Topics Started by PhilosophicalLogic

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What do you see?
by Simon in
1. jw
2. friends
do you see a man with a backpack running into the woods?.

do you see a dog running out of the woods?.

i saw the man running first .... .
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Wife told me a tale about a letter writing experience and my BS meter was like "uhhh ya rightttttt"
by goingthruthemotions in
1. jw
2. experiences
so me and my pimi wife are driving today and normally we don't talk anything about her stupid cult.

because it will end up with me saying something and her getting p.o'ed.

well anyways i have been trying to just ignore the bs and keep my mouth shut.
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Second Temple literature
by Doug Mason in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have now prepared my study that deals with the literature of the second temple period.. this period runs from the return of exiles from babylon through to the gospels, so it includes most of the "books" that later became part of bibles.. the writings of the period include: the pentateuch, second isaiah, ezra/nehemiah/chronicles, 1 enoch, jubilees, maccabees, paul, and the gospels, and much more.. https://www.academia.edu/s/557a8dcee2?source=link or.

https://jwstudies.com/second-temple_period_literature.pdf .

in addition, i have listed all the resources i have located related to the second temple period.. second-temple period: resources:.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette in
1. jw
2. experiences
made a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.

people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.

i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Introducing www.jwletter.com
by Roger Kirkpatrick in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
due to current restrictions, letter writing has replaced the door-to-door method of preaching.

however, the typical jw practice of hand printing sappy and childish messages and enclosing what amounts to watchtower "junk mail" is enough to embarrass even xjws.

i decided to compose a letter which completely "spills the beans" regarding current jw beliefs and practices, and here is why i did so.
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Challenging the teacher.
by Jofi_Wofo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
imagine the case where a student disagrees with his teacher's method, and believes that he knows a better way.

the teacher realizes that if he kicks the student out of the classroom, the other students may begin to wonder if the teacher was hiding something.

to settle the matter once and for all, the teacher gives the student a chance to prove himself.. wisely, the teacher takes a moment to lay down the parameters for the challenge.
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1984 movie, Similar to WT land.
by dropoffyourkeylee in
1. social
2. entertainment
wow, if you have the time, watch this movie of orwell's 1984. it was made in the '50s, so its a little hokey, but wow the similarities are scary.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mj08hncica.
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Witnessing letter that has gone viral
by drzhivago73 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
here’s a link to a really cool letter that no witness can dispute.. jw letter.
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Food for thought ? Talking to a JW ?
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
some questions you may like to ask a jehovah`s witness?.

1.when did the modern day jw religion begin?

we all know the stock answer to that q that they will give ,but persevere .. for the past 2000 years there has never been an organization known as jw.
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The governing body KNEW
by FedUpJW in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i received an email from one of the used-to-be jw friends that now pretty much ignore me.

it was haranguing me about "getting right with gee-ho'-vuh", and how imperative it was to "return to the organization".

it continued on with the worn out argument that "the faithful and discreet slave know what we must do in order to be safe and to live, as gee-ho'-vuh brightens the light to them.