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  Do you think the JW's ever will or could go the Mormon route?

  by BettyHumpter in

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  what i mean is the mormon's have their own set of wacky beliefs and are a pretty insular group, engage in a form of door to door ministry but don't discourage higher education.

  in fact, the handful of mormons i went to school with were pushed to excel academically and go to college.

  yeah there are ex mormons but for a great many, going to university doesn't turn them into atheists.

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  I don't know if LDS Mormons are borrowing ideas from WT, or if GB helpers are just peeking at LDS stuff and then pass on similar ideas to the GB who run with it as their own.

  Several years ago I did hear a rumor that Morman LDS leadership had approached JW GB leadership about the possibility of merging. I stayed alert to any indications to support the rumor.

  When WT began rebranding itself with younger GB, new corporate extensions, and .org media (which is eerily similar to preexisting LDS Mormon media) that would have been a good time to deploy a merge, but obviously they did not merge, only used similar rebranding strategies.

  It is curious... both JW & LDS began publishing video "broadcasts" from leadership (yes, actually called "broadcasts"), also a talk show style feature with missionaries like the JW "Inside Story" which LDS named "Face to Face", and even an animated video series for LDS children with a character actually named "Sophia" just like the JW Sophia from "Caleb & Sophia"... Oh, and let's not forget the embarassing WT attempt for a JW "choir" led by Maestro David Wannabe Splane which falls embarassingly short of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

  The similarities don't end there.

  "Check it out"...

  "Get the facts"...

  See for yourself:

  LDS Broadcasts

  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/collection/broadcasts?lang=eng

  Mormon "Sophia" Animated Videos
  

  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2021-12-0020-sophias-baptism-promises?lang=eng&alang=eng&collectionId=5c478c78c3444f3fbead011d27254c4c

  Mormon Talk Show

  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/collection/face-to-face-events?lang=eng
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  Please listen to this song

  by Aroq in

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  does this song resonate with anyone?

  it does me, no curse words.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zonn0pxguc.

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  I would listen to the song but it is not linking well to your post...
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  1985 and baptism...I wish I had read this before today

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am posting a link as to being legally bound to jw rules at time of baptism.

  i only did a quick skim, but what i gathered is interesting, and what it says about 1985 may be of use to some hoping to just fade and not be bothered.

  in 1985, the questions were changed at baptism for legal purposes so they could have causation to defend themselves should you decide to sue for whatever reason.

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  Even if some commitment from a child, such as religious baptism, is nonbinding to the child, it may eventually become binding if that child willingly & knowingly carries on with that commitment into adulthood.

  Generally, for an underage person to nullify out of a commitment, that person must seek release while still under the minimum age of legal consent.

  This is another reason why JW parents and guardians grooming children into an underaged baptismal commitment to WT corp is an appalling loophole of society.

  Even if this is explained to a child, children cannot fully comprehend the potential future ramifications of JW baptism.

  WT is nonetheless overjoyed to exploit young children for the sake of membership and "salvation", despite there being no clear evidence of child baptism practices recorded in the bible.

  Sickening
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  First Day of Returning to D2D Work

  by Foolednomore in

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  this is the first day of the return to the d2d work, no one in the strip opened their doors or gates.

  what a waste of time!.

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  The PIMI JWs will probably swarm out in greater numbers this Saturday September 3 2022.
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  Wow. I remember this picture.

  by greenhornet in

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  No idolatry to see there...
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  Why do JWs love bomb?

  by Smiles in

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  we know what mentally-in jws believe they are doing when they "love one another"... and many of us here formerly participated in that culty love bombing behavior.. why?.

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  Could demonstrations of JW "love" be based upon a selfish psychology?

  • Look at us, Jesus said "by this all will know that you are my disciples - if you have love among yourselves."

  • So, if we act loving, this proves we have the one true religion.

  • Love bombing others will help "make disciples" just as Jesus said of the one true faith.

  • Therefore, this combination of "love" & "witnessing" will eventually reward me with everlasting life & material prosperity in paradise, just like Jesus promised.

  = Selfish ulterior motivations?

  
  
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  A Prayer for the Stressed

  by BoogerMan in

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  a prayer for the stressed .

  grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those i had to kill today because they got on my nerves.. and also, help me to be careful of the toes i step on today, as they may be connected to the feet i may have to kiss tomorrow.. help me always to give 100% at work... 12% on monday, 23% on tuesday, 40% on wednesday, 20% on thursday and 5% on friday.

  and help me to remember...... when i'm having a bad day and it seems that people are trying to wind me up, it takes 42 muscles to frown, 28 to smile, and only 4 to extend my arm and smack someone in the mouth!.

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  lol

  Is confessing murder in prayer protected privileged communication? Or will heaven thereafter make arrangements to expose the crime?

  Maybe fisherman can enlighten us.
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  Why do JWs love bomb?

  by Smiles in

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  💣.

  we know what mentally-in jws believe they are doing when they "love one another"... and many of us here formerly participated in that culty love bombing behavior.. why?.

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  We know what mentally-in JWs believe they are doing when they "love one another"... and many of us here formerly participated in that culty love bombing behavior.

  Why?
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  Smoking gun GB can’t get out of this one

  by Mikejw in

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  here in 2022 if anyone says anything against the vaccines even a little bit you are almost apostate.. someone once mentioned all vaccinated sports stars collapsing and someone else said not to speak badly about the gb or by extension jehovah.. the gb can’t get out of this one, it’s gone too far.

  it’s now the case that if you speak against the vaccines you are speaking against the gb and by extension jehovah .

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  We need a document leak evidencing WT sought and received incentives to mass endorse jabs.
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  Watchtower Basketball Guidelines!

  by Atlantis in

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  watchtower basketball guidelines.

  click image to enlarge.

  https://postimg.cc/btgxcgcb.

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  Obviously, nobody on the GB is playing basketball.