The artists of yesteryear at WT headquarters had almost free reign to conceptualize any paradise scene they could dream up. The sky was the limit. I sometimes wondered if the doctrine drove the artistry or the artistry drove the doctrine?
ThomasMore
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"Look at the Artwork!"
by FadeToBlack infrom the back cover of the july 15th, 2013 study edition.. "look at the artwork!".
how many times have you said that to yourself or to others when you opened a new issue of this magazine?
i didn't use the same wording, but needless to say, i was stunned.
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AP NEWS - Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://apnews.com/article/jehovahs-witnesses-child-abuse-pennsylvania-investigation-01660ed00de1f2a02f87c0597c9ae0af?fbclid=iwar0f8whtbzsjnyzze0p3xg8t1qcprtvjh9wfe2zzryv1pnr-ospnejxri0o.
charges put focus on jehovah’s witnesses’ handling of abuse.
by mark scolforo and peter smith - yesterday.
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Of course it is religious persecution - OF COURSE! Otherwise it might be that states like PA are on to JWs and their tolerance of CSA.
So it must be religious pesecution. Otherwise it could be that over 1000 JW abusers in Australia woke the world up and now their heinous practice is being scrutinized in the US starting in PA.
It simply must be persecution! Otherwise, the database(s) of unreported molesters reportedly leaked to the PA AG in 2019 (the database that WTC has guarded from the public) is the start of the unraveling that will surely spread to all 50 states.
Yea - it's just awful persecution. Where can I send $5 for WTC to defend itself?
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GB voice of Jesus....
by enoughisenough ina short sweet video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ekihoczyfg she put a link to the whole video if you care to watch.
here is the thing that came to my mind: by isolating just that part, the part sounds rather hubris, shocking, audacious.
when the jw hear it couched in a talk and woven in with scriptures, they will take it in without giving a real thought as to what is really being said..
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Enough is enough - good catch! i upvoted your comment. Thanks for keeping me on my toes!
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Predict JW life in future
by ExBethelitenowPIMA ina sister said the other day at the ministry group “”what is all this talk that the end is still some way off” she said she has been waiting for decades and she was told there is no way it would take this long.
some others said in an annoyed kind of way yes they would have made different decisions decades ago if they knew the end still would not have come by 2023.. how will the majority react in a few more decades time when the end still hasn’t come?.
why all that talk of sense of urgency decades ago?.
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I suspect that more than just JW's are unprepared for retirement. Maybe it is denial about what actually lies ahead that keeps people from properly planning for the future. Perhaps it is just procrastination. But what I am certain of is this: JW's are the MOST REPREHENSIBLE because they tell people that it is a lack of faith to prepare for retirement. That's what I was told and I know many others who were also told that.
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1975 on the back burner
by Fisherman in“1975” still marks 6000 years from the creation of adam in wt calendar.
according to “all scriptures inspired” book, there is a gap between the creation of adam and the creation of eve and her marriage to adam.
it was at that point in time when eve was created that marked the end of the 6th creative day and the beginning of god’s rest, the 7th day as recorded in genesis.
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TD - JW's do still insist that 1975 marked 6000 years of man's existence since the creation of Adam.
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What is Greg Stafford up to these days?
by slimboyfat inyou may have been wondering: what is greg stafford up to these days?
lots of interesting things, is the answer.
exposing the false trinity doctrine, of course, but keeping on top of other issues too.
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Making a connection between Noah and that ancient site which clearly precedes Noah is a mental gymnastic that baffles me. He may have been spending too much time reading Studies in the Scriptures.
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PFIZER DOCUMENTS and the ugly truth about the cover up
by Terry invideo : what’s in the pfizer documents?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9y_w_30hsm&t=51s.
brief summary.
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Nowwhat? said: " looks like the governing body will be on the wrong side of history"
At least they are consistent, but still perplexing given that "their words are equivalent to Jesus words.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses view faithfulness to Jehovah as being equivalent to faithfulness to the Governing Body?
by Vanderhoven7 ini thought this was an interesting response to the question.
"being faithful and loyal to god implies or includes.
being faithful to your spouse (hebrews 13:4),.
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Vanderhoven - JW's do equate loyalty to the GB as loyalty to God. They absolutely do.
Say something negative about the GB and it is an immediate conversation stopper.
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GB voice of Jesus....
by enoughisenough ina short sweet video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ekihoczyfg she put a link to the whole video if you care to watch.
here is the thing that came to my mind: by isolating just that part, the part sounds rather hubris, shocking, audacious.
when the jw hear it couched in a talk and woven in with scriptures, they will take it in without giving a real thought as to what is really being said..
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So when exactly does the GBspeak words likened to Jesus himself talking? Hmmmmm.... Let's see...
1. Is it when the GB members are saying nutty things in the broadcasts - many of which bear no resemblance to the substance of what Jesus taught. Maybe not the broadcast then...
2. Perhaps it is when they publish the Watchtower, other publications and videos? Probably not since they often have to correct or discontinue doctrinal errors/changes that get made. When could it be???????
3. Could it be when they testify under oath like when Geoffrey Jackson testified before the Australian Royal Commission. Hmmmm.... Since they don't stand actually stand for the things he said about it being presumptuos to say they were the only path to true religion, maybe Ken Flodin was not referring to these times...
4. Maybe it's when they give talks for conventions! Well...... they have said so many incorrect things dating back to Rutherford's day that it can't be their talks... Jesus didn't have to be fact-checked nor seek to bury untruths.
5. It must be when they talk at informal gatherings then. Oh wait, there are so many testimonial accounts of nutty unscriptural, unchristian things they said in informal gatherings, it can't be then that they were speaking like Jesus himself....
What is it then???? When HAVE their words been likened to Jesus words??!! Perhaps they speak through men like Philip Brumley who was just fined over $154K for misrepresenting the current role of the PA corporation in it's dealings with the congregations and with CSA cases. On second thought, that is the most unlikely time I would think since Jesus wasn't a blatant liar.
Well - I am stumped. Maybe someone can enlighten me as to when they actually speak words that are the equivalent of Jesus words. Brother Flodin - please weigh in. You read this forum I am sure.
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Why are JW's THIS blind?
by BoogerMan ini had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.
an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.
the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.
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When WTC attempts to weave the scriptures into their clumsy narrative, it becomes word salad. This is a classic example. Many paragraphs are needed to EXPLAIN how this can be true.
Similar to this is the doctrine of the 144K. Thousands and thousands of uncompromising Christians died on stakes at the hands of Rome, but WTC invalidates their integrity by saying that the number was not filled until the 1930's.
Beware of EVERYTHING they say and publish.
"But they have some things right" some say.
Behold! The broken clock tells the truth 2 minutes each day.