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  “New light” Watchtower magazine leaked from organization weeks ahead of general release

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://jwsurvey.org/governing-body-2/new-light-watchtower-magazine-leaked-from-organization-weeks-ahead-of-general-release.

  if doctrinal explanations are missing from the article, it is because they are also missing from the magazine.. i would like to give my thanks again to my source for supplying me with the magazine article weeks ahead of its scheduled release.

  it showed remarkable courage, because risks were taken.

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  Ah, Food at the "Proper Time" .... April Fool's Day!
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  May 2013 Awake suggests screaming to thwart sexual assault

  by ParadiseCircus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they just can't let it go.... .

  they also provide this tip to avoid being raped: "react quickly.

  scream.

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  The only chance screaming has of being effective is if the victim is within earshot of others, NOT in the "abandoned field" they describe...
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  Notes from 2013 Memorial talk: Appreciate What Christ Has Done for You

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  took one for the team tonight, and went along to the memorial.

  my first time in a kingdom hall for just over a month.

  it was as expected, dry, boring and extremely uninteresting.

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  Basically, it's nothing more than their annual "Don't Dare Partake" fest, where the dubbies all get dolled up in their faux-Easter outfits to pass the plates -- and gawk at anyone who does.

  At last year's local memorial service, purported to honor Jesus' sacrificial death and its signficance to the eternal prospects of humanity, the visiting speaker from Bethel quite managed to talk for almost an hour without one recourse to the word "resurrection".. a remarkable achievement, given its centrality in the belief system of nominal Christianity.

  Nor were the stirring moments of high drama in the Bible's depicting of Jesus last hours on earth-- his last supper and his prayer for the well-being of his disciples, the betrayal of Judas, the agony of the garden; his disciples' succumbing to sleep; his betrayal and arrest in the Garden of Gethesemane; the scattering of his fear-gripped disciples; Peter's denial, and the climactic soul-stirring awareness of the signficance of the empty tomb and its guardian's chilling pronouncement to Mary Magdalene and the women "why are you searching for the living among the dead?"... and so on, to his post-resurrection appearance at Emmaus, etc.

  All of this was swept aside in favor of convincing those in attendance that they had no business in partaking of the emblematic bread and wine.
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  Honesty in The "Wicked World": What Can One Expect? .. Here's A Look

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.wallettest.com/lost_wallet_test/results_page.html.

  i don't think this will be showing up at any of the awake!

  "watching the world" segments.

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  http://www.wallettest.com/Lost_Wallet_Test/Results_Page.html

  I don't think this will be showing up at any of the AwaKe!"Watching The World" segments
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-24-2013 WT Study (REGRETS)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  serve god without regrets?.

  who said: i do repent [feel regret,.

  (b) in what sense has jehovah felt regret,.

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  The regrets which worry the WT leaders the most, and the ones which are most prevalent amongst long time JWs -- are exactly those which Billy the Bethelite articulates. Regret over having wasted a lifetime chasing a delusion is the "900-pound gorilla" in the room that the WT tiptoes around but refuses to confront forthrightly.

  Nice work, Blondie.
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  Elder Calls To Invite Us To October Annual Meeting -- What's Up With That?

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife fielded a call from a local elder inviting us to attend the annual meeting this october... i declined, of course.

  is it held in pittsburgh with tie-ins to local assembly halls?

  i can't believe there would otherwise be room for little piss-ons like us.

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  My wife fielded a call from a local elder inviting us to attend the Annual Meeting this October... I declined, of course. What's up with that? Is it held in Pittsburgh with tie-ins to local Assembly Halls? I can't believe there would otherwise be room for little piss-ons like us. Of course, the evening turned sour once I told her "no way" would I attend.

  Does any of you know what's going on with this?
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  New apostate movie coming soon

  by fade_away in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my wife's cousin known as "free" on this site told us of this new documentary coming soon.

  i'm not sure if it's coming soon to theatres, independent film theatres, or just dvd.

  the movie is called truth be told.

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  Is there any update on the progress -- or lack of progress - of this project?
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  Yet another "Shunning is good for you, honest!" quote in the June 15th 2013 Watchtower

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi folks.

  that's right, the new june 15th 2013 study edition is out now on this link.... http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/28/w_e_20130615.pdf.

  the following quote caught my eye, from the final study article on page 28.... .

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  Cedars: "Recycled," or more likely, "spun out of thin air!"
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  VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA | The Age newspaper | March 15, 2013 | Jehovah's Witnesses a 'cruel cult'

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the age newspaper | fairfax media | friday, march 15, 2013. jehovah's witnesses a 'cruel cult'.

  http://www.theage.com.au/national/jehovahs-witnesses-a-cruel-cult-20130315-2g5x3.html.

  christian sect the jehovah's witnesses - with 64,000 active 'disciples' in australia - are a cruel religion with no soul, according to melbourne cultbuster raphael aron.. his warning comes as the federal government considers tightening the definition of a charity to prevent some cults and quasi-religions keeping their tax free status.

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  Good news; just how widely circulated is The Age newspaper?
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  What do you mean?! I ALWAYS go to the beach after service and wear long pants and button up shirts while I play a game in the sand with my family! Sometimes I wear button up long sleeve shirts too!

  by Crisis of Conscience in

  1. social
  2. humour

  the wts likes to imply how jws should dress in and outside of the hall.

  you always want to set an example.. so i couldn't help but share this beauty in the january 15th, 2013, study edition of the watchtower.

  i always go to the beach like this!

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  c'mon guys, how often does anyone wear anything other than t-shirts and shorts, not to mention bathing suits, when at the beach?