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  The Reasoning Book

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the book reasoning from the scriptures was released in the 1980's, and it was used at virtually every meeting for service, every service meeting, and every theocratic ministry school meeting thereafter.

  many jws had copies bound together with their bibles.

  it was huge in jw land back then.. at that time, with the reasoning book, jws were trained to keep conversations going in spite of objections, to almost stick their feet in people's doors to keep conversations going, to defend "the truth," to argue doctrine, etc.. compare the situation today with that of the 80's.

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  The Light Actually IS Getting Brighter

  by Magnum in

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  2. beliefs

  the light really is getting brighter, but what kind?

  i can think of three types of figurative light in this context:.

  1) that which jws refer to and they base on pr 4:18. light on a path... light that gets brighter.

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  Mt 10:18 / JWdom

  by Magnum in

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  mt 10:18 (nwt):.

  and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a witness to them and the nations.. how has this worked out for jwdom?

  i always got the impression that jws would be brought before governments and would give some kind of grand, impressive witness.

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  another reason pandemic benefits org

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i've already posted in an earlier thread how the pandemic benefits the org in that it presents it an excuse to go completely electronic and sell all buildings (if that's what it wants).

  however, there is another way the pandemic benefits the org; it presents it an excuse for declining numbers.. many of us have wondered just how much of a downturn there's been in jw land in recent years.

  we've wondered whether the org was playing with the numbers to make the situation appear better than it was.

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  new situation in world helpful to org?

  by Magnum in

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  2. beliefs

  sometimes new situations can provide cover for one’s mistakes or intentions.

  for example, suppose that i crack the windshield in my dad’s car one night.

  i go home, park the car in its usual spot in the yard, and go to bed without telling my dad because i’m scared and i’m trying to think of a way out of the situation.

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  JWs & "generations"

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know what a mess the jw "generation" teachings have been.

  but, there is one hard and fast truth concerning jws and "generations" - that is, that many generations of jws have died without the realization of the hope they were promised.. there were many before my grandfather's time, but i'm going to start with his.

  his generation, his peers, lived at a time when jwdom was exciting, bold, confident, seemingly deeper and scholarly, seemingly genuinely concerned about the preaching work and saving lives.

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  faithful and discreet slave no longer refers to self as "prophet" (or "prophet class")?

  by Magnum in

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  2. beliefs

  the fds used to refer to itself as being a prophet or prophet class.

  it used to call itself "the ezekiel class", "the jeremiah class", etc.

  didn't it stop doing that?

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  'The videos are helping the young people.'

  by Magnum in

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  2. beliefs

  some time ago a super-dub stopped by to try to encourage me to return to jw land.

  my demeanor during our conversation was extremely serious.

  i was polite, but dignified.

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  The New JWdom - Vew of Older Publications? (and other related questions)

  by Magnum in

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  2. beliefs

  i feel that there aren’t many of that type anymore, but there have to be some – mostly old-timers.

  how do they study?.

  when i was active, i collected all the old publications i could find.

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  the GB's coup of the FDS

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i believe the gb's takeover of the fds was an illegal coup - not illegal relative to the laws of land, but illegal according to jw "laws" or doctrine.. according to jw doctrine, the fds is god's channel of communication between heaven and earth.

  before the coup, the fds was defined to be all the anointed on earth, and the gb was part of that group and merely the spokesman for the group - individual gb members having no more authority than non-gb members of the fds.. however, a few years ago, the gb, independently of the other members of the fds, decided that it alone was the fds.

  that, to me, was an illegal overthrow of the body (fds); it was a coup.. suppose the u.s. president decided that he has all power, and that he removed the powers of the u.s. congress.

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