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Death's in Noah's flood
by Are you serious in
1. watchtower
2. bible
has the wt ever come out with an article that indicates how many people died during the mythical flood?

i searched on their site but couldn't find anything.

any help would be greatly appreciated.
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The emotionally manipulative techniques JW families use.
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. friends
i am really disturbed by some methods that jw family members try and use to emotionally manipulate us back into the organization.. one of our fellow posters here has had a family member send several photos of them as a child either out witnessing, and at an assembly.. no words - just those pictures.. it seems such an infantile and manipulative technique to employ?!.

do they think that we will all simply ignore the logical and factual reasons we no longer attend, just because we see some sentimental picture?

do they not see that this actually may reinforce our understanding that we were raised as children in a high-control religious group where we had to please our parents.
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12 june 2018 what to say
by LostAdam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi eveyone, my sis told me something like where will i be after that day.

i couldnt realize at first what she meant, but i found this on net donald-trump-kim-jong-un-meeting-singapore-june-12/.

i found her reaction so pathetic, but i think she is really sorry for me leaving.. so how to do you reply to jw family or generally when news about world peace comes out?.
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a short story to share
by LostAdam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have a friend who got df'ed recently and he had a major role on a 5 min broadcasting film.

the film was made before he got df'ed (obviously), so it wont be on air.

as he told me it was to be on july or august program.
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Do any of the 144,000 in heaven take part in the destruction at Armageddon?
by Bonnie_Clyde in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wondered about that when i heard garret loesch state that shortly before the tribulation the governing body would be taken up.

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if this is the case, it seems like garret and the other seven would be there just in time to help out in the killing of billions.. i thought they used to say that some would survive armageddon before they were taken up..
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How many anointed have come and gone; how many remain?
by Moster in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just wondering if there is any data about how many anointed there were in say 1914, and considering most would have passed 'beyond the veil' already, are the jw's numbers adding up?

we know there are more in 2017 then there were in 2016, but just where are we in the grand total column?.
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YPA change of picture
by dozy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
anybody got any idea why the cover picture on the young people ask book was changed?

they removed the picture of the boy bottom right & superimposed a different head.

maybe the guy got dfd or maybe it was to change it to an asian guy rather than 2 caucasians?
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Why would Jehovah God write the Ten Commandments on two tablets of stone ,in the first place ?
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i mean to say he is the creator of the universe isn`t he ?

so why would he use such a method that is subject to crumbling over time ?.

i remember a jw talk/mag.
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2016 Watchtower Library CD ROM
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
available for download.

just remember to reject the "automatic updates" from the org.. http://avoidjw.org/watchtower-library/.
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Hulu’s ‘The Path’ portrays family life inside a cult
by freemindfade in
1. social
2. entertainment
this looks great for people who are both cult survivors and aaron paul fans!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/slow-but-emotionally-creepy-hulus-the-path-portrays-family-life-inside-a-cult/2016/03/29/43840c46-f2c5-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca_story.html.

slow but emotionally creepy, hulu’s ‘the path’ portrays family life inside a cult.