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  Whatever Happened to Those who returned to JEHOVAH

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/3yylzu0bi_k?si=kku6r9szfenj3h9i.

  whatever happened to those who came back to jehovah?

  due to slow growth and the constant scrutiny from governments like norway in relation to their harsh disfellowshipping practices,last year in a move that no one expected the watchtower for the first time extended an olive branch to all those who left the organization or were disfellowshipped in the past.considering this practice was introduced over 60 years ago and with a rough estimate that around 100,000 leave jehovah’s witnesses every year the total number is in the several millions.so we should have expected millions to have accepted this invitation and rejoined the organization, the result though was an abysmal few thousands according to a recent jw update.. so now, for the first time, the latest watchtower study magazine for april 2025 gives us an inside view on how this reintegration is coming along, and it doesn't look good!.

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  "instructions that aren't sound by a human standpoint"

  by mikeflood in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what could be "an instruction not sound by a human standpoint"?.

  i'm going by dissolving their legal entities...any guesses?.

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  2025**Kingdom**Ministry**School**Programs**2025**Special**Talk!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://pdfupload.io/docs/d302ea8c .

  ( i hope i am doing this ok for everybody.

  if i am messing up anywhere just let me know how to correct any of my errors!).

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  Does Jehovah have a sense of humour

  by moomanchu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we are created in his image so he has to have a perfect sense of humour.

  .. the comedy started first thing:.

  hey you two dummies.

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  Making Friends with Babylon the Great: Watchtower’s New Goal

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/iv_uifab-qg?si=ttnajiuizmtqlte9.

  it began during the last annual meeting of 2014 and now is trikling down to their watchtower magazines, this new "live and let live" attitude towards people of other faiths, or as they were known as babylon the great soon to be dead in the hands of god members.but it is a new different story, so let's read paragraph 15 from study article 15:.

  "jehovah is kind to both the righteous and the unrighteous.

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  2025**01**15**Ages For Ministerial Servants and Elders!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2025-01-15-ages for ministerial servants and elders.. see page 2. .

  https://pdfupload.io/docs/1b0b5c00 .

  https://imgbox.com/p3a9yjmr.

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  Bible Lessons You Won't Learn From The GB

  by Journeyman in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those on this forum who still consider themselves christian or students of the bible, are there any bible principles you came across during your own study or research that were never brought out by the gb of the jws but that you found significant or profound?.

  i don't mean doctrinal issues like the trinity, heaven & hell, etc, as these are issues christendom has been arguing over for centuries.

  i mean simple, scriptural principles that the gb could've highlighted at any time, but for various reasons - some obvious, some less so - have chosen not to.. one that stood out to me is in 1 samuel chapters 2, 3 and 4.. young samuel has been dedicated to the temple and is being raised to serve god there.

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  Jesus the Maintenance Man

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i posted on another thread what i thought was an interesting angle, seldom discussed regarding the role of god/logos in holding creation together and its maintenance.

  most moderns think of the universe as a self-perpetuating machine, but ancients looked to the god/s to ensure order continued and fertility returned year after year.

  we read, throughout the ot, of jews performing prescribed ritual and festivals to ensure god's blessing and providence.

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  The Greeks had a word for it, but the Watchtower didn't

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recall as though it was only 60 years ago, sitting in the kingdom hall on those horrible chairs, learning of the four forms of love: agape, philia, storge and eros.. the watchtower never mentioned pragma.. pragma: this is a committed, compassionate love that often grows as two partners continue to cherish and care for each other.

  this type of love is associated with being together for a long time.

  in some cases, the passion of eros can grow into pragma over time, this forging a lasting bond.. i think i know why; the watchtower isn't into committed, compassionate, cherishing and caring, are they?.

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  January 2025 Letter to the Elders

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i used to send my comments on these letters to atlantis, so i will share them here if that is okay, if not, i'll still do it.

  :) 1) medical matters: (technology has arrived) listing of hlc members is not online and updated regularly, but only elders have access, not for general circulation.

  (and in case the reader of the letter needs clarification) copies should not be made for publishers or on the information board (!).

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