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  True or False did the Watchtower Corporation create false doctrines intentionally to enhance the proliferation of their own publications ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  much as been revealed over the years to the date setting doctrines made by the wts.

  such as ( 1874, 1914, 1925 , 1975 this generation, the last days, the end times etc.... which were not created by other christian based faiths.. as to critically examine why might reveal a hidden agenda to all these date setting proclamations.. the point in question is did the wts and its leaders intentionally manipulate or exploit the preaching of the gospel to enhance the proliferation of their own printed publications ?.

  i would say convincingly yes, no question.

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  slimboyfat

  Thanks for the further explanation of background. I appreciate you never chose to be a JW yourself, nevertheless interaction with JWs may be fairly described as more than academic.

  I can’t show it written down anywhere, but I can certainly say that my experience is that giving to charity was frowned upon. The basic attitude was that money donated to charity could be better spent on the “world wide work”. Because what charity could be more important than the good news? If you really believe the JW worldview then they would have a point.

  This was not a hard rule. Some openly donated and even volunteered for charities. But those doing this seemed to need to “justify” their actions to others.
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  True or False did the Watchtower Corporation create false doctrines intentionally to enhance the proliferation of their own publications ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  much as been revealed over the years to the date setting doctrines made by the wts.

  such as ( 1874, 1914, 1925 , 1975 this generation, the last days, the end times etc.... which were not created by other christian based faiths.. as to critically examine why might reveal a hidden agenda to all these date setting proclamations.. the point in question is did the wts and its leaders intentionally manipulate or exploit the preaching of the gospel to enhance the proliferation of their own printed publications ?.

  i would say convincingly yes, no question.

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  slimboyfat

  Was I ever a Witness? No. I only have an academic interest.

  Did I mix you up with another poster? I thought you said your mother became a JW late in your childhood and you are glad it didn't prevent you from college education, but that it prevented your younger sibling(s). And that Jack Barr visited your congregation decades ago, and you discussed issues with him and found him to be a kind individual but it didn't resolve your issues. So at some point you stopped attending.

  If I remember the post accurately, I think many people would fairly describe interest as more than academic.
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  Is There a TV Show or Movie That You Just NeverGet Sick Of?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i love the rifleman!

  i’ve seen it a million times and still will watch it !

  and goodfellas, the movie as well as the sopranos.

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  slimboyfat

  Breaking Bad

  Distant Drums
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  Can you be disfellowshiped for reading other religious materials?

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
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  i am having a conversation with a jw and they say you can not be disfellowshiped for this.

  is this true?

  i thought you can be disfellowshiped for this.

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  slimboyfat

  I remember overhearing a weird conversation in another congregation years ago.

  Sister 1: I've got a talk with you next week.

  Sister 2: okay let's meet up to practise, what's it about?

  Sister 1: it's something about apostates.

  Sister 2: okay that's fine, I've read that book by Raymond Franz the big apostate, so I know all about that.

  Sister 1: okay where will we meet up.
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  When did "The Last Days" of JW Organization Begin? Will This Generation See It End?

  by steve2 in

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  a growing discourse on this forum has been around what "the end" means.

  as jws, many here spent varying proportions of our lives waiting for the end when an unsettling realization was that the end that approaches is more likely to be from old age than the world's end.

  through the centuries, group after group, has claimed it has "inside" information on the end of the world, drawing in the desperate-for-comfort like moths to flames.

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  slimboyfat

  1990

  And yes.
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  Married Jehovah's Witness is caught stripping in a stranger's living room as his horrified wife watches by live video link

  by jwleaks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  only in the uk.. a woman who was worried her jehovah's witness husband was cheating set him up and then watched in horror as he was seduced after knocking on someone's door.

  the honeytrap was laid for the suspicious wife with the help of youtubers to catch a cheater.

  they arranged for an actress to wait at one of the houses on the husband's outreach round and try to seduce him.

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  About as reliable as a Watchtower article on neo-Babylonian chrnonology.
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  Picture in latest Watchtower . . . What is it?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in this picture from the latest watchtower, what in the world is the guy watching on the left side of the picture??

  it looks like a female vampire holding a lightsaber.

  am i missing something?.

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  slimboyfat

  If it was the witch of Endor they'd approve and make it a feature on JW broadcasting,
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  Exjw activists protesting inside a Kingdom Hall today!

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. child-abuse

  spoonfed nomore, has uploaded a video on his youtube site, of exjw activists protesting inside a kingdom hall during this sunday meeting.

  several people speak out.

  if some one can put a link on here that would be awesome, i can’t figure out how to do it with an i phone.

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  slimboyfat

  Interesting that activism against WT should be so organised in Poland. JWs have been declining in Poland for years. The Catholic Church is still strong in Poland and the public, like most of Eastern Europe, is very hostile to JWs and other sects.
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  October 31, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: New Visitor Exhibit at Bethel (UK)

  by wifibandit in

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  october 31, 2017 to all congregations re: new visitor exhibit at bethel.

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  Luke 14:28 For example, who of you wanting to build a tower does not first sit down and calculate the expense to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, he might lay its foundation but not be able to finish it, and all the onlookers would start to ridicule him,

  
  

  However, if you ask me, completing a project that is no longer necessary is just as foolish, or more foolish than failing to complete one.
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  11-5-17 Warwick Protest Photos

  by thebrokenkite in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  let the reader use discernment:.

  i was disfellowshipped in june of last year.

  while i've been awake for nearly a year, i still often feel groggy.

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  slimboyfat

  I guess I'll use my imagination.