The Awake magazine February 22, 1961 pages 5 to 8 had an article entitled, "The 20th Century In Bible Prophecy" which stated on three occasions that God’s kingdom will remove wickedness and cleanse the earth within the twentieth century.
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We are now 23 Years past Armageddon as the GB stated
by JohnTron7 inso the end was going to come by 2000 as documented in the magazines back in the late 80's early 90's.. so how did they get the time off so badly ( over two decades and still nothing) since the gb is jehovah's earthly mouthpiece right ?
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Had to laugh.
by Lost in the fog ini had to laugh.. i bumped into a friend who has started going back to the meetings and who has that enthusiastic arm-waving way of talking about the stuff they're hearing from the platform.. in part he's wittering on about some talk they'd had about king david and all of his ups and downs.
and says, "and as the speaker emphasized over and over again, we can imitate david because he was a man just like ourselves.".
" i finally interrupted.. that shut him up.
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baldeagle
Funny story “Lost in the fog” I can picture it very easily.
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Jehovah's Witnesses 2022 Annual Meeting
by JW GoneBad indamn....october 1, 2022 already upon us!
yesterday's jw annual meeting was held without a word...without any prior mention of it.
anyone on this forum attend the event supposedly held via zoom?
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baldeagle
Thanks Atlantis, I downloaded the Annual Meeting using the 1st link you provided. I have a very fast, fully loaded, Windows 10 system and it took 2 hours to download. But it loaded flawlessly. I along with everyone here always appreciate your hard work & keeping us well informed.
Cheers & Thank You,
Baldeagle
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Our J.W friends still have issues with beards 2022??Why?
by Witness 007 inour witness friend who during covid grew his beard has been hassled by elders who asked him "why" he chose to have facial growth.
he for real, had to give an answer why.
this is pharasees total rubbish.
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baldeagle
Here’s the picture of Daniel “Disillusioned JW” was mentioning found in the September 2022 WT Study. But I’m sure this was early on in the resurrection before Daniel was shuffled into the back room by the elders & counselled to shave off his beard for maximum conformity. He would have been referred to the compliant Joseph as a prime example in the new paradise of obedience to the rules.
#BestLifeInParadiseEver
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Did the Watchtower Society ban Vaccinations and Organ Transplants?
by Vanderhoven7 inan avid wts supporter writes:.
re: vaccinations: vaccinations have never been banned.
if they were, then no representative of the wts would have been allowed to travel overseas when vaccines were compulsory around 1920 when vaccines was regularly in the news, there was both positive and negative information printed in the golden age (forerunner of the awake) but not from the staff writers, but from out side sources of article by medical doctors at the time and others that responded to those articles.. re: organ transplants: organ transplants were never forbidden by the society.
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baldeagle
December 15, 1952 WT Page 764 – “Questions From Readers”
It was only by as late as 1952 that this entire vaccination subject was off loaded by the WTS and left in the hands of congregation members. Prior to this the organization did take a negative view of vaccines. It’s been speculated that vaccines were allowed at this time due to the success of the Gilead School, requiring air travel to foreign lands commonly known for their prevalent diseases causing sickness & death.
Also, the GB leaders were regularly flying to 3rd world countries giving talks in lands known for many illnesses due to little to no vaccination by the population there. The continuing dominance of air travel required passengers to have all vaccinations up to date in order to travel to these poorer countries.
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Fascinating Quotations of The Faithful Slave
by Vanderhoven7 indo you have any amazing quotations that have been produced by the faithful slave over the years?.
remember it's important that we should learn to love and value truth for it’s own sake; to respect and honor it by owning and acknowledging it wherever we find it and by whomever presented.
a truth presented by the faithful slave himself is just as true as a truth stated by god.. share some of those amazing quotations that have fascinated you.
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baldeagle
Hello Vanderhoven7, I must say I always appreciate your posts. You posted the following.
“we should learn to love and value truth for it’s own sake; to respect and honor it by owning and acknowledging it wherever we find it and by whomever presented. A truth presented by the Faithful Slave himself is just as true as a truth stated by God.”
You referenced that, “A truth presented by the Faithful Slave himself is just as true as a truth stated by God.” I was wondering is that an actual statement appearing in a WT publication, and if so, can you please provide the source of such a statement. I find it extremely bold to equate something written by imperfect men being equated as a “truth stated by God.”
Thank you for your help.
baldeagle
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STUDY ARTICLE When a Loved One Leaves Jehovah
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | september 2021. study article 39. when a loved one leaves jehovah.
2 think how heartbroken jehovah must have been when members of his own angelic family turned their back on him!
(jude 6) and imagine how hurt he was at seeing his beloved people, the israelites, rebel against him time and again.
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baldeagle
In reading this post it jogged my memory of a similar picture. The last one involved an adult son leaving the home with the distraught parents in the foreground. Now the WT leaders have flipped this around to be the husband/father heading out the front door & the distraught wife & kids in the foreground. Truly this is one religion that will never be reformed.
2011 July 15, WT pg. 31
When Someone We Love Leaves Jehovah
14, 15. What is the real decision that parents of disfellowshipped children must make?
14. Our hearts go out to those parents. After all, their son had a choice, and he chose to pursue his unchristian lifestyle rather than to continue to enjoy close association with his parents and other fellow believers. The parents, on the other hand, had no say in the matter. No wonder they feel helpless!
15. But what will those dear parents do? Will they obey Jehovah’s clear direction? Or will they rationalize that they can have regular association with their disfellowshipped son and call it “necessary family business”? In making their decision, they must not fail to consider how Jehovah feels about what they are doing. His purpose is to keep the organization clean and, if possible, to incite wrongdoers to come to their senses. How can Christian parents support that purpose?
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2021-JW's accused of selling off assets and moving cash to avoid sex abuse compensation.
by Atlantis in2021-jehovah’s witnesses accused of selling off assetsand moving cash to avoid sex abuse compensation.. .
some of the folks here might want this article.
those young folks over there are really working overtime to assist the authorities.
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baldeagle
Thank you Atlantis, your hard work is much appreciated.
baldeagle
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2021-June-1, For Elders in Canada--Judicial Matters!
by Atlantis injust in case anyone needed this.. 2021-june-1, for elders in canada, judicial matters.
announcement.
https://filetransfer.io/data-package/ezxqcbaq#link.
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baldeagle
Thanks Atlantis, your work is always appreciated.
Stay Safe,
baldeagle
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Ban on Independent Meetings
by lssjr insource - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.
this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!
"my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.
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baldeagle
Here you go Phizzy just as you recollected in the 2007 Sept KM page 3. I was sitting there at the meeting that night when my eyes started to open fully to this micromanaging religion. Just three years later & I was gone for good never stepping foot inside any JW event again.