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  Is 2034 the ultimate Watchtower date?

  by cultswatter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a recent wacktower had hinted that the year 2034 would be the final date for armaggedon.

  if armageddon has not arrived by 2035 then will the wts close shop for good or will they simply accuse the past presidents of apostacy and regroup to form another daughter of the tower offshoot baseless religion?.

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  Zoos

  ('Only 41,193 years left till Armageddon!)

  Ah! The last days.
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  Official List of Helpers to the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by jwleaks in

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  2. friends

  official current list as published by watchtower >>> here.

  official list of governing body of jehovahs witnesses helpers.

  list of governing body of jehovahs witnesses helpers.

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  Zoos

  Can you imagine how righteous these men must be in order to be hand selected by the sons of God to serve in such a lofty position? Oh, how the thought of it doth maketh me quiver.

  If only I could reach out and touch the pant leg of one of these men, surely my flow of diarrhea would stop.
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  How much sediment would have been moved in Noah's flood?

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i flew over this crate yesterday on my return home from las vegas.. .

  they say this crater was created by an asteroid about 50,000 years ago.

  then about 6000 years ago, presumably, god wiped out all life on earth with a global flood.. how much sediment would have been moved around during that flood.

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  Zoos

  Check out the Epic of Gilgamesh sometime. Babylon's side of the story for the great flood and many similarities and intersections with the Hebrew side.

  I now have the Epic of Gilgamesh pdf.

  Thanks!
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  How much sediment would have been moved in Noah's flood?

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i flew over this crate yesterday on my return home from las vegas.. .

  they say this crater was created by an asteroid about 50,000 years ago.

  then about 6000 years ago, presumably, god wiped out all life on earth with a global flood.. how much sediment would have been moved around during that flood.

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  Zoos

  The bible version of the tale of a global flood comes complete with a date - it was only 4,400 years not 6,000 as the OP postulated.

  You're right. I goofed.
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  How much sediment would have been moved in Noah's flood?

  by Zoos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i flew over this crate yesterday on my return home from las vegas.. .

  they say this crater was created by an asteroid about 50,000 years ago.

  then about 6000 years ago, presumably, god wiped out all life on earth with a global flood.. how much sediment would have been moved around during that flood.

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  Zoos

  I flew over this crate yesterday on my return home from Las Vegas.

  
  

  They say this crater was created by an asteroid about 50,000 years ago. Then about 6000 years ago, presumably, God wiped out all life on earth with a global flood.

  How much sediment would have been moved around during that flood. Would this crater still be visible like this?

  More info on crater: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_Crater
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  The Watch Tower Society reveals itself

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  over time, the watch tower society has completely changed many of its beliefs.

  for example, until recently, the wts said that the emblems of the memorial represented the church, the 144,000, that the emblems did not symbolize jesus.. at times, the wts changes the name of a belief while it continues the teaching, for example, the wts used to say that jesus and the 144,000 together were the "the christ".

  today, the wts denies this teaching but the name "anointed" means "christ".. do you want to see what the watch tower reveals about these things and more?

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  Zoos

  I always enjoy sinking my teeth into your work Doug. You do a tremendous service.

  Thanks!
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  The "Ice Cream Video" - is it real?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the "don't buy ice cream give us the money video" that is the subject of other threads.. i am not very good with computer stuff - would someone tell me where it is to be found on jworg please?

  i can't find it.. thanks..

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  Zoos

  The lesson for kids is that they should give ALL their money to the WTS. There was no mention of 10% in that video.

  No mention of budgeting, saving, a little here, a little there, a little for donations.

  Nope! They show the girl dropping every coin she owns into the coffer as a way of making God happy..
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  Should I Shun My Dog?

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some background:josie the miniature schnauzer is now 12 years old, so she's old enough to know the difference between right and wrong.

  however, she insists on peeing in the middle of my beautifully tended lawn, which, as a consequence, is now covered in brown patches.

  i've remonstrated with her a number of times and each time she purports to show a diplay of repentance, that is, she slinks away on her belly with her ears flattened down tightly to her head.

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  Zoos

  You cannot shun her completely unless she has been baptized. You can only perceive her as "bad association" and mark her.

  You cannot dine with here in public but you can still greet her at the meetings.
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  1919 Doctrine no longer exists? (Today's Watchtower Study)

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  quote from today's watchtower study article that's being studied at the halls (march 15, 2015, page 24):.

  "understanding the illustration of the talents".

  "when the master rewards the slaves.".

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  Zoos

  "Adjusted explanation: Jesus was not foretelling that a group of his anointed followers would make up a wicked slave class. Rather, he was warning his followers about what would happen if they thought and acted in a way that would cause him to view them as wicked and sluggish."

  
  

  
  Every time God gave the new nation of Israel a warning of consequences associated with breaking His laws, the Israelites ended up breaking those laws and reaping the consequences.

  "If you do THIS, I will do THIS."

  These were not shoot-from-the-hip warnings over abstract concepts of future possibilities. GOD KNEW what those punks were like and what they were GOING TO DO. So, he gave them a heads up.

  There is no scriptural basis for the GB to make the assertion that a warning was given about something that would never happen. The record speaks volumes to the contrary.
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  J.W. Parents Being Conned to Sacrifice Their Kids to the Org!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is now really putting the pressure on j.w.

  's to "encourage" their pre-pubescent children to "dedicate" themselves to the org by being baptized!.

  not only does the bible dismiss such a false directive, the org's own insight book dismisses the suggestion that such young ones are mentally able to make such a decision!

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  Zoos

  That baptism gives them all the leverage they need to come in and take over a life. The ability to hold disfellowshipment and shunning over someones head is a powerful manipulating tool. Watchtower baptism is a public demonstration that you have completely submitted to your new puppet masters.

  What I don't understand is: Why all the emphasis on younger baptisms when they already beat the drum of backing away from "unwholesome associates", whether or not they are baptized? There has always been an unofficial, basement (wink, wink) disfellowshipping arrangement. Is this new push for control.... I mean, baptism of younger lives the result of that little side arrangement not working so well?