It is NOT possible to explain this on your door step... While you attempt to explain this, the JW will wondering what subject he needs to look up in his Reasoning book to refute whatever it is he thinks you're saying... This will end with the JW saying something like: "If you wish, I can research this matter further and return next week with a Biblical answer to that question".... Of course, 9 times out of 10, he'll forget this conversation even happened and will probably never return.
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How would YOU explain cognitive disonance to a Jehovahs Witness on your doorstep
by smiddy inseriously , in plain simple language that the most thick headed jw would understand.. and what examples would you use.. smiddy.
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Revelation Climax book - what are the most ridiculous claims in it?
by RayPublisher ini got to thinking about all the strange interpretations in the old revelation climax book now that i have perused it again on pdf.
(thanks atlantis!).
does anyone care to toss in their two cents on what are the most outrageous and/or ridiculous claims in it?.
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ATime for Testing and Judging
Jesus was baptized and anointed as King-Designate at the Jordan River about October 29 C.E. Three and a half years later, in 33 C.E., he came to Jerusalem’s temple and threw out those who were making it a cave of robbers. There appears to be a parallel to this in the three-and-a-half-year period from Jesus’ enthronement in the heavens in October 1914 until his coming to inspect professed Christians as judgment began with the house of God. (Matthew 21:12, 13; 1 Peter 4:17) Early in 1918 the Kingdom activity of Jehovah’s people met with great opposition. It was a time of testing earth wide, and fearful ones were sifted out. In May 1918 Christendom’s clergy instigated the imprisonment of officials of the Watch Tower Society, but nine months later these were released. Later, the false charges against them were dropped. From 1919 the organization of God’s people, tried and refined, moved zealously forward to proclaim Jehovah’s Kingdom by Christ Jesus as the hope for mankind.—Malachi 3:1-3.
As Jesus began his inspection in 1918, the clergy of Christendom no doubt received an adverse judgment. Not only had they raised up persecution against God’s people but they had also incurred heavy bloodguilt by supporting the contending nations during the first world war. (Revelation 18:21, 24) Those clergymen then placed their hope in the man-made League of Nations. Along with the entire world empire of false religion, Christendom had fallen completely from God’s favor by 1919.
W TF ? A THREE-AND-A-HALF-YEAR period???
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2014 Memorial Talk Outline & 2014 Special Talk Outline
by Calebs Airplane inthese usually come out about this time of the year... does anyone have these yet?.
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Atlantis... any idea on why these outlines are delayed this year?
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Monica Jaramillo sex abuse case
by joe134cd inwhen i first became aware of the sex abuse cases about 12 months ago.
i thought they could perhaps be isolated cases.
now i'm just wondering how big this thing is going to get.
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You can't be DF'd for talking about current events...
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Did being a JW affect you socially?
by Mahtaw ini feel like i'm awkard in social situations.
i hate going up and talking to people i don't know.
i have trouble making friends.
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It took me 3 years to finally feel comfortable in social situations... so I can relate... hang in there... you'll be rid of that awkwardness before you know it...
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Attention Watchtower Purchasing Department: Time to increase your paper stockpile...
by Calebs Airplane inattn: watchtower purchasing department.
i just wanted to share this gem i recently came across in the denver post:.
the north american paper industry is in rapid decline.
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Truthseeker
Actually, I should rephrase that last part... I meant to say that low SUPPLY usually means higher prices... but you all know what I mean...
If paper mills are shutting down because of Kindle and iPads, the WT will probably need to supply each JW with these devices or look for alternative sources of revenue... Otherwise the Rothschild family may just pull the plug cold-turkey and be done with the Watchtower Corporation...
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Attention Watchtower Purchasing Department: Time to increase your paper stockpile...
by Calebs Airplane inattn: watchtower purchasing department.
i just wanted to share this gem i recently came across in the denver post:.
the north american paper industry is in rapid decline.
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Attn: Watchtower Purchasing Department
I just wanted to share this gem I recently came across in the Denver Post:
The North American paper industry is in rapid decline. Mills have let go thousands of workers and are competing for a shrinking market. A mill in Sartell, Minn., that closed this year after a Memorial Day explosion was the latest to go dark.
"It's kind of disheartening," said Jim Skurla, an economist at the University of Minnesota at Duluth. "Paper's never going to disappear, but it's going to be smaller than it has been."
River towns in the forest from eastern Washington to the coast of Maine have lost more than 100 paper mills in a wave of consolidation in little more than a decade — a trend most people in the industry expect to continue. Wisconsin has lost nine paper mills since 2005.
North American demand for three types of coated and supercalendared paper — shiny magazine and advertising paper — has fallen 21 percent in the past decade, according to the Pulp and Paper Products Council.
Kindles and iPads, e-mail, PDFs, the decline of first-class mail, and waning newspaper and magazine circulations are all to blame. Analysts predict demand will fall at least another 18 percent by 2024.
The shift is forcing paper mills and mill towns to rethink their future. To survive, they will need to find new products to make out of wood.
Now this is very telling, since low demand usually means much higher prices... It's no wonder you guys are selling off printing assets around the world... you're really just cutting your losses before the tower finally collapses in the next 2 or 3 decades... good luck with that...
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A sad day for a JW- they lost a study 'cause of me.
by Gojira_101 ina few weeks ago i posted a topic about a deaf woman studying with the jw's.
the deaf preacher from the woman's parents church contacted me to know more about the jw's because the parents were allowing their daughter to study with the jw's because "they are such nice people.
" anyway the deaf preacher contacted me because he knows i just left the jw's last year and he wanted information.. i was more than happy to provide it.
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awesome!
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Another story... possibly final story
by confusedandalone inthis is the exchange of text messages i had with my super spiritual brother.
it is sad... it is pathetic... it has helped me realize that i have no connection to these people anymore.
i feel free today.
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Confused... you really show an incredible amount of restraint... I would have blown up after his bit about Jehovah holding back the winds of discipline so you can fork over some money while still remaining in an un-disfellowshipped state.... wtf?
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Circuit Leasing selling on JW.ORG ????
by yknot inso i was poking around jw.org a lil recently...... noticed this advertisement was still present in the 'privileged' section (ie you gotta have login access).
this was posted on jw.org a little over a year ago (as shown in pic) but since it is still viewable......figured it is fair-game for jwn fodder.
thoughts?????.
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Looks like they've been phasing out the semi-luxurious Buick LaCrosse with the much cheaper Chevrolet Impala... Seems to have started in 2010...
http://www.circuitvehicles.com/home/
Actually, 2010 was a financial turning point for the Watchtower Corporation...