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  JW visit...after 12 years out

  by Nobleheart1 in

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  i used to post here under the name nobleheart but forgot the old password, so put up a new account (nobleheart1).

  was a jw (2002-2011), ended up writing a da letter.

  i am a christian (since leaving the org).

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  smiddy3

  Nobleheart1

  Isn`t it generally recognized by scholars nowadays that the pronunciation of God`s name is more correctly to be YAHWEH ? or something similar ?

  Why do Jehovah`s Witnesses still insist on the name JEHOVAH that is more likely to be in error ?

  Shouldn`t they correct themselves if they truly want to speak the truth ?

  Or do they want to keep promoting a falsehood ?

  There was no J sounding letter in their language as I understand it .

  I wish you well and success in your endeavor to wake somebody up with your anti-witnessing.

  Take care.
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  JW visit...after 12 years out

  by Nobleheart1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to post here under the name nobleheart but forgot the old password, so put up a new account (nobleheart1).

  was a jw (2002-2011), ended up writing a da letter.

  i am a christian (since leaving the org).

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  smiddy3

  And you can donate blood over and over again without having to die for it giving quality of life back to God knows how many people .
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  WHAT DO Jehovah's Witnesses believe?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please add or correct the following written by helge kare fauskanger.

  "for starters, imagine a distinctly insular form of protestant fundamentalism minus the trinity (god and jesus are held to be separate beings, and the holy spirit is god's active power rather than a person).

  note: since the witnesses want to think of their faith as something absolutely unique, they themselves will not agree that they are either protestant or fundamentalist.. * very important to call god by his proper name of jehovah, and as noted, you must not get him mixed up with jesus.

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  I don`t recall anywhere in the Bible that it says JC went preaching from house to house ?

  Acts 20:20 speaks of Paul doing this not JC nor is their any instruction anywhere that followers of Jesus Christ were to do this .

  It was just the way Paul did it and as far as I know it was to give encouragement for beleivers anyway.
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  UK Hospital using Kingdom Melodies - complaint

  by AEnEm in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i found out that a uk hospital (nnuh) uses kingdom melodies as hold music, apparently for some years!

  i called and heard it myself.

  i wrote an email to the complaints team and await a response.

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  Have they now changed their tune ?
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  New movie : You can live forever

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  new canadian movie : you can live forever 2022 (2023).

  when lesbian teen jaime is sent to live in a jehovah's witness community, she falls hard for a devout witness girl and the two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.. https://youtu.be/s70moil45xi.

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  Is that right their have been about eight movies made about the JW`s and their religion ? I maybe new about 2 or 3 but not that many ?

  Thanks for that ,I might seek if I can check out a couple more.
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  New movie : You can live forever

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  new canadian movie : you can live forever 2022 (2023).

  when lesbian teen jaime is sent to live in a jehovah's witness community, she falls hard for a devout witness girl and the two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.. https://youtu.be/s70moil45xi.

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  As is noted on another thread "can" is the operative word in this title.?

  My response to that was .I "can" become a millionaire in this world I live in ,but I don`t think that`s going to happen .
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  Young "Elders"

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
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  ever since the annual meeting last october and the letter to bodies of elders stating that "exceptional young men perhaps in their early 20's could qualify for appointment as elders.." it even states this in the updated elders manual!

  have any of you pimo's, pimq's, or those on here with family/friends still in hear of any young men being appointed as elders yet?

  i am talking 21, 22, 23, 24 etc.

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  Have any of you PIMO's, PIMQ's, or those on here with family/friends still in hear of any young men being appointed as elders yet? I am talking 21, 22, 23, 24 etc.

  Hang on : The first congregation I attended in Melb,Aust.Vict., what did they call them back then ,the overseer ? and the assistant overseer his brother were both in their early twenties , and their mature aged parents were both in the congregation .?

  And this was in the early 1960`s ?

  They didn`t call them Elders then ,but it fits the criteria doesn`t it ?

  I kid you not.
  
  
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  Is the GB equal to God & Christ?

  by BoogerMan in

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  w56 6/1 p. 346 par.

  rebellion against the slave is rebellion against god.. w57 6/15 p. 370 par.

  7 - it is vital that we appreciate this fact and respond to the directions of the “slave” as we would to the voice of god, because it is his provision.. w10 9/15 p. 23 par.

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  w56 6/1 p. 346 par. 11 - Therefore the slave’s will is Jehovah’s will. Rebellion against the slave is rebellion against God.

  Doesn`t that statement say it all ?
  
  
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  You Can Live Forever on Blu-ray now available for pre-order

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you can live forever on blu-ray now available for pre-order from kino lorber - releases on june 6th 2023.. this canadian movie was made by ex-jw sarah watts.

  it is about a forbidden lesbian love within the jws.. https://kinolorber.com/product/you-can-live-forever.

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  I can be a millionaire in this world I live in ...... But will I ? I don`t think so.
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  Just read that Carl Olof Jonsson died yesterday

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for newbies, who was carl olof jonsson?

  he was a jw in sweden who was challenged by a householder in the 1960s, who pointed out to him that secular history books don’t agree with watchtower that jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bce, but instead place the event 20 years later.

  the reason the date is important is because it is the starting date for jw chronology which leads to 1914 as the end of the gentile times, and the beginning of the last days, as jws understand it.

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  RIP , COJ .,I concur with what LMsA says above.