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THE FLOOD - What's Jehovah's problem now?
by sizemik in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this question has been bugging me for a while now .

since the last thread on the biblical flood.. it's like this .

.. immediately prior to the flood, jehovah had deemed the earth full of badness, totally wicked and "ruined" .
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"Overlapping generation" explanation - TRANSCRIBED EXTRACT from Friday's talk (DC 2011-12)
by AnnOMaly in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i thought this would be easier to examine if written down:.

god's kingdom will soon come.

so we know that god's kingdom will soon come.. .
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2011-2012 DC Brochure(s) "Listen to God" PDF
by yknot in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
anonymous brother does it again!

(huge round of applause!!!

(regular) http://www.sendspace.com/file/nzjme3.
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How the WTBTS creates atheists
by Nickolas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am an atheist.

i arrived at this juncture in my life despite not wanting to.

when i first met the witnesses at 22 i was a seeker looking for answers to the question of life - in other words, prime cult target material.
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When did the GB become GB 2.0?
by doubtful in
1. jw
2. friends
when exactly was the cutoff point for when the original gb became the gb 2.0 version?

was it when franz died, or when exactly could the line be drawn?.
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2011 District a$$embly - We cant wait. The board is abuzz WHAT NOOLITE?
by hamsterbait in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the first summer a$$embly finishes this weekend.. tell tell!.

who are the toes.

the verrucas and fungus?.
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How much longer can the Watchtower survive in its current form???
by doubtful in
1. jw
2. friends
i find it amazing that a religious movement predicting the end of the world for almost 150 years, still maintains a following!

soon, all the older zealots will be dead, the baby-boomer jws will be old and retired, and the bulk of the jw labor force will consist of all the "worldly music - listening", facebook using, living as close to the edge of wt standards as possible, youth of today.

as they mature, grow older and began to seek social status for themselves among other jws by pursuing appointments like ms and elder, they will probably morph into a replica of their parents.
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Blood
by Blind_Of_Lies in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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i have been doing a lot of mind searching on the issue of blood.
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Bethel Apostates are the True Faithful and Discreet Slave
by doubtful in
1. jw
2. friends
there is absolutely nothing "discreet" about the old "governor's body".

they parade themselves around like celebrities, show up to give talks in foreign countries where they don't even speak the language, and plaster their pictures all over their magazines.

they also make more references to themselves than any sane group people in their right mind ever should.
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Another WT urban myth?
by tenyearsafter in
1. watchtower
2. bible
has anyone been sent the e-mail going around showing a photo of brooklyn hq with text attached to it saying in essence:.

"we all know that the gb has been cutting back on expenses by reducing printing runs, making fewer cd's, going to part time help and selling property.

at the annual meeting a story was told about the famous "read the watchtower daily" sign and how they no longer illuminate it at night to save expenses.