God is very displeased if you celebrate Mothers Day. It is linked with pagan gods. The WTS even gave the faithful a reference from a 1950s Encyclopedia Britannica in the Reasoning Book to prove it.
MrMonroe
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Out Of All JW Beliefs Which Is The Weirdest?
by minimus ini know there's plenty.. one that comes to mind is the blood doctrine.
whole blood is bad, blood fractions may be ok but not all.....wtf?
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"Theocratic Warfare" and the Annual Report
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inone of the things i certainly noticed as a jw, and even during the time i was in bethel, was the complexities of reporting "truth.".
beginning with an observation on a personal level, i consider myself an honest person.
but something happened along the way, beginning when i pioneered.
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MrMonroe
Sigh. And they say their organisation is modelled on the first century Christians. Any current JWs visiting this forum will know the truth of the comments here and can only admit that so much of their religion is all about appearances.
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A JW Corpse 'Speaks'
by Bangalore ina jw corpse 'speaks'.
http://alwaysonasaturday.blogspot.com/2009/08/jw-meets-undignified-end.html.
bangalore.
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MrMonroe
No matter what, the brothers could not get the corpse to straighten up.
Curious indeed. Why were "the brothers" struggling to straighten a corpse? I would have thought that would be a job for the undertakers. I'd hate to think this is an urban myth.
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Watchtower STUDY EDITION - Vehicle for Vitriol and REALLY crazy statements?
by punkofnice inis it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.
anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.
this is the number.
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MrMonroe
Teary, it's a members-only version of The Watchtower because its intended audience is Jehovah's Witnesses who attend meetings. As opposed to the public version, whose intended audience is the public. As you well know.
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Watchtower STUDY EDITION - Vehicle for Vitriol and REALLY crazy statements?
by punkofnice inis it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.
anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.
this is the number.
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MrMonroe
Hence the Melbourne Herald Sun's "mentally diseased" article pointing out that it appeared in a "members-only version of The Watchtower."
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WT Flip-Flops on Jesus Inspection Was it in 1918 or 1919?... Did the WT PASS or FAIL?
by Alfred inthis is utterly ridiculous.... .
the more i research this particular subject, the more flip-flops i uncover.
it seems the fds cant even make up their minds regarding what happened in 1918 (or should i say 1919?).
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MrMonroe
NVR2L8: So right.
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Straight from the September Watchtower. How can they print this without blushing?
by nicolaou inthe watchtower september 1, 2010 11. .
the dangers of being deceived (page 10/11).
to deceive, says one dictionary, means to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid.
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MrMonroe
In the light of "new understandings" about the existence of the faithful and discreet slave, I just thought I'd resurrect this thread.
It's actually quite funny: the Governing Body approving an article about how sad it is that people allow themselves to be deceived. Just read that excerpt in the first post on this thread again. Really, words fail me.
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The real identity of the F&DS revealed...any news yet?
by Aussie Oz inrecently barbara posted the update on the unthank case and mentioned that more would be revealed soon on the real identity of the faithful slave.. has it been revealed yet?
have i missed it?.
been looking, hoping!.
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MrMonroe
Joey, that elder needs to read Ray Franz's In Search of Christian Freedom. Franz, of course, was a member of the Governing Body, so he was in a position to know.
On pages 152 to 164 he explicitly deals with the widespread perception among Witnesses that anointed JWs pass on their thoughts to headquarters and that these are then translated into doctrinal shifts. Franz says there is no such process, and that letters from anointed JWs are treated with no more interest at Bethel than are letters from anyone else.
The WTS has explicitly said no global network of anointed Witnesses exists to reveal new spiritual truths, and that those members of the "slave class" outside the Governing Body are not consulted when making decisions. For references see "The Faithful Steward and Its Governing Body", The Watchtower, June 15, 2009, page 24, and "Be Obedient to Those Taking the Lead", The Watchtower, September 15, 1989, page 21, paragraph 5.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-23-2011 WT Study (PURSUE PEACE)
by blondie inreview comments will be headed by comments.
comments.
comments.
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MrMonroe
Even people belonging to the same national group and speaking the same
language are often divided religiously, politically,
and socially. By contrast, Jehovah’s
people are united.
Members of other religions are allowed to think for themselves and make decisions based on personal conscience. Jehovah's Witnesses attain "unity" by enforcing centrally dictated rules on thinking and conduct with the threat of expulsion and shunning for any who break ranks.
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"we don't need holidays as an excuse to give gifts to our children"
by Sour Grapes inbefore my mother became a jehovah's witness i remember.
the fun of christmas and opening the beautifully wrapped.
gifts under the christmas tree.
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MrMonroe
Anyone, Christian or non-Christian, has the right to decide whether they want to celebrate Christmas or not.
This religion decides that if anyone decides as a matter of conscience that they can do so (as did Charles Russell and his followers who, ahem, Jesus chose as his faithful slave in 1918 or 1919), they should be expelled and that no member of the religion should ever speak to them again.