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  The Farm

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone watch the cw show riverdale?.

  do you see similarities between the current season's arc about "the farm" and jehovah's witnesses?

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  Rattigan350

  Does anyone watch the CW show Riverdale?

  Do you see similarities between the current season's arc about "The Farm" and Jehovah's witnesses?
  
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  His Rose colored glasses are back on

  by HappyBlessedFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my husband who was not attending meetings for the last four months, went to the special talk, the memorial and the meeting today.

  he said he feels jehovah’s spirit is back and that they are all being so kind.. i am just sick to my stomach.

  he just refuses to see anything as a problem.

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  " He just refuses to see anything as a problem."

  what is the problem?

  The NGO thing is not a problem.

  The problem is that religion is useless. It is just people focusing on God as a crutch to their problems and God is doing nothing to help.

  The problem is the religion is too focused on the religion. The elders can not be marriage counselors because if the problem is because the religion then they focus on the person's spirituality and not the religion.
  
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  Does Anyone Remember Mr. Coffee

  by new boy in

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  2. friends

  the apostate that hung around bethel back in the early 1970's.. i talk about "the frog" and "lady margret" in my book but knew nothing about "mr. coffee".

  any help please.

  new boy.

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  I remember him when I did temp work there in 1987. He yelled out at the women. Things like You have too much makeup and look like Tammy Faye Baker.
  
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  Bottlegate Revisited

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hilarious,enjoy.found on reddit.

  this should set the mood for the weekend !.

  zing.

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  But who is it and what does it have to do with here?
  
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  How Do You Think The USA Should Allow Illegal Immigrants To Freely Flow Into The Country?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many people have said there is no emergency at the border for people illegally coming into the country and furthermore we have an obligation to help these people in a humanitarian way come through.

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  do you think we can just keep on taking in all of these people?

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  If they are coming into the USA, it is for a reason. That reason is that economics here are better than there.

  The solution is to fix things there so there would be no advantage coming here.
  

  I think that the USA should enter agreements with Mexico and the other Western hemisphere countries or take them by force and make them states so they would be in the USA and resources would be combined and those problems won't exist.
  
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  Do old time present day active JW`s genuinely believe in overlapping generations ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the life of me i can not come to terms with old timers in the "truth" who could swallow this interpretation of scripture about an overlapping generation .. when jesus spoke about "this generation" .

  are their any real bible students among younger ones any more ?.

  here are 3 bible scriptures that confirm a generation is approximately 40- 50 years long give or take a few years .. 1. matt:1 :17 abraham born 2016-18 bc jesus born 2 bc approx.

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  Rattigan350

  Sea Breeze said: "JW's start with a belief paradigm. This is their worldview, their lens by which they interpret all data they experience:

  1. They alone have the truth

  2. Their experts have it all figured out

  3. Jesus already returned invisibly

  4. The church age (Gentile Times) has already ended; and with that so has the offer for immortality by faith alone. Now, everyone has to work for it by accepting the framework worked out by the F&DS asks."

  I say you are wrong.

  1. JWs say they have the truth because there is only one truth from the beginning. From Gen 1:1 to the Israelites and the Law and the temple, there was one truth. Jesus nullified the Law and the temple, but there was still one truth. Then for centuries the truth got contaminated and diluted. But JWs had the intent of seeking that truth of Jesus. No one else has tried or done that.
  

  2. As to 'their experts'. If it weren't for the case of building and supporting a religion, the ones involved have always focused on God, not the people.

  3. Jesus has not returned invisibly. He has taken the throne in heaven invisible to human eyes in 1914. The throne of David became heavenly.

  4. The Gentile times is not the church age. That is the time period from when the rulership on the throne of God was not occupied by a sovereign ruler in the line of David. From 607 when King Jehoiakim was made a vassel until Jesus became king in 1914. So many people in and out of the organization don't understand that.
  
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  Are there any get togethers in Georgia coming up soon?

  by KimD in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i would love to meet up with my ga peeps and anyone that would love to come.

  are there any get togethers in ga. coming up soon?.

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  Rattigan350

  Check your PMs and we can get one going.
  
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  Do old time present day active JW`s genuinely believe in overlapping generations ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the life of me i can not come to terms with old timers in the "truth" who could swallow this interpretation of scripture about an overlapping generation .. when jesus spoke about "this generation" .

  are their any real bible students among younger ones any more ?.

  here are 3 bible scriptures that confirm a generation is approximately 40- 50 years long give or take a few years .. 1. matt:1 :17 abraham born 2016-18 bc jesus born 2 bc approx.

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  I don't understand why it eve matters what Jesus said. It was just a phrase he once used. If he wanted it to mean something he would have explained it. Like the "in the name of the father, son holy spirit'. If Jesus said that (which I don't believe he did), he would have explained it. But are people making more of that than the generation?
  
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  Do old time present day active JW`s genuinely believe in overlapping generations ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the life of me i can not come to terms with old timers in the "truth" who could swallow this interpretation of scripture about an overlapping generation .. when jesus spoke about "this generation" .

  are their any real bible students among younger ones any more ?.

  here are 3 bible scriptures that confirm a generation is approximately 40- 50 years long give or take a few years .. 1. matt:1 :17 abraham born 2016-18 bc jesus born 2 bc approx.

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  Rattigan350

  Actually the overlapping generation makes sense.

  A generation is not a length.

  And consider that they are spot on with the the "prophesy of iron and clay" pointing to Trump.
  
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  More speculation on Kingdom Hall closers and money grabbing?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there continues to be more and more rumors of more halls being sold off some even taking the first offer.

  the borg trying to get thier bond money back from the court in san diego asap and there's been elders meetings about this consolidation.

  my questions is why after selling off all this real estate in new york for over a billion dollars are they still acting like thier broke?

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  Rattigan350

  Brokeback, what does that have to do what the topic or what I said?