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outside consulting firm used for JW building site , to be complete in 2019.
by brandnew in
1. jw
2. friends
crofton wins key role on jehovah's witnesses campus.

6 may 2015 | by yoosof farah.

engineer lands role on scheme that will predominantly be designed and constructed by volunteers.
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The Watchtower are Right About Blood...
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
... but, they fail to take note of one important detail.. i believe that if we are going to have any chance of reasoning with a jw about blood, this is the place we need to begin.. don't try to convince them that it was only a dietary law.

it wasn't, and they will never go along with it.. don't tell them that saving a life is more important than obeying a law, even a seemingly trivial one.

they take pride in obedience.
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Rumor: New light comes from outside marketing consultants
by Londo111 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this is a rumor i heard back in november, it comes to me third or fourth-hand.

feel free to poke holes.

i have many doubts about this myself.
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Proposed Apostate takeover campaign
by zound in
1. jw
2. friends
fictional apostate takeover campaign.

stage #1.. what if in a town that had a particularly large amount of apostates and ex-jw's, over a period of a few months, they started going to a small congregation.

either pretending they were bible studies or just returning jw's, they got good standing in the congregation, priveleges etc.
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Can you prove Jesus existed outside of Bible (so called) evidence?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i thought i'd done a thread on this before but can't find it.. so.

did jesus actually exist?.

without using the bible i'd like to see obvious proof..
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Suffern tenants must move after Jehovah's Witnesses group buys building
by TJ Curioso in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
suffern tenants must move after jehovah's witnesses group buys building .

suffern the nonprofit organization behind the jehovahs witnesses has purchased an apartment complex in the village with plans to use it as temporary housing for members while they work to build a massive new headquarters in nearby warwick, orange county.. the sale of the 48-unit suffern commons at 10-12 chestnut st. closed last week, a spokesman for the watchtower society told the journal news.. the deal forces families in the three-story building to quickly find alternative housing and could mean a loss to the village of $56,000 in annual property taxes if the new owner secures a religious tax exemption which it is interested in, spokesman richard devine said.. before the sale was confirmed, tenants spent the past few weeks anxiously trying to figure out why some of them received notices to vacate by june 30. others who had signed one-year leases or didnt know when their leases were up, like terri fosina-friedman, also have prepared to move.. but the painful process and lack of information from their landlord and the new owner has angered many residents, fosina-friedman said.. im just happy that i got it settled and i got another place to live and my son can stay in the school district, she said.. the watchtower society, the brooklyn-based organization that establishes doctrine for millions of jehovahs witnesses around the world, intends to honor tenants existing leases at suffern commons, devine said.

he indicated that the society would consider an extension of the june 30 move-out deadline.. were going to work with the tenants, he said.
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Transubstantiation?
by leavingwt in
1. jw
2. friends
does anyone here accept the doctrine of transubstantiation?

if so, please elaborate.

theology: the changing of the elements of the bread and wine, when they are consecrated in the eucharist, into the body and blood of christ (a doctrine of the roman catholic church).
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How long before The Watchtower goes bankrupt and vanishes?
by VM44 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
how long before the watchtower goes bankrupt and goes away?.

does anyone know how the watchtower is doing financially?.

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Other Religions use the Name JEHOVAH too
by UnDisfellowshipped in
1. watchtower
2. bible
are jehovah's witnesses really the only religion that promotes and preaches the name of jehovah?.

jw's are always claiming that they are the only religion that preaches and uses the name jehovah, and that is why only they will be saved.

for example, look at this quote from the watchtower:.
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Daniel 8 For Dummies II - "The WT Strikes ...
by Farkel in
1. jw
2. friends
daniel 8 for dummies - part 2: "the watchtower strikes back" .

i've posted this one before, but it's been updated and is especially geared for you true believing dubbies out there.

what i'm going to discus is important even though you may not have the attention span to digest it, because this is your religion and what it still teaches.