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  Oh Happy Day- Cover - by Gerrit Losch feat. Pissed Samuel Herd

  by Ray Frankz in

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  thats my question.

  i mean because here in brazil there's a huge ban in any religious content that doesn't come from the gb, and that includes songs, of course.

  thus, it doesn't matter how beautiful or touching a gospel song is, you will never see a brazilian jw singing (not for real, in front of others) or even lesser quoting it.

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  One more new light becoming 'old darkness'

  by Ray Frankz in

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  well, we are studying the book of daniel in the meetings now, and this week was the reading about the four beasts and the goat etc.. i got suprised that the sources didn't include any page of the wt book pay attention to daniel's prophecy,.

  my only guess is that they have already changed something too big to take the risk of a average witness go searching and start to make questions about their allegedly inspiration..

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  Orwellian change of the history(Again)

  by Ray Frankz in

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  well, this month's jw broadcasting had a curious piece of history class.

  samuel herd was there, but i don't remember if it was him that presented it.

  the theme was "how it was to be a jw in the years 1900.".

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  Christian Farm

  by Ray Frankz in

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  by the time i'm in this forum i suppose plenty of you have already made the obvious comparison between the wt and many totalitarian kinds of government.. based on the 1984 novel by orwell, a satiric comment about the socialist regime, it's amazing how it fits almost perfectly the history of the wt.. the farms= the christendom (mainly ruled by the roman catholic church).

  the animal farm = the bible students group.

  the pigs = the wt leaders in brooklyn.

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  How Long it will take to the GB change the interpretation of the Beast as the UN?

  by Ray Frankz in

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  i just realized now, (ironically by checking on jw.org) that the echr (european court of human rights), the government agency that has been literally saving the jws to be banned in so many countries - and they are very thankful for that, as they say in their recent purple history book - is an agency of the un!.

  as it is well known, the gb consider the un as a high-class enemy of god's kingdom, believing it is the beast mentioned in revelation.

  this interpretation was totally from f. franz and n. knorr, this last one still being reagarded every now and then as the one who gave the speech with this "new light".

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  I'm writing a letter to my country's branch

  by Ray Frankz in

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  hi everyone.. well, i have some good news.

  after having a terrible moment arguing with my mom about the 1914 teaching and all it evolves (she get really upset and i felt great regret for starting the argument) she came to me next day and started talking with a much more open mind, and she talked about a lot of concerns too.. she and my father naivily expressed the wish to write to bethel to ask about 607bc.

  i told in all the possible ways it wouldn't work.

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  Traslation dep in Brazilian branch, W0517

  by Ray Frankz in

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  i got shocked when i read the article of the watchtower study of this week.

  that's because i read this: the highlights are mine.. quando jesus esteve na terra, ele disse que nos últimos dias o amor da maioria das pessoas ia esfriar.

  (mateus 24:3, 12) isso começou a acontecer com os judeus nos dias dos apóstolos.

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  Let's talk about Don Adams.

  by Ray Frankz in

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  it's interesting that the person of the president of wtbts has figured lesser and lesser since f. franz era.

  i was born in the religion in the 90's and i got to know about russel, rutherford, knorr and franz; but i never knew until a couple of years ago that m. henschel was the president in that time.

  the same happens with don adams now, the first wt president from the 'other sheep'.

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  The beard issue

  by Ray Frankz in

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  this is my second topic here.

  sorry for this biiig post.

  i would like to tell you guys about one of the things that bothered me most, despite of being something quite simple, but since it affected me directly, so.... well, being a ministerial servant, i knew the bad view the jw in general have towards beards.

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  My Introduction

  by Ray Frankz in

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  this is my first post and i'm feeling like i'm doing something bad big time!

  i know on my mind it isn't, but the feelings are less manageable.. well, since i'm still a jw it's better not to give too much info, but i'm from brazil.. i've grown-up in the religion and practicly all my family, my closest friends and my girlfriend are loyal jws.

  i used to be a regular pioneer but i still have a service privilege on my congregation.. i've had questions about the teachings of the wt since i was 10, but naturally i always pushed it away as it were "questioning the holy organization".. i started a friendship with some people in a course i took and we talked about a lot of subjects.

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