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Attended JW funeral today
by usualusername1 in
1. jw
2. friends
never miss a marketing opportunity—even at a funeral.

funerals aren’t the first place you’d expect marketing.

but jehovah’s witnesses know how to turn every moment into an opportunity to share their message.. during funerals, they weave in their teachings of hope and resurrection, offering comfort and, at the same time, presenting their beliefs to attendees who may not be part of the faith.
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how do you feel about the use of the name Jehovah now?
by enoughisenough in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those who still believe in god and the bible, how do you feel/think about the name jehovah now?

i am one who never wanted to bring reproach on god's name.

i will admit using the word jehovah now makes me feel rather icky...like i am promoting a lie of sorts.
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New light: the GB are infallible
by AEnEm in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
amazing new light in the latest morning worship by gary breaux.

the gb "never lie or deceive us.

we can have absolute trust in the governing body".. he then makes a very helpful point, so as to avoid being deceived and avoid lies.
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JW's in the Hot Seat in Czech Republic
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
looks like things are heating up in the czech republic over the horrifying practice of shunning children that ask the "wrong" questions.

kids now days have access to all of the watchtower's lies, manipulations, unnecessary deaths, flip flops, rejection of jesus as mediator etc, etc.

i predict this issue of shunning children will continue to threaten free government money that the wt receives.
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Quality of jw.org translation?
by Wonderment in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
someone asked the following question to an artificial intelligence (ai) website:.

how does the most translated website ensure accuracy of translations?.

answer: .
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If JW is not the truth, then what is the true religion?
by TxNVSue2023 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
even though i'm disfellowshiped ( & i belive wrongfully so).

i still belive this is the truth.

i have been d'f for about 8 months now and working on reinstatement.
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How Will They End 1914 Teaching?
by EmptyInside in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm sure this has been discussed, but 1914 has to go away.

instead of, the overlapping generation teaching, they should have just ditched 1914. .

they should have done that a long time ago with 1975. it's the last of the teachings in the charles taze russell era.. i'm thinking they just will stop talking about it, and it will be out of the mind of the rank and file loyal witnesses .
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Elders are no longer teachers
by eyeslice in
1. jw
2. friends
back in the day when i was a young witness lad, you very much got the impression that at least the training as theocratic teachers was good.. even the bible reading back then had a short introduction and conclusion.

you had to research and prepare your own ministry school talks and then perhaps you would graduate to a half of a 55 minute public talk.

then later if you were a book study conductor, you got to decide which scriptures to read and highlight.
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2022 WTS Numbers
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
2022 grand totals.

branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 86. .

number of lands reporting: 239. .
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Did it ever become unbearable to attend another Kingdom Hall meeting?
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's becoming unbearable for me to attend another meeting.

i dread coming to the weekly sunday public talk and watchtower study.

the talks are ''repeats'' of a ''repeat.