proclaimers Book claims anyone can leave the org

by Sanchy in

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was going through proclaimers book and found this little nugget on page 232. there is so much wrong with this paragraph that my head almost exploded when i read it.. however, i was thinking, perhaps those like me that are trying to fade away without "trouble", can use this in the case that an elder should start questioning with intent of escalating matters.

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Your free to leave, but don't expect to ever have any dealings with your friends or family ever again.

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JWs' love to brag about preaching but.....

by pleaseresearch in

if what they are preaching about is untrue and false, does it really count?

i mean over the 100 years plus we have been going, how much of what we taught was absolute crap.

how many things taught about never came true.

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Good advice Jook.

Your never too late brother.

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JWs' love to brag about preaching but.....

by pleaseresearch in

if what they are preaching about is untrue and false, does it really count?

i mean over the 100 years plus we have been going, how much of what we taught was absolute crap.

how many things taught about never came true.

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Wasanelder Once

I'm sorry to hear that, especially what you said at the end of your comment :(

The JWs' have and always brag about the preaching work, and hand on heart they are doing it. But none of it counts if what is being preached is false. They are recruiting new members yes. But preaching the truth, no, as we can all testify and prove because of what turned out to be false.

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JWs' love to brag about preaching but.....

by pleaseresearch in

if what they are preaching about is untrue and false, does it really count?

i mean over the 100 years plus we have been going, how much of what we taught was absolute crap.

how many things taught about never came true.

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If what they are preaching about is untrue and false, does it really count? I mean over the 100 years plus we have been going, how much of what we taught was absolute crap. How many things taught about never came true. We can't brag about any of that.

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Luke 15:4 Has this ever happened in your congregation?

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luke 15:4. new international version.

"suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.

doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?.

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Luke 15:4

New International Version

"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?

I may be reading into this wrong but... I would love to hear one day of a meeting being put together on the fly because all the elders had to leave 5 minutes before to help a lost sheep (Brother or Sister)

I mean how loving would it be. Sure the meeting will be put together by ministerial servants and ordinary publishers, but to know the body of elders did as Luke is saying... I would love to hear that story one day. But we all know that would never happen :)