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Watchtower and Communist propaganda
by aqwsed12345 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
have you ever wondered about the similarity of the watchtower-style and communist propaganda?

think about the "years' text" on kingdom halls'walls or catchwords on circuit assemblies.

on communist party assemblies there were a same-type text like "long live the socialism" etc.
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David Splane in Pictures
by VM44 in
1. jw
2. friends
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Was it EX JW literature / WT's or the BIBLE which woke you up? Post scriptures if any....
by EndofMysteries in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i considered myself immune to ex jw stuff.

no amount of old watchtowers or anything would change me.

it was seeing treatment of others by elders and the bible itself, which woke me.
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Has the WTS removed the 'offending' publications? Or just retired them due to time?
by AK - Jeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i seem to recall the earlier versions of watchtower cd-rom containing books from the 50's and 60's [life everlasting in the freedom of the son's of god - babylon the great has fallen - etc].

i have no cd predating 2001 now in my possession - and looked at that one today doing research, finding that virtually nothing pre-1970 is there [except the revised/altered 'truth' book].. is my memory faulty on this?

could it be that they just 'retired' the older pubs innocently?
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Coded Phone number for Kingdom Hall attendence.
by Joshnaz in
1. jw
2. friends
i just learned the the kingdom halls have a coded phone number for listening in on the sunday meetings.

for my area the phone number is 623-748-1908. when it asks you for the code dial 623293. you can enter the number of listeners and you are counted in attendance.

i just wanted to let everyone here know and see what everyone's thought's were..
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JW urban legends
by kurtbethel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i scraped these off of a jw message group, and they are too over the top to not pass along.

it is interesting to see that jws pass along these yarns just as their worldly friends do.

most of them have that vague "friend of a friend" quality that urban legends are well know for having.
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Compiling List-Trivial Items People Are Counseled Against
by love2Bworldly in
1. jw
2. friends
i hope this is not a repeat of past threads and i hope to get a lot of response.

i am compiling info of how people are treated within the wts.

i just read the post about a person being counseled for having baby shower games.
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The day a brother died in my Hall, & the unbelievable events that followed.
by Mr Ben in
1. jw
2. friends
this one really freaked me out.

i was so brainwashed at the time i found a way to justify it.

i think i?ve been repressing my anger about this and now i need to vent.
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Witnesses Not Budging on 1914
by stevieb1 in
1. jw
2. friends
just attended the sunday of the zealous kingdom proclaimers district convention in manchester, england and during the final talk we had an update on the world situation as it relates to jehovah's witnesses.

the speaker was peter ellis, a member of the london bethel branch committee.. he stated that many had been waiting for armageddon for some years and some have become disappointed that it hasn't yet arrived, and that newer jw's did not seem to have the same degree of faith as some of the old-timers in the faith, hence this was of serious concern.

then he said something along the lines of 1914 being set in stone and that the organization was not going to get any new light on this key doctrine, hence we can be sure that armageddon is very near.. interesting don't you think?
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How many JW's died as Nazi's victims,
by MacHislopp in
1. jw
2. friends
rather puzzled...*.

*** w51 2/15 105-6 an open answer to "the vindicator" ***.

that is why during the nazi regime in germany from 1933 to 1945 jehovahs witnesses in that land refused to heil hitler!