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  Today is Father's Day in the US

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it is one of those holidays jws do not celebrate.

  there is no reason for it.

  it is not a religious holiday.

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  Their whole argument is stupid. There's no actual connection between Mother's/ Fathers Day with that of Roman times or religion. It started in the 20th century cause a lady wanted to dedicate a day to her mother. Nothing wrong with setting a special day and it doesn't mean people don't respect their mother or father the rest of the 364 days of the year. Creature worship is a weak argument, what about graduation day, or wedding anniversaries, etc?
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  Farewell from Confused and Alone

  by confusedandalone in

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  2. friends

  i use to hate when people who made goodbye posts on message boards.

  why would they think that just because you no longer post on a chevy truck forum or a los angeles lakers forum the world would crumble around those still left there.

  this place is definitely different.

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  We wish you the best in life and in the remainer of your journey. Have fun and feel free to stop by here anytime!
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  Help please!!!

  by braincleaned in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my mom just hung up on me, convinced that the borg has never said that jesus was not the mediator between the sheep and him!.

  i know they have presumptuously took the place of jesus as mediators can someone pleeeeeeze give me the wt references of this?.

  she does not believe me..

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  This was talked about in the recently studied Jeremiah book, chapter 14. It's says jesus isn't the mediator except for 144,000, p.175
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  puke-tacular new Sept 2014 koolaid WT is up

  by baltar447 in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20140915/.

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  Most of the "proofs" are based more on works than doctirines, teachings and beliefs in the article. It's basically done to get people to preach more.
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  Unbalanced way of thinking?

  by msconcerned in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, one hot beautiful (not a cloud in the sky) kind of summer day, there was an elder who decided to re shingle his house.

  this was on the book study day.

  he started early and got all the shingles off of the roof in time for the book study that night.

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  Anyone in their right mind would change plans and go home to take care of their house. He could have at least gotten a substitute if he wanted the study to continue. This reminds me of the Philippines hurricane video where there were still people at the Kingdom Hall the night it was suppose to hit. I can understand if you're devoted to your religion but some things need to be put aside, especially for important and life situations.
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  What is your biggest gripe with the WT and it's teachings?

  by FL_Panthers in

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  as the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..

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  1914, the blood doctrine, and the false predictions are my biggest issues. While claiming to have "truth", they continue to ignore any reasonsble arguments that contradict them. And what really bothered me about predicting false dates more than the act itself is condemning others who have done the same thing.

  Shunning because you no longer believe in this religion is also an issue. If you don't believe it in, you should be free to go Without heavy punishment
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  80 Year old COBE Layoff Conspiracy

  by XBEHERE in

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  who else thinks something is afoot with this?

  is the gb deciding to go back to pre-1971 times with perhaps the cobe as the man in charge and the rest just ministerial servants.

  so for this reason they want younger men in those postitions?

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  I think the reason for this is because of 1) age and 2) experience. 80 years old is a pretty old age, some may not be able to function to capacity or as efficiently as a younger person. It's a buiness move, out with the old, in with the new. People at that age are very experienced, they know how the system works and it's limits. To retire those over 80 would allow new opportunites to bring in young people, but young people lack the experience. The younger ones will most likely follow what is being said since they do not know the limits of the system or how it completely works. It may be easier for them to follow directions. And like it was mentioned before, all the new changes could cause problems for the older ones who need to keep up. The younger ones won't be as well aware of or use to the old system so all this new stuff wont be as much of a problem and they're more adaptable than the older.
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  WT Doctrine, Population rather than Generation

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower has forced a rather strange interpretation of the word "generation" in order to keep their doctrinal beliefs concerning the year 1914 consistent with the words of jesus "this generation will not pass...".

  however, the watchtower's "overlapping" definition of the word generation is strange and unnatural to common use.

  according to the watchtower, a grandfather, son, and grandson all living at the same time would make up a single generation.

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  Their definition of generation is closer to the word "contemporaries"- a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another. But with a mix of "population". It's a really odd concept they had to come up with.
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  Longform article on the JW: 'In the Belly of Jehovah'

  by nomoreklondikes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of you might know me from this thread.

  i wrote a longform article, 'in the belly of jehovah', on the jehovah's witnesses for an australian magazine, which today has been published online: .

  http://theliftedbrow.com/post/88214463157/in-the-belly-of-jehovah-by-pete-nicholson.

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  Thanks for posting this. It was a good read. I liked how both Witnesses and ex-witnesses were included in this To get both points of view
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  Drama: Not ONE word has failed! Regional Convention 2014

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  2. friends

  looks like the borg spent all it's money on hd panels, gigabit internet connections and ipads cause this is by far the lamest and most stupid drama ever in the history of the org!.

  apart from the worse than porn-without-the-porn acting and dialogue, the special effects consist of square painted panels and a crappy blue screen.

  also the lighting looks like it was made using flashlights.. even the die hards we're laughing at it and mentioned how silly it looked.. i envy all of those that aren't attending this "historic 100-years-since-christ's-reign" convention.. .

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  What was the drama about?