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  Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention

  by JW_Rogue in

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  2. experiences

  hi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.

  during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.

  the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.

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  FayeDunaway

  They have to drop either '1914' or 'generation.'

  If they keep 1914 they will soon simply stop highlighting the generation scripture.

  If the religion goes on for another several decades, they will stop mentioning 1914 as well.
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  Why must sisters wear skirts?

  by purrpurr in

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  and or dresses?

  just what is wrong with a smart pair of trousers?

  i'm sure that the women would not start behaving like men or imagining that they have a dick!.

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  FayeDunaway

  Because everyone is repressed and has dirty minds and they wouldnt be able to handle the definition that pants bring.

  Sure, Hillary Clinton and Angela merkel can do it and nobody thinks anything about it. Bankers, real estate agents, female ceo's do it. Female pastors do it.

  Like well trimmed beards, perfectly acceptable in todays society, and even the most upstanding citizens can have them, women in dress pants is still a ways a way for such a backwards religion as the jw's.
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  One hope for ALL christians - interesting video on heavenly hope

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7qe6fqac4.

  a short video with proof from the bible that the ones going to "heaven" are not meant to stay there forever, but just to meet jesus there (at the rapture) and be with him forever, on earth, not in heaven!.

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  FayeDunaway

  I don't think we need to speculate on the details. But I agree there is one hope. Heaven first, then earth. An earthly hope is not unique to witnesses, it is in the theology of most protestant religions, they just talk about it rarely.
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  Born Ins Vs Converts

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  did you ever feel like born ins were looked at differently than those that were converted?

  i always felt that there was a level of suspicion around those "raised in the truth".

  that we were always suspected of being jws to make our family happy.

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  FayeDunaway

  D4g, so true.

  being a born in, when you are a naturally independent thinker and free spirit, SUCKS. Especially if your parents are good strong witnesses. I want a real childhood.
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  Charity

  by aintenoughwiskey in

  1. jw
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  we know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.

  since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?

  sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!

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  FayeDunaway

  Smiddy, like I said, when we were witnesses I used to donate to mostly animal shelters (I would get begging letters every single day in the mail).... also public radio. Actually if I hadn't been an avid listener of public radio the last 25 years, I might still be a witness! (a half believing witness), ugh, what a pain that would be. Worrying about my kids not following 'the truth.' So glad those tumultuous changes happened, and we are out!
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  Has there been new counsel about Facebook recently?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've noticed increasing amounts of jw's are coming off fb and deactivating completely.

  all with the same reason which they post about at lenght which is that they wwant to focus more on their spiritual life and not have the distraction of fb.. have i missed something or is this just a coincidence?.

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  FayeDunaway

  I think it's not a coincidence this is often a trend during convention time.
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  Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.

  during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.

  the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.

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  FayeDunaway

  The only reason they stuck with 1914 instead of finding a new date (as russell had done a few times previously!) was because WWI happened to break out. I can imagine his excitement as war started being declared across Europe, 'Oh, thank GOD!!! I don't have to move the date again!!!'
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  Charity

  by aintenoughwiskey in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.

  since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?

  sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!

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  FayeDunaway

  It is amazing. These operations in developed countries are so common....in countries where it is not possibly affordable or accessible, whole lives are ruined. Thanks for telling me about that one.
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  Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.

  during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.

  the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.

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  FayeDunaway

  Sometimes it just suddenly strikes me as so ludicrous that the world, according to them, was supposed to end in 1914. And they have SUCCESSFULLY managed to string people along for over a hundred years, 'no really!! It's coming!! Any day now!!!!'

  that is manipulation SKILLS.
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  30 most edited regular Wikipedia pages

  by biometrics in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses topic made it to the list:.

  http://i.imgur.com/7m2xgzz.png.

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  FayeDunaway

  Me too lrg! I bet Latter Day Saints and Scientology are numbers 31 and 32 :). Other controversial organizations that have way too many strung out followers spending time maintaining their image.

  Incidentally, when I was researching the cross on Wikipedia years ago, I saw that picture that was in the live forever book, drawn 400 years ago, of jesus on a stake. It was right next to OTHER configurations the same artist had done, he had like 16 different ideas of the way jesus could have been impaled. Most of them with arms outstretched. Of course the live forever book didn't have THOSE drawings in it. They purposely chose an 'old looking' drawing to make it seem like people used to not believe in the cross, never mentioning the other 15 drawings. But this misrepresentation I realize now is normal for them.

  Researching wikipedia a couple years later, it was all gone.