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  another Mormon similarity

  by neat blue dog in

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  i have said to many people that a person will come to be better informed regarding what's happening in the world today by reading the book of mormon than all the magazines and newspapers combined.. - ezra benson, lds president.

  it has been said that the four parts (of the photo drama) are worth more than a year in college.. - charles russell, wt president.

  the motives and results are the same: look at in-house information first and foremost, and distrust other sources..

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  joe134cd

  I put the mormons 10-15 years ahead of the JWs. They just have a better presentation to the public. One very brave move, was when they wrote a series of letters on the more unfavourable aspects of Mormonism. Eventually, with the internet, Wt will be forced to follow suite.
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  Stephen Lett is Uncle to this brave woman.

  by Chezdale in

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=irud-0ikyxe.

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  I was very impressed with this women’s bravery. I think Lloyd done a fantastic interview as well.
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  Thoughts on JW funerals

  by Syme in

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  i recently had the sad opportunity to attend 2 jw funerals.

  the first was a few months ago and the second today.

  the first was my grandfather's and the second of an old friend back from my jw days.

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  joe134cd

  I have recently attended 2 JW funerals. The 1st one I have to say would of been 50/50 about the deceased and JW doctrine. I was so impressed by this I actually commented on it to the elder, who gave the service . The friends ( be it conditional ones) put on a lovely after function. I personally didn’t mind the service been 50/50,as been a jw was a major part of his life.

  The second was the like the service you described. Left me somewhat bewildered.

  I agree with dozy, in that things are slowly changing. I think a lot of it has to do with the elder giving the talk, and how much of a company man he is.
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  The Life of Pioneers...

  by The Bethelite in

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  2. friends

  i don't know why but sometimes like to check up my old/self righteous friend, gary kennedy from bethel on face book....he is a pioneer in ecuador.

  yes and just like most pioneers he likes to brag on his selfless life style.

  he is serving the lord my sitting at home and writing out thousands of letters long hand all day long to count his time.

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  road to nowherean hour ago

  The postage must be horrid. And here we were informally counciled on flag stamps. So much for neutrality. I use xmas ones

  I wonder if they realise in Chile that they have no problem with flying the national flag on KH grounds.
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  the way covid spreads

  by stan livedeath in

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  joe134cd

  Also people just not listening and getting with the program.
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  "Great Reset" and the Borg

  by mikeflood in

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  2. current

  wow, just watched a video from the 'world economic forum' , a respectable organization by the way, not the usual conspiracy lunatic theorist.

  it says that by 2030 meat is gonna be a treat not widely available like today, that the us is not gonna be a global superpower anymore, instead a handful of countries will dominate and that people is not gonna own nothing but will be happy.. well, that would help the borg to keep the craziness going on.. thoughts?

  what's this great reset?.

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  The bible mentions in the book of Daniel about the image feet been made of clay and iron. This symbolised how they would mix but wouldn’t. So the above scenario is totally possible. How the jw will spin it, as they have said it symbolised the Anglo American world power, is anyone’s guess.
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  How many TRUE BELIEVERS do you think are left in the Organization?

  by pistolpete in

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  i have a few jw relatives who are true believers.

  by this i mean, they believe with all their heart that 1914 was the beginning of the last days, that this is the last generation, that we are in the very last of the last hour of this system of things, and that you should obey the governing body even if it does not make sense.

  all of them are in their 60s and up into their 90s there is nothing you can say or show them to convince them or even cause a small doubt that the wt is not god organization.

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  I think the Mormon church can be used as a gauge for the level of belief in the JWs. It has been suggested that the activity rates for the lds could be as low as 30%. If this was the case, then the JW religion could be bigger, with a more engaged membership. This 30% figure gets worse, when you factor in those members that have a temple recommend. Unfortunately the church doesn’t publish these statistics, but I would suggest that it would be significant below the 30%. You could be 2-3 million who believe it enough that they have a temple recommend
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  Watchtowers next big revenue stream!

  by nowwhat? in

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  evidently it would seem the wt sold the rights and will get royalties from "listen obey and be blessed.." this obviously is a trial balloon for what's to come.

  kim and mikey alluded to this and i have been wondering why they are planning on spending hundreds of millions on a new movie studio in n.y. and also in australia just for the benefit of the few million jdub's.

  well here's the answer, they are going to make money off the royalties from their music and video content selling to other church groups.

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  I can’t believe how stupid BMG music group was to do what they did. I’m really on wt side for this one, and I’m a rabid apostate. Lol
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  Human imperfection, church policy or hypocrisy?? Watchtower vs BMG

  by lssjr in

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  2. beliefs

  this new lawsuit continues to compound undeniable evidence that jehovah’s witnesses is keener in monopolizing "the truth" or making "kingdom assets" an exclusive right, so that they can interests of their "king, jesus christ".

  it is clearly evident also the they are willing to fight for frivolous and materialistic rights they believe they are entitled to, but when it comes to child sexual abuse issues and their role, they certainly love to twist and hide behind law, to escape blame and responsibility.. below is the full text from https://avoidjw.org/en/news/watch-tower-bmg-music/.

  the court documents are also available for download in the aforementioned link.. further commentary can also be found on watchtower sues bmg rights management over aled jones song.

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  What really puzzles me, is the stupidity of BMG music group. I’m just stunned by that.
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  Smokin' Phizzy !

  by Phizzy in

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  as a jw teenager in the 60's i took up smoking.

  i gave up in my early 20's when my new wife and i decided , mistakenly, that it was a good idea to " make a proper go of da troof".

  in all the intervening decades i still enjoyed the smell of a fine cigar.. when i left and became free, i took up smoking again, always fine cigars, and ended up hooked, and smoking ten or more a day.

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  joe134cd

  One of the positives of been in the cult. No Christmas, birthdays, drugs or smoking.