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Last minute repentance
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1. watchtower
2. beliefs
while most talk about the end of reporting for publishers, i think the doctrinal change is even bigger.. repentance after start of gt still possible?

what does that mean for the judgement message, they pushed a bit lately?.

will that be really just before armageddon?
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Raymond Franz
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1. watchtower
2. scandals
recenty we had some contact with some jw.

after it was briefly mentioned, that am iii is no longer a gb member, one of them mentiuoned about raymond franz.

he called him a brother to fred frantz, who slowly slipped in some publications his own ideas, thats why he was removed, and some of his books discontinued.. it was just interesting, how badly informed some so called well informed witnesses are.....
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the cheap trick for believers...
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1. watchtower
2. beliefs
yesterdays wt study (wt january 2022) stressed the issue, to set aside time to deepen the relationship to god.. in order to strengthen one`s faith, it was encouraged to ask god anytime for basically anything.

and each time god answers your prayers the faith grows.. now, each one of us has wishes, desires, hopes.

some naturally will fail, some will come true.
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JW, soul and free will
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2. beliefs
good morning,.

when it comes to the question of free will, any jw will ascertain the existence of free will as needed for any moral issue regarding god, the bible etc.

without free will the whole foundation of what their belief is based on will collapse.. now atheists, at least thats my understanding, deny also the existence of free will.
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Faithful slave, new teaching
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most of us agree, that jw doctrine, even if you accept the bible as gods word, doenst add up.. just one detail:.

the new teaching about the fds is, that it was established, not in 1st century, but in 1914 (1919?

), and that jesus looked down on earth after his installment as king 1914 and choose the bible students as his organisation.. however, the new kingdom book mentioned in this weeks study, when russel and co startd to publish in newspapers from 1903 on, that jesus manouvered matters, in order to make it successful.. hm, he didnt even choose them yet as his people, but he already supported them ?.
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new arrangement - chairman
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a thought on the emphasis of the importance of the new chairman arrangement at the midweek meeting:.

it reminds me of a tv-show, where the showmaster introduces tv-clips of some topics.. is it maybe a preparation for meetings with more and more videos ?.

and all the local brothers are doing is introducing them, creating anticipation for what big skydaddy prepared this week.. i wonder, if most of the meeting times in years to come will be videos anyway.....
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letter to congregationsOct 4th 2015
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1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi,.

not sure, if it is already mentioned, but there is a letter in jw.org preparing the congregations to read an upcoming letter from oct 4th after the meeting as sson as it is released.

so congregations, who have their weekend meeting on sunday, will even hear it after the wt study.. so they can catch up in knowledge with the apostates ;-).
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"bad blood" German TV
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1. watchtower
2. medical
http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/reportage-dokumentation/b%c3%b6ses-blut-kehrtwende-in-der-intensivm/das-erste/video?documentid=24921128&bcastid=799280.

for those who understand german (some parts are in english).

basically the german public tv station aired last monday a program about the danger of blood transfusions and a needed change of habits of hospitals and doctors, also about the resistance of giovernments and blood banks, touching even on financial interests.
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100 year Kingdom rule vs. "worldly governments"
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2. beliefs
those of us, who still had to attend the convention this year, for whatever reason, might remember the talk given about the difference between human rulers and the kingdom since 1914.. .

sure, one can find many flaws with human rulership, and paint a picture of the perfect rule of gods kingdom in a paradise, literal and even spiritual right now (whatever this means).

but, here is another aspect:.
wonderful poem
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1. jw
2. experiences
for all those still being in, and cannot leave for whatever reason or personal circumstances, i think, at least in my case, this poem really expresses how one might feel being trapped in the org.

it was always my favourite poem, maybe subconsciously relating to it even before my awakening to ttatt.. .

its originally in german, but i found also an english translation.