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  Romans 2:21,22 Matthew 23:3 and the hypocrsity of the November 2017 Broadcast!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  hypocrites!

  i know we have spoken of this before, but in light of the appaling november 2017 jwdotorg broadcast, these scriptures just need to be highlighted!.

  please re-read them, and tell me if they don't apply to the society !?!.

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  slimboyfat

  Maybe it was the last ever broadcast and they felt like going out with an ironic bang.
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  Wife came home upset ...

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ... because she'd stepped into some newly laid concrete.. i said to her, "don't be too hard on yourself.

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  slimboyfat

  Why did the cat run away from the tree?

  It was afraid of the bark.
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  Wife came home upset ...

  by The Fall Guy in

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  ... because she'd stepped into some newly laid concrete.. i said to her, "don't be too hard on yourself.

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  I told my wife she drew her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.
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  2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.

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  slimboyfat

  wiki has the elders school been leaked? I thought I saw a thread the other day and now I can't find it.
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  "We never solicit donations" - really?

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  2. beliefs

  inspired by this weeks clam article which again "reminds" the brothers pdf their obligation/privilege to donate "voluntarily" i have complied a list of articles or videos in the last 5 years where donations are indeed solicited or encouraged.

  the society may argue that these are not actual solicitations because no plate was passed around.

  but a donation box is just a more discrete and subtle version of the plate.

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  Big spike in 2015, consistent with their financial crisis beginning suddenly that year.
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  2017-12-4 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND Re: Changes to Circuits

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  december 4, 2017 to all congregations in britain and ireland re: changes to circuits.

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  Beats me what that's all about. The circuits in Scotland already changed a few years ago as far as I know. No new congregations for years possibly decades (apart from foreign language) and I heard about one closure.

  In fact can someone with knowledge of the history ot congregations in Scotland help me? I'd like to record congregations with a view to tracking closures going forward. If i could track back too that would be great.
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  Some more Nicholas King pics

  by neat blue dog in

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  today we get to see nick hanging with his fellow watchtower movie star and chorus member,.

  hitting the dance floor,.

  taking a swig,.

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  slimboyfat

  I don't think he'd make it into videos and choir unbaptised.

  I'm not entirely on board with picking on this guy. The hypocrisy angle is perhaps thin justification for bullying.
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  Hell Exists

  by Poppy520 in

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  many people of all denominations are beginning to believe that hell does not exist - but the bible supports the claim that it does.

  examine this verse, one under nkjv and the other nwt:.

  nkjv - matthew 25:46, "and these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.".

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  Hell is pretty clearly taught in the NT, by Jesus in particular. Whole chapters were devoted to the topic in old JW study books, because it's a difficult one to refute,

  On the other hand OT texts indicate that death is like sleep, with a few texts introducing resurrection. This is closer to JW teaching.

  Scripture is not consistent on the topic.
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  Brain tumor causes woman to become JW (4 times!)

  by Anders Andersen in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  why one woman mysteriously started hearing 'divine' voices.

  after doctors admitted the woman to the psychiatric unit of the hospital, they learned that this wasn't the first time she felt a strong interest in religion and spirituality.

  she described four previous times in her life, beginning at age 13 and again at ages 23, 32 and 41, when she experienced periods of intense spiritual and religious devotion.during these periods, which lasted about a year or two, she would join jehovah's witnesses and then later resign, when she lost interest, according to the report.as part of her psychiatric evaluation, the woman also underwent an mri.

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  Cured from religion by hemeopathy? Ha, sorry that’s funny! It’s like some sort of rationalist joke, except I can’t work out the punchline.
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  Higher Education

  by Brian J in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just spent 8 hours in a 1 day elders school last weekend.

  clarification given: "moving forward any elder, ms, or pioneer who themselves or someone under their roof enrolls in higher education, may no longer qualify for privileges in the congregation.

  their qualifications will have to be reviewed by their boe.".

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  So if an elder or his family member attends university they “may” no longer qualify, and they should be “reviewed”.

  In some ways that’s worse than a clear rule excluding such people. It’s an invitation for all sorts of petty and small minded investigations into families and personal “attitudes” over what should reasonably be a private decision.

  Thinking about all the inevitable tedious discussions about what counts as “higher education” as opposed to “further” or “vocational education”: it hardly bears thinking about.