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  Sign of the Last Days

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the sermon on the mount, jesus foretold that earthquakes “in one place after another” would be part of the sign of the last days clímaxing in the great tribulation.. what could jesus possibly have meant?

  using a phone app nowadays, there are earthquakes detected in one place after another but is this what jesus meant and did they have so many earthquakes throughout the centuries affter his prophecy or are these modern day detected earthquakes unique to this epoch?

  how can we be sure unequivocally that modern day earthquakes are part of the sign fulfilling bible prophecy?.

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  JW Elder Sentenced for CSA

  by EasyPrompt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.

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  "there is NO HOLY SPIRIT directing these men."
  

  
  

  As is (ironically) depicted in their own video...

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The "spirit" behind the hypocritical WTBT$ religious leaders is the same spirit portrayed in the Rolling Stones song, "Sympathy for the Devil"...

  
  

  "Please allow me to introduce myself

  I'm a man of wealth and taste

  I've been around for a long, long years

  Stole million man's soul an faith

  And I was 'round when Jesus Christ

  Had his moment of doubt and pain

  Made damn sure that Pilate

  Washed his hands and sealed his fate

  Pleased to meet you

  Hope you guess my name

  But what's puzzling you

  Is the nature of my game

  Stuck around St. Petersburg

  When I saw it was a time for a change

  Killed Tsar and his ministers

  Anastasia screamed in vain

  I rode a tank

  Held a general's rank

  When the blitzkrieg raged

  And the bodies stank

  Pleased to meet you

  Hope you guess my name, oh yeah

  Ah, what's puzzling you

  Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

  I watched with glee

  While your kings and queens

  Fought for ten decades

  For the gods they made

  I shouted out

  Who killed the Kennedys?

  When after all

  It was you and me

  Let me please introduce myself

  I'm a man of wealth and taste

  And I laid traps for troubadours

  Who get killed before they reached Bombay

  Pleased to meet you

  Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah

  But what's puzzling you

  Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby

  Pleased to meet you

  Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah

  But what's confusing you

  Is just the nature of my game

  Just as every cop is a criminal

  And all the sinners saints

  As heads is tails

  Just call me Lucifer

  'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

  So if you meet me

  Have some courtesy

  Have some sympathy, and some taste

  Use all your well-learned politnesse

  Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah

  Pleased to meet you

  Hope you guessed my name, mm yeah

  But what's puzzling you

  Is the nature of my game, mm mean it, get down

  Woo, who

  Oh yeah, get on down

  Oh yeah

  Aah yeah

  Tell me baby, what's my name?

  Tell me honey, can ya guess my name?

  Tell me baby, what's my name?

  I tell you one time, you're to blame

  What's my name

  Tell me, baby, what's my name?

  Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?"

  
  

  They follow their father. They are wolves in sheep's covering. They will be completely exposed. Their end will be according to their works.

  
  

  Matthew 7:15-21

  
  

  "Be on the watch for the false prophets who come to you in sheep’s covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? Likewise, every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit. A good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce fine fruit. Every tree not producing fine fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Really, then, by their fruits you will recognize those men.

  
  

  “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens, but only the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to me in that day: ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ And then I will declare to them: ‘I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!’"
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  JW Elder Sentenced for CSA

  by EasyPrompt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.

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  "do they really think that “repentance” actually wipes the slate clean, and/or immunizes against backsliding?"
  

  
  

  How could they believe in "repentance" for something they don't think is a "sin"? Their actions show they don't think it is a sin. That's why they don't apologize to victims and that's why they hide their records. They haven't "repented". Why would they expect the other abusers to "repent"? They don't know what it means.

  
  

  The only "sin" they believe in is the "sin" of speaking out against their WTBT$/GB/FD$/Bethel/Elderworship authority when they are wrong. (Which isn't really a sin at all, but rather is evidence of a person who keeps integrity...)

  
  

  That is why God will give them (WTBT$/GB/FD$/Bethel/Elders) all into the hands of the secular authorities shortly and all their stuff (studios, real estate, prominence, etc) will be taken away.

  
  

  Whatever secular legal group decides to take the lead in attacking the WTBT$ will be successful, in the same way Cyrus was. Jehovah will leave open the doors for them.
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  JW Elder Sentenced for CSA

  by EasyPrompt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.

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  "Both the state and the WTBTS are to blame here"

  Yes.

  Ecclesiastes 8:9-11

  
  

  "All of this I have seen, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun, during the time that man has dominated man to his harm...Because sentence against a bad deed has not been executed speedily, the heart of men becomes emboldened to do bad."

  
  

  God's Kingdom is coming and it will set all things right at the appointed time. The religious hypocrites will be removed and their organizations destroyed. The Bible shows that then 3 1/2 years later the state secular hypocrites will be destroyed.

  
  

  Psalm 37:10-13

  
  

  "Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more;

  You will look at where they were,

  And they will not be there.

  But the meek will possess the earth,

  And they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.

  The wicked man plots against the righteous;

  He grinds his teeth at him.

  But Jehovah will laugh at him,

  For He knows that his day will come."

  
  

  3 1/2 years isn't long compared to all the time it took for us to get to this point as a human race. 3 1/2 years isn't long compared to everlasting life. As the expression goes, "there is light at the end of the tunnel."
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  What is Self-deception?

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i googles about self-deception and found many articles about it.

  it is a thing reseachers in psychology have studied.. here is a quote from an article that describes it.

  and it is interesting because of so many ideas about how to understand the bible.

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  "this phenomenon"
  

  
  

  "those who fool themselves."
  

  
  

  "The more intelligent a person is, the more sophisticated he or she is in the art of self-deception"
  

  
  

  https://youtu.be/gUUkhwaWP68?si=d8I3kXljbNdyc7Ec

  
  

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  JW Elder Sentenced for CSA

  by EasyPrompt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.

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  So, in the Branch Manual, they give these questions for considering whether or not the abuser can receive "privileges"...

  
  

  "How do the victim and the victim's relatives view him now? How do members of the congregation view him? (There is no need for elders to conduct interviews to determine what the current feeling is toward the individual. Doing so might bring up painful memories and cause further harm..."

  
  

  How would the elders know how the victim/victims relatives feel if they don't ask? Not all victims are vocal about the pain or the fear. Obviously, if the elders know asking might bring up painful memories and cause further harm, doesn't that show that the elders already know it's wrong to give such a person "privileges"? If even talking about the person brings up pain, how much more so it will cause pain/harm if he is appointed "over the flock"!

  
  

  WTBT$ doesn't care about the victim. They're such liars. Not shepherds. Not representatives of Jehovah. It's like Jesus said, they are "from their father the Devil". That Watchtower is going to be torn down.
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  What is Self-deception?

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i googles about self-deception and found many articles about it.

  it is a thing reseachers in psychology have studied.. here is a quote from an article that describes it.

  and it is interesting because of so many ideas about how to understand the bible.

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  Many times those who accuse others of self-deception are in fact the ones who have deceived themselves.

  
  

  Case in point...

  
  

  "At hearing this, the Pharisees said: “This fellow does not expel the demons except by means of Be·elʹze·bub, the ruler of the demons.” ...Jesus said to them, "But if it is by means of God’s spirit that I expel the demons, the Kingdom of God has really overtaken you...Whoever is not on my side is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. For this reason I say to you, every sort of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the spirit will not be forgiven."

  
  

  Not surprising that the Pharisees would have deceived themselves, since their ruler is the father of self-deception.

  
  

  "Either you make the tree fine and its fruit fine or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, for by its fruit the tree is known. Offspring of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are wicked? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of his good treasure sends out good things, whereas the wicked man out of his wicked treasure sends out wicked things. I tell you that men will render an account on Judgment Day for every unprofitable saying that they speak; for by your words you will be declared righteous, and by your words you will be condemned."

  
  

  Matthew chapter 12

  
  

  There are many "religious" people today, some leaders of groups, some not, who falsely claim to be "knowledgable" and yet have deceived themselves and others. By their fruits they are recognized.
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  JW Elder Sentenced for CSA

  by EasyPrompt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.

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  "I can’t understand what they were thinking when they appointed him."
  

  
  

  Even though the publications talk about elders needing to interview a potential new elder and ask them three questions, it says the new elder would be appointed if they answer "no" to all three, but it doesn't say anywhere that they WON'T be appointed even if they answer "yes" to any of the three questions...

  
  

  "(1) Is there anything from your past, even before baptism, or in your personal or family life that disqualifies you or that would prevent you from accepting this appointment?

  
  

  (2) Is there any reason why your appointment should not be announced to the congregation?

  
  

  (3) Have you as an adult ever been involved at any time in the past with child sexual abuse?"

  
  

  If the brother answers no to the questions, the circuit overseer will provide the elders with a signed appointment letter..." (from "Shepherd the Flock of God" under appointing elders section)

  
  

  
  

  "Shepherd Flock of God" regarding removing restrictions...

  
  

  https://files.accessjw.org/s/NSCySFCnaSiE2A5

  
  

  Branch Manual regarding removing restrictions...

  
  

  https://files.accessjw.org/s/KN3wgcSJwYxxFfi

  
  

  "At least the Elders obeyed the Ungodly Rules when appointing him!"
  
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  Does the kingdom hall still provide older books upon request? If so which ones?

  by average joe in

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  2. bible

  is there a list of current books available for order that are the older books?.

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  Current Direction on Literature

  
  

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/167fj5d/you_read_this_crap_here_first/

  
  

  Literature Request Form

  
  

  https://files.accessjw.org/s/Nq8xWgZmbYwHR4P

  
  

  Literature Request and Inventory Guidelines

  
  

  https://files.accessjw.org/s/fHqm273CZ58Z2E5

  
  

  Online Accessible JW Books

  
  

  https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/
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  JW Elder Sentenced for CSA

  by EasyPrompt in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.

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  https://services.gdc.ga.gov/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryRedirector.jsp

  
  

  "A Level 3 Sex Offender status is applicable to convicted offenders with a strong possibility of committing another offense. Anyone with this classification will almost certainly be required to wear a monitoring device." (from grishamandpoole.com)

  
  

  "Dangerous sex offenses that require registration include:

  • Rape
  • Aggravated assault where rape was the primary intent
  • Statutory rape in cases where the offender is older than 21 years of age
  • Incest
  • Aggravated sexual battery or second conviction of sexual battery
  • Child molestation and aggravated child molestation
  • Kidnapping a minor younger than 14 years of age by an individual other than a parent
  • False imprisonment of a minor younger than 14 by an individual other than a parent
  • Sodomy and aggravated sodomy
  • Enticing a child for indecent reasons
  • Sexual exploitation of minors or child pornography
  • Sharing obscene materials with minors electronically
  • Obscene telephone contact
  • Sexual assault against individuals in custody
  • Enticing a minor for indecent reasons
  • Any other sexually motivated offense against a minor." (from screenandreveal.com)