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  New Understanding of this Generation

  by pronomono in

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  another tidbit of information about this generation from the 1/15/2014 study edition under "let your kingdom come - but when?".

  they've changed it again.. this generation will not pass away14-16.

  what is a third reason for believing that gods kingdom will come soon?.

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  Nosferatu

  Over the years, most—if not all—of those anointed ones have faithfully completed their earthly course.

  Wrong. Go look at the numbers. There's more anointed now than there were 30 years ago.

  We understand that in mentioning “this generation,” Jesus was referring to two groups of anointed Christians. The first group was on hand in 1914, and they readily discerned the sign of Christ’s presence in that year. Those who made up this group were not merely alive in 1914, but they were spirit-anointed as sons of God in or before that year.—Rom. 8:14-17.
  WTF did I just read????

  The original "1914 Generation" doctrine I grew up with made more sense than this. Jesus said nothing about two groups of people. What a bunch of shit.
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  The Revamped Organization

  by Nosferatu in

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  with the release of the new bible, i can pretty much say that the wt religion is no longer the same religion that i left 17 years ago.

  it's bizarre.

  they have a different bible, a different song book, a different "youth" book, a different "great teacher" book, and the "live forever" book is gone.

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  The new GB was never supposed to be!

  Yeah, that's a good point too. We should've been in Paradise Erf by now. Instead, we got a literature revamp. Maybe the literature IS the new world! Look at me, I just figured out some new light! :)
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  New Bible info, Jah name x6 locations & other reports

  by OwnAccord in

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  2. friends

  here's some info i came accross & that's been circulating via email (i did not write it).

  bethel lecture on the new bible.

  by governing body bro geoffrey jackson.. use the new bible and get to know it read it.

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  Nosferatu

  They added only 6 more Jehovahs to the bible? Lame. They should start using the word "Jehovah" in the same manner that the Smurfs use the word "Smurf".

  "This good Smurf of the Kingdom shall be Smurfed in all the inhabited land, for a Smurf to all the nations, and then the Smurf will come"

  See? We could have 4 more instances of the word "Jehovah" in there with just one verse!
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  The Revamped Organization

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the release of the new bible, i can pretty much say that the wt religion is no longer the same religion that i left 17 years ago.

  it's bizarre.

  they have a different bible, a different song book, a different "youth" book, a different "great teacher" book, and the "live forever" book is gone.

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  Nosferatu

  The Reasoning Book was last updated in 1989. All its "secular" quotes are now at least 25 years old. It still contains tons of "old light" on "generation", "anointed", etc.

  I'm guessing that this one's going to be next on their hit list for a revamp.
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  The Revamped Organization

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the release of the new bible, i can pretty much say that the wt religion is no longer the same religion that i left 17 years ago.

  it's bizarre.

  they have a different bible, a different song book, a different "youth" book, a different "great teacher" book, and the "live forever" book is gone.

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  Nosferatu

  I thought the Reasoning Book got a revamp too? And wasn't the "All Scripture Inspired" book nuked as well?
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  The Revamped Organization

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with the release of the new bible, i can pretty much say that the wt religion is no longer the same religion that i left 17 years ago.

  it's bizarre.

  they have a different bible, a different song book, a different "youth" book, a different "great teacher" book, and the "live forever" book is gone.

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  Nosferatu

  With the release of the new bible, I can pretty much say that the WT religion is no longer the same religion that I left 17 years ago. It's bizarre. They have a different bible, a different song book, a different "youth" book, a different "Great Teacher" book, and the "Live Forever" book is gone. They release things now that seemed so wrong back then, such as making cartoon DVDs and colouring pages. The Watchtower changed the paper they print on, and the books have soft covers now. They no longer hold their convention in our city, the minimum hourly requirements for publishers has been reduced, they no longer charge for the literature, they got rid of the Book Study, shortened the Sunday meeting, opened the doors for the Anointed, and changed who knows how many doctrines.

  The only thing that seems to be remotely identical is My Book of Bible Stories, but it's been revamped into color and no longer has that hard yellow cover which brought me so much dread as a child.

  The NWT was the last thing that made me feel like the JWs were part of my history, as I still own my NWT to remind me of the horrible religion that I was once part of. That NWT is now "old light", obsolete, and will ultimately become "Apostate Literature".
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  3 more branches closed?

  by Viva la Vida in

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  it seems the finland branch has taken over the work from estonia, latvia and lithuania (see http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/offices/finland/).

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  Nosferatu

  Two years ago the yearbook related the history of the Estonia branch, first it was under the supervision of the Finland branch, then, in 1999, it became a branch, now under Finland again! http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302011002?q=estonia&p=par#p298

  This is just as confusing as that King of the North bullshit
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  Shiver Me Timbers I Gots a Bible Study Matey!

  by RayPublisher in

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  the new wt 2013 june tells kids that they might get to study with a pirate someday!

  perhaps johnny depp will be resurrected for just that purpose?.

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  Nosferatu

  Screw Pirates. I wanna pet lions with Hitler.
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  Alive and Well

  by LouBelle in

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  i want to thank you kind folk for caring about me!!!!.

  apologies for not checking in sooner, i have been so busy with the new job, and by the time evening comes i am so exhausted to log in from my laptop (that is sooooooooooooo slow).

  update: job is going well - i'm back in sales and with the community newspapers known as the fever.

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  Nosferatu

  Nice to see you're still around! :)
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  Board of bitterness

  by 1009 in

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  2. beliefs

  i always was a critical jw, now df and agnost.

  but still this religion fascinates me.

  in my eyes most jw are very sincere, but dumb sheep.. this board is filled with ex-jw.

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  Nosferatu

  I'm not really bitter anymore. I was bitter about 10 years ago when I found this place. Now it's just more of a frustration with my two family members who are in.

  I think everyone here is at a different stage in their recovery. Give them a break. Some of them have been very hurt by their families and the organization. Broken limbs don't heal overnight, and scarring takes years to fade even just a little bit.