Topics Started by winsome

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One Man's Opinion of the Watchtower Society -- (Written 1931)
by winsome in
1. jw
2. friends
the following letter (below) was written many years ago to the "golden age" editor of the wts.

"strange fire" in god's organization.

with much christian love, i remain,.
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The Thread that "kills" the WTS
by eyeslice in
1. jw
2. friends
many opinions have been expressed on this board as to what is killing the society today.

i am positive that issues such as the un scandal, the pedophile issue, etc.

are having a negative effect and contributing to a general slackening off and sense of malaise amongst the rank and file.
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2 Cor 4:4: Jehovah=Satan?
by Sirona in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just can't see the answer to this question.

it may be obvious, so please forgive me if you think i'm silly for asking.. 2 corinthians 4 verse 4 in the nwt:.

"among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the christ, who is the image of god, might not shine through".
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OFFICIAL: Bill Bowen Was DF'ed
by ErieGuy in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
edited by - erieguy on 26 july 2002 8:1:4.
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Question for You Know
by larc in
1. jw
2. friends
on one of your posts you say the we operate with false assumptions.

it seems to me that one of your assumptions is false, to wit, the wt is god's organization.

again, somewhere you wrote that the jews were no longer god's people when jesus arrived.
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THE DILEMMA FACING APOSTATES
by You Know in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the dilemma facing apostate jehovahs witnesses, or apostate dubs, as i have dubbed them, (no pun intended) is the very fact of their seeming success.

one of the great ironies of the apostate movement, that presumptuously boasts of "know the truth about the truth," is that apostates themselves are bound by the watchtower's own interpretive shortcomings, and hence are massively ignorant of jehovahs judicial decisions regarding his organization.

in that the presumption in operation is that if enough scandal and error can be brought to light regarding the governing body, the watchtower society's teachings, as well as individual jehovah's witnesses, then that somehow means that jehovah's witnesses have no connection with jehovah god.
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1000 asked to leave Brooklyn Bethel!
by cyberguy in
1. jw
2. friends
1000 were asked to leave brooklyn bethel (actually, this includes the farm and patterson) "voluntarily!

" only 6 replied to the request in the last 3 weeks.

it looks like the "waters" of bethel are drying up, or rather, their revenues are drying up!
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More doctrine subtle changes in new book.
by Nemesis in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
besides the scandal of the three missing chapters (especially the blood one) that are in the old book "united in worship of the only true god".

(1983) and are clearly missing from the new book: "worship the only true god.

1. i make a covenant with you for a kingdom.
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Diabolical, Isn't it? (New WT "Beroean")
by winsome in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"slave organization" re-defines a "beroean" -- ones "willing to believe" without checking scriptures

something very diabolical i believe is going on with the wts.

years ago, when i joined the jw organization, we were encouraged to become a "beroean".
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Judgement Starts At The House Of God
by NewWay in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm an english man in my early 40s, was brought up as a jw, got baptized when i was in my teens, and married in my early 20s.

i have two sons and two daughters ranging from 6 years of age to 18.. .

although my wife associates with one of the local congregations of jws, i no longer attend or participate in jw activities.