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  "Jehovah Will Help You Deal With Life’s Uncertainties" - WT Study Edition | April 2023

  by aqwsed12345 in

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  i'm talking about paragraph 15 of this article:.

  the title of the study article: "jehovah will help you deal with life’s uncertainties".

  accordingly, does it count as an "unexpected difficulty" when it turns out that a prophet's declaration made in the name of god does not come true?

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  Given the Watchtower stance on miracles, how can they also push this thought that there is any divine intervention in our personal problems today?
  
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  Watchtower cashing in on the Hamburg tragedy?

  by Listener in

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  thank you very much atlantis for all your hard work and for emailing a letter written by the watchtower (coming from the german branch possibly) to be read out to congregations by elders.. there is so much wrong in this letter.

  maybe some of it is due to being lost in translation but since the watchtower is predominantly english, it doesn't seem likely.

  the letter is as follows -.

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  Likely the the next step is to announce that funds can be donated to the World Wide Work. Surely then all can take comfort knowing that the brothers in charge will be prepared to make the best use of donated funds.
  
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  Watchtower Museums

  by eyeslice in

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  now covid restrictions are over, they're pushing on with watchtower museums at many locations through out the world.. looks to me as if they'll be pretty boring.

  a few old bibles and photos of the witnessing work from way back when.. one things for sure is they won't include anything relating to constantly changing doctrines or have libraries full of old publications that have since been swept under the carpet..

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  Samcats} Another money grubbing angle perhaps.
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  2022 Service Report is Out

  by Bartolomeo in

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  2. beliefs

  warning: this post doesn't belong to me, i took it from reddit and posted it here.

  news.

  +0.4% growth in publishers globally.

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  GB Update #2023-2 "Evidently the likely cause is surely that the love of the greater number is cooling off."-
  
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  Did YOU have 'princes' in YOUR congregation?

  by BoogerMan in

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  2. beliefs

  lol .

  w54 5/1 p. 277 par.

  17 - some of the “great crowd” are now serving in position of “princes,” .

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  The book Man’s Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand! alluded to elders being appointed as princes. Page 362
  

  27 As the “new earth,” human society organized under the “new heavens” kingdom, gets under way, there will be need for overseers, superintendents, supervisors of communities and operations. Elders who survive the “great tribulation” and form part of the “new earth” will have gained much experience by their services rendered now in the congregations of Jehovah’s Christian witnesses. The “great tribulation” will not have discharged or dismissed them from the theocratic position of elders and overseers among the members of the congregations that survive with them into God’s righteous New Order. They can carry right on in this capacity, if the will of the heavenly King Jesus Christ is in favor of that.
  28 At any rate, the experienced elders and overseers will be available for the Messianic King to appoint as “princes in all the earth,” from the very start of his thousand-year reign onward. What a privilege that will be for them to be the visible princely representatives on earth of the millennial Kingdom!
  
  
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  First Day of Returning to D2D Work

  by Foolednomore in

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  this is the first day of the return to the d2d work, no one in the strip opened their doors or gates.

  what a waste of time!.

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  A husband and wife team called at the house this morning. They rang the bell but I was unable to respond via my Ring bell as I was driving. I have been prepared for their phony call to see my elderly mother (92) since they haven't bothered to pickup a phone to check on her in 2 years or so. She's been in an ALF for the past 6 months. I have a nice little note with quotes from the WT on knowing the appearance of the flock and love being an identifying mark. And then the big one..... RELIGION IS A SNARE AND A RACKET. Let's see their smug fat cheeks pucker on that.
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  Elders won't tell you who have falsely accused you

  by enoughisenough in

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  having been a victim of this practice twice, i thought i would see if others had the same experience.

  on one occassion, i was before the elders being told i was drunk on a certain day at a certain time.

  ( this was only brought up because when i was pushing for a meeting because of elder mr x adultery , i was threatened somethings would be brought out about me if i persued the meeting.

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  Very rarely do dubs apply the principle of Matt. 18. Preferring instead to tattle and gossip. They have some explanation why this doesn't apply in certain cases. I couldn't find the reference in any of my eldub notes.
  
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  ANTI-DEPRESSANT medication for the last 60 years now proved to be based on poorly supported false theory

  by Terry in

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  "the chemical imbalance theory of depression is still put forward by professionals, and the serotonin theory, in particular, has formed the basis of a considerable research effort over the last few decades.

  the general public widely believes that depression has been convincingly demonstrated to be the result of serotonin or other chemical abnormalities, and this belief shapes how people understand their moods, leading to a pessimistic outlook on the outcome of depression and negative expectancies about the possibility of self-regulation of mood""read: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m92v7hb0njm2mnvnu6nv0kpnkzloe-_k4crh_wphpti/edit?usp=sharing.

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  Oh come now, we all know that going to meetings and doing field service is the absolute cure for anything. Ask any eldub.
  
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  All KH Bank accounts to close and all received contributions sent directly to the WT

  by James Jack in

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  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-c6yshtkqu.

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  The money grab is getting tighter. They'll be able to see if they have more money locally now that they wont be able to have external bank accounts. I wonder if the federal banking rules should apply to the way they want to keep money? Aren't they functioning as a bank?
  

  
  
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | September 2022 Prove Yourself Trustworthy

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | september 2022. elders do not reveal confidential matters to their family members (see paragraph 11) .

  elders who are known to keep a confidence are “a hiding place from the wind, a place of concealment” for their brothers.

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  What a joke. Dub elders are some of the worst gossips I know. As soon as they get home from an elder's meeting they spill it to Sister Eldub who will sooner than later call Sister Knowitall Eldub and compare notes. Circuit overseers can even be worse, carrying tales all over the Circuit.

  Experiment: Tell Brother Holierthanthou Eldub that you won a million dollars on a scratch off ticket. Tell no one else. See how fast it gets around. Later you can say you made a mistake, it wasn't a winner after all.