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  Watchtower Cult Given $81,000 by City of Salem

  by rrb2016 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  can you imagine how much money they must make off of all the assemblies?

  i counted at least 211 between this week and end of the year.

  if they get paid by each city.... .

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  A Question of Adultery

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  question: if a jw married lady is accused of adultery and a judicial committee is formed to investigate the matter, is the lady's jw husband also invited to attend as the possibly injured party?.

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  Just a technical note: A JC would not be formed to investigate whether someone committed adultery (or anything else for that matter). Normally two elders would be assigned to investigate an accusation. If they find evidence of serious sin they would inform the BOE and a JC would be formed to determine if there is sufficient evidence of repentance. The JC would assume guilt unless something came up during the JC meeting. The KS book says "accused" for CYA reasons.
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  Is the USA too big?

  by Diogenesister in

  1. social
  2. current

  fred deftone on another thread about the tragic events at m. stoneman douglas school:.

  the us constitution wasn't written for 50 states either.

  the country has gotten too big and i think the solution is fragmentation.

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  Zeb, the Russian scholar is Igor Panarin. Google him. Wikipedia has an article that explains his thinking. The Kremlin was interested enough to hear him out. If I remember correctly, he was worried that a US break up might go bad for the world at large, depending on how it occurred.
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  So you're worried about the Big A, or the North Korean bombs? Sorry everyone, Japan is the one that has likely screwed us all.

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  heard much lately, about the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan?.

  that is until earlier today when i found this article from last year, with dr. helen caldicott discussing the chernobyl disaster and fukushima.

  she believes fukushima is uncontrollable and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it.. read the article: .

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  Some of the depleted uranium problem in the middle East is from the shells used in the A-10 armor busting plane the USAF uses. A friend of mine who flew UH-60s in the first gulf war said the plane was so fearsome to Iraqi tank crews that they would abandon their tanks as soon as the A-10s showed up.

  The shells get pulverized when used and now litter that part of the middle east.
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  Is the USA too big?

  by Diogenesister in

  1. social
  2. current

  fred deftone on another thread about the tragic events at m. stoneman douglas school:.

  the us constitution wasn't written for 50 states either.

  the country has gotten too big and i think the solution is fragmentation.

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  Bobcat

  This reminds me of Igor Panarin.
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  WT studied by all congregations 4th Feb 2018.

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from the wt dated dec 2017 - study 1 para 11 studied by all congregations 4th feb 2018. the question asked on this paragraph is:.

  what did the physician luke report happened to a young man, and how did that affect others?”.

  paragraph 11 in this wt reads:.

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  Here is an article on Luke. A little way down in the sub title "His profession" there is some discussion on medicine in Luke's time.
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  Try this on a JW

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is not intended to expose wrong teachings etc, just to promote thinking and asking questions.. 1) ask if imperfection and death automatically follow sin.

  jw will answer yes.. 2) ask if satan is imperfect then.. 3) sit back and watch them try to work out what the right answer should be.. sf.

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  Here was a question I had come up with concerning 1914 and Acts 17:30-31. Everytime I brought it up it stumped the person.
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  Governments should not under-estimate the potential danger-health that the G.B.pose for the community of Jehovah`s Witnesses

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.

  all of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not.

  its not such a big stretch of the imagination to think that jim jones or david koresh used such reasoning to convince their followers to do what they did, to have absolute faith in what they were saying was from god.

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  I've wondered also if, somewhere, in the authorities 'things to keep an eye on' file, they have some notes about JWs / the WT. After all, they have the fairly recent experience of Jim Jones and David Koresh. But these only amounted to about 1000 people or so. While, here, you have a group of 8 million +-. And to be given such a vague directive or tentative marching order, and during such times of religious extremism?

  It makes me wonder what the authorities might make of it. It also makes me wonder about the sanity/motives of the GB to make such statements under these circumstances. In past times the order of the day was to not draw such attention. As Jesus said, 'be cautious as serpents but innocent as doves.'
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  The real reason the Watchtower Magazine is studied

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower study is not real bible study.

  it is a study to introduce wtbts beliefs,doctrines, and practices.

  just think for a moment!

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  Here is an interesting document that discusses the WT's history regarding songs. The document makes the statement that songs are often used to inculcate organizational doctrine into the laity. (Not peculiar to just the WT.)
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  Common Figure of Speech/Colloquialism?

  by rstrats in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1. the messiah said that three nights would be involved with his time in the "heart of the earth".. 2. there are some who believe that the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week with the resurrection taking place on the 1st day of the week.. 3. of those, there are some who believe that the "heart of the earth" is referring to the tomb.. 4. however, those two beliefs allow for only 2 nights to be involved.. 5. to account for the discrepancy, some of the above say that the messiah was using common figure of speech/colloquial language of the time, i.e., that it is was common to forecast or say that a day or a night would be involved with an event when no part of the day or no part of the night could occur.. 6. in order for someone to legitimately say that it was common, they would have to know of more that 1 example to make that assertion.. 6. for the purpose of this topic, i would like to ask if there are any 6th day of the week crucifixion advocates who think the messiah was employing common figure of speech/colloquial language of the period?.

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  I'll let some one else take them.