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  Smoking

  by NotFormer in

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  is it likely to be removed from the list of disfellowshippable offences?

  given that the ban on smoking 🚬 is completely unbiblical*, might they ever remove it?.

  *even mainstream christianity can only come up with one verse "against" it, the one that says that the body is the temple of the holy spirit.

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  Does it need to be 'biblical' to ban it?

  Everyone should voluntarily shun smokers because they stink.
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  Thoughts on annual meeting “new light”

  by FFGhost in

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  so, i finally saw the annual meeting video part 2.. this is the one with the “new light” on who might survive armageddon, vs. those who do not.. in summary, for those of you fortunate enough not to have to sit through it, it’s something like this:.

  old light: once the “great tribulation” starts, that’s it for non-jws.

  the “door of the ark” is closed.

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  It's not old light, new light.

  Back then that is what they wanted people to believe to motivate them to preach and go to meetings and stay loyal.

  That didn't mean that is how it would end up.

  What they teach now at the AGM is the way it has always been. That is how Jehovah had it.

  The problem is that people are concerned with living through the end.

  I think that I'm going to be telling people that I don't care if I make it through armageddon and I don't want to live in the kingdom.
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  Did God know adam and eve would sin?

  by gavindlt in

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  to all those on this forum, i would love to know what your take on this vital question is..

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  Of course not.

  If he did what purpose would that serve?

  Predestination makes no sense

  God is not all knowing. He does not know the future beyond what he wants to know or plans to do.
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  Why are the 2 newly appointed Governing Body Members from Bethel, when there are anointed ones all over the world? they could have used.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  library.

  books & brochures.

  enjoy life forever!—an interactive bible course.

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  There are no more anointed ones left in the world. One does not have to be anointed by holy spirit to be on the Governing body, one just has to say one was.
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  My decision.

  by MissDaSilva in

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  i’ve decided to disassociate from the jw organisation.

  i cannot be part of a community that blatantly rejects the sacrifice of jesus in that demonic memorial ritual.

  amazing what information you find when you start researching.. i’m writing my letter and posting it to the kingdom hall this morning.

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  jhine, why does what Paul wrote matter? However, they at that time didn't have the stories so the memorial was their way of remembering and since Paul was a historian, he used the history that he knew.

  Even then it only applied to the people of his day, those that were anointed with holy spirit.
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  My decision.

  by MissDaSilva in

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  i’ve decided to disassociate from the jw organisation.

  i cannot be part of a community that blatantly rejects the sacrifice of jesus in that demonic memorial ritual.

  amazing what information you find when you start researching.. i’m writing my letter and posting it to the kingdom hall this morning.

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  We were never instructed to observe the memorial.

  Jesus only told the 11 that was there. They were the only ones who could keep doing that in remembrance of him because they were the only ones with memories of him.

  None of us today have memories of Jesus. None of us walked and talked with him. We only know him because we read stories of him. So to remember him, we just reread the stories.
  
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  NWPublisher app

  by Rattigan350 in

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  i heard on the meeting about apps called nwpublisher and cartsmart.

  new world publisher (nw publisher) is a free apple ios and google android app created by jehovah’s witnesses for jehovah’s witnesses.

  congregation publishers can install new world publisher on their mobile devices and be more united and connected with their congregation.. cartsmart was built to streamline the way we schedule our public witnessing shifts.

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  I heard on the meeting about apps called NWPublisher and Cartsmart

  New World Publisher (NW Publisher) is a free Apple iOS and Google Android app created by Jehovah’s Witnesses for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Congregation publishers can install New World Publisher on their mobile devices and be more united and connected with their congregation.

  CartSmart was built to streamline the way we schedule our public witnessing shifts. It's goal is to provide the congregation with a hassle free way of finding and scheduling their shifts for public witnessing, and to give the servant body an easy way to let the congregation know what is available, and to simplify the scheduling process.

  
  Jehovah help us all. This religion is not what we've grown up in is totally unrecognizable.
  
  
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  JWs And Superstitions

  by NotFormer in

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  prompted by a mention in a different thread.. cracks in the sidewalk, a pinch of salt over the shoulder, black cats🐈‍⬛; do jws have such superstitious beliefs.

  are they allowed to?

  would they be counselled if the elders became aware?.

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  I remember back in 1976 when I was a kid the songs "Devil Woman" and "Magic Man" were considered bad. Also Paul McCartney's "With a little Luck". I've always liked that song, but couldn't let others know.
  
  Now with this thought of Jehovah being offended by violent movies, etc
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  A BEARD PREDICTION FOR 2024

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  fyi, i posted this prediction on my facebook page last night and it has received 224 likes and there have been 83 comments made.

  many of the comments are hilarious.. .

  a beard prediction for 2024:.

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  I'm watching the meeting on Zoom and several elders look like they are growing beards. Unless it is just bad lighting and pixelation.
  
  Do they not realize that bearded Spock existed in the evil mirror universe, for a reason.
  
  
  
  
  
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  55 Year Cycle shows up in March 2024 Watchtower

  by was a new boy in

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  did they hope that everybody who read the1969 awake as a kid is too senile to remember?.

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  Please stop talking about the 1969 Awake article. The writer is long dead. So what is the point of beating a dead horse on and on?

  That writer is not currently writing for the WTS.