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  2019 German & English Leaked Files No-2!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the english manual included here is the 2017 sound reinforcement manual.

  (most jw's have never heard of this manual.).

  the link for that manual is here:https://docdro.id/j8trbq3this second link contains leaked german 2019 boe's, files, forms, a video etc.

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  2017 Sound Reinforcement Manual

  I'd say whatever ideas are reinforced during JW conventions are anything but sound....
  
  
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  Happy anniversary Watchtower!

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if it still exists (!

  ) the watchtower magazine is one hundred and forty years old today.

  what a splendid record of thorough-going ignorance, persuasion, irrational belief, enslavement to religious rules, misinterpretation of the bible, false alarms, historical revisionism, misleading instructions and plain deceit.. 140 years of wasting the lives of millions of people suppressing their natural ambitions to live fulfilling lives, discouraging them from having children for the sake of nearness to the fairy tale armageddon, keeping jw children uneducated and dependent on the state to end up in old age on welfare and in poverty-- the list goes on.. what a record of destroying billions of trees to print this useless cult propaganda, getting a record distribution figure for numbers in the publishing world and for what?

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  That first Watcht Tower contains possibly the best Watchtower article ever written. At least it's my favorite Watchtower article. There's only one part of a sentence that I cannot fully agree with.

  (emphasis is mine)

  "WHAT IS TRUTH?"

  This question is one which every sincere Christian should ask and seek to answer. We should learn to love and value truth for its own sake; to respect and honor it by owning and acknowledging it wherever we find it and by whomsoever presented. A truth presented by Satan himself is just as true as a truth stated by God.

  
  Perhaps no class of people are more apt to overlook this fact than the Christian. How often do they in controversy overlook and ignore truth presented by their opponents.

  This is particularly the case when arguing with an infidel. They feel at perfect liberty to dispute everything he says on religious subjects. This is not the correct principle. Many infidels are honest--as anxious to speak and believe the truth as are Christians--and if in converse with them we ignore truths which they may advance, we not only fail to convince them of our truths, but put an end to all hope of reaching them; for our failure to admit the evident truth which they advance begets in them contempt for the one who is not honest enough to admit one truth because he does not see how it can be reconciled to another. Accept truth wherever you find it, no matter what it contradicts, and rely for ability to afterwards harmonize it with others upon "The Spirit of truth, which shall guide you into all truth," as Jesus promised.

  Truth, like a modest little flower in the wilderness of life, is surrounded and almost choked by the luxuriant growth of the weeds of error. If you would find it you must be ever on the lookout. If you would see its beauty you must brush aside the weeds of error and the brambles of bigotry. If you would possess it you must stoop to get it.

  
  

  Be not content with one flower of truth. Had one been sufficient there would have been no more. Gather ever, seek for more.

  
  Weave them together as a garland --"Bind them on thee as a bride doeth." "Bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man." Prov. 3:3.

  C. T. R.
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  READ: Watchtower's SCOTUS petition

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  on june 25, 2019 watchtower ny filed petition for a writ of certiorari in the u.s. supreme court.

  the society asks to reconsider a $4 million judgment against it in a california child abuse case.

  docket: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html .

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  I so hope the SCOTUS won't take the case, or even better take it and have Watchtower lose.
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  2019-New Files Just Arrived!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2019 application for prison minister.

  https://docdro.id/dxusjmu.

  2019 brd visitor center newsletter.

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  Anders Andersen

  That 'tour the building site' ad is ridiculous. It has all the hallmarks of cheap advertising.

  Time limited offer. Book now! Tour now or never! Experience of a lifetime! One-time opportunity! (Also bring your money and leave it with us).
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  1914 Prophecy

  by Acer21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am having trouble locating what is the 1914 prophecy?

  jw.org states that the jw's accurately predicted the events of 1914, but do not indicate what the predictions were, or the specific fulfillments.

  what do jw's think they are (predictions/fulfillments)?

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  Your most common answer will be Satan was kicked out of heaven. But they are trying to back away from that and say they never said he was kicked out in 1914. They want wriggle room.

  Do you have a source or some examples for that?
  
  
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  1914 Prophecy

  by Acer21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am having trouble locating what is the 1914 prophecy?

  jw.org states that the jw's accurately predicted the events of 1914, but do not indicate what the predictions were, or the specific fulfillments.

  what do jw's think they are (predictions/fulfillments)?

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  They were wrong about all of it accept where they said there would be a time of trouble in 1914.

  Haha they did not even get that right. They said 1914 would be the end of the time of troubles. Well methinks reality showed it was the start of the time of trouble.

  Also they specifically stated before 1914 that the Great War that everyone expected to happen soon was not part of the prophecy. If any Great War were indeed to break out (which JW doubted) , it wasn't a fulfillment of Bible prophecy.

  Really, they got everything wrong about 1914.
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  OCT 2019 Watchtower - Survival dependant on loyalty to JW Leaders

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is so much wrong with the newly released october, 2019 but that's not unusual.

  what stands out is there statement claiming that survival through armageddon depends on loyalty to those 'taking the lead'.

  since they claim there will be a point during the gt that they (the gb) won't be physically around, jws must still be loyal to jw leaders.. whats interesting in this article is that they make it clear that they, the governing body are going to take part, from heaven, in the war of armageddon.

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  This article right here, is changing the structure of the organization. Soon, the leaders won't have annointed to be part of the GB at all. And the followers will swallow it just like that.

  My thought exactly!
  
  
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  International convention in Poland

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  get ready for the big time!

  my wife has already been to several special training sessions this year in preparation for the big event.

  several saturday sessions at the assembly hall in warsaw.

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  She will be embedded with a group of 90 Russians. As in, staying at the hotel with them.

  As in...pay Watchtower for the privilege to be unpaid workers in a hotel?
  
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  Satan Hurled Out in 1914 - Will They Say It Was Never Taught?

  by Anna Marina in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wbts rewrites/carefully edits their own history.

  since 2005, i have been through a lot with with wbts.

  recently i came across a suggestions that they will start denying that they ever said satan was hurled out of heaven in 1914.. in my experience, it is one doctrine many ordinary members are clear about - you ask them what supposedly took place in 1914 and they'll say, "satan was hurled out of heaven, therefore world war i started.".

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  Satan was hurled out of heaven, therefore World War I started."

  Oddly enough the Great War (WWI) was expected by world leaders for decades, and started months before Satan supposedly was thrown from heaven.

  Huh.
  
  
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  Another thing that woke me up

  by nowawake14 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, the typical person doesn't have to worry about field service and reporting time.

  so why should i have to?.

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  Anders Andersen

  At the meeting yesterday watch tower conductor reckons hand in field service report because Jesus disciples reported back to him about what a great time they what they did. I doubt it was number of hours or return visits.

  What this shows is that apparently people report their results back to the person they follow, to the person who's disciples they are.
  Jesus disciples reported back to Jesus.

  JW report back to Watchtower. Whose disciples are they then?