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  How Knowledge is Dissipated in Talks

  by Cold Steel in

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  londo111 » each congregation has a “talk coordinator”.

  talk coordinators will coordinate with other talk coordinators in order to find speakers to give the public talk on sunday.

  typically, they come from the general area: the circuit or a nearby circuit.

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  Curious what is the Societies stand today on disassociations?

  "The Watchtower, September 15, 1981, page 23, "One who has been a true Christian might renounce the way of the truth, stating that he no longer considers himself to be one of Jehovah’s Witnesses or wants to be known as one. When this rare event occurs, the person is renouncing his standing as a Christian, deliberately disassociating himself from the congregation ... Persons who make themselves 'not of our sort' by deliberately rejecting the faith and beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses should appropriately be viewed and treated as are those who have been disfellowshiped for wrongdoing."
  
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  Just because something is old, does not mean it is "Special" or "Sacred" or "Valuable"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  a thought occurred to me that simply because something is old does not make it valuable or worthy of sacred reverence.. the bible is held up as sacred just because it is "old" and apparently preserved.. but, that does not make sense.

  if in thousands of years someone finds a notebook of my scribbles or sketches that i threw away, that doesn't elevate them to "valuable status" simply because they survived.

  they were thrown away because they were worthless.. or if an archaeologist finds an ancient broken bit of pottery that was used for garbage disposal, it doesn't change its status from what it once was - a garbage bin.. i guess what i am trying to ask is, why is it that we as humans give value to writings just because they are old?.

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  Yes. Take me for example.......
  
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  JW Cultish Thoughts about RIP!

  by Iamallcool in

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  ones who are lovers of jehovah .

  dont say rip .

  rip is also pagan in origin.

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  lamallcool

  "If the dead know nothing at all" and their "thoughts perish" on the very day they die . . . then why is it that people continue to talk to them......because we miss them. At least that is why I continue to talk to my dead mother.
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  JW Cultish Thoughts about RIP!

  by Iamallcool in

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  ones who are lovers of jehovah .

  dont say rip .

  rip is also pagan in origin.

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  Bless You
  
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  I want to know what celebrations JWs don't consider pagan?

  by Chook in

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  i could only think of weddings and wedding anniversaries .

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  truth_b_known a day agoa day ago
  

  The wedding ceremony practiced by JWs in the United States and the use of wedding rings comes from pagan beliefs of preventing the bride from being possessed by spirits.

  http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/the-origin-of-wedding-rings-and-why-theyre-worn-on-the-4th-finger-of-the-left-hand/

  Began in Egypt as a symbol of eternity. Romans take over adopting this tradition but with their own twist. Rather than offering a ring to a woman as a symbol of love, they awarded them as a symbol of ownership. Roman men would “claim” their woman with the giving of a ring. In 860 the ring becomes a Christian symbol, but one not without it's heathenish undertones.
  
  
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  JW's And Yoga

  by pale.emperor in

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  this was partly discussed in this thread: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4853755331739648/these-common-jw-beliefs?page=2#!#5701815683252224 but i wanted to delve into the topic of yoga even further.. it seems watchtower have no clue what yoga actually is, or what it can achieve.

  i myself dont practice yoga, but i do meditate and see the benefits of that.. here is an artical from watchtower 2002 with my commentary:.

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2002565#h=1.

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  Shirley W
  

  I remember around ten years ago The Williams sisters had a reality show, on one episode I remember Venus's coach or whoever had mentioned to her about doing some yoga and Venus kept saying "my religion doesn't believe in it" or "I can't do it because of my religion!", she said it quite a few times as the woman was trying to convince her it would be good for her. Amazing how they stand up for Jah's principles and probably haven't stepped foot in a KH in decades.

  pale.emperor

  Funny, she didn't tell her boyfriend that "my religion doesn't allow it" when he was getting her pregnant recently.
  

  Actually that is Serena. Not a baptized JW, so no disfellowshiping for her....perhaps a disassociation? Wait what am I saying? Got money? Got fame? You can stay.
  
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  Nightmare on memorial night. This cult really sucks.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  this morning i woke up from a good night's sleep to a horrible nightmare.

  as soon as i woke up i asked myself when am i going to get this cult out of my head.

  as a disclaimer i just want you all to know my wife would never do this because she is a hard fast atheist.

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  darkspliver - where on earth was that? Looks pretty ritzy for a kingdom hall
  
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  Nightmare on memorial night. This cult really sucks.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  this morning i woke up from a good night's sleep to a horrible nightmare.

  as soon as i woke up i asked myself when am i going to get this cult out of my head.

  as a disclaimer i just want you all to know my wife would never do this because she is a hard fast atheist.

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  Found this link interesting regarding the 144,000 and the WT literal application.

  https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/604-who-are-the-144-000-of-revelation-7-and-14

  not sure how I feel about the Christian Courier, but was an interesting read.
  
  
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  $1.2 billion coming, still 12 properties to go

  by the girl next door in

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  but still, they ask for more at every opportunity.

  send in that ice cream money kids!.

  http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/4/sales-watchtower-headquarters-and-two-other-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-properties-could.

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  Just did some quick figuring. Since 2004 the JWs have sold at least 14 properties and have apprx recd $915,985,000.00. They still have at least 2 more sales to make worth apprx. 1.2B. Why do they keep making my dad pay for the construction cost of the latest kingdom hall?
  
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  Hilarious video on JW GT video

  by Samuel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this video is hilarious, had to share - skip to 12:20 .

  https://youtu.be/nelt0zhl2og.

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  Just a note - I was not allowed as a youngster to watch Bewitched or I Dream of Jeannie, as they were considered 'supernatural' and therefore not allowed!