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  AWAKE MAGAZIBE'S SURPRISING NEW DIRECTION

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/ze4q_7_-uo4?si=l0xe0drc5a9urhyt.

  so there was a time the awake magazine was printed every 15 days but now since jehovah is blessing them so much the magazine is printed once a year, and here you have the 1st edition for the year , which is nothing more than an informatial of how good of a charity they are to their local community.

  so we read in the following box: what we are doing firstly, jehovah’s witnesses promote a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

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  NotFormer

  It is incomprehensible to think somebody would let their child die.

  The horrible thing is not so much "letting" the child die as "making" the child die! 😱

  Because, ultimately, that's what some have done. 😞
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  2025 Convention Theme leak

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to the next boe letter to be read at next week's midweek meetings in the united states,.

  the theme of the convention for next year is.

  pure worship.

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  NotFormer

  "1914 + 120 years given to Noah to building ark before flood came brings us to 2034"

  Blondie, twenty or so years ago, the WT discovered that link* and mentioned it. It led to speculation on here that 1934 might become a new date. It seems to have fizzled out between then and now. Obviously the new GB doesn't have the same appetite for dating shenanigans that previous iterations of leadership had.

  Here is a question I asked about it and some links to that discussion back in the day. Just search for 2034 on here for more links.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5139187116802048/what-happened-2034

  * I remember reading a 1990s WT or Awake! article suggesting that Noah took fifty or so years to build the ark. I had already thought that they might give themselves some breathing space by using your above calculation. I refused to publish that idea on forums like this because I didn't want to give the Bethel monitors of such sites any ideas. In the early 2000s Bethel seems to have discovered it and ran with it.
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  AWAKE MAGAZIBE'S SURPRISING NEW DIRECTION

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/ze4q_7_-uo4?si=l0xe0drc5a9urhyt.

  so there was a time the awake magazine was printed every 15 days but now since jehovah is blessing them so much the magazine is printed once a year, and here you have the 1st edition for the year , which is nothing more than an informatial of how good of a charity they are to their local community.

  so we read in the following box: what we are doing firstly, jehovah’s witnesses promote a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

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  NotFormer

  "If that happens,,,then I guess the post-secondary education of jws kids is in serious jeopardy.

  "Since the magazines are equivalent to a university education."

  As someone who is interested in the dissemination of real information, I can't help but mourn the lost opportunity that Awake! represents. What could it have been, if it hadn't been a part of the WT's propaganda arm?

  BTW, I'll never forgive them for the 1990s article bragging about how many children died for their blood policy. 😡
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  What if JWs voted in elections?

  by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all this political banter is exhausting, so i want to ask a question that has probably been asked before, so here it goes….

  let’s try to keep this non-partisan - just give your opinion and why you think that way.. i’ll go first.

  i think jws would generally lean to the right, but not by a whole lot.

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  NotFormer

  It's arguably compulsory here, but I think you can get an exemption on religious grounds from the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission). The penalty is a small fine; I've never known anyone who's paid it. People usually don't vote because they forget. We've got local council elections this Saturday here in NSW. They're compulsory too.
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  Movies about JWs

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have seen many movies or shows that make a passing reference to jehovah's witnesses but very few dwell on jws.

  some like a deadly devotion episode i saw once tells a true story but the portal of jws is all wrong.

  by movies i am not talking of documentaries.

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  NotFormer

  "Hey, I got a title for a movie about the GB "The Dumbass 8" Lol."

  Now that, I'd go and see!

  Although it's 9 now. Is that the sequel? 🤔
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  The HLC do not pressure JWs

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the hospital liaison committee (hlc) for jehovah’s witnesses does not pressure members to refuse blood transfusions.

  rather, their role is to support jehovah’s witnesses in adhering to their pre-existing religious beliefs, which include a strict prohibition against accepting blood transfusions based on their interpretation of biblical scriptures.. jehovah’s witnesses are well-informed about their stance on blood from an early age, and refusing blood is a deeply ingrained religious conviction, not something imposed during a medical crisis.

  the hlc’s purpose is to provide assistance in accessing bloodless treatment options, facilitating communication with healthcare providers, and helping ensure that the patient’s choices are respected.. while the hlc strongly supports adherence to the beliefs of jehovah’s witnesses, the ultimate decision remains with the individual.

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  NotFormer

  "I’ll bet they got in serious trouble for that shit, their lawyers advised them that they were gonna lose badly if they pressed the issue in court, and their charity status was threatened if they didn’t back the fuck off."

  It's probably in the heyday of those kinds of shenanigans that first got governments to seriously begin looking at the WT and the way it treats its people. Agitating in the name of pacifism is one thing, but bragging about the kids who've died in obedience to their doctrine* is a whole 'nother ballgame. Doctors having to wake judges up in the middle of the night to get a court order to have a child transfused became such a meme that there's even a Jack Chick comic about it. The GB probably began to feel uncomfortable about the amount of pushback they were receiving** and have gradually been quietening and watering down their stance.

  * In a 1990s Awake!

  ** Kids dying who might have otherwise been saved isn't as glamorous as them sending their young men to prison over Vietnam.
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses or Jesus Witnesses?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  keith writes.

  you have just touched on a flawed doctrinal belief that is foundational to false religion.. first, it is important to understand what false religion means when they call themselves jehovah’s witnesses.

  by this, they declare themselves to be “witnesses of the father” despite the fact that jehovah is not the name of god at all, but a concoction of human origin from the dark ages.. here is the flaw:.

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  NotFormer

  "By this, they declare themselves to be “witnesses of the Father” despite the fact that Jehovah is NOT the name of God at all, but a concoction of human origin from the Dark Ages."

  I always say that they worship a scribal error by a 12th century Catholic monk. 🙄 Probably wrong in part, but arguably closer in accuracy than anything the WT says.
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  Deadpool 3

  by Vidiot in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  so, it’s gonna be a marvel studios production.. i’m holding out for the following titles:.

  ”deadpool: agent of shield”.

  ”deadpool v spider-man: dawn of bromance”.

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  NotFormer

  That episode of the Canadian show, The Forest Rangers, about them hunting the wolverine that killed their pet bunnies scared the daylights out of me when I was a kid. 😱
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  The HLC do not pressure JWs

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the hospital liaison committee (hlc) for jehovah’s witnesses does not pressure members to refuse blood transfusions.

  rather, their role is to support jehovah’s witnesses in adhering to their pre-existing religious beliefs, which include a strict prohibition against accepting blood transfusions based on their interpretation of biblical scriptures.. jehovah’s witnesses are well-informed about their stance on blood from an early age, and refusing blood is a deeply ingrained religious conviction, not something imposed during a medical crisis.

  the hlc’s purpose is to provide assistance in accessing bloodless treatment options, facilitating communication with healthcare providers, and helping ensure that the patient’s choices are respected.. while the hlc strongly supports adherence to the beliefs of jehovah’s witnesses, the ultimate decision remains with the individual.

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  NotFormer

  I'm not sure what the legal subtleties are, but in conversations I've had with hospital doctors, I get the impression that they've told the HLC to GTFO more than once.
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  Thought For the Day - for PIMI JW's

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  which name does the evil faithful slave's literature demand that you focus on - jehovah or jesus?.

  do jesus & the bible agree with the org's obsession with the name 'jehovah', or was jesus just being presumptuous?

  (matthew 10:22) and you will be objects of hatred by all people on account and whoever receives one such young child on the basis of my name receives me.... (matthew 18:20) for where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there i am in their midst.”.

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  NotFormer

  They worship the scribal error of a twelfth century Catholic monk.