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2020-New-October-Elders-Manual-Addendum-and-S-147-Announcements! (as of 2020-10-02)
by Atlantis in
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2. friends
new--2020-october--shepherd the flock of god--elder manual.

new--2020-october--addendum to elder manual.

2020--october-s-147-e--announcements and reminders.
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16.000 JWs rebel against Bethel and GB
by Edison Trent in
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2. friends
some hot news:.

last weekend was a convention in frankfurt, germany and 11 other locations.

all were connected to the international convention in berlin.. in sum about 94.000 attended.
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Funniest or strangest thing to happen to you when knocking on a door
by usualusername1 in
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what is the funniest or strangest thing to happen to you or your partner when knocking on doors?.

mine was seeing a greenhouse with mannequins inside.

scary...paul.
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The Evolutionary History of the Apple
by fulltimestudent in
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this is a fascinating study of how our modern apples evolved.

the study involved examining the genomes of the array of apple varieties, including related types of fruit.. from it we can learn that the fruit types we know today, may not have existed in ancient times.

from its origins in what we now call kazakhstan, it seems the original fruit changed as trees grew in many places along the great ancient network of trade routes we call the silk road, and as different varieties evolved in various ways.. a readable version of the story can be found in popular archaeology:.
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Reject WT Thinking - November 2017 WT article commented (p. 20)
by Master_Bob in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i really liked this kind of articles when back in borg, because they address the issues i was most concerned about.

or at least i thought that they address, because they don't.

i marked all the deceptive techniques and logical manipulations they use as a mental exercise and would like to share with you.
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Fallacies in the article on war at Awake! No. 5 2017
by Master_Bob in
1. watchtower
2. bible
why did ancient israel go to war?.

what some people say.

the israelites worshipped a bloodthirsty “tribal war god.”.
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Beware of Emojis! A worksheet from jw.org to help you!
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we all know just hoe dangerous emojis are right??

well, thankfully, "jehovah's organization" have lovingly provided a step by step worksheet to help!.

https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/friendly-or-flirtatious/.
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Life is changing for me: no pioneering, got a job!
by Skepsis in
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a month ago i decided to register in this board.

i had decided to step down pioneering but was frightened about the consequences.

i had finished my university degree some months before (despite disaproval from brothers in my congregation) and i had to choose: continue pioneering and working in jobs with no future or starting a career, working full-time.. i was thinking to postpone the decisiton but... i was fed up with preaching.
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Jehovah is unjust (outrageous article on slavery in last WT for public)
by Master_Bob in
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2. beliefs
according to the last paragraph of the article entitled "escape from slavery—then and now" (wt#2, 2017).

jehovah god felt grieved by the harsh treatment of israelite slaves in egypt; he must feel the same way about similar injustice today.. .

if you call modern slavery "injustice", wasn't the slavery during moses time also "injustice"?
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Fossilized foot prints, how do they explain it away?
by Crazyguy in
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2. beliefs
so there have been many sets of fossilized human footprints found in africa, italy, europe, britain and new mexico.

these foot prints are thought to be anywhere from 20,000 to 2 million years old.

so what do christians and jws do to try to explain these away.