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  Warning: autistic screeching ahead ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  a regular guy went into a vape store in georgia recently, to buy his wife some liquid for her e-cigarettes.

  his big mistake was to wear a trump t-shirt.

  the shop assistant went completely mental because of the t-shirt.. the customer remained calm throughout and eventually got the product he wanted (i think).. but what a scene!

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  I wonder if that guy still has a job ? I don`t think he had good PR with his customers or that he had good people skills. ?

  Maybe he needs a little bit more training .
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  Who else had to sit though last weeks WT study, 6th Jan 2019 - "Buy Truth and Never Sell It"

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that title, “buy truth and never sell it”.

  is that not our goal has jw’s, to try to sell the truth to those who have the right heart condition to accept it?.

  para 9: “when the fishermen peter and andrew were invited by jesus to become “fishers of men,” they “abandoned their nets.” (matt.

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  Jehovah`s Witnesses have knowingly and willingly promoted a false name of GOD ,namely JEHOVAH that they know was invented by a Spanish Catholic Monk in the 13th Century.

  Especially so since they adopted the name Jehovah`s Witnesses in the 1930`s.and given prominence to that name contrary to the Christian Greek Scriptures ,the New Testament which clearly states that Christians are to be witnesses of Jesus ,NOT Jehovah .

  According to their first edition "Aid" book because it was the most common name used in Christendom .
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  WT has another 91 million for lawsuit payments now

  by Bad_Wolf in

  1. social
  2. current

  the last sale of their most valuable asset.

  https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/12/21/fortis-pays-91-million-for-former-watchtower-parking-lot/.

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  Their aren`t too many lawyers working for WT for free you can bet your bottom dollar.

  What with lawsuits and lawyers fee`s its not looking good for the hateful eight.
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  Ronald L. Lawson Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Queens College – Papers on Seventh-day Adventism, with some comparisons with Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ronald l. lawson ph.d., professor emeritus, queens college, cuny – papers on seventh-day adventism, with some comparisons with mormons and witnesses.

  9 january 2019. link.

  a question that continues to draw research in the sociology of religion is what factors spur the growth of religions (kelley 1972; iannaccone 1994; bruce 2002; hoge and roozen 1979; stark and finke 2000)⁠.

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  Do the Assembly` s of God ,and the Christadelphians ,figure into this timeline as they all have similar belief systems .?

  Just asking .
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  The stuff JWs get right

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since today there is a post about jws and science i thought it right to throw them a bone and see if they have anything right:.

  1. round earth (lol).

  2. old universe (13.7 billion years).

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  Religion is a snare and a racket , I couldn`t think of anything else they ever got right.
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  Who else had to sit though last weeks WT study, 6th Jan 2019 - "Buy Truth and Never Sell It"

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that title, “buy truth and never sell it”.

  is that not our goal has jw’s, to try to sell the truth to those who have the right heart condition to accept it?.

  para 9: “when the fishermen peter and andrew were invited by jesus to become “fishers of men,” they “abandoned their nets.” (matt.

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  Para 12: When Aaron learnt that “God’s name, could be pronounced “Jehovah.” Excitedly, he went to the synagogue to share his wonderful discovery with the rabbis. Their reaction was not what Aaron expected. Instead of sharing his joy of learning the truth about God’s name, they spit on him and treated him as an outcast.

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  In the first edition of "Aid To Bible Understanding " they admitted under the name Jehovah that it may not be the correct pronunciation of the Divine Name as that is lost but the name Jehovah is the most commonly used today as god`s name ."

  The most commonly used ? by whom ? Christendom of course who else uses the name of GOD on a regular basis ?

  Hang on don`t they say that Christendom has been instrumental in hiding GOD`s name ?

  And if that was true why would we still see today Ancient Churches throughout the world ,centuries old churches that have inscribed in stone the name Jehovah .?

  The reason ? because a 13th century Spanish Monk took the 4 Hebrew letters of the Tetragrammaton in latin as JHVH and added vowels to those four Hebrew letters and came up with Jehovah.

  That name was never heard of before the 13th Century. { Hebrew never had a J sounding word in their vocabulary }

  Getting back to the "Aid" book they admitted that Yahweh was probably more of a correct pronunciation ,however they went with Jehovah because it was more popular .? amongs`t bible Scholars who were not Jehovah`s witnesses .

  So what TRUTH are they trying to sell here ?
  
  
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  A Brexit Glossary

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "i" news, jan 10, 2019:.

  a brexit glossary: .

  people’s vote – a second referendum.

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  If more than 26% of eligible voters didn`t vote ,who are they or anyone else to complain about the result ?

  Were they too lazy or indifferent to the issue ? in the first place but now they complain because the vote didnt go the way they thought or hoped it would without their vote ?
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  Xmas Cards some of us sent to each other couple of yrs ago.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i came across some xmas cards some of us sent to each other a couple of years ago and thought it would be nice to send a greeting back this year by pm .. i was able to do it for some but not all that sent me a card because they gave their real names and not their call sign on here.. and stupid me didn`t keep the card with the envelope it came in.. and i`m certainly not going to post your real names on here.. if your inclined to, or remember sending me a xmas card a couple of years ago and you haven`t already got a pm from me your welcome to pm me anytime and we can exchange greetings.. i felt it was a personal exchange between real friends i have made on this forum and i thank all of those who did send me a card and well wishes and opened up their lives to me.. and hopefully they got the same from me.. smiddy .

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  I came across some Xmas cards some of us sent to each other a couple of years ago and thought it would be nice to send a greeting back this year by PM .

  I was able to do it for some but not all that sent me a card because they gave their real names and not their call sign on here.

  And stupid me didn`t keep the card with the envelope it came in.

  And I`m certainly not going to post your real names on here.

  If your inclined to, or remember sending me a Xmas card a couple of years ago and you haven`t already got a pm from me your welcome to pm me anytime and we can exchange greetings.

  I felt it was a personal exchange between real friends I have made on this forum and I thank all of those who did send me a card and well wishes and opened up their lives to me.

  And hopefully they got the same from me.

  smiddy

  Australia
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  Letter to my sons, why I left WT -- 1975 and lies were reasons

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  several months ago i wrote a letter to two of my sons, still jw.

  the letter is 41 years belated.

  i am now 78 years old so this was a bucket list item.

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  I just read the whole letter Len ,I hope your boys took the time to read it and hopefully see the truth`s that you presented and make contact with you and heal the rift.
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  WT Study October 2018....spinning ''layoffs'' into ''reassigning'' ex-Bethelites ''to the field''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  wt study october 2018. maintain inner peace despite changing circumstances.

  lloyd and alexandra learn that they have been reassigned to the field, they at first felt sad.

  after all, they had been serving at bethel for over 25 years.

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  Human beings are funny that way ,they like to put other human beings on pedestals .

  Whether its ancient Prophets ,Saints , Apostles , Disciples of the Bible ,Kings or Queens of royalty ,or Presidents of a Country ,and lets not forget Celebrities of either Film or Literature .

  All and everyone of them are only human , they have their failings and imperfections , none of them are perfect and some have secrets you wouldn`t want to know about.

  And the same is true and no different about the Governing Body members of Jehovah`s Witnesses ,they are imperfect human beings with faults and that they should not be put up on a pedestal as if they are any better than anybody else on this earth.

  You don`t know what goes on behind closed doors in their lives .