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  Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

  7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

  he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

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  It's awful to read the story without the JW blinders on. This fellow passed up a good job with a good salary and feels blessed that he ended up with a part-time job, instead. What about his future, and the future of his family? No doubt he feels that this is not an issue, as the world will end before he has to worry about it.

  Where will he be in 30 years? Hoping to hang on financially just a bit longer because he just knows that the end is very near? Bemoaning the fact that he hasn't talked to his successful children about moving in with them because they left the truth and got tired of being preached to all the time? Looking for ways to cook pigeons because he can't afford groceries? STAY TUNED!
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  serena williams

  by FreeFallin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

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  Yeah, I raised an eyebrow when I heard that she was part of the halftime show. I wonder if the GB will say anything about it...
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  The org's failed last days predictions were "well meant."

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  w93 6/1 p. 15 par.

  6 be sound in mind - the end is close - "of course, well-meaning, faithful christians in the past have sincerely tried to predict when the end would come.".

  more than 140 years of a sincere & well-meaning "it's coming soon" from the org, can be swept under the carpet - nothing to see here!.

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  Biahi: Tonus, where is this from?

  I just made it up, I felt it was more accurate. I was thinking of leaving the quote marks off, but that just wasn't cheeky enough for me.
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  The org's failed last days predictions were "well meant."

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  w93 6/1 p. 15 par.

  6 be sound in mind - the end is close - "of course, well-meaning, faithful christians in the past have sincerely tried to predict when the end would come.".

  more than 140 years of a sincere & well-meaning "it's coming soon" from the org, can be swept under the carpet - nothing to see here!.

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  "Self-aggrandizing people who pretended to be god's mouthpiece have made false predictions when the end would come."
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  Miscarriage myths amongst JW

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i am having these discussions about children etc and there are witness ties and family history in these discussions.

  i got the feeling having this discussion that they seemed to imply somehow it was ‘the parent’s fault’ for having a miscarriage.

  whether it was domestic violence, or the mother did something wrong themselves.

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  I think that this kind of view was based on providing an answer to the concern that a loving god would allow awful things to happen. But JWs already have an explanation for that, because they believe that Jehovah allows the world to go about its business in an imperfect state. Thus, bad things will happen because the world is in a state of independence from god, which Adam and Eve decided for us.

  But I do recall some witnesses who would say that people who suffered bad experiences may have somehow 'asked for it.' It's a short-sighted view. If we heard about something like a fire at a kingdom hall, we'd just blame Satan for it. It was his world, after all.
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  Identifying the Faking and Deceitful Slave

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witness founder, c. t. russell claimed to be the mouthpiece of god (zion's watch tower 1906 jul 15 p.230), later the organization he left behind claimed to be god's mouthpiece.

  scripture is adamant that the word of god only applies to jesus christ and no other.

  they claim to be the "mouthpiece" of god like jesus, and that the time is near.

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  If the slave was tasked with providing "meat in due season," does that mean that it was Jehovah's intention to mislead the faithful for decades?
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  Trump 'spiritual advisor' says Jesus never broke immigration laws

  by SydBarrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  paula white said, “yes, jesus did live in egypt for three-and-a-half years.

  but he was not an illegal immigrant.

  if he had broken the law then he would have been sinful and he would not have been our messiah.” well, there you go.

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  You think immigration laws on Earth are too strict? Try entering Heaven illegally.
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  JW Vaccine mandate: The contrast between voices of reason and confusion

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was reading an intriguing post on the exjw reddit, a forum i do not with to sign up for, as i'm not interested in the internal politics of reddit.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1hwlja8/the_governing_bodys_letter_that_shook_bethel_and/.

  another post counteracted this one, driven by the "conspiracy theory" card.

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  Nearly every medication will affect some people adversely. This can be due to allergic reactions or other existing conditions (including congenital ones). This is why so many drug commercials have a disclaimer with all of the possible negative side effects. Think of how many of these often include death as a "side effect.''

  Rushing out a vaccine to deal with a highly-contagious infection that has a relatively high mortality rate increases the likelihood that there will be adverse reactions, including death. The extent of the rollout also leaves us without an answer to the question of what would have happened otherwise. Lots of people died from COVID. Some may have died from the vaccine. The lack of certainty is where conspiracy theories get their momentum.

  We had some people here who appeared to have bought into the idea that COVID and the vaccines were part of a conspiracy to drastically reduce the world's population by killing off billions of people. Time has shown that to be... mistaken. It may be decades more before we learn enough to know just how bad COVID was, and how bad the vaccines were/weren't. Until then, enjoy the conspiracy theories.
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  What's a Good Question to Ask at the Door?

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jws haven't been to my door for a while, but i don't doubt that they'll turn up eventually*.

  (i saw easter eggs in the supermarket yesterday, so "memorial" season is fast approaching 🙄).

  what's a good question to ask, to get the ball rolling?.

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  Maybe the best question is "DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?!?!?!"
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  A message from Barbara Anderson re: the health state of her hero, her husband, Joe Anderson

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from barbara:.

  my dear husband, joe anderson, has had very real problems with his short-term memory for at least a year which really worried me.

  as his mental health deteriorated, i decided to have our local longtime physician talk alone with joe during an office visit last september.

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  I want to second all of the messages of support. I hope things work out well. Thank you for all of your hard work for so many years.