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  Accounts report at Circuit Assemblies to go away

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was at the regional convention and asked an elder why is that at the assemblies their is an accounts report but not at the conventions?

  he said, well actually they got a letter and in it said that in a little while they will do away with the accounts report stating how much the assembly costs for the weekend and just go to donation basis like at the conventions.. my first thought was, "they will donate even less now.".

  anybody else hear about such a thing?.

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  I don’t believe it. The only way they get people to donate is tell them theirs a deficit.
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  Can you all please teach me your new light when you learn it?

  by angelamarieglass in

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  2. beliefs

  a letter written to jw family and friends: .

  i'd like to know why you no longer believe in an "invisible presence" (1874/1914), and who it is that is depicted as appearing in your summer convention video riding in from the clouds on a white horse (like christ) and with a bow and arrow like the first horsemen of the apocalypse (who rides alone, then followed by the other three horsemen) and the army from heaven clothed in white linen who are supposed to ride with the faithful and true (who carries a sword, and is not to be confused with the imposter) is, please.. video w/ lyrics and scripture as commentary: https://www.facebook.com/angelamarieglass/videos/10107996987100648/ the first horseman of apocalypse is clearly the person, as he's carrying a bow and arrow.

  however, why is he appearing as-if christ (with christ's "faithful, loyal, and chosen" accompanying him) with a bow and arrow to rescue you?.

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  I’m surprised they still were teaching jesus second coming in 1914 in 1933.
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  So I guess my old hall got dissolved. The great decrease continues....

  by Darkknight757 in

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  2. beliefs

  my mil came by to drop some pressure on my wife to go to the three day this weekend.

  she told her that she wants our baby to live forever and that she wants us to come back.

  apparently people would be “so happy” to see us return to the fold.

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  Massive growth I tell you, massive growth!!!
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  My understanding on the generation doctrine...

  by PJ Delaney in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is my understanding on the generation doctrine.. and i actually think might be correct!.

  watch this video and see what you think.... i regret that the sound on this is pretty bad, but i’d be grateful if people considered the material presented here.

  if you think i have a point to what i’m saying here...... spread the news!.

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  Mathews chapter 1 lists several generations each generation is listed as the father or the son. The Bible also makes it clear that a generation is 40 except in some special circumstances like the mighty ones that may live to 70 or 80, well we’re well past 80 years for the generation that will not pass away!

  The original generation that was talked about by Rutherford was born about 1900.
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  You won't believe this ... Jehovah's rich blessing has befallen me !!!

  by dubstepped in

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  2. friends

  my dad died a couple years back (not how you thought this would start, i know).

  he was an elder, and a very emotionally abusive father, well before the point where he ever shunned me.

  he died pretty much penniless, and never would buy life insurance or anything.

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  You are truly blessed!!!!!!
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  Disfellowshiped- reinstated- damaged

  by Damaged in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  don’t know how i ended up here but no one who understands will listen, or any one who will listen doesn’t understand.

  i grew up in the “truth”, i was baptised at 17 as it was encouraged by the elders.

  i really didn’t understand what i was getting into.

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  It’s a tough slow process and one of the best ways to deal with is make friends out side the cult and in time you can spend more time with them and very little with cult family.
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  Has the Governing Body ever been right?

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i asked this question to a relative after mentioning several situations where teachings were changed or readjusted (new light) and they have two reasons.

  yes, they are correct because look at how the preaching work has grown through the decades and the advancements in witnessing and the second reason was the doctrine of the trinity and how the society opposes that.

  i didn’t really have a response, especially for the trinity doctrine.. does the governing body have the rejection of the trinity belief correct?.

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  I have researched this and I can not find one decade in their history where they taught things that held true or didn’t have to be changed later because of it not being accurate.

  As far as their preaching work, you can look at 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and it explains in detail what the good news is. JWs don’t preach the good news.

  Point 2. The first three councils delt with the evolution of Christ finally saying he was both man and god part of a three personality. Yes thier are scriptures the seem to indicate jesus separate from his father, but I believe this is because the scriptures where written and changed over time to reflect the early Christians beliefs as they evolved over time. For example One can see changes about his birth and mother from gospel to gospel. Having a human mother was a later idea possible inserted after the council of Ephesus.
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  Universal sovereignty on trial

  by Factfulness in

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  2. beliefs

  i just had a thought of clarity regarding the jw explanation for this doctrine.

  they explain that satan challenged god regarding his right to rule.

  god failed to prove his right to rule.

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  I don’t think it was just made up by WT. This is what many other Christian religions have had to teach otherwise god looks like a big dick just doing nothing all the while people suffer.
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  Watchtower UK's Robert Li asks: "Can you lend me £75 million?"

  by Fay Dehr in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  anyone got a spare £75 million, for a good cause?.

  go to the uk charity commission accounts for watchtower bible and tract society of great britain: http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/documentlist.aspx?registeredcharitynumber=1077961&subsidiarynumber=0&doctype=accountlist

  now download the accounts for 2017. see page.4 (signed by robert li on p.7, april 2018) .

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  No wonder they keep begging for money. I guess they think this project will give them a great return on investment when they sell. Wonder if they thought about who would want to buy such a complex.
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  The story of my congregation in the last five years.

  by Crazyguy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  let’s start with the good news for the congregation that is.

  two new sisters were added to the group a mother and her daughter.

  then the bad news.

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  Funny you say that James, my mother has told my sister about all the growth in her area to and how packed out her DC was. What my mother failed to realize is that several of the congregations merged so yes the ones left are packed and her DC was moved from a building that could hold 18,000 to a building that only holds 1500.