Ultimate Axiom

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  Yesterday's WT slip up

  by neat blue dog in

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  when the israelites left egypt in 1513 b.c.e., they may have numbered more than three million.

  spanning three or even four generations.

  🤭.

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  Ultimate Axiom

  It seems to me that this thread has gone off the point a bit. How many, and in what year, the Israelites left Egypt, is an open question. The point is that according to David Splane, when the Israelites arrived in Egypt a couple of centuries earlier they were just ONE generation, at least, all those that were alive at any time during Joseph’s lifetime were. Now that they are leaving they are no longer one generation, but up to four. But if they are all contemporaries of Moses, why aren’t the just one generation? This is what happens when you twist one passage and forget to apply the same twisted logic to other passages – you ‘slip up’. The same slip up was made in this Watchtower, and no doubt there are many others.
  

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5396830662688768/seven-generations
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  Films with nudity

  by neat blue dog in

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  i guess every jw has a different conscience on the matter, and i don't believe any jw publications have ever specifically mentioned nudity in film as being off limits.

  of course genitals are out of the question because that's usually relegated to r movies which most good jws don't view.

  female toplessness is condoned but not spoken about, as most jws i know have seen titanic and many own it.

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  Remember that scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid where Sundance comes back to his woman after their escape by jumping off that cliff and initially you don’t know that she is his woman until he is part way through undressing her. Well I know a couple who walked out of the cinema in disgust when that scene came. I think almost everyone else in the congregation saw that film and loved it. So it would seem there has always been a big difference in what people deem suitable viewing. Mind you, I think this couple were just trying to prove they were super righteous, and secretly loved it.
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  Why does WT rarely reference creationist scientist?

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in watching the latest video in the series "was it designed?

  " at tv-dot-jw-dot-org, i got to wondering why is it that watchtower hardly references scientist that are creationist.

  i know its only a minority from that group, but there are enough out there for them to reference from.

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  As far as I am concerned, anyone who believes that the human race began when god created Adam and Eve 6,000 years ago, is a creationist, and there are plenty of scientists who are therefore creationists. Of course, the term ‘scientist’ has a wide variety of applications, hence the Awake! often features articles where ‘scientists’ explains their faith, and these include microbiologists, biochemists, embryologists, pathologists, physicists, surgeons etc etc. The Watchtower should have no trouble quoting from these people for they are fellow Witnesses, so why don’t they? Perhaps because these people are not biologists have not produced a thesis or a research papers on any aspect of evolution that would carry any weight, therefore there is nothing of worth from these people to quote.
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  Seven Generations

  by Ultimate Axiom in

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  by chance i came across a watchtower of june 1, 2015, and it has an article in it, “a legacy that has lasted seven generations”.

  it’s written by a guy called kevin williams and it starts with this ancestor thomas williams (1815-1891) and continues his story down to the present through his family.

  but hold on a minute, how can this guy’s twelve relatives span seven generations?

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  To be precise here, no one talks about “overlapping generations” because that's not what the WTS doctrine is. The official doctrine is still of just a single generation, but one that can now last about 170 years (stretching from c1885 until c2055) because it's made up of two groups of anointed Christians (all forming just one generation). So they've got about 35 years before time junks this load of BS, but like me, most of those who dreamt it up won’t be around to face the music. The chances are, 1914 will be ditched by then anyway, or the WTS won’t be around, at least not in any form that we recognise today.
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  Seven Generations

  by Ultimate Axiom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  by chance i came across a watchtower of june 1, 2015, and it has an article in it, “a legacy that has lasted seven generations”.

  it’s written by a guy called kevin williams and it starts with this ancestor thomas williams (1815-1891) and continues his story down to the present through his family.

  but hold on a minute, how can this guy’s twelve relatives span seven generations?

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  By chance I came across a Watchtower of June 1, 2015, and it has an article in it, “A Legacy That Has Lasted Seven Generations”. It’s written by a guy called Kevin Williams and it starts with this ancestor Thomas Williams (1815-1891) and continues his story down to the present through his family. But hold on a minute, how can this guy’s twelve relatives span seven generations? Isn’t Freddie Franz (1893-1992) and those anointed prior to the 1990ish (say born late 60s) just one generation?
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  "The sun will be darkened, & the moon will not give its light." How do events like this affect superstitious humans?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the gospel of matthew's homily on the signs connected with the imagined return of christ, features an element of the sign that seems to really scare superstitious people.. matthew 24:29 reads: "immediately after the distress of those days "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;".

  in the nineteenth century such an even occurred twice in the 19th century and apparently became part of charlie russell's conviction that the end of the world was nigh, charlie, of course, was a 'man of faith' accepting the bible as true and not willing to search for alternative explanation for such events.

  if charlie r. had been the sort of person that continually asks why, his life and ours may have taken a different course.. i cannot quote where in his mass of writings he cites those 19th c events (its a long time since i've bothered to be interested in his writings), but mention them he did, and saw these events as proof of the imminent return of jesus christ.. so let's look at these two 19th c.natural occurrences, and compare them to another occurrence some 1400 years ago.. the 19th c events occurred in 1814-16 and again circa, 1883. the reason for the sun and moon being darkened was volcanic activity, easy for us to appreciate, but more difficult for religiously superstitious people.. the wikipedia encyclopedia notes the 1814-16 event: quote.

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  My sister became a Witness in the late 60s, and was largely responsible for me joining. She got cancer about ten years ago and was a loyal dub right to the end. One thing she said before she died was that she was so disappointed not to be able to witness the signs in the sun and the moon (as per the God’s Kingdom Rules book, page 226). It was the only time I felt so sad for her being a Witness, to have spent her whole adult life waiting for something that was never going to happen.
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  Funny ex-jw memes

  by Apostate Anonymous in

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  backstory:.

  so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

  he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.

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  Explain Your Avatar

  by new boy in

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  i know this thread has been done before.

  however maybe some of the new comers might like to know.. my avatar is the cover of my first novel "your crazy life.

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  My favourite singer songwriter of all time, Harry Chapin, who sadly died far too young. This is from his album Sniper.
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses, is there Life after Death?

  by JW Answers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jehovah's witnesses claim that at death you cease to exist... however, what if they have been taught wrong?

  what if the bible explains that there is life immediately after death?

  what if more than 8 people in scripture from old testament to new experienced, acknowledged or taught that there was life straight after death?

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  One thing I can never quite get about all this, because I'm no theologian and had enough trouble getting my head around the JW BS without worring about mainstream BS. But if we have an immortal soul that lives on after we die, why is there a need for a resurrection?
  
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  Tag teams of Cart Sitters

  by days of future passed in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one sunday, we took our dad out for lunch.

  since it didn't open till 12:00, we were going to have to kill time.

  this restaurant is situated with other businesses around a small park and when we parked, we noticed there was a cart to the right in the park.

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  My wife is still in touch with an old sister, even though my wife left about 25 years ago. She claims that this sister has told her that they are "not allowed" to approach the public while manning the carts - they can only speak to the public if they are spoken to first.