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Christianity's teaching/s 'untenable' and out of step with society....
by BoogerMan in
1. social
2. current
....according to lesbian comedienne.

"the archbishop of canterbury has conceded progress on same-sex marriage in the church of england would be "glacial", sandi toksvig has said.

the comedian revealed she had met justin welby for a "long-promised coffee" and the meeting had been "calm and considered", but the church's position was "untenable".
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Elders are no longer teachers
by eyeslice in
1. jw
2. friends
back in the day when i was a young witness lad, you very much got the impression that at least the training as theocratic teachers was good.. even the bible reading back then had a short introduction and conclusion.

you had to research and prepare your own ministry school talks and then perhaps you would graduate to a half of a 55 minute public talk.

then later if you were a book study conductor, you got to decide which scriptures to read and highlight.
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Do you know of any church that KNOWS God?
by the-MadJW in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i mean, the jws have many faults, as each of us have.. do you know any other group that does?.
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King of the North
by pontoon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been out for 13 years.

just wondering who the society is identifying as the king of the north?.
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How many doubt the GB official teaching about who will survive
by Indoubtbigtime in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wonder how many have doubts about the gb teaching that only baptised jws would survive the big a?

even then they still only say you may make it as with unbaptised kids of jdubs.

i think most people physically in don’t agree with the gb on this and are hoping jehovah would let other good people into the new world even if they are not baptised jws.
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2022 WTS Numbers
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
2022 grand totals.

branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 86. .

number of lands reporting: 239. .
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So where oh where did Judge Rutherford come up with JW theology?
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
bits of unreported history that may be of casual interest… as to doctrinal origins.

sykes was one-of-a-kind in the pentecostal movement, but he was considered quite a maverick who went his own way with heretical teachings repugnant to the pentecostal faith.. joshua sykes’ congregation was integrated, unlike pastor russell’s public speeches/sermons where blacks and whites both could attend, but only in separate sections--sykes's members were sitting side by side in the pentecostal church.

this was considered dangerous and inflammatory at the time.. pentecostal preacher joshua sykes practiced racial and gender "integration" as early as 1908 -- having both african-american and female assistant preachers, staffers, and members.
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W.W 2 - 1940's Australia Bethel helps out war effort!!
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
australia bethel had from 1938 began to make big money!

they employed many brothers.

they opened a saw mill, bakery, 20 kingdom farms, and an engineering company.
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When a Whole Branch Went Bad !!(or was it Good?)
by singsongboi in
1. jw
2. friends
when a whole branch went bad (or was it good)?

part 1. .

i guess it's too late to get much of the details of this story (outside of the official versions), but we ought not to lose it altogether.. so i'm committing to print what i know of this story, and hoping that somewhere out there will be someone else that knows more than i do, about one of the more exotic incidents in the history of the wts.
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Jesus never existed!!
by jw_uncovered in
1. jw
2. friends
buddha of india .

he performed miracles and raised one man, el-azar-us, from the dead.

the sun is the "light of the world.