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  Watchtower Study: How Strong Will Your Faith Be?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | november 2021. study article 47. how strong will your faith be?.

  16 note the example of geydi, a sister from guatemala.

  her husband, edi, was murdered as they were returning home from a congregation meeting.

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  Actually: churches give more support, as do communities.

  I see no children, a younger attractive woman. In reality IF the story is even remotely true is an older woman with few prospects for remarriage and children estranged by the loving DF provisions.

  Those if us in know how quickly we forget, and even when we don't our own relative poverty imposed by beliefs hampers any efforts.

  Do not forget the "alone with someone " phobia. I was questioned about helping an attractive single because my wife did not accompany us on some errands.
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  Watchtower Study: How Strong Will Your Faith Be?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | november 2021. study article 47. how strong will your faith be?.

  16 note the example of geydi, a sister from guatemala.

  her husband, edi, was murdered as they were returning home from a congregation meeting.

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  " we're so proud of you for not missing meetings "

  And if you miss meetings you may not be there to see him in the resurrection.

  No mention of maybe should stay home in dangerous areas
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  Watchtower Study: How Strong Will Your Faith Be?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | november 2021. study article 47. how strong will your faith be?.

  16 note the example of geydi, a sister from guatemala.

  her husband, edi, was murdered as they were returning home from a congregation meeting.

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  I saw a man attend a ministerial training school while his wife died. They did inform him though before the thing concluded
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  SANG BLOOD

  by Marcial in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  courts of denmark all lands supreme court news and judicial summaries blood transfusion to a member of jehovah's witnesses was legal.

  01 feb 2022. .

  supreme court.

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  road to nowhere

  Who complained?

  Other than the danger of strangers making decisions which is a worry for all us, he was not harmed.

  Every medical facility has a procedure for unconscious patients using the doctors judgement. But that could also be denying treatment or prolonging a ( seemingly) hopeless case.

  I still want to die in my sleep, preferably in 100 years. The realization that I will us the cruelest part of waking up
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  Suit, shirt and tie

  by JoenB75 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i always hated suit, shirt and tie and wondered why men of all walks of life should be forced to wear these uncomfortable clothes and spend the money on them.

  it should be remembered some of the worst people wear them, like creepy joe, putin, dirty corrupt frauds in business, law etc.

  and of course al capone.

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  Mandatory for zoom. Sets the mood they say. Half cameras are off.

  Dont forget the dresses and skirts complete with hose. But no pants suits.

  I have one very good suit for special occasions; usually a funeral for old workmates. I think it shows respect in certain settings. Of course the witness memorials are still zoom and a sermon. I will wear a tie if on camera to not do anything to detract for the bereaved.
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  Biblical Anachronisms in JW Literature

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in a recent post ffghost made a comment about how they're always inserting modern concepts into biblical narratives to make it relatable to jw's organization.

  here are some that come to mind:.

  - the capitalized term "governing body" when referring to the older men in jerusalem (really just another group of christians that paul outspokenly disagreed with and didn't look to for approval).

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  Lets not forget that bristlecone pine in Awake that predates the flood. You know the flood that covered all the mountains.
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  Biblical Anachronisms in JW Literature

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in a recent post ffghost made a comment about how they're always inserting modern concepts into biblical narratives to make it relatable to jw's organization.

  here are some that come to mind:.

  - the capitalized term "governing body" when referring to the older men in jerusalem (really just another group of christians that paul outspokenly disagreed with and didn't look to for approval).

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  They taught a beard was sign of imperfection too. Perfect man no beard

  I think the door to door with scrolls was a study article. J remember the comments like it was a photo.
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  GB Says You Can Fellowship Without Being Reinstated

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is another way to fellowship with your loved ones after disagreeing with the wt besides getting reinstated.

  all you have to do is fling yourself off a boat and start drowning, says watchtower:.

  "suppose, then, a member of a christian congregation boating on a lake were to see another boat containing a disfellowshiped person capsize, throwing the disfellowshiped one into the water where he struggled to stay afloat.

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  The sad part is they felt the need to give comments on human actions.

  Was there a life jacket? Was the woman hot? And if so was there a second person present?
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  Turning up The Insanity To 11

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a jw elder acquaintance sent me an email "encouraging" me to return to the organization, including this little nugget of a quote from today's wt session,*** w21 november p. 23 par.

  11 how strong will your faith be?

  ***learn to trust those whom jehovah and jesus trust.

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  The governing body is God's channel because god says so. They themselves hold up the many times they are right as proof
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  It begins norway no money for wt because of shunning

  by Yomama in

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  organized shunning will stop when money stops.

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  I am under the impression the state collects tithes from the public. So I can designate my religion and that portion of my taxes go there. So this would no longer be done.

  I am USA so there us a line item for charity. Be it a church, goodwill, St. Jude. Of course most of us working people get the blanket deduction instead under Trumps rewrite.

  Aside: two friends complained about about losing itemized deductions. Poor them. I have never gotten it through their thick skulls that if ( for example) your deductions add up to 6000, the directions say to write in 10000 anyway. In my case the deductions add up to 1500 and I still write in 10000.