Posts by truthlover123

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A City Having Real Foundations.

by LostintheFog1999 in

someone asked me recently when did i start to have doubts as an elder about what i was teaching from the platform.. i have given it a lot of thought and i can say that it was when i was delivering a public talk about the book of hebrews.

so i paused and read it again.. i looked at the audience and said to them let's look at the cross-reference for this verse which is hebrews 12:22 and i read that verse.

after which i remember saying "and this is how the outline puts it.... " and i read from the outline verbatim.. abraham was not looking forward to an earthly kingdom hope.

truthlover123

LITF -- I so agree with you. Hebrews chapter 11 is full of eye opening information that the org has misinformed the pubs. there is a lot to unpack and heavenly Jerusalem is one of them - ties in with Revelation and those thoughts on the kingdom.

We have been cut off from asking questions for so long, because it places us in jeopardy of being spiritually sick. Days gone by after meetings and having dinner at someone's home, the bible was always a point of discussion along with the talks. No one was adamant things were wrong - even though they were- just a good discussion. But no more - no answering outside the paragraphs, robots all,. canned answers repeated from paragraphs just read.

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Changed behavior of the governing body on the topic of “vaccinations” in the Covid era

by Pedro in

i'm looking for an explanation why the gb has made a radical change on the issue of vaccinations.

was there pressure from outside?

were there any financial or other benefits to promoting experimental genetic therapy?.

truthlover123

Can you verify WTBTS has shares in Pfizer? I always felt they did with the way they were pushing the vac?

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j-worg tailors

by stan livedeath in

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heres a business opportunity for someone.. jw clothes.

mens suits etc--with that discrete blue j,worg label inside.

order online..

truthlover123

A nice mens suit with lapel of JW.Org pin that hides a recording system for those cozy committee meetings.

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Are Atheists Hypocritical in Celebrating Christmas?

by Sea Breeze in

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richard dawkins revealed that he celebrates christmas on radio four's today programme.. here is is quoted as saying: .

'i am perfectly happy on christmas day to say merry christmas to everybody,' dawkins said.

'i might sing christmas carols - once i was privileged to be invited to kings college, cambridge, for their christmas carols and loved it.

truthlover123

No, its a holiday... do what they want. We always drove around in the nights to look at the lights against the snow. very pretty time of the year. It's just a date.

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NWPublisher app

by Rattigan350 in

i heard on the meeting about apps called nwpublisher and cartsmart.

new world publisher (nw publisher) is a free apple ios and google android app created by jehovah’s witnesses for jehovah’s witnesses.

congregation publishers can install new world publisher on their mobile devices and be more united and connected with their congregation.. cartsmart was built to streamline the way we schedule our public witnessing shifts.

truthlover123

This NW app may be the brainchild of the brothers who run online and physical store carrying all JW items - in upstate NY.

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NWPublisher app

by Rattigan350 in

i heard on the meeting about apps called nwpublisher and cartsmart.

new world publisher (nw publisher) is a free apple ios and google android app created by jehovah’s witnesses for jehovah’s witnesses.

congregation publishers can install new world publisher on their mobile devices and be more united and connected with their congregation.. cartsmart was built to streamline the way we schedule our public witnessing shifts.

truthlover123

I know in this area they are using WhatsApp. I did not download it. Interesting we all have pins - although a friend who previously made donations by cheque got letters back with specific personal number for the donation. I do not give, so did not know about it until I was shown the letter.

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My decision.

by MissDaSilva in

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i’ve decided to disassociate from the jw organisation.

i cannot be part of a community that blatantly rejects the sacrifice of jesus in that demonic memorial ritual.

amazing what information you find when you start researching.. i’m writing my letter and posting it to the kingdom hall this morning.

truthlover123

Congratulations Miss DaSilva- enjoy the rest of your life, so many things open up to you now.

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My decision.

by MissDaSilva in

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friends

i’ve decided to disassociate from the jw organisation.

i cannot be part of a community that blatantly rejects the sacrifice of jesus in that demonic memorial ritual.

amazing what information you find when you start researching.. i’m writing my letter and posting it to the kingdom hall this morning.

truthlover123

Jesus died for the world of mankind who believed, why would only the "anointed" have that privilege? The other sheep were part of the olive tree - anyone who believed, not just JW's. The Jewish people could be grafted back in to regain what they lost, the other sheep were the ones Jeremiah and Paul preached to - the nations, to give them a hope as well. (Hebrews.) So when the 11 were in the upper room with Jesus (Jews), and in the first century Jesus cast off the jews, did that level the field to allows the "nations" to partake of the memorial because they had become believers- called "Christians" (Antioch)?

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John 13:35 Mistranslated?

by KerryKing in

disclaimer!

i am not a bible translator not do i speak ancient greek or hebrew.. john 13: 35 nwt : 'by this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves '.. (curiously, this verse is not listed in the nwt index under the word 'disciples'.).

the biblehub interlinear reads : ' by this will know all that to me disciples you are if love you have among yourselves '.. could it actually mean, contrary to all bible translations, that it is jesus himself, and not people in general, who identifies his disciples because they show love among each other?.

truthlover123

It is true that you can go anywhere and be love bombed and helped initially.

But that fades and quickly. I ( and a crew) personally have helped families to move, set up homes of new ones in area, cleaned when someone was sick, made meals, driven sick ones to hospital for treatment.... even helped shingle roofs, so I am versed in all that however, during the past 20 years or so, that has taken a drastic turn when we have become older and not able to help as much, there seems to be a lack of young ones to take over. Let alone, sign up as ms or elders. If you need to move something now, hire a truck, pay for it. Get groceries picked up, make dr appts when you can get there.... it has all changed and I don't see it ever coming back.

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Why disfellowship must be eliminated for the survival of the WT itself

by TheScientist in

this topic i digress about why the watchtower relaxing the rules of disfellowship is essential for its survival.

many things i'm going to say are not my ideas, some are, the point is, i'm condensing everything in a logical and concise way.. the first thing we have to keep in mind is that the wt's main objective in instituting disfellowship has always been not to lose members because of the damage that a dissident could do, or to avoid gaining new members because of the bad reputation of a confessed sinner in the his/her region.

in the end, the more active members, the more money to the coffers.. in this case of disfellowship due to apostasy, to avoid any spark, texts were sought out of context that even prohibited saying "hi".

truthlover123

So true- this is a big one