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  Loss of a Jehovah’s Witness who I considered a friend

  by Fallen_Winter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have known a jehovah’s witness for approximately 15 years and i have considered her a friend although i know that jehovah’s witnesses cannot have friends who are not jehovah’s witnesses.

  approximately two years ago, i was going through a very difficult time and i asked my friend if we could have bible study.

  she said yes and we have been studying the bible since.

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  NotFormer

  "However, pioneers (including ‘auxiliary’ pioneers) still have an hour requirement, so they have to report their time."

  She was probably happy to while away pleasant hours with the OP in order to fill out her hours, but as speculated throughout this thread, it sounds like someone has pulled the plug on that. It's an ingenious system, in its own sinister way. By requiring the reporting of exactly what is being done where and with whom, it can highlight possible friendships blossoming outside the hall, and such things can be quashed accordingly.
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  Why didn't Watchtower go online with covid?

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wasn't surprised they didn't go online, i was shocked.

  the perfect opportunity handed in a silver plate.

  more time goes, more proof coming they took wrong decision going back to hall's.

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  NotFormer

  It's all digital these days, even in the mainstream churches. But I imagine that there's a better chance to guilt people into dropping a bit more into the contribution box if they're physically present. It's probably some psychological principle of which the WT is well aware.

  Is trolley/cart ministry for the privileged few? I see a few people manning those in town. At the Sunday market two days ago I saw a rather substantial group gathered around the "Free Bible Course" sign. I haven't seen anyone door to door for a few months, though.
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  Loss of a Jehovah’s Witness who I considered a friend

  by Fallen_Winter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have known a jehovah’s witness for approximately 15 years and i have considered her a friend although i know that jehovah’s witnesses cannot have friends who are not jehovah’s witnesses.

  approximately two years ago, i was going through a very difficult time and i asked my friend if we could have bible study.

  she said yes and we have been studying the bible since.

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  NotFormer

  "She grew up in the truth..." She grew up in a JW family, not in the truth.
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  Loss of a Jehovah’s Witness who I considered a friend

  by Fallen_Winter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have known a jehovah’s witness for approximately 15 years and i have considered her a friend although i know that jehovah’s witnesses cannot have friends who are not jehovah’s witnesses.

  approximately two years ago, i was going through a very difficult time and i asked my friend if we could have bible study.

  she said yes and we have been studying the bible since.

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  NotFormer

  "During her closing prayer, she said that she would like to be my friend forever."

  Running that through the JW filter, it probably means she wants you to be baptised and join, so you will survive Armageddon and live forever with her and the other JWs.
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  WATCHTOWER JAN 2025: WHY IS THE WATCHTOWER OBSESSED WITH THE RANSOM?

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/ocufvpm3t04?si=75zmussxknhlsrs7.

  the first watchtower for 2025 is out, and immediately, articles 4 and 5 drew my attention.

  these will be studied near the memorial season, a time the witnesses prepare for their yearly commemoration of jesus’ death, i will be returning on this articles near at the time.

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  NotFormer

  It seems to be a uniquely WT thing, AFAIK. I've been around mainstream Christianity for nearly 50 years and have never heard of this ransom thing*, apart from when I see it being referred to here. Is there an actual verse (or more) they point to that uses that term? Perhaps they've translated a term differently than the way other translations do. Like they do with "grace", for example.

  * In those terms, anyway.
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  Watch Tower PA sues Russia in DC district over confiscation of Bethel

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watch tower society of pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on september 3, 2024, naming as defendants the russian federation, the russian ministry of health, and the almazov national medical research center.

  unfortunately, i can't access the case documents, including the complaint.

  i would appreciate if someone with an active pacer account could make them available.. anyway, it is enough to know the almazov center is one of the entities sued by the wts to say what this case is about.

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  NotFormer

  I'm in two minds about this. Unusually, I'm on the WT's side. Russia is indulging in religious persecution, and that is not right, no matter how much I despise the WT. Here comes the big "however", however. By valuing their monetary assets over their adherents, they are arguably endangering said adherents further. It'd be nice if, just once, the WT would genuinely care about the welfare of their congregants over their material wealth.
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  JWs on LinkedIn

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i'm extremely board i look up jws on linkedin.. steven is clearly counting his time.

  lol.

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  NotFormer

  Good onya, Steve! Keep everyone not in your religious clique safely at arm's length, so you don't get to learn that "worldly" people can be kind and acceptable friends and companions. 🙄
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  BABYLON THE GREAT IS NOT FALLING ANYMORE? (NEW LIGHT FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING)

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/rsbfa_7lqv4?si=muuxmgtll1n1ifad.

  the watchtower’s babylon the great: a shrinking reality?.

  so this latest annual meeting introduced a new idea about babylon the great, and here is the part from geoffrey jackson's talk we real need to dig in and consider it's ramifications..... so you’ve got to hand it to them; they know how to keep things interesting with their ever-evolving interpretations and, of course, those classic "adjustments" in understanding.

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  NotFormer

  "Countries like the UK and Australia, where Jehovah’s Witnesses are registered as charities, aren’t too thrilled when they hear that one of their beneficiaries is rooting for the downfall of other religions."

  Australia actually banned the JWs in WW2, basically because they were constantly running down the government and attacking the churches, particularly a certain Catholic cardinal by name. Officially it was because they were using their radio stations to possibly supply news that could be helpful to the enemy. It was eventually overturned, interestingly not on the grounds of religious freedom, but because of the overzealous application of whatever act they used to implement the ban in the first place.
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  New Zealand: Leaving the ‘cult’ of the Jehovah’s Witnesses behind

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ttps://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350446426/leaving-cult-jehovahs-witnesses-behind.

  the press.

  october 12, 2024 .

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  NotFormer

  It's a very thorough article and pretty well up to date. Let's hope it gets read by a lot of people.
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  Two new Governing Body members

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jeddoly and rumph???.

  who are they?

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  NotFormer

  The number of members of the GB is growing at a similar rate to the number of partakers. 🙄