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  Please explain the meaning of this wt 2018/10 article

  by Gorbatchov in

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  a very strange article, suggestive.. what do you think about it?.

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-october-2018/1918-one-hundred-years-ago/.

  g..

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  Wasanelder Once

  Hearing and reading that sort of WT bullshit just gives me a headache. Pulled it right out of their asses they did. They discredit the Finished Mystery content but sing its praises. What a schizoid religion.
  
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  Summer movies, what have you seen? What works? NO SPOILERS!

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  solo: i could have done without it.

  lead actor has no charisma.

  if you love star wars i guess you have to see it.

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  Wasanelder Once

  I've seen a few:

  Solo: I could have done without it. Lead actor has no charisma. If you love Star Wars I guess you have to see it. It was just ok for me.

  Heredity: Voted scariest movie in years by all reviewers. Obviously they all have stock in the movie company. People actually laughed at the "scariest" movie. If you can believe an 18 year old young man calling out "Mommy" have at it. Truly one of the biggest fails all summer for me. Would not have seen it if I knew the truth of the quality.

  Jurassic World; fallen kingdom: Guess what? Yep, they get loose again. Ugh. Just not different enough from all the others to hold my interest. Maybe you'll like it, who knows?
  

  Ocean's 8. Slept for first 10 minutes, awoke to ask what the point was and after being told zoned back out. It was a trite little exercise with characters I didn't care for.

  Skyscraper: The audience applauded at the end. I was pleasantly surprised. No sex, no swearing... just people killed like cord wood. It had humor, humility and action. Poor man has to run the gamet to get the job done against typical bad guys. There's a nice switch in the main character that makes him so easy to have empathy for. I recommend it for an hour and a half of air conditioning and a nice romp in a burning building. A hint, his wife is no wimp.

  Ant and the Wasp: Haven't seen the first one, didn't need to. If you like Marvel this is a sort of crumb on the carpet of the Marvel universe. It shouldn't be relegated thus. It was very funny and had a captivating story. Did I say funny?

  Two out of three isn't bad. See for yourself. Movies are a nice way to keep cool. Have you seen any of these or others? How much do you disagree with me? Hide the daggers!
  
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  Ministry experiences

  by Freedom rocks in

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  hi does anyone have any bad ministry experiences to share or really funny ones?.

  some of mine were:.

  - having water sprayed on us with a hose.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Shot at by an angry householder with a shotgun as we ran to drive the long driveway back to the road.

  Said, "Hello sir" to the man behind the dark screen door. Turned out to be a woman with a husky voice.

  Offered Awake on lung cancer to woman at door after pointing out dangers of second hand smoke. She said, "I have stage 4 lung cancer and no one in my family smokes or smoked. No thanks."

  Was with a ten year old boy at the door. No one would answer. They were laughing on the other side of the window next to the door and making rude comments. I kept knocking till a girl answered. I opted for the shame approach. I said, "Have you noticed the disrespectful attitude of young people towards adults and children who take their personal free time to bring good news, something positive to them? Its really sad that they are so self centered and disrespectful. What do you think?" Always leave a question baby! She took the magazines, lol. The boy asked me, "Is that what you always say?"

  I answered: "Never do that."
  
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  JW Refutations of Criticism of Russell and Rutherford

  by Duvduv in

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  2. beliefs

  can someone direct me to jw refutations of the harsh criticisms of charles russell and judge rutherford that are on the internet and youtube?

  i am a fair person and insist on hearing both sides to a controversy.

  in this case, i would like to know what traditional yw responds to such personal criticisms and alleged changes in beliefs.

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  Its almost not worth the effort to expose Russell and Rutherford. They have lost their place among WT greats. Russell is now a footnote, Rutherford merely a gate keeper. Nothing they taught except 1914 holds water for the modern GB. All the rest were merely two overzealous men making mistakes. They were not the governing body.
  
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  Returning from a crash . . .

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, friends:.

  my trusty and very old dell died a few days ago; a friend's gift of a toshiba has gotten me here.

  fortunately, it uses windows 7 like my old pc.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Returning from the outer darkness is a true miracle. Well done!
  
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  Anyone ever know gays in the hall that are lying to them selfs or others?

  by blownaway in

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  2. scandals

  i know of three situations i saw myself.

  the first one was when i lived in arcadia.

  all the people i use names on are dead and gone so no probs.

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  Of course there are no self declared homosexuals in the congregations. I would hate to make accusations that weren't correct. There was a brother in the circuit who gave the talk on family life who sounded more like a girl than a man, very effeminate. Then again, Mike Tyson doesn't sound much like a man and he's never questioned for being gay. So, no. All the gays hid it too well.
  
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  New brother to have a bible study with

  by Akid48 in

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  2. experiences

  well i moved to a new congregation, and i have no one to study with and i didnt have a bible study in weeks and i was loving but one meeting my aunt said ''im going to set up a bible study with brother bob (dont his name)''.well come to find out brother bob is a man that puts a lot of pressure on you to join the school etc.. well right now im like fuck,because i dont know how to deal with brother bob so i just wanted to know if any could help me..

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  Wasanelder Once

  If you're not gay don't say you are. It makes you a liar and manipulative. Instead, be yourself. If you are not interested, don't act interested. Nothing discourages a study conductor as much as an unprepared student. Don't highlight anything in the book. Remember, highlighting or underlining is the sign of spiritual progress. The less you highlight, the less the spiritual interest. Answering "I don't know" infuriates a conductor as well. I actually had a brother yell at me when I was a boy, "I'm taking my time after work to study with you and you don't even read it ahead. I'm wasting my time." End of study. You can do this without being rude, just be a busy 13 year old. Good luck little man.
  
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  Teachings/beliefs that fade into oblivion without explanation.

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. beliefs

  "millions now living will never die" that teaching persisted for a number of years from the early 1920`s ,sad to say that their would not be anywhere near millions alive today.and with another few years their won`t be anybody alive .. the year 1925 was supposed to see the resurrection of faithful men of old such as abraham issac and jacob and noah who were to be princes in the earth.

  of course no such thing happened and we don`t here anything more about that prediction anymore.. the time period between adams creation and eves creation was an excuse why armageddon was delayed in about october 1975 because they didn`t know how much time had elapsed between the two.

  that`s all forgotten about now.. six thousand years of human history was supposed to have ended in about october 1872 according to studies in the scriptures vol.2 1906 , the "time is at hand" page 11 (forward 1916 ) puts the start of the one thousand year reign of jesus christ as of the year 1873. so in 1906 they the i.b.s.a.

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  "It never rained before the flood." That was a real gem.
  
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  Refusing to become an elder

  by ragingmad in

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  i know someone who's family is very spiritual and says that her brother only pioneers and does not want to become an elder for various reasons, probably not wanting to deal with people's problems, and also the tremendous workload they put on them.

  is this considered refusing advancement by god, or just choosing your own way?

  he has not been "tapped" to become one, but he merely hasn't strived to become one..

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  Wasanelder Once

  It is drilled into men that any who refuse a "privilege of service" are saying no to Jehovah. Also some CO's will compare them to weak sisters. Its a scam to enslave further any good men. So a simple "no" is applaudable.
  
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  Sarah Huckabee Sanders Kicked Out Of Restaurant For Supporting Trump

  by minimus in

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  i think it’s ridiculous to kick people and families out of a restaurant because of politics.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Just a little.