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The Evidence of Human Evolution keeps getting stronger and stronger
by Disillusioned JW in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
despite the wt's and young earth creationists' teachings against human evolution (namely macroevolution from non-humans) being a reality, the evidence of human evolution keeps getting stronger and stronger.. consider for example two science news articles and one other science article, each pertaining to the fossil that is nicknamed "little foot".

below are links to three science articles, listed in order of the articles from oldest to newest (except i don't see a date for one of the articles).

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2187639-exclusive-controversial-skeleton-may-be-a-new-species-of-early-human/.
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WT Teaching On Who The NT was Written For
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. bible
maybe someone can help me here:when i got baptized at age 23, an elder dropped a bombshell on me.

he said that the new testament wasn't written for the great crowd (me).

he said that it only applies to the anointed, and "by extension" the nt applies to the great crowd.
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"Not Bringing Reproach on Jehovah's Name" is a Non-Sensical Excuse for Shunning
by truth_b_known in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for whatever reason i was thinking on the topic of jehovah's witnesses' practice of disfellowshipping its members based on the concept of preventing "bringing reproach on jehovah's name".

follow me if you will -.

over 20 years ago a friend of mine did something rather crazy; he committed a major crime.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses—the Most Boring People On Earth!
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
when i see watchtower videos or interviews i can’t help but notice how bland and boring jws really are!

they are so vanilla.

no excitement, just robotic conversation.. what the hell happened to these people?
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Are You Enjoying living in Jesus Christ`s Paradise after 40 years of his reign ?
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it has been 40 years since 1975 when 6000 years of human creation took place according to wt theology,when jesus christ was supposedly to begin his 1000 year reign in which earth was supposed to be turned back to an eden like paradise.. 1975 was the second attempt of the wt to predict when 6000 years of human creation took place,the first time it was supposed to have occurred was in 1872 .. so by that reckoning we should be living 40 years into jesus christ`s 1000 reign .. on the other hand wt theology states that jesus returned in 1914 to do what ?

sit at his fathers right hand until 1975 ?.

of course this all hinges on jehovah`s witnesses / watchtower belief that a creative day was 7000 years long that they taught for decades .. do they still cling to this belief ?
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If you could pick out critical errors to the JWS religion what would it be ?
by Rocketman123 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many that have come to this forum have left the jws religion and moved on with their lives but from a outsider's viewpoint what do think makes the jws religion wrong or incorrect as a active christian faith ?.

somethings come to mind such as its long continuous end times/armageddon soon doctrine which has really been a core doctrine for decades going right back to its beginning .. maybe they should have adopted the stance as other christian based faiths and adhered to jesus's own words when he said " no one knows of the time not even he ".

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"My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"
by Diogenesister in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
can anyone remember the reasoning the watchtower gave for jesus speaking these words?

if you have a reference that would be even better!.
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Do You Think Trump Will Make A Comeback?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
do you think he could get reinstated as president?

do you think trump will run again for president or do you think he will just be a force for the republican party behind the scenes?.
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Thinking about disassociating yourself - STOP!...at least for a moment
by rory-ks in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
(this recent forum post about a letter of disassociation encouraged me to post this new topic.

it's been sitting in my drafts folder for a little while, but now is as good a time as any.).

my suggestion would be, try not to go down the route of disassociation.
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DECEPTIVE JW ELDERS - CASE#4c
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
deceptive jw elders case#4c .

[the following is a little over 4 pages, but it is worth the read and it gets better as you get to the end.].

while i personally experienced several more acts where jw elders lied to me personally, the following is the most serious because it involved brother a. i mentioned him earlier where he was lied to by the jc and they used a confidential file against him that they developed over ten years a file he was never allowed to see or defend himself against.. sometime between january 1993, the jw elders on the jc were in the final stages of their meeting with brother a. this was before his first appeal.