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  Memorial Weekend Questions

  by Iamallcool in

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  i just don’t remember when it was the last time the memorial falls on saturday.

  anyway, do they meet for field service tomorrow(saturday)?

  do they have their meetings on sunday?

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  At least you get some fringe benefits polishing off the wine

  and AMAN to that
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  Make the Truth Your Own

  by neat blue dog in

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  this is something that hit me just relatively recently.. the phrase "make the truth your own" is a very famous catch phrase in jw culture.

  it was a pet philosophy of daniel sydlik and has been used and is used in talks, literature and song.

  every witness knows this trope.

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  New Truth ,Old Truth , Present Truth ,Past Truth ,Real Truth , THE Truth .

  My mind boggles as to how many " Truths" Jehovah`s Witnesses can believe in and then discard those same "Truths" when it suits them .?

  Or rather when history makes it obvious their "Truth" was no such thing in the first place .
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  AUSTRALIA: Religion start selling real estate assets to pay compensation to child abuse victims following Child Abuse Royal Commission

  by jwleaks in

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  paying for the sins of their church.

  australians are becoming less religious so congregations are getting smaller.

  that means there are fewer parishioners to contribute money.. ..."they're simply looking at the dollars they can reap from the sale of this wonderful old building and i simply don't feel that i should be spending my weekends keeping the view clear," mr thomas said.. ...the royal commission into child sexual abuse exposed widespread paedophilia within religion and concluded that its leaders were at times weak, ineffectual, and even complicit.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-30/paying-for-the-sins-of-their-church/9586602.

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  Of course that wouldn`t be the same reason why the JW religion is selling off so much Real Estate now would it ?
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  "That guy with the long hair and beard . . .

  by neat blue dog in

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  is driving so safely!

  " said the surprised middle aged jw lady..

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  What`s with the head covering ,I thought that was for women ,by the way

  He`s a passenger not a driver , i`m an Aussie
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  Thank You All - Dealing with my Dad

  by truth_b_known in

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  it was 2010 when i first came to this website.

  it was the day after the memorial.

  i swore i would never attend another memorial, ever.. my father had called me a few day prior to that memorial and encouraged me to go.

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  Thank your lucky stars that you have found the TTATT when you have .It has probably saved you many more years of misery and heartache.

  It has also stolen my parents and my sister from me. However, it has not stolen all happiness from my life.

  we can only hope that that these bonds can be restored though it is not up to you to do so the onus is upon them to do so since they are the ones that do the shunning.

  At the instigation of the Governing Body Members

  Doesn`t the Scriptures state "Do not put your trust in Knoble`s in whom no salvation belongs ?

  Ps 146 :3 and by extension the Governing Body who have set themselves up as your spiritual Gurus on their say so and their say so only.?

  red flags should go up here especially when they say words to the effect "even if you don`t agree with our direction you obediently go along with it anyway " ?

  Excuse me ? you will blindly follow some direction from someone you don`t personally know because he has a label given by some other people you don`t personally know and you willingly put your life and the life of your family into the hands of these strangers ?
  
  
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  You Know You're in the Wrong Religion When....

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  just thought a review the following material many have contributed to might be helpful .

  you know you are in the wrong religion:1. when the all important question is not: "do you believe in the lord jesus christ?"....but....

  "do you believe in the "faithful and discreet slave" appointed in 1919?"2.

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  When you are told by the G.B. that have to witness to, for, and about Jehovah God and the Christian Greek Scriptures say no such thing ? Look up their K.I. Translation of The Christian Greek Scriptures .

  Christians are continuously told to witness about Jesus ,for Jesus and about Jesus ,over 30 times , their is not one scripture in the Christian Greek Scriptures that says Christians are to be witnesses of Jehovah , not one.

  Why would the New Testament / Christian Greek Scriptures state that the name Jesus is to be held above every other name in heaven on earth or under the earth. ? and not Jehovah ?

  Phil.2.9-11

  Christians are to be witnesses of Jesus Christ not Jehovah.
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  W5 Investigation

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  hey guys!

  i just want you guys to know that today is a really great day.

  there are so many jehovah's witnesses that saw this documentary and were disgusted by watchtowers policy.

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  I wonder how many different countries have had access to this video with a potential to how many people may have viewed it ?

  I`m in Australia.and I viewed it
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  How old's the human race?

  by Freedom rocks in

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  hi does anyone know any good articles or videos about how old mankind and the earth are and carbon dating?

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  i've just started looking into it but there seems to be a lot of conflicting ideas over accuracy so i'm unsure what to think.

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  The bible teaches us that the human race is approximately 6,000 years old.

  I`m not sure that is really true , I think the interpretations some Christian religions give to Bible verses would like their members to believe that ,but that is not what the Bible actually says,

  or is / does it ?
  
  
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  New Store called Best Life Gifts

  by Franklin30 in

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  i noticed a recent post where it was suggested the store was taken over by hostile means!.

  the person who posted it pretended to have knowledge of why the store changed names but clearly was operating with an agenda!

  one filled with lies, misinformation and deceit!.

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  Most Jehovah`s Witnesses are gullible with or about anything to do with this religion and sadly their are many in the religion who are opportunists who will take advantage of the gullible in the religion for their own profit and will exploit them .

  Sad but true.
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  W5 Investigation

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  hey guys!

  i just want you guys to know that today is a really great day.

  there are so many jehovah's witnesses that saw this documentary and were disgusted by watchtowers policy.

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  sirlibz

  stupid videos

  Would you care to elaborate your comment and explain yourself ? Why you feel this way ?

  I would love to hear it .

  smiddy