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  What's destroying Watchtower!

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
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  for me, beyond any shadow of a doubt, it's the extreme shunning policy.. at a recent sunday meeting, i listened to a complete brainwashed sister saying how important it was that we stick to the shunning policy even if it is a close relative.. i just thought.

  wtf.

  there is a big difference between the brainwashed and the awoken class!.

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  The name Watchtower was taken to signify what these men who started this organization had something unusual and distinct in Christian theology, a truthful representation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his new prophesied Kingdom arrangement.

  The magazine C.T.Russell started was "Zions Watchtower & Herald of Christs Presence" in 1879 ?

  That also had Masonic symbols on the front cover ,including the cross.

  He obviously believed in the Zionist movement of the day and also that Jesus Christ had already returned invisibly back then.

  None of which is accepted by the GB of Jehovah`s Witnesses today.
  
  
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  Hello Again

  by everbrighterhal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm sorry if this is in the wrong category!

  i am formerly adimmedlight, or something close to that.

  i have been lurking here a few years now and while i did make an account before, i used a fake email (i no longer remember it, since it was made only to log in the one time i posted.. )because i was so paranoid people in my home town would discover me and "out" me.

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  Is their anyway to see your paintings without going on FB ?
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  What's destroying Watchtower!

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for me, beyond any shadow of a doubt, it's the extreme shunning policy.. at a recent sunday meeting, i listened to a complete brainwashed sister saying how important it was that we stick to the shunning policy even if it is a close relative.. i just thought.

  wtf.

  there is a big difference between the brainwashed and the awoken class!.

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  In a nutshell the Internet and possibly the child sex abuse cases that are getting more media attention now ,that`s whats destroying (?) the WT/JW religion though it`s going to take a far longer time than most people would like.

  "Destroying" is probably not the best terminology to describe their demise .It`s going to be a gradual thing over a long period of time which means they could still be around many,many years into the future , however with a much smaller membership than they have now.

  As your OP suggests most/many JW`s accept shunning and are quite willing to abide by the GB`s directives to enforce it even when close blood Kin are involved .
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  The emptiness…

  by Maryo in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_fh9cygpp4&feature=share.

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  Why hire such a large stadium for such a small crowd ?
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  Sign of the times

  by recovering in

  1. social
  2. current

  oh i have waited for this for many years.

  it used to really irritate me when i looked out my office window at long island college hospital.

  dang the witnesses presence in brooklyn even out lasted a117 year old hospital.. https://nypost.com/2017/12/06/iconic-brooklyn-sign-taken-down-after-70-years/.

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  The WatchTower /JW.org wont end with a bang but a whimper .
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  AAAAAAAArrgh!

  by zeb in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  sir simon,.

  how many dozen bloody times do i have to do the capcha thing before i get in.

  one round of street signs or cars and that was it.

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  You have my vote VW.org ,

  LOL TFG

  I wonder what the ladies would prefer to see.
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  December 6, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: Study of Jesus—The Way

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  december 6, 2017 to all congregations re: study of jesus—the way.

  jesus—the way, the truth, the life.

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  That reminds me of Jesus coming into Jerusalem and going out of Jerusalem at precisely the same time.

  Well he is the Son of God after all LOL
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  Perfection

  by Jehovah lol in

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  is the watchtower's concept of 'perfection' biblical?.

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  And what exactly is the Biblical concept of perfection ? Adam and Eve ? Satan ? GOD ? by whatever name one calls him/her ?

  None of the above have demonstrated to be "Perfect" whatever that really means.
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  It Seems Some People Don't Listen

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  my dad's phone rings.

  its a secretary from his dermatologists office.. her:.

  "just calling for "mr. wasa sr." to remind him his appointment is next wednesday at 2pm.".

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  Third time lucky CoCo
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  The '' other and remaining '' Faithful and Discreet Slaves are '' useless ''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  faithful and discreet slave parable.

  matthew 24:45-47 "who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

  happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

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  Many JW women are recognized as "of the anointed" yet according to JW's they have no authority to be in charge of anything in the congregation, because of their gender.

  Yet according to JW beliefs they are recognized by Jehovah God and Christ Jesus as having authority to rule with him in the heavens for a thousand years ?

  So the Almighty and his Son acknowledge them with authority to rule but not the GB of Jehovah`s Witnesses ?

  Go figure