Topics Started by no-zombie

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Is the US a democracy or a republic? Yes
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/10/1122089076/is-america-a-democracy-or-a-republic-yes-it-is.

throughout our history we have functioned as both.

put another way, we have utilized characteristics of both.
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JW internal culture is destroying everything that makes a Jehovah’s Witness
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the entire internal religious culture of the watchtower organization is harmful for its current members.

the culture seems to traverse ethnic and national barriers.

however, the worst of each culture all around the world appears to have a symbiotic relationship with the religion in an attempt to make the org fanciful in every nation and locality.
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Struggling
by Kelley959 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i hope this is the right place to post this.

if not, please remove.

this is a long post, sorry for the rant, but i have been debating posting this for a while.
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Making Friends with Babylon the Great: Watchtower’s New Goal
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://youtu.be/iv_uifab-qg?si=ttnajiuizmtqlte9.

it began during the last annual meeting of 2014 and now is trikling down to their watchtower magazines, this new "live and let live" attitude towards people of other faiths, or as they were known as babylon the great soon to be dead in the hands of god members.but it is a new different story, so let's read paragraph 15 from study article 15:.

"jehovah is kind to both the righteous and the unrighteous.
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How Do JWs Understand Salvation & What Is Needed to Obtain It?
by LauraLynn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from my experience within the jw organization, i understood that salvation meant a person accepted the teachings of the wbts without question as the "faithful and discrete slave," thereby placing their trust in them, not jesus christ.

salvation consisted of being found "righteous" by jehovah and resurrected to everlasting life in an earthly paradise.

to obtain this salvation, one needed to obey the organization's teachings, remain a faithful jw, and lead a moral life.
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How are new Servants and Elders appointed?
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
now that we have the tick-a-box field service reporting method, how are brothers measured fit for an appointment as a ms or elder?

has there been clarification in any of the recent elders schools or in meetings with the co?.
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Removed - blood card
by skin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.

i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.
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They are running out of people to do their stuff.
by liam in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

so it’s the current new light!.

what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.
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Maddison, WI Shool Shooting - 3 Dead
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
like the one in tennessee, this one in maddison, wi, was done be a female.

the police chief points out that: .

“yes, i don’t know whether [the shooter] was transgender or not, and quite frankly, i don’t think that’s even important.
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Revising History
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
while i'm aware of wt books being revised without noting the differences on newer editions (the truth book is a classic example of this) ... is there evidence of the writing committee revising the online versions of wt articles, as compared to the printed editions?.

if there is a previous thread on this topic, just link it ... as these is no need to reinvent the wheel.. thanks.