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  Ex-Elder Joe Talks to JW's "Babies enemies of God"

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/rwp_pii9axg.

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  Rattigan350

  I don't see the controversy here.

  Psalm 51:5 says NIV "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me."
  

  So yes, It is true that children are evil and sinners that need to be saved.

  As such they are enemies of God.
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  Simple Question Re 1914

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt claims that satan was thrown out of heaven in october 1914 precipitating ww!

  and the end times.

  a small problem with that is ww1 started on july 28th 1914 whilst satan was still in heaven picking his nose.. how did we not see this and waste years of precious life?

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  Rattigan350

  Zedekiah has nothing to do with the Gentile times. It had begun before his reign. The scriptures say so.

  2 Chron 36 13 " He also rebelled against King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar,".

  Zedekiah was not sovereign if he could rebel against Nebuchadnezzar.

  Note 2 Chron 36 concerning Jehoahaz "the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem"

  the king of Egypt made Je·hoʹa·haz’ brother E·liʹa·kim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed his name to Je·hoiʹa·kim; but Neʹchod took his brother Je·hoʹa·haz and brought him to Egypt.e
  

  Sounds like that is when the Gentile times began.

  As for the OP's question. There was a question from Readers about this. Do your research.
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  PIMO Bethel Elder Has Special Message & Speaks out

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a pimo elder at bethel has come forward with a special message posted on reddit.. https://www.reddit.com/gallery/v9mgao.

  the dated pictures attached are "proof conclusive" that this is for real.

  no outside guests are allowed inside bethel at this time.

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  Rattigan350

  That is there to do at Bethel anymore?

  It is not a book and magazine printery, so they don't need as many people so they don't need as much support staff and food.
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  PIMO Bethel Elder Has Special Message & Speaks out

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a pimo elder at bethel has come forward with a special message posted on reddit.. https://www.reddit.com/gallery/v9mgao.

  the dated pictures attached are "proof conclusive" that this is for real.

  no outside guests are allowed inside bethel at this time.

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  Rattigan350

  " this is not an organization run by God"

  Who ever said that it was?

  It is an organization that uses the pattern of the Christian congregation from the Bible but they added much to it.
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  Preaching the Good News with Rising Gas Prices?

  by truthlover123 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i fear this could put an end to travelling a territory due to rising prices- where i am located in canada, we are now paying $2.08 per liter .

  now since there is 3.79 litres in one gallon that equates to $7.88 per gallon... .

  how many in a car group will kick in?

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  Rattigan350

  I remember back in the 80s people would give the drivers a dollar each. Now, people won't want to drive or will be asking for money.
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  14 kids dead and one teacher at Texas school shooting.

  by jojorabbit in

  1. social
  2. current

  another shooting, this time 14 kids dead more wounded and a teacher dead.

  i am all for the second amendment and this does not change my mind.

  but i do hate this kind of thing, makes my stomach turn.

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  Rattigan350

  People say that the problem is guns.

  I've never heard of anyone shooting up an animal shelter.

  It's not the guns, it's the targets.
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  Can you list the positive points of being a JW as against the negative points of being a JW in your experience ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was a twenty y/old when i converted to the jw religion and was a problem drinker and i was a chain smoker .when i was baptized at a circuit assembly a year later , my conversion and change in lifestyle was given as an example of the effectiveness of incidental witnessing to the audience.. so i can point to the 2 positives becoming a jw .. 1.i gave up smoking.

  2.i gave up drinking for a while ,but because i still had association with my wife`s and my family who were not jw`s ,i learnt to control my social drinking when i started again.. and i have been a responsible drinker ever since ,even though i left the religion 29 years ago.. the negative points of being a jw in my 32 years of being one ?

  are far too great to list here .. love to hear your thoughts..

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  Rattigan350

  A good thing: Not being a follower of the world in as politics and holidays and religion in general.

  And I learned roofing during the quick build times and how to do study and public speaking.
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  Simple Question Re 1914

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt claims that satan was thrown out of heaven in october 1914 precipitating ww!

  and the end times.

  a small problem with that is ww1 started on july 28th 1914 whilst satan was still in heaven picking his nose.. how did we not see this and waste years of precious life?

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  We don't know exactly when the war in heaven started. While Russell looked to October but that can not be exactly pinpointed.

  Everyone get tripped on months and days.
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  Does anyone have a photo copy they can share of a TMS topic?

  by jojorabbit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am looking for a tms that was published in the early 70s that said many have sold homes to go where the need was great, this is a fine way to spend ones time in the last days.

  i am trying to remember how it was said to the best of my knowledge but this is close.

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  If they sold their homes and property to finish the system in pioneer service, where would they live?

  How does selling their homes help anything?

  That's the issue that is not being considered.
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  Pimo's walking out

  by Foolednomore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it possible that jw's would get so worn out by watchtower 's bullshit that they would stand up gather their stuff and walk out of a meeting or a convention.

  i can see a small number doing it..

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  Rattigan350

  Generally field service on Saturdays publishers met with their book studies. When the CO came everyone met at the Hall. Then after the meeting for service he told everyone to find their book study conductors and be assigned to a group. The point of everyone meeting at the Kingdom hall is to have a bigger group to work with and not work with the same ones we always did. The COs just got lazy and didn't want to do the work of making car groups for a whole congregation.

  I didn't meet with the book study conductor and just left. People saw me there so I could say I was out in service. Afterall, that is all that matters.