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Is Watchtower letting Ukrainian draftees flap in the wind without legal assistance?
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
is this like the situation in mexico vs malawi ray franz wrote about in his book "crisis of conscience:?

why leave any mention of professed neutrality out of their government filings?

may 18, 2025, 10:29 a.m.. court in odesa region rules that jehovah's witnesses' charter does not prohibit them from fighting.
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5 Shocking Reasons Why Elders Are Leaving The Jehovah’s Witnesses — The Hidden Truth!
by Golden4Altar in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
5 shocking reasons why elders are leaving the jehovah’s witnesses — the hidden truth!

(kingdom wisdom).

thousands of jehovah’s witness elders around the world are stepping down… and no one is talking about it.
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Zechariah 12:10 Corruption in the NWT
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. bible
here's a question for those who still support watchtower on this forum.

why did watchtower leave out the word "me" in zech.

zechariah 12:10 reads like this: .
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Former Jehovah's Witness sentenced for child sexual assault
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
6/3/2025 former jehovah's witness sentenced for child sexual assault shaun sheffer, 47, of harmony was found guilty in january of three counts each of rape and indecent assault, including assault of a person less than 13 who had a mental disability.

he also was convicted of corruption of minors.... https://triblive.com/local/regional/former-jehovahs-witness-sentenced-for-child-sexual-assault/ .
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2025*S*147*06*June*English*German*French!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
2025*s*147*06*june ( next elder manual is due in september ).

english*german*french.

https://app.filemail.com/d/rausnpplnmhsemj .
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Do not gaze about!
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the 2013 revision of the nwt has destroyed some of the best phrases in the original version and rendered them utterly bland.

a case in point is isaiah 41:10 which was as evocative as it was peculiar in the original nwt.

do not be afraid, for i am with you.
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The Prophetic Days in Daniel Fulfilled
by EisMe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
“this will be the final topic i post.

the structured fulfillment of prophecy has now been made undeniably clear, and after completing one final task—the letter to the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses—i will take my rest.

the truth has been presented, the timeline confirmed, and all that remains is the culmination of prophecy itself.” estephan leuese.
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You Could Be Stuck in a University When Your Parent Dies. Convention Day 2 Video
by liam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the governing body is going all out at this years convention.

they are still discouraging university education.

i guess the end must be real close .
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Things Rutherford got wrong that Fred Franz had to clear up
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was interested by the suggestion in a recent discussion that rutherford was in some way preferable to fred franz, because i’ve not come across this view before.

it made me rethink my assumptions and try to work out why i hold the opposite view and prefer fred franz to rutherford.

i haven’t done any additional research, so i’m only drawing on what i can remember off the top of my head, but i thought i’d list a few things where i reckon fred franz’s approach was preferable to rutherford.
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The Big Secret
by finishedmystery in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
when the gb brought a formal end to all the type/antitypes in so many ways it could be said that they brought the religion to an end.

the other sheep/anointed teaching that leads to a two class religion was originally based on two antitypes--the jehu/jehonadab relationship and something about the cities of refuge.

in that 2014 annual meeting talk david splane even specifically stated that the cities of refuge has no antitype.