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  "No more than 40 years"

  by dynamiterose77 in

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  in another corner of the internet someone stated that witnesses are proclaiming that this system will be no more than 40 years now... that "gog of magog" will start the great tribulation.

  can anyone confirm this latest "prediction"?.

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  Xanthippe

  I'm just trying to confirm if they have made an actual, current, "40 years" prediction

  Dynamiterose you won't find it in writing, it will be sneaked into COs talks and hinted at in elders meetings which then gets out to the elders' families, then spreads further.

  Just like the 1975 fiasco, and all the others before it, nothing will be in writing it will just be absorbed by the congregations by osmosis. Then forty years from now the GB will say we never said that, it's not in any of our publications.
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  Legal concerns about: "picnics"

  by Darth FayDehr in

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  "congregation picnic"2.

  "congregation gathering"3.

  "spontaneous gathering of jws”.

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  If they're worried about litigation it begs the question who or what is the congregation? Is it the body of elders, legally?
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  "Straining the gnat, and gulping the camel"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  while watching the annual meeting videos on the official jw channel, i was struck with this scriptural expression:.

  "they strain out the gnat, while gulping the camel" matt 23:24. this section was full of condemnation for the wicked religious leaders who were focusing on minor silly things rather than deep important topics.. the amount of silly things the gb focuses on is amazing!

  they pedantically focus on things like proper pronunciation of words, (such as s lett joking about how isiah is best said), while missing major issues and topics like the proper handling of child abuse issues, or the court cases being lost worldwide!.

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  This section was full of condemnation for the wicked religious leaders who were focusing on minor silly things rather than deep important topics.

  It's called projection in psychology. Projecting your faults onto others and not being able to see that you have them.
  
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  Evidence of a form of telepathy, science and personal experiences.

  by Bad_Wolf in

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  2. current

  i believe in rational explanations for everything, whether they are understood yet or not.

  medication used to be considered 'magic' until understood how it worked.

  on the subject of telepathy, for me it's very subtle but has happened many times.

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  Actually he leaves the god question open as many have said on this forum we cannot say for sure there isn't one, we can only say the Christian God or any God who gives a damn about us doesn't exist.

  'These things' don't always turn to magic at all, people are trying to suggest rational explanations, are you sure you have read a) Hawking b) this thread?
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  Evidence of a form of telepathy, science and personal experiences.

  by Bad_Wolf in

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  i believe in rational explanations for everything, whether they are understood yet or not.

  medication used to be considered 'magic' until understood how it worked.

  on the subject of telepathy, for me it's very subtle but has happened many times.

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  By the way - there are about 80k astrophysicist and thousands of theoretical physicists. - wilyouDFme

  You might find Stephen Hawking's last book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions interesting. Arguably one of the greatest theoretical physicists and scientific minds the world has ever known, he tackles questions regarding is there a God, predicting the future and alien life, in the most amazingly humble way. Notably he does not SHOUT at us willyouDFme. Perhaps you could emulate his intelligent example?
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  May 2019 child abuse WT

  by neat blue dog in

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  the new study edition watchtower is up, and most of it is devoted to child abuse damage control.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-may-2019/.

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  Like the Bronze Age religion it is, they view women and children as property not human beings to be cherished.
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  Anyone every heard anything about your own blood?

  by Tobyjones262 in

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  i was wondering if there was any policy from the cult about your own blood in you cut your finger and put it in your mouth out of reflex ect.

  what if any is the position of this?

  i always thought the amount of blood is not the real issue, even a drop would be a sin?.

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  Lol Toby I was out before the whole smurfs thing but I remember the panic about Care Bears and yoga! Childish yes!
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  Anyone every heard anything about your own blood?

  by Tobyjones262 in

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  i was wondering if there was any policy from the cult about your own blood in you cut your finger and put it in your mouth out of reflex ect.

  what if any is the position of this?

  i always thought the amount of blood is not the real issue, even a drop would be a sin?.

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  As I understand it it's an evolutionary instinct that cleans the wound and provides antiseptic from our saliva.

  Of course JWs don't believe in evolution. I remember this kind of question occupying the minds of some congregation members. What can I say? I suppose it's a distraction from why hasn't the new system come yet, why is this religion always wrong?
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  Remember 1992?

  by Tobyjones262 in

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  anyone remember 1992?

  i can remember i was in the cult.

  times were changing at a rapid pace.

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  The Berlin Wall came down in 1989, I remember it because we left the JWs that year. There was a lot of talk of peace and security, the words were splashed across newspapers. We thought it was odd that nobody in our congregation was interested. Too busy fighting among themselves and the elders stepping on heads.
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  Evidence of a form of telepathy, science and personal experiences.

  by Bad_Wolf in

  1. social
  2. current

  i believe in rational explanations for everything, whether they are understood yet or not.

  medication used to be considered 'magic' until understood how it worked.

  on the subject of telepathy, for me it's very subtle but has happened many times.

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  I'm amazed at quantum physics too Bobcat, especially that we can affect things at the quantum level by observing them. So there is a link between living and non-living things at that level. There's still so much we don't know. I agree no need for woo woo. Isn't she in the Mikado?