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  Hype and Anti-Type Russia 13 Years Ago

  by scotoma in

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  worldly news services were calling things correctly with russia.. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/108767/pushing-russian-bear.

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  This is the "wild beast that was but is not, and yet is about to ascend out of the abyss and it is to go off into destruction." Revelation 17:8

  Scotoma , This scripture was used by the JW / WT organization in their publications to explain the league of Nations forming after the first world war ,then going into the abyss at the outbreak of the second world war , and then ascending out of the abyss at the end of the second world war as the United Nations .

  It was never implied to relate to The USSR or the current Russia. of today.

  
  
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  A big shout out to the NHS

  by moley in

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  last week i suffered two heart attacks, first one occurred while i was at home, phoned for an ambulance which promptly arrived and whisked me off too hospital, docs decided i needed a stent and during the angioplasty i had a massive heart attack according to the doc that did it.

  i was unaware as i was out.

  but what i want to say is what an amazing organisation the nhs is.

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  Holey moley ,sounds like you really dodged a bullet their my friend . Paramedics do a marvelous job in caring for those in emergency situations . I hope you have a speedy recovery .

  And where would we be without the NHS especially older ones and those that are most vulnerable .?

  what an amazing organisation the NHS is. From the paramedics to the docs and the nurses who cared for me on the ward who held my hand when I was in pain and were caring and professional.

  I couldn`t agree with you more THESE PEOPLE are the REAL lifesavers of the world .

  Not some two bit insignificant small time real estate publishing agency from America that poses as a religious organization that continually preaches doomsday that never eventuates .
  
  
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  Hype and Anti-Type Russia 13 Years Ago

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  worldly news services were calling things correctly with russia.. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/108767/pushing-russian-bear.

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  Russia alone was never the King of the North , the king of the north as explained by Jehovah`s witness theology was the United Soviet Socialist republics that is USSR and not Russia alone .

  The fact that the USSR ,the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics was disbanded years ago proves that the Jehovah`s Witness religion/Watchtower are false profits.

  The USSR was a number of nations under the control and domination of Russia in Eastern Europe and when they gained independence from Russia , she lost her power ,as a world power.

  She was no longer the King of The North .And the JW`s / Governing Body , if i have read things correctly do not know who the current king of the north is at this present time.

  Quoting something political / prophetical in print about what JW`s said years ago is always going to bite them in the bum .Why ? simply because they keep changing what they said in times past and trying to always re-invent themselves into something they never were .

  Why would an organization any organization be ashamed to acknowledge their past history ? Yet Jehovah`s Witnesses try to do it constantly.

  Thank God for the internet that exposes their deception.
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  Animals

  by unsure in

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  2. beliefs

  if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?

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  satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..

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  I have just looked at the difference between hedgehogs ,porcupines and echidnas ,and was somewhat surprised I thought they would have all been of the same family.But no.

  You have a story to tell there AA and if you dont mind I would like to here it if and when you have time.

  Take care. maybe others would too ,it sounds interesting.

  We have Echidna`s in our area of S.E. Gippsland Vic.Australia.
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  Animals

  by unsure in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?

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  satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..

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  God cursed the Earth because of sin. We and all creation get to see a world without God's good and full stewardship.

  So in the four thousand years from Adam to Jesus Christ, Jehovah God had at his command slaughtered millions of animals and birds on the Alter of Jehovah with such blood letting .

  As a sacrifice to him ?

  Of his own creation .?

  Jehovah doesnt sound like a God who loves animals to me ?

  And God cursed the whole earth because his two perfect human beings were not so perfect after all ?

  Could it be that the fault lies with Jehovah God Himself ?
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  The origins of personified spirits and demons

  by Doug Mason in

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  2. bible

  for the jews, personified spirit beings, good and evil, along with demons, originated during the 3rd and 2nd centuries bce.. https://jwstudies.com/crucible__powers_above.pdf .

  this file will be available very temporarily.. doug.

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  AA ,this sounds all too familiar with the WT excusing the two different versions of Jesus coming into Jerusalem or coming out of Jerusalem in the Gospels .

  The pretext being their was an old Jerusalem and a new Jerusalem in Jesus day .

  Anybody remember this ?
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  Should Voters Be Made To Prove They Are Eligible To Vote?

  by minimus in

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  i believe that just because someone shows up at the voting booth, it doesn’t automatically qualify them to be legitimate voters.

  i think it’s not unreasonable to provide proof that you are qualified..

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  I think its a good system in Australia where once you are of the age (18) to vote you are required to register as a voter ,failure to do so is a fine ,and when you front up at a polling booth you identify yourself and your name is then crossed off the list as presenting yourself to vote ?

  I dont see the problem with honest hearted people who see their civic duty .?
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  Funny ex-jw memes

  by Apostate Anonymous in

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  backstory:.

  so my born-in cousin who recently left the org is looking to start an ex-jw / group instagram based in socal.

  he asked me if i had any ideas for a photo that can used for the instagram page and this is what i made for him:.

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  These JW memes are gems ,notice that I left out the ex ? Because I believe they apply equally whether you are a current active JW an ex-JW or just a person who has had a JW knock on your door.

  Just saying.
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  Knorr Family

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
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  for a secondary project, i need basic biography of n. h. knorr's parents and brother and sister.

  we have some details, which i have posted on our history blog: https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/.

  if you can add to this, please do..

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  new boy was just using satire in his post I don`t think he would have thought anybody would take him seriously .

  I thought his post was quite funny.

  Lighten up folks
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  For those who are athest, or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?

  by Tameria2001 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm not asking this question to cause an argument or accuse, but i am honestly just wondering?

  for those of you who are now atheist or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?

  i hadn't given this much thought until about a year ago.

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  I was brought up to believe the Bible was the word of God and was sent to Sunday school ( my parents weren`t religious) when I rebelled and said I wasn`t going anymore about 12 yrs of age ,I still had the though the Bible was God`s word ,Fast forward to when I`m 20 years old I was converted to JWism .

  33 years later after seeing the hypocricy`s , flip flops ,and manipulation of the members by both the G.B. and Elders in Congregations I attended (admittedly some Elders were genuine people but not many) in my experience.

  I was disillusioned and left.Which then led me to investigate the the Bible more and what critics had to say about it and my eyes were opened ,the rose coloured glasses and the blinkers were off an I then saw what religion in general and all religious books were inventions of humans and nothing more.