Topics Started by BereanThinker7

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Extreme at odds ever since pandemic ...
by Palegreen79 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
march 3-9 theocratic school material is something else.. i fully get that there are 2 major sides of thinking regarding that topic.

but really from their own lying mouths it was a personal decision that should have been respected.

this was not reality.
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Historian and former JW Jim Penton dies
by slimboyfat in
1. social
2. current
i don’t know a lot about james penton but i think he deserves a better thread than the one currently on offer.

james penton, who died recently, grew up in a jw family in canada and served as an elder.

unusually for a jw, he studied liberal arts at university and became a history professor.
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No Private Beliefs Allowed!
by BereanThinker7 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
looking for references that talk about witnesses not being able to hold any private interpretation or belief that isn't in line with official doctrine.

.

i know i've seen them before but of course now i can't find any of the more in your face statements..
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MY EXPERIMENT with new A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) refutes Watchtower chronology in a blazing one second of time
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
bulletin (apple ios users only).

these secular sources and evidence suggest that the destruction of jerusalem by babylon took place in 537 bce, not 607 bce as jehovah's witnesses believe.. .

these problems with the watchtower society's reasoning suggest that their interpretation of the bible and the date of the destruction of jerusalem by babylon is incorrect.. .
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Why isn't this forum growing like reddit exjw??
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
admittedly it 90% crap over there but still they are up to 80k in subscribers.

over here it's the same half dozen or so that posts something, including myself.

why is that?.
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Which of you readers are being shunned by their relatives / friends ?
by stan livedeath in
1. jw
2. experiences
a simple " me" if you dont want to say more--or a short explanation about who is shunning you and how long has this been going on.. i'll set the ball rolling: my daughter--her husband and children; my younger son --no contact from them for 40 years...because i left their religion.. (edit--i just noticed the typo in the header--if should be of ).
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which Translation Now?
by enoughisenough in
1. watchtower
2. bible
for those of you who still respect the bible, which translation/s are you using now?

why?.
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Grace Gough ("Mouthy") and the 83 Tapes
by JW_Researcher in
1. jw
2. friends
grace gough (“mouthy’) sent me 83 cassette tapes 16 years ago (2006).. .

when she sent them, i understood them to be ‘testimonies’ of jws who became christians.

there are some labeled “so-and-so’s testimony” so at least some are that.. others appear to be talks, like the morning session of the 1981 “ex –jws for jesus” convention.
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For Born-Ins - If You Were 18 Again, What 7 Things Would You do Differently?
by Sea Breeze in
1. jw
2. friends
here's mine:.

1. go immediately to college and study construction management.

2. set up an ira and start contributing every year.
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OH...NO! Watchtower Has A New Rule Related To Dress And Grooming
by JW GoneBad in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the new head-of-the-house max has a problem with how his new stepdaughter (olivia) looks and dresses.. on the friday afternoon part 2 convention video @ 18:10 max 1st brings it up with olivia while in the kitchen!

then fast forward to 26:50 thru 27:65 max bellyaches to new wife (olivia's mother) & it's handled!

message to all rank & file jws....no more fashion torn jeans & beach sandles: :) :) :).