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  About myself

  by tamagotchi in

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  2. experiences

  hi to anyone reading this, so i little bit about myself.

  i'm 24 years old born-in, all my family are in, my father is an elder.

  though i'm not fading as such i no longer believe jw.org is gods chosen organisation so you could say i'm mentally out.

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  never a jw

  Welcome. You came to a good place. I am not a JW, but I understand your struggle because I learned it here. After the storm passes life gets better!
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  Do the Rank & File JW's REALLY read and understand the bible to be able to REALLY start a study with someone???

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i believe the average rank & file are illiterate when it come to the bible because they are so used to using the wbats cliff notes... even though i believe the bible is a fiction novel, at least be able to explain a novel you hold is such high regard: i mean jesus!!!

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  I found out that trying to explain the error of 1914 with just the Bible is a waste of time. Most JW's have no clue of what you are talking about. They believe in 1914 as a  "momentous year' and "Jesus' parousia" because the governing body says so. They have no idea about the fallacious, even false details of the doctrine. The FDS is doing a great job of protecting the belief in 1914 by not teaching anything about it.
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  New LDC Meeting KH Video

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  been away from the site for a few days...because i have been busy getting these!!!!!!

  (pixel, thank you!

  ) they did not make it easy, plus technical difficulties.. for the main attraction:.

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  My take is that the new plan is a win-win no matter what happens.

  New look helps growth ( I doubt it) and therefore more revenue from the extra publisher. This adds few more years to the life of WT scheme, or

  People see the scam for what it is and leave in droves. This opens the opportunity to sell empty KH who now are more commercial and can attract more buyers, which in turn can boost the selling prices. Money disappears.

   
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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  never a jw

  Quran 3:195.

  Not enough. Too vague for a general application. You are not allowing us to even see the context. I feel like I am reading Christians selectively and narrowly interpreting out of context verses from the Bible to justify their preconceived ideas. 
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  HEADS UP: Tony the 3rd life story. W15 05/15.

  by campaign of hate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  haven't got an electronic copy, or scans.

  just a heads up..

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  never a jw

  Only second in importance to Jesus' life. No, wait, doesn't TOMO claim being Jesus' brother in a very distinct way, quite different from similar claims from your average Christian. I suppose his story is just as important as that of his older brother Jesus. Who knows, TOMO's story may even be more important. After all, Jesus couldn't even finish the job 2,000 years ago, but TOMO is the leading warrior that will take us to the final stages of the establishment of the kingdom of God on Earth, just like Russell and Rutherford brought about the kingdom of God in heaven.
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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  never a jw

  Very articulate, very intelligent, very knowledgeable. But ended with a weasel's way out of controversy when he defines religion. I was interested in buying his book until Cofty confirmed he is into selling books, promoting himself, and defending B.S. under the guise of an objective scholar.

  Thanks Cofty
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  New LDC Meeting KH Video

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  been away from the site for a few days...because i have been busy getting these!!!!!!

  (pixel, thank you!

  ) they did not make it easy, plus technical difficulties.. for the main attraction:.

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  In minute 2:17:00 Stephen Lett in his condescending tones explains Isaiah 60:22 and demonstrates how JW's are the chosen ones; they are more populous than many sovereign states. Has anyone told him the size of the major religions,  Roman Catholic (150 times the size of JW's), Islam (almost 200 times the size of JW's), Hinduism (120 times the size of JW's) to mention just the biggest? Oh I forgot, secular education is discouraged.
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  New LDC Meeting KH Video

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  been away from the site for a few days...because i have been busy getting these!!!!!!

  (pixel, thank you!

  ) they did not make it easy, plus technical difficulties.. for the main attraction:.

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  never a jw

  new mantra:

  rejoice, re-adjust, think in agreement, live peaceably [shut up and obey]

  Lots of things to comment on, but what made me stop the video and take notes is how one of the speakers tries to clean up after the governing body embarrassing displays (go to 37:50).

  " we know our brothers [in the GB] even when they are frustrated and say things, sometimes they don't really mean it the way it sounds, and we have to make allowance for their frustration as well".

  They know (the business people and real leaders behind the WT) that the GB members are a liability. 

  
  
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  Site issues: Dec 27 Update

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  here's the current status:.

  performance improvements have been made to make things slicker.. the "remember me" issue should now be fixed.. sign-in captcha can be affected by ad-blockers so consider disabling those.. sign-in email is case-sensitive - until i update this consider using your forum username instead.. ie stalls on "queued for processing" when posting a topic or reply but the post has been made (just navigate to active or refresh the topic if replying).. i will be working through issues today and contacting anyone who had sign-in issues to check if they still have problems.. many thanks again for your patience while we work through these teething problems..

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  never a jw

  Either I am a creature of habit or the new format is not as appealing to the user. I like seeing all at once several threads' titles as I did in the home page of the old format. Now I have to do some extra clicks to find what's going on, one thread/topic at a time. 

  Thank you Simon for your hard work, but I have to voice my opinion. I like the old format better. I am not sure if I will adapt to the new format enough to visit and post as much as I did before. I have my doubts, I had this experience in a different website and I never visited that site again. Not a threat, only feedback
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  RNWT Bible Needs to be Revised Again!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'll restrain myself from commenting on jw.org's perversion of this scripture - i'll leave that to others.. however, for lurkers and active witnesses here, why not ask one of your local glorious ones to explain how these non-scriptural words found their way into the silver sword, but don't appear in the original greek, or even in the kingdom interlinear.. (2 corinthians 9:13) "through the proof that this relief ministry gives, they glorify god because you are submissive to the good news about the christ, as you publicly declared, and because you are generous in your contribution to them and to all.".

  https://www.blueletterbible.org/bible.cfm?b=2co&c=9&t=kjv#s=t_conc_1087013.

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  never a jw

  Agree with leaving quietly. The essence of all the translations that I have read is similar to the WT's translation. They added words to emphasize their main goal (preaching). Bad translation, but not in the category of corruption or perversion of scripture quite yet.