Posts by Nikolaus

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The Watchtower—Study Edition | September 2022 Prove Yourself Trustworthy

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | september 2022. elders do not reveal confidential matters to their family members (see paragraph 11) .

elders who are known to keep a confidence are “a hiding place from the wind, a place of concealment” for their brothers.

(isa.

Nikolaus

In my old congregation there was an Elder that confessed that he had a device on his (old analog) telephone that his wife would use to listen to confidential calls.

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Vienne----------Smiles----------Atlantis!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

vienne:.

from time to time we do this vienne.

if grandpa wrote something that sounded uncomfortable or was too harsh, then you just let old grandpa apologize right up front with no questions asked.

Nikolaus

We love you all too! Some people feel that the members of this board are the only real family they have.

Unless you are a called „lefty“. Then you will be treated like shit here, too, and there is no repectful disagreement.

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Rutherford's Coup

by RolRod in

a new book on the events of the 1917 schism titled rutherford's coup is officially out on amazon.. authored by rud persson.

description.

raised a baptist, in 1906, joseph franklin rutherford, a provincial missouri attorney with a shrewd and scheming legal mind, became a baptized “bible student.” in 1907, rutherford became the legal counselor for the group's legally chartered corporation, the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania.

Nikolaus

Would anybody share Prof. Penton's e-Mail adress, please. I would like to give some feedback on his foreword. Thanks.

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UK Contaminated Blood Scandal

by Simon in

up to 30,000 people contracted hiv and hepatitis c in the 1970s and 80s after being given blood treatments or transfusions on the nhs.. thousands have since died.. it just goes to show there is no such thing as a sure thing.. the wts may be wrong about their blood doctrine, and their bible interpretation to justify it, and how they enforced the rules about it, but ultimately may be correct in claiming that "bloodless surgery" was a safer option medically.. canada also had a contaminated blood scandal, where 30,000 were infected with hepatitis c and hiv.. in other news, paying for blood from high-risk donors is a bad idea.

who knew?

well apparently the people behind the schemes did, and that's why they covered it up.. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61929986.

Nikolaus

My advice? Do everything you can to avoid one!

That is true of any medical treatment and surgery. All have their risks and potential negative side effects. It is usually the result of a balanced risk assessment, accepting the smaller risk over the bigger one.

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NWT Revisions

by Jeffro in

there is mention on a wikipedia article that there was a 2006 revision of the nwt.

is this true?

what differences are there?

Nikolaus

I appreciate DJWs anecdote. Thanks for sharing.

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Simple Question Re 1914

by Slidin Fast in

wt claims that satan was thrown out of heaven in october 1914 precipitating ww!

and the end times.

a small problem with that is ww1 started on july 28th 1914 whilst satan was still in heaven picking his nose.. how did we not see this and waste years of precious life?

Nikolaus

If I remember correctly, there was a QfR on that and the answer was that Satan knew about chronology (well, he could have just purchased the Watch Tower-magazine) and that he wanted to confuse mankind, so that is why WW1 started before the end of the times of the Gentiles.

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News story claims: "Jehovah’s Witnesses" are QAnon believers"

by Balaamsass2 in

i was googling the subject and came across this story.

i just had an incredible phone conversation with a long-time jw who has strong "q-anon" "sovereign citizen" beliefs.

the wife(first gen) says she is not surprised.

Nikolaus

People who are attracted by cults like the JW want to be members of special club of people in the know. So, yes, it makes sense that they also open for other crazy stuff. And yes, they support violence. Of course, they have outsourced this to heavenly powers. But I can quote a lot of JW that regret this a little bit. I remember this WT-quote that pointed out that secular law hinders JW to stone apostates.

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