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Floods in Texas
by Sea Breeze in
1. jw
2. friends
i am getting requests to confirm we are ok from several continents.

we live about 5-10 minutes from the guadalupe river in texas.

i didn’t realize this made global news.. i utilize a lot of weather subscription apps to help me in my business.
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Steve Let has been cloned
by JohnR1975 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
he looks completely different and he doesn’t do that raised eyebrows and funny mouth that he used to.

and something is going on with his hair.

is it a combover or a wig or is that even him?
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Toasting
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
when did the jws make the rule that you couldn’t clink glasses together and raise glasses of wine?.

and why the change to being a conscience matter now?.
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A Revelation By: YHWH (יהוה) – "The Holocaust" (Sensitive and Meaningful Information. Please Show Respect)
by EisMe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
at the direction of our heavenly father, yhwh (יהוה), i am providing you with information which this world has never comprehended or have found the meaning to.

the account of shadrach, meshach, and abednego cast into the fire flame.

this is divine proof that he, along with jesus, are with me now in preparation of taking over his world through his son jesus christ, amen!!
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You Could Be Stuck in a University When Your Parent Dies. Convention Day 2 Video
by liam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the governing body is going all out at this years convention.

they are still discouraging university education.

i guess the end must be real close .
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The Big Secret
by finishedmystery in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
when the gb brought a formal end to all the type/antitypes in so many ways it could be said that they brought the religion to an end.

the other sheep/anointed teaching that leads to a two class religion was originally based on two antitypes--the jehu/jehonadab relationship and something about the cities of refuge.

in that 2014 annual meeting talk david splane even specifically stated that the cities of refuge has no antitype.
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Sorry I have been quiet as of late...
by ukpimo in
1. jw
2. friends
this website is an invaluable source of knowledge for me in my deconstruction journey as i gradually fade away from the org.

i absolutely love it here.. however, i haven't been very well as of late.

and i make an effort to bring a sad little message.
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Special Talk just prior to the Memorial
by Acluetofindtheuser in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is the sunday special talk prior to the memorial just an introduction of a new outline for the sunday public talks?.

is it an attempt to get the faders back to the meetings?

they present in a way like some new light is going to be presented at the special talk..
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The Share of Religious Americans will continue to decline- New York Times. Why? New Pew Study
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
locally, in northern california i have seen/heard a drop in jw and mainstream church attendance especially in person attendance.

(exception: a new creepy local new-age charismatic/pentecostal group: "bethel church" 11,000 and growing mega church(kundalini yoga/sex combined with prosperity gospel, trumpism, guns, rock music, dancing, glitter, speaking in tongues, and faith healing).. for me this paragraph sums it up regarding jehovah's witnesses: " ...smith described organized religion to me as having become a “polluted” idea in the american mainstream, because of the publicity around sex abuse scandals and financial malfeasance in many different faiths in the ’80s and ’90s as millennials came of age.

“the scandals violated most of the virtues believed to make religion good,” smith wrote.
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Jehovah's Witnesses in the news: "Czech Culture Ministry Considers Deregistration of Jehovah’s Witnesses"
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
2/2025 czech news agency czech culture ministry considers deregistration of jehovah’s witnesses.

the czech ministry of culture is considering the possible cancellation of the religious registration of the jehovah’s witnesses religious society, and has sent the organisation an appeal to desist from its illegal activities, ministry spokeswoman jana zechmeisterova told ctk today.. the ministry has received thousands of complaints from the jehovah’s witnesses about the proposal, which must be dealt with first.

administrative proceedings have not yet been initiated, zechmeisterova said.. she said the ministry had begun to deal with the proposals it had received about the cancellation of the registration of the religious society of jehovah’s witnesses (nssj).