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  Just saw this on Facebook

  by Driving Force in

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  who is this giving glory to?.

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  This actually makes me a little sad. There was a time where, even though I was not 100% in, I loved my brother's and sister's in my cong and would have LOVED to have experienced something like this. I LONGED for things like this to happen at the kingdom hall. I would hear about other church's that had live music and thought that would be SO COOL to have. Something to brighten up a hum drum meeting, something to make me WANT to go and take my kids to.

  I always thought that was a big mistake when the org went away from the live orchestras at the conventions. It made the different volunteers in the orchestras feel like they actually contributed toward the convention. The prerecorded Kingdum Songs sounded too canned and so impersonal. I even got a chance to play at a convention.
  
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  Just saw this on Facebook

  by Driving Force in

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  who is this giving glory to?.

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  Singing a "worldly" song at a Kingdum Hall. Wow. I never thought I would see this. This is not my mother or grandfathers organization.
  
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  "The organisation is imperfect, but it doesn't affect my relationship with Jehovah"

  by Alive! in

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  i've noted active, devoted jw's state the above.. and, it's not a problem for me to remain trusting of god, i just don't trust religions or men.. recently, a member of this forum stated that he remains an active jw, in the family of god's people, wanting to encourage and do good - whilst recognising that the pastoral leaders (the gb) have shipwrecked the faith of many, being unsound scripturally etc, etc.. stop and think about this - the bible says to not follow after those who lie and hurt the faith of "little ones".. the pharisees were accused of traversing over lands and expending much energy to make a single convert - only for that convert to end up worse of than he started off with.. it's one thing to not believe this is the 'truth' and feeling the awful pressure of managing ones life, trying not to lose ones family.. it's quite another thing to declare oneself to be a christian believer of god's jw household, and somehow believe the god of love would use corrupt liars to parade as jesus' brothers in the urgency of last days.

  really?

  and, to then visibly promote faith in corrupt men, and try to bring converts into a place where the rulership is wrong.. some of us are dying from hurt here.......give me a break..

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  With the GB lie's they damaged any faith I have in believing in any religion. Over the last 30 years I have educated myself and have come to the conclusion that no religion has the ultimate truth and is only something invented by humans to control other humans.
  
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  Google's Number 5 Hit for "Jehovah's Witnesses", UK News "Who Are the Voices That Won't Vote" Election 2015

  by RoyalFlushPhil in

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  the possibility the watchtower leaders get some kick backs because they keep their members from voting and giving a dam how politics and world events happen.. ".

  on't vote.

  jehovah's witnesses are among those who do not vote based on their religious beliefsjehovah's witnesses.

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  They won't participate in exercising their democratic rights but are the first ones in line for a government hand out.
  
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  CO says "WE ARE NOW AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE THE GREAT TRIBULATION!"

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  40-50 years after saying "armegeddon is right around the corner" we are now making progress!!!.

  gotta have a sense of humor to deal with this stuff..

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  We are at the very threshold of Armageddon

  I would like to know what they mean by the threshold?

  ...my aunt, mother, uncle have all died without crossing over...told all their life they would never see death.

  Same with my family. We were not suppose to die but walk hand in hand to that new system of things. I have also seen my parents, aunts and uncles all grow old and die.
  
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  CO says "WE ARE NOW AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE THE GREAT TRIBULATION!"

  by nowwhat? in

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  40-50 years after saying "armegeddon is right around the corner" we are now making progress!!!.

  gotta have a sense of humor to deal with this stuff..

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  CO says "WE ARE NOW AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE THE GREAT TRIBULATION!"
  

  Yeah that's what they said 50 years ago
  
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  Is this the first time Jehovahs Witnesses have taken part in a forum with other religious leaders?

  by defender of truth in

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  school faith forum to bring religions together.

  share on facebook.

  share on twitter.

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  All same s*it different pile.
  
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  Governing Body Public Address - today!

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  any ideas what this is about?

  - apparently a three hour public address through each kingdumb hell from the gb.

  anyone heard anything about this?.

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  Sounds like the same garbage they have being peddling for the last century.
  
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  Why do religious people make claims and then refuse to back them up?

  by Viviane in

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  several times over the past few months i have had conversations, both here and in real life, with religious people making all sorts of interesting and conflicting claims.

  i like to know how things work, so generally i will ask questions to net out what i am being told and see if it can be explained and make sense.. for instance, if someone said 2+2=4 and i asked how, there are a variety of ways that could be shown to me, a number line, physical objects being put together, counting on fingers and toes, etc.

  indeed, in my personal life, i often have to explain how certain technologies work, sometimes planned, sometimes off the cuff, from a variety of group sizes to a varying degree of technical expertise.

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  When it comes to a matter of faith with religious people, their brains shut down and rational objective thinking goes out the window.
  
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  Question for people who believe in Evolution

  by ttte36 in

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  though school i did religious education and my teacher who was religious ruled out evolution because humans are the only creatures who do not want to die, can anyone who understands evolution explain this?.

  im 99% on to the theory of evolution, this is just the last stumbling block..

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  William Penwell

  If your are referring to humans as being self aware or sentient beings, we are not the only species that are self aware or sentient. Google it.