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  Where does the Society stand on Uniformitarianism?

  by marmot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my dad doesn't like the fact that i've come to accept the theory of evolution.

  he always accuses me of unquestioningly "buying into" what scientists say and says i don't apply critical thinking to the problem.

  so now i've decided to tackle his claim at the roots.

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  Ask him to explain "this generation", or has he just mindlessly bought into everything the GB tell him.
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  Watchtower Society: something terribly going on - scenarios

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if an (aggressive) real estate fund is stopping it's operations directly,.

  and if an publishing house is minimize the portfolio,.

  and if a member of it's board of directors is telling the costs are higher then the profits,.

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  *** w97 1/1 p. 24 Giving Up Much for Something Greater ***"
  "I began to contribute much money to the church. Soon they made me a church elder, a position that enabled me to see the inner workings of the church. What I saw disturbed me. The pastor and “prophets” loved money; their greed appalled me."

  Was this written about JW's or some other religion?
  They all seem the same these days.
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  I'm a coward.

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since the move, it has been so enjoyable to not have jw's breathing down our necks asking why we didn't make the meeting, or having to pretend to be "spiritual" in front of family all the time.. 90% of my week is virtually stress free.

  then, my mom calls or texts wanting to talk to her grandkids.

  every dang call, she asks about the new congregation, if we went to the meeting, etc.. why can't i tell her to fk off?

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  Best form of defense....

  When she asks about your meeting attendance, ask her to explain "This Generation".

  Do it every time.
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  Generation changes chart - 3rd edition

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started working on this chart 5 years ago.

  i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .

  linky in case image doesn't show below.

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  Whatever happened to their famous phrase "the generation of 1914"?

  They used it extensively between 1973 and 1995, but then dropped it entirely!

  The best one was when they stuck it into the Bible itself:

  *** w84 5/15 pp. 6-7 1914—The Generation That Will Not Pass Away ***
  Jehovah’s prophetic word through Christ Jesus is: “This generation [of 1914] will by no means pass away until all things occur.”

  Classic WT.
  Doesn't matter what the Bible really says, only what the WT want it to say.
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  If your Bethelite Brother Doesn't Know About It, It Musn't Be True

  by HomebytheSea in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  a few weeks ago my deeply indoctrinated father who is a long time elder was wondering why we hadn't been attending meetings, and why my 8 yr old son wasn't on the theocratic school ( sounds like i almost off the hook with that one...lol).

  we live in a different state, but i came to find out that one of the elders in our hall called my father, who he never met, to see why our meeting attendance had been so sporadic (i am in my mid-40's, so that knowledge made my blood boil, to put it mildly!

  i tried not to answer, but he kept pressuring me, so i brought up the arc and child abuse cases i had heard of in our area.

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  Tell him you got your information direct from Geoffrey Jackson's testimony, who said these things are not apostate lies but have really happened.

  Ask him "How is it that you haven't heard about this? Are you not keeping up with the chariot??"
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  Watchtower Toledo buildings renovation designed by STATE-OF-THE-ART designer office

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for people who already are bedazzled by the current stream of information about watchtower / jw.org real estate planning, renovation and the emergency stop on the building programma called out, i found today that the renovation design of the (impressive!

  ) toledo buildings for the watchtower real estate staff, is designed by a state of the art designer.

  http://www.hudsondesign.pro.

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  Interesting discovery Gorby!

  The WT never skimp on expense for themselves!

  
  
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  Summary of "Imitate Jehovah" convention

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is just a brief summary of the convention this past weekend at the ah in la feria, tx .

  attendance was 1100 and 9 baptized, two of them very young.

  the elder that gave the baptism speech let out that the day before there was 6 baptisms.

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  There was also a demonstration of how to keep a simple life and avoid unnecessary expenses.
  

  Does that include that expensive new watch from Apple?
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  I went down in the first Round!

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a visitor brother in town and from what ive been told, he has been a missionary for many years and they were having a get together for him.

  i took my mom to that get-together yesterday and stayed for a few minutes.

  i heard a group around a table with the visitor brother talking about how hard it was getting in the world with so many distractions and that many of the brothers were falling into the trap and leaving jehovahs organization.

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  Shame you didn't go back a chapter and ask what the false prophets were teaching, to deserve death at God's hand?

  (1 Kings 18:21) Then E·liʹjah approached all the people and said: “How long will you be limping between two different opinions?"

  
  

  Would have been a great time to ask about the F&DS or Generation flip flopping teachings.
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  Removed from JW.ORG: Warwick Photo Gallery 3 (January Through April 2015)

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the warwick gallery #1 and gallery #2 are still up.. i have #3 backed up: http://imgur.com/a/klnlg.

  also pulled: .

  wallkill photo gallery 2.

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  Huge project, poor planning, poor choices, volunteer workers, what could possibly go wrong?

  I knew a brother who was the Health and Safety officer at an assembly hall build.

  He told me how they had to balance some ladders on bricks to get it high enough for one job.

  I asked him why he didn't stop them, seeing as it was unsafe.

  He said he was told not to be too nit-picky about it.
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  Britain Branch Construction - UPDATE

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  definitely something going in the london bethel.. i thought i'd ask them again (and record it again) what the situation was regarding the new britain branch construction work.. i got the same sister (debbie) and here is how the conversation went: .

  me: i've been told that construction of the new branch has been stopped - is this true?.

  debbie: no, it has not ceased, it's carrying on as normal - can i ask where you're calling from?.

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  Give it a week or so and I'll take a drive past to see if there's any activity.