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  We Are Not False Prophets-Watchtower

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. bible

  a jw apologetic video.

  https://youtu.be/itxmldcsmly.

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  Watchtower: We Are Not False Prophets:

  
  
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  Galaxies and 49000 years

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  now today this is of course a non-issue.

  the wt has embraced the big bang/old earth etc just not evolution.

  in fact the creator book has some decent info.. however i have a good copy of the 1958 paradise book.

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  Just to notice, even in 1976 book "Good News" (pg. 60, 61) says: "[...] This would indicate that this ‘rest day’ would be of seven thousand years’ duration. (Genesis 1:28; Revelation 20:4) It is reasonable to conclude that each of the six preceding “days” of creation would occupy similar periods of time [...]".

  But, in crazy seventies, they also believed that "heart of man is the powerhouse of one’s desires, emotions and affections" and that "moral and spiritual state" of man can be "examinated" in one's kidneys...
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  Has anyone ever turn down being appointed an Elder or MS?

  by Davros in

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  2. friends

  has anyone turned it down or know of someone who did turn down being an elder or ms?.

  yes, it should be one of the biggest privileges a brother can get !!

  (how do i put the barfy icon in?

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  I was still a teenager when i was appointed as MS, and i was eager to help, so they gave me more and more jobs to do. And we went to some shepherding visits, 2/3 was about "my wife won't have sex with me, please talk to her". I asked my father who was also an elder, "is that common to ask elders such things?" and he said "it is nothing, you will be suprised what we deal in our congregation". And i thought to myself "i will better skip that knowledge".

  Month or two later, i was in field service with an elder, and he asked me "do you want to serve more, maybe like elder some day or something?" I said "not really, i'm ok doing just technical jobs as MS". He was really disapointed. Next evening, my father (also an elder) ask me about yesterday's service, what did we talk, what did i said, and he said "that was just formality, we prepared your appointment for next week, now you ruined it, who could imagine that you will said 'no'", and he started to laugh. I laughed too, and said "let me mics and books and forms, but dont ask me to poke my nose to other people's laundry". And i never regreted.
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  What to do with old publications

  by TonyMorronTheTurd in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi guys,.

  it's been a while since i posted here, but i feel like posting again.. it's hard sometimes to find the energy to post here after i expend all my time working a full time job and pretending i care about the wt$ at the same time.. i've been trying to slowly wake my girlfriend up ever since i first posted here, and i must say it is a long waiting game that i am playing right now.

  almost all my efforts are dismissed and i've been slowly losing hope.. anyways, what i meant to really post here today is about old publications.. honestly anything that has to do with the watchtower and jdubs, as of recently makes me feel like vomiting.

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  Maybe local library (some archive section) would be interested in bound volumes.
  
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  Simon's Board!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the watchtower witch-hunters are still sending out subpoena's and closing down websites.

  it is safer for simon, this board, and us if we send out internal confidential documents privately.. from time to time i will let you know something has arrived that you might want.

  just send us a "pm" and we will give you the download links.. you do not need to include any personal information.

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  Thank you very much once again!

  Best regards,

  
  
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  Ever wonder how to be "saved" as a JW?

  by sir82 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was searching for something on the wt online library, and was struck by all the requirements a jw has in order to be "saved".. want to see a partial list?

  all these found by searching for "salvation depends" on wol.

  just do all 26 things, and you too can be saved!.

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  Well, since May 13, 2019, JW has a new baptismal questions, it is enough to answer "YES" to first of it: (1) “Have you repented of your sins, dedicated yourself to Jehovah, and accepted his way of salvation through Jesus Christ?” and voila, you are saved!
  
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  JW Magazine Printing Numbers

  by HiddenPimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  currently there are 3 types -.

  awake 3 issues a year / 93,354,000 printed per issue.

  watchtower 3 issues a year/ 93,281,000 printed per issue.

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  The most majority of printed issues lies in garages, basements and attics of JW and kingdom hall storages. I had to move a few times in my life, and each time i had to get rid off a dozens of kg of magazines, maybe thousands of copies. Each time all that paper ended in recycle bin - no one wanted it, in kingdom hall they said they have more than enough spare copies, same as other JW i asked. I am inactive for almost twenty years and i still got one cabinet full of literature. I wonder how much of that xx millions of copies 'reached the market', but for sure it is shameful waste of money and resources. Going to full online editions and reducing physical printing to minimum is only way to go. They have nothing new or smart to remain printed anyway.
  
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  People Are Drinking a Lot More When "Locked Up" in Their Homes

  by RubaDub in

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  2. friends

  it was amusing the other evening on the local news to see the increase of drinking due likely to people having to basically stay at home.. the news crew went out on recycle day in a couple of areas during the week.

  they showed the general neighborhoods (but not the specific houses).

  the reporter walked down the street and looked into the recycle bins.

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  Wonder how A.M.III get his weekly supply of Macallan...
  
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  Venting: While I sit here watching my extra-PIMI wife on zoom.

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  while i sit here watching my extra-pimi wife on zoom.

  i see her go into the jw trance, duel personality at it's finest.

  it is so creepy to watch this religious personality come out.

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  Congregational meeting is one and only social interaction for the most of JW, so it is natural they want to see and to be seen. Trying to look good on screen means shower, shaving / make up, dressing up, all good habits which could be easy neglect during quarantine. I can understand that Zoom thing as a sort of comfort for the most of JW.

  I'm inactive for almost twenty years, but i dressed up and put a tie for this memorial and attend with my pimi wife and her mother (our camera was off, like always), it meant a lot to them in these circumstances, no matter they know that i'll never be back again. I look on JW as doctor look on patients, if you cannot cure them, then just try to easy the pain.
  
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  Legal Concerns About "Zoom" Meetings!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this whole "zoom" thing has got me wondering whether some of it is legal or not.

  if a person has to dress up for a zoom meeting the way the watchtower dictates, doesn't this really go "beyond" cult?.

  even the cults who committed mass suicide were able to dress the way they wanted for their meetings.

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  Like this? :)