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  Why you need Christmas to understand Easter/Memorial

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.

  i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.

  lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.

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  "I agree. He was born for one purpose: to die. Better for one man to die than for everyone to perish"

  
  

  Yes. He had to sacrifice himself to himself to save microbes living on a mote of dust from himself.
  
  Makes perfect sense.
  
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  They are running out of people to do their stuff.

  by liam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

  so it’s the current new light!.

  what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.

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  Have you hit a rough patch and feeling discouraged after 30 years of marriage and 2 children? Go see your new age 20 elder for spiritual council.
  
  
  
  
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  Why Did God Create Us?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  jesus is the creator god, but why did he create us?

  what say you?.

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  Putin Speech LIVE STREAMING: 'Russia Ready To Attack With Oreshnik Missiles' | NATO | Ukraine War!

  by Littleleslie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  putin speech live streaming: 'russia ready to attack with oreshnik missiles' | nato | ukraine war!

  (times of india).

  russian president vladimir putin warned of more strikes on ukraine with intermediate-range ballistic missile oreshik if strikes with western-made missiles on russia continue.

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  video has been LIVE STREAMING for 5 hours
  

  
  You sure he's not just giving the closing prayer at a District convention?
  
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  Memories of Excessive Laughter

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jw's are not known for laughter.

  there are the rare exceptions.

  they are more known for their fear mongering and doomsday scenarios where "the dead shall come to be as manure on the surface of the ground from one end of the earth clear to the other".

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  By contrast, after leaving WT, we had an assistant Baptist pastor at a church we attended from Tennessee. He was hysterical.

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  Trump wins

  by gavindlt in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am non political and have never voted but nonetheless i have been keenly watching to see how the trump presidential race unfolds.

  i believe that his involvement in propelling or influencing a leaning toward bible prophecy will unfold.

  how, i can’t say but something tells me that this anomaly and outlier being trump is highly signifiant!

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  After Trump appointee RFK Jr. gets flouride removed from water

  by SydBarrett in

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  Was Hell Consistently Taught from Genesis to Revelation?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some sources cite that the word or concept of hell appears 167 times in the old and new testament.

  jesus spoke about hell more than anyone else.

  how can such consistent warnings by many different writers over 1600 years all be parables?

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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  Last one I attended was 1991. No I couldn't do it again.
  

  However, as miserable as the 3 day conventions of my childhood were, they were nothing compared to the stories of the 1950s that my older relatives told me stories of.
  
  Imagine driving almost 900 miles from Georgia to New York on pre-interstate highways. Sitting in the open air at Yankee Stadium in the middle of the summer from 9a.m until 9:30 in the evening. For EIGHT DAYS. Sleeping in a pop up camper. Waiting in lines to use makeshift shower and toilet facilities. The smell by day 8 must have been indescribable.
  
  Also, what in the world did they manage to come up with to speak about to fill 12 hours a day for 8 days???
  
  Then drive back home utterly miserable and exhausted. Today that drive is about 16 hours. Back then it must have been a multi day drive on state highways and secondary roads. Insanity.
  
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  Where's Simon?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  anyone heard from him?

  he hasn't been active for over a week.

  probably on holiday but would be nice to know everything's okay 🤔 .

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  Likely just taking a break. Being an Englishman living in Canada with strident opinions about the USA probably takes a psychological toll.