1.the organization itself denies access to reality and substitutes its own version, interpretations and meanings.. a.only watchtower approved publications are allowed.. b.no higher education is to be pursued.. c.no non-jw friends or associations are encouraged with their "outside" points of view.. d.no free-style questioning of doctrine or criticism permitted.
curiousity is verboten.. e.threat of being "marked" or disassociated looms over them.
2.between every real-world event and the rank and file jw's mind is a roadblock.. a.the moment of identifying is short-circuited by an interpretive moment of re-labeling in watchtower-speak.. b.all things happening are forced into a narrow storyline and propagandized as end times happenings leading to armageddon.. 3.social and personal identity is expunged and replaced by a collective persona: "jehovah's witness".. a.private thinking is red-flagged as selfish and sinful.. b.personal improvement, welfare and ambition is crushed and door-to-door ministry substituted as "worthy" endeavors.. c.self-conscious obsession permeates witness awareness as each person is transformed into a public spectacle of performance for judgement.. d.since you aren't an individual you don't really have a right to fall in love and marry or educate or earn.
I love the way JW's use dictionaries.
Every talk has "and the dictionary definition of xyz is ..."
Then when you talk about the dictionary definition of "generation", "blood", or a million other things, the dictionary get's thrown out in favour of a twisted WT definition!!
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jwn member cedars is fast approaching his 1,914th post.
as of this posting, he is on his 1,909th post!!!
in honor and recognition of this momentous event, we are very excited to be offering to all jwn members your very own 1914 commemorative t-shirt!.
Ties in nicely with the main article being offered this month, in the May 1st 2014 public WT - Can Anyone See the Future.
On p.3 it says
"RELIGIOUS LEADERS sometimes predict tragic worldwide events to warn mankind and gather followers. Doomsday prophet Harold Camping and his disciples widely advertised that the earth would be destroyed in 2011. Needless to say, the world is still here."
Now swap Harold Camping for C.T. Russell, and 2011 for 1914, and you have another epic false religious prediction.
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i received a call from my book study conductor the other day asking for my email address so that he could start sending electronic copies of the km to me.
has anyone else received calls like this?
i've missed quite a few meeting (it's been nice) so am unaware if any letter has been read.
The OKM is now on jworg as a pdf and epub.
Only those with permissions can access these, so the new arrangement is for these to be sent to those who are entitled to them. This was confirmed by letter to all BoE's.
Many congregations don't do this yet because after having being told for years that the internet is bad, education is bad and electronic devices are Satan's snare, there are few in each congregation who have the mental ability or technical means to download and email them out.
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Phoebe was a ministerial servant (diakonos) according to Rom 16:1.
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hello, you read it here first!.
governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
to all congregations.
I would like to see the letter sent to the CO's regarding this - what checks are they to do, is there anything online for them to look at first, do CO's still have to get approval from legal etc.
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look...i am not an atheist.
even so, i have never had one prayer answered my entire life.
the only thing that would even come close was learning ttatt.
Yes, I've had some answered.
I've also experienced the darker side, so am personally convinced about wicked spirits too.
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does anyone know anything about the new drawing cad program that's coming out from the wtbs?
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I understand it's called WT CAD and is based on intellicad API's.
With the correct permissions you can obtain it from jworg.
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the wts is begging poor relatives of mine for money, more money, and more money.
but, the wts has to be awash in money!.
1. does anyone know what the wts has sold?
If something has been dedicated to God (branch, bethel, kingdom hall), how can that then be sold?
Can the same apply to my personal dedication, and I just change my mind too?
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"why are you looking forward to 1872?".
.. "in this chapter we present the bible evidence which indicates that six thousand years from the creation of adam were complete with a.d. 1872; and hence that, since a.d. 1872 are chronologically entered upon the seventh thousand or the millennium.
" (studies in the scriptures, vol.
Another 'prophet' quote:
w73 3/1 p. 150 Heeding Divine Warning Is WisdomWhat is to be gained by hesitating and doubting to the end that Jehovah can raise up and has raised up a genuine "prophet" within our generation?
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Quoting the verse would be good, instead of expecting the 100's of thread viewers to go and look it up for themselves.
Here, I'll start you off:
(John 14:6)
Jesus said to him: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
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