"Jehovah’s witnesses create their own persecution"
Exactly. This Russian persecution is of their own creating. They are getting arrested for extremeism. All they have to do is stop being extremeists and the arrests will stop.
Rattigan350
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The Watchtower—Study Edition | January 2022
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | january 2022. during the great tribulation, gog of magog’s forces may try to assault us in our homes.
but we can take comfort in knowing that jesus and his angels are aware of what is happening and will defend us (see paragraph 13).
13. when gog of magog attacks, why will we appear to be vulnerable, but what reason for confidence will we have?
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Lawsuit: I said GB member Barr that my Bethelite stepfather abused me; he did nothing
by Corney inhere's an excerpt from the recent lawsuit deborah hines v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york et al (paragraphs 158-180), one of 29 known cases brought against the org pursuant to the ny child victims act.
what should be kept in mind is that gerrit lösch apparently worked in europe (the austrian branch and eastern europe) at the time when the abuse was allegedly reported to him (not a gb member then).. plaintiff was raised a member of the jehovah’s witnesses.
she primarily attended meetings at various congregations in arizona.
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Rattigan350
This doesn't make sense. "From approximately 1982-1988, when PLAINTIFF was approximately 10-16 years old"
"Plaintiff was assigned to work various jobs, including, assisting with video production, working in the laundry facility, and as an elevator operator"
How can someone 10-16 years old be assigned those jobs at Bethel?
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King Richard
by Rattigan350 inthere is this new movie out called "king richard" staring will smith playing serena and venus williams father.
i don't know much about this, but i heard that they were raised by jw parents.
how does that factor into the movie and their growing up aspiring tennis stars?.
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Rattigan350
There is this new movie out called "King Richard" staring Will Smith playing Serena and Venus Williams father.
I don't know much about this, but i heard that they were raised by JW parents. How does that factor into the movie and their growing up aspiring tennis stars?
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Help with 1975 please
by jhine ini answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .
i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.
how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.
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Rattigan350
Desirous of change, if that article affected your life, then that falls solely on you.
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Help with 1975 please
by jhine ini answered a question on quora about jw flip flops .
i mentioned, amongst other things , the 1975 debacle.
how witnesses were told that armageddon was coming in the fall of that year.
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Rattigan350
It was never said that armageddon would happen in the fall of 1975.
There was no flip flop over the cross or the worship of Jesus.
AS EArnest said, it was stated that 1975 was the end of 6000 years of human history. Would the end happen then? It might, it could. But they didn't say.
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A Site About the Governing Body
by Anna Marina inthis site puts the spotlight on gb's teachings, actions and policies.. the governing body of jehovah's witnesses - putting a spotlight on their teachings, actions, and policies.
the latest article examines the reasons why it is not scriptural to apply the two witness rule to child sexual abuse cases.. the “two witness rule”, is it scriptural to apply it to child sexual abuse cases?
- the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
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Rattigan350
Enough about this two-witness rule. It is so over played.
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What JWs don't know they believe
by StephaneLaliberte inin a post this morning, i suggested that a way to wake up fellow congregants is to plainly comment or make talks on teachings and rules the jws don't really know too well.
the idea is that you can say these things, other jws will be bothered by the comments, but will not be able to do anything about it as this is the official teaching or stand on this or that.
the key here is that when troubling rules and teachings are thought in the watchtower, they generally use wording that makes them go down easy.
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Rattigan350
How does that wake up anyone? Nothing wrong with those teachings.
Waton, spiritual Israel is not the earthly class. The earthly class is the spiritual gentiles.
Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant between Jehovah God and the anointed Christians numbering 144,000. No argument there. The rest are not part of that covenant but we benefit from it. I don't see the problem with that.
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New Approach to Discussing Deity of Christ with JW's
by Sea Breeze in5:27; 9:59; 18:22; jn.
9:48; [21:8]; 24:47; jn.
21:12, 17;] jn.
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Rattigan350
Vanderhoven7 and Sea Breaze, I don't see your point? Those verses don't have anything to do with deity of Christ.
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New Approach to Discussing Deity of Christ with JW's
by Sea Breeze in5:27; 9:59; 18:22; jn.
9:48; [21:8]; 24:47; jn.
21:12, 17;] jn.
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Rattigan350
I used to be one that was adamant in arguing against the Trinity. But as Uberwitles said and FFghost said, none of it matters.
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The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is completely Joe Biden's fault, nobody else's
by LoveUniHateExams inso, there's been a lot of talk on social media, blaming trump for the current crisis that began at the weekend.. it's a load of bullsh!t from deluded people who are desperate to blame anyone but joe biden, the idiot they voted for or at least wanted to win last november.. there is only one person, just one person, to blame: joe biden.. he has the heavy burden of making tough presidential decisions.. and after this debacle, it's reasonable to ask if he's up to making such decisions..
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Rattigan350
He should send 10,000 troops in to take the country back and eliminate the Taliban, rather than evacuating.