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  What is The vast apostate army and November 5th, 2017?

  by Gokumonkey in

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  can someone explain to me what the vast apostate army is and whats up with the date.

  november 5, 2017. i've seen post and videos dated from 2010 about this event.

  what's the deal.

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  Well okay then. That's a rambling incoherent mess.
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  Help! Mike & Kim videos all being deleted by Youtube

  by mrmagic in

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  2. scandals

  due to watchtower flagging the mike & kim videos on youtube for copyright, youtube is giving them 6 days before they are shutting down their entire youtube channel.

  can you help with a mass downloading program and then reuploading them on a mirror ?

  would hate to lose all those good videos!

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  Cofty, don't you know? There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can count and those that can't.
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  Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?

  by usualusername1 in

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  2. friends

  do any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.

  thanks.

  paul.

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  No one claiming to be Christian could have said that about themselves after the death of the last Christian from that time assuming Jesus ever existed.

  Exactly!

  But jws do believe that Acts 4:13 would be an answer to the question being discussed as I see it.

  More delusional beliefs from JWs, the least educated people among any religion in several developed countries, the US included.

  Then no individual or layperson in the Christian group is qualified if they don't have a higher formal education.

  Well that would make sense.

  What I feel that none of those appointed as "leaders" have even a decent bible education.

  Agreed.
  
  
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  How many members of Governing Body have college(or higher) degrees?

  by intropist in

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  2. friends

  i just wonder what universities they would have gone to?

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  if possible, former members and current ones separately.... .

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  jp1692

  Besides the fact that the Bible is no longer an authoritative source to most of us here, the relevant point is that the WT Leaders, aka the GB 2.0, were not and never have "been with Jesus."

  That guy died over two thousand years ago and has been "invisibly (and inconsequentially) present" ever since. He's dead. Gone. Deal with it.
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  Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.

  thanks.

  paul.

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  jp1692

  Besides the fact that the Bible is no longer an authoritative source to most of us here, the relevant point is that the WT Leaders, aka the GB 2.0, were not and never have "been with Jesus."

  That guy died over two thousand years ago and has been "invisibly (and inconsequentially) present" ever since. He's dead. Gone. Deal with it.
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  Robert Jay Lifton Interview

  by Lee Elder in

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  2. friends

  while this interview and book are concerned with donald trump.

  you will be able to see many similarities with watchtower officials.

  https://www.alternet.org/books/bill-moyers-renowned-psychiatrist-warns-trump-danger-us-all.

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  jp1692

  This:

  Something has gone wrong with our democratic system in electing a man with all these characteristics that make up Donald Trump. Now we have to struggle to sustain the functional institutions of our democracy against his assault on them. - Robert Jay Lifton
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  Orwellian change of the history(Again)

  by Ray Frankz in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, this month's jw broadcasting had a curious piece of history class.

  samuel herd was there, but i don't remember if it was him that presented it.

  the theme was "how it was to be a jw in the years 1900.".

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  JWs don't care about historical accuracy.

  Even when the WTBTS pretends to care about its own history, they offer highly-sanitized, revised versions of it:
  

  • WT "History Lesson" shows Russell's Pyramidology Beliefs - w2012 8/15
  • The WT Encourages JWs to learn about the early history of the organization! - 8/15/12 WT
    
    
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  Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.

  thanks.

  paul.

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  jp1692

  Frankly, it's bizarre the way most JWs celebrate ignorance as if it's something to be proud of.
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  Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?

  by usualusername1 in

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  do any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.

  thanks.

  paul.

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  jp1692

  Listener: Jackson ... left school at the age of 15 (with a certificate).

  So he's a high school dropout. Thanks for posting.
  

  I'm not sure what the process was when Jackson left school at 15, but I know that the current process in the US is so low that those that pass really only need to demonstrate very limited skills in English and basic algebra and geometry. That's it.
  

  Anyone of even below average intelligence can pass it. It is not even remotely rigorous or difficult.
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  The Golden rule (Matt 7:12) - Do JW's apply it?

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  2. beliefs

  there is no doubt (in my mind at least from my own personal experience) that in day to day matters most witnesses are genuinely loving and kind (or "nice") people (though their indoctrination and fundamentalist mentality often inhibits their natural kindness and tolerance and often gets in the way of fulling showing it).

  however i would like to put the case that when it comes to their ministry and theological/scientific discussion of any type, they fail to apply even the most basic of bible principles that they claim to espouse - the golden rule!

  here is what occurred to me.... some things jw's would like men to do to them:.

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  No they don't.

  Don't belabor this.