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  2018/19 new light

  by Ray Frankz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys, long time without paying a visit to this site.

  today i returned to check a 'gossip' that is running around in brazilian exjw forums.. they are stating that is almost certain they will make a big change in their doctrine maybe this year yet in the annual meeting.

  they say people in warwick were commenting on this.

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  smiddy3

  Rev.14: 1-6 describes the 144000 as males who do not defile themselves with women and are classed as virgins.?

  How does the Governing Body of J.W.`s explain that a man having a sexual relationship with a woman defiles a man?

  Isn`t this or shouldn`t this be an affront to women who are Jehovah`s Witnesses ? Or Christian women everywhere ?

  Was Adam defiled ? because Jehovah gave him a woman to have sex with and provide offspring ?

  Are all males defiled including you and me because we married and had sex with our wives and they bore children which was Gods purpose for humans ?

  How do you women feel about being labelled a source of defilement in the Holy Scriptures ?

  I don`t believe the G.B.of Jehovah`s witnesses recognizes Sisters/women in the organization as being part of the 144000 mentioned in Rev.14.

  And that is why whenever they have illustrated in their publications the 144000 in heaven there is never a woman depicted they are all depicted as males having beards .

  So all of these sisters in the "truth" putting their trust in the Governing Body for all of these years ,in some cases going back a 100 or more years the G.B. has never recognized females as being of the Anointed class a part of the 144000.
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  Superb must watch video

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xft_aeqw2ga.

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  smiddy3

  Excellent video
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  Man on the High Castle

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  g. was binge watching on amazon prime the serie the man on the high castle.

  because my interest in history subjects a good choice!

  what i mentioned was the family of john smith, the obergruppenfuhrer.

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  smiddy3

  Many years ago I read the book "Commandant of Auswitch" Rudolf Hoess and I even quoted some paragraphs in a talk I gave at a K.H.

  Which reflects some of the statements made above by Himmler .

  My wife still derides me to this day about that talk where for some unknown reason I kept mis-pronouncing Gestapo with Jestapo.

  I must look out for this series "Man on The High Castle"
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  Financially Are You Doing Better Than a Year Ago?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  this isn’t a usa question.

  is your financial situation better or worse or pretty much the same?.

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  shepherdless

  House prices might be going through the roof in major cities here in Oz however in regional centers prices are stagnant if not going down .

  I bought a house 12 years ago where I live and the market price has not gone up one cent if anything I would be selling it for less than I paid for it.

  Otherwise things are much the same.
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  Points From the December Study Watchtower

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  page 3, par.

  2 - "...a 19th century visitor cried out, “oh, what a paradise!”.

  (companion & useful guide to the beauties of scotland, by the hon.

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  smiddy3

  its O.K. for these 8 old men who are running this religion who class themselves as the Governing Body ,they don`t work ( as Paul said they should ) they live very comfortably with good food and accommodation fly all around the world etc,

  In reality live like kings all at the expense of donations given by gullible J.W.`s

  And they tell you not to get higher education so you can live like they are.
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  DECEMBER 2018 WATCHTOWER STUDY ARTICLE...Many loyal Christians have remained with an unbelieving mate under very trying circumstances.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  december 2018 study article :.

  honor “what god has yoked together”.

  17 admittedly, there have been instances where an “unbelieving husband” seems to prove that he is not “agreeable to staying with her.” he might be extremely physically abusive, even to the point that she feels that her health or life is in danger.

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  The J.W.religion needs to be held accountable on so many different fronts ,but will they ever be.?
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  Did the jw's leadership ever apologize for 1975?

  by dugout in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  talking to my friend who's an elder, when i asked him did the leadership ever attempt to apologize for the 1975 prediction fiasco he said they did.

  and he was going to show me.

  i'm still waiting..................................................tic toc did they???

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  Not only did they say in their publications that 6000 years of human history would end in 1975 ,they also said that it would be an appropriate time for Christ Jesus to start his 1000 reign as King in the heavens.

  This all coinciding with there teaching that a creative day was 7000 years long .

  And at the end of the reign of Jesus Christ 1000 year rule would be the end of the seventh creative day mankind would be brought back to perfection into a paradise earth .

  The 7th day: 6000 years of human imperfection

  Christ Jesus 1000 year reign : Restoring humans to perfection

  Culminating in the 7th day.

  Then everything under creation being perfect handed back to Jehovah.

  edit to add : The words apology and sorry are not words the G.B. are familiar with they are not in its vocabulary.
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  Judge Rules on Blood Issue

  by moreconfusedthanever in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/judge-rules-against-pregnant-teen-who-wanted-to-refuse-blood-at-birth-20180831-p5012k.html.

  this article has come up in my newsfeed on facebook today.

  it was posted by a non witness midwife who is up in arms about the girl not being able to choose her own course of treatment in pregnancy.

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  smiddy3

  You can`t argue with stupidity ,I know because I was stupid once.
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  Twelve days in Spain -- Nary a JW Cart in Sight

  by Room 215 in

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  2. experiences

  just concluded a twelve-day holiday in spain... seven cities in twelve days -- and not one sighting of a jw cart..

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  smiddy3

  Sorry Room 215 , but you should have spent 12 days in 7 cities and then you might have seen one J.W cart .?

  Or hunky dory ,the Spanish brothers and Sisters are more enlightened than we are and concluded that its all bullshit

  Come to think of it I live in a regional/town for the past 12 years and I have not seen a J.W. cart either ?

  And for that matter very, very, seldom has anybody knocked on my door ?

  What`s wrong with me ? why are they avoiding me ?

  or is it because the witnessing life saving work is losing its edge.

  J.W.`s are losing faith in the message without even realizing it.
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  Who wrote the Bible?

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wordings suggest much of the bible is written by false friends of god.

  to mention a few:.

  1) god planted a special tree to pay the way for suffering and death into the lives of his children.. 2) god protected cain who murdered his innocent brother out of sheer jealousy.

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  Take out the books referring to other items on your list, or written by the same writers, and we're left with not much of a Bible anymore, are we?

  That about sums it up for me