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  Allegheny Pyramid Desecrated

  by RolRod in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  sometime within the last 2 weeks, someone took a sledgehammer to the pyramid monument in allegheny.

  they stole the topstone, smashed the cross and crown emblem and removed the seal.. personally i'm surprised it lasted this long untouched.

  although through the years russell's grave has been vandalized, it was always repaired by the bible students..

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  I don't see how this is relevant to the WTBTS and it's history or the Bible.. Russell didn't put himself in the pyramid. His followers created that.
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  OH...NO! Watchtower Has A New Rule Related To Dress And Grooming

  by JW GoneBad in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new head-of-the-house max has a problem with how his new stepdaughter (olivia) looks and dresses.. on the friday afternoon part 2 convention video @ 18:10 max 1st brings it up with olivia while in the kitchen!

  then fast forward to 26:50 thru 27:65 max bellyaches to new wife (olivia's mother) & it's handled!

  message to all rank & file jws....no more fashion torn jeans & beach sandles: :) :) :).

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  I do not understand why people would wear jeans like that in public. Why would people buy jeans with holes in them? Around the house, for doing yard work or other work is fine.

  But it is horrible to wear jeans with holes in public.

  Come on, people. clean it up
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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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  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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  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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  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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  " 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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  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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  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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  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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  Rattigan350

  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.