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  G.B.Are they Manipulative Lying S.O.B.`s / Not Genuine in their Beliefs ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i raise this question for many reasons really ,thinking back on their past history and how they have responded to past failures .that they explain away as human imperfections.. on the one hand they claim to be gods spokesperson on earth .the only true religion god is using to dispense his truths at the proper time.

  and that members of the gb are the f&ds class assigned to do this.. or do they deliberately manipulate witnesses vulnerability about world events ,disasters ,earthquakes etc ,to prey on those fears about the gt /armageddon.. that they are constantly warned about .

  and that it is impending.. producing videos that show how jw`s will be persecuted round up and imprisoned simply for being a jw .on a worldwide scale .. the bunker video ?.

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  mikeflood

  Any RF are a true believer....how do you think they go house to house....now imagine a GB or elder, uber hardcore. Others? Here in this forum or as sympathizers...
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  Prayerfully Considering or Seeing What Sticks

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  tony says the magical words “prayerfully considering”.

  presumably, this has been done many times even when they have gotten things wrong.

  have a urim and thummim method of knowing the correct interpretations?

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  mikeflood

  And the King of the South is well....because is south....it's Venezuela! ....and this is it....😀
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  THIS IS IT Tony Morris Identifies King of Norht

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the announcement we have heard “about” but now it has been released to the whole world.

  its in the 2nd of a three part serries about the jw annual meeting (oct 2018).

  to minute 52. .

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  mikeflood

  Ohhh, ohhh...please ask them for the type and the antitype
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  THIS IS IT Tony Morris Identifies King of Norht

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is the announcement we have heard “about” but now it has been released to the whole world.

  its in the 2nd of a three part serries about the jw annual meeting (oct 2018).

  to minute 52. .

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  mikeflood

  So, beware of Mr. Trump making peace deals with Kim and anybody else's, because, folks, this is it! Run for the hills comrades! I bet is gonna be another 1975's thing.
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  Discontinue unproductive bible study - jw broadcasting

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-ism_2_video.

  interesting video explaining how to end a bible study.. watch the kind of uber behaviour of the witnesses: make a choice or we leave.... so hard, so not christian.

  no love for the person.. g..

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  mikeflood

  Wait until the uber zealous hear of this....they're gonna do exactly the same, Bible studies are going to plummet!....because that means Armageddon is starting any moment now! Imagine all those guilty trips. You could make a movie about that.
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  Did you actually read the bible end to end?

  by Ultimate Axiom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in my ten years as a witness i never read the whole bible end to end, what with four magazines a month, the book study, meetings and talk preparations, there just wasn’t the time.

  i knew all the important references to ‘prove’ the various jw doctrines, and the cherry picked chapters that help foster the idea that it’s a good book, but that’s not reading it.

  well after nearly forty years out, i decided i would do it.

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  Yea, read one time cover to cover, it took me one year, I think the Bible just shows how humanity has tried to resolve big questions, questions that doesn't have easy answers. That has brought all us here and the others sacred texts, and ancient philosophy too....

  Still wonders me when it was in the Bible 'accepted' having many wives or when you could take a sword and after a time that was not valid...I mean the change is dramatic sometimes.

  Anyway, the big questions are still there, and there's stuff in the Bible that could help...with a grain of salt I guess...
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  Is the org. Laying the groundwork for no earthly paradise?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in stephen letts annual meeting talk he spent about 15min.

  talking about how the garden of eden compares to our spiritual paradise that we are currently inhabiting.

  he didn't mention the earthly paradise until the very last sentence.

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  mikeflood

  Ok guys..... I'm in the mood of helping the Borg today.....so I concocted this new light.

  Armaggedon (as the book of Revelation of course) is a battle between the armies that oppose God, and the Lamb, Christ. Those armies are going to lost that battle and the Devil be incarcerated in the Abyss for one thousand years, but remember this, it's very important, the 'Nations' are gonna keep going for the one thousand years (20:3). There's a distinction between the armies and the 'Nations'.

  So, there's hope for humanity, after all, the Great Crowd comes out from 'every nation, tribe, people and language'. And even after the thousand of years, you know, the 'Nations' still keep going. (21:24).

  So, we here at the WT from now on are going to focus in that paradise with all the nations, without evil influence. That means being more inclusive and less judgemental because we don't who's surviving or not. Earthly paradise is gonna be a lot different that we thought, sorry folks.
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  Paradise Lost

  by galaxy7 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anyone remember the book paradise lost to paradise regained?

  i was made to study the scary parts evertime i misbehaved which must have been all the time as the book imprinted into my brain.all i wanted in life as a child was to join the girl guides go hang out at the ywca with my friends and take part in sports day at school.so my mother asked the then congregation servant if i was demonized,they decided i would be fertalizer for my mothers pear tree.

  anyway i grew up fairly normal,took me ages not to be afraid of lightning.had children who never entered a kingdom hall.most of my family served in some capacity at bethel so they dont talk to me.since then i have been a searcher looking for somthing to fill the void.has anyone found anything??

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  How things have become....the original Paradise book, the one with the rugged cover is now is a collectible..... specially in the borg. I remember one that my father had...one 'prominent charge' said to him, I'm gonna take this book from you...long time ago.
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  Stock market 2018 turbulence

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  last week was awful for the stock exchange..... do you guys think something like the 2008 crisis could happen again?

  the prophets of doom are talking about a 10 % correction....

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  All the economic fundamentals are good...and the stock exchange keeps sinking....why?
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  Typical Antitypical and 1914

  by Finally Left in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  could someone help me with this question please as it has been on my mind for sometime.

  watchtower comes along and changes the typical anti typical beliefs and with a stroke of the pen eliminates years of books and teachings.

  why does this not apply to 1914?

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  mikeflood

  Yea, you it a nail here, it should be treated the same and scraped right away but it seems for the WT land is a 'ghost of Christmas past'