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1975 !
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how many of you here remember 1975?

i hope the newer generations never forget.the true believers got shamed for it.

those who were hedging their bets, fared much better.
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JULY 2025 STUDY WT How to Give Advice
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
i scanned this article and i saw a theme throughout it.

when info like this shows up in the study wt, you can be sure the elders are doing it wrong and the wts hits directly on what it is.

older elders do it wrong and train by word and action the newer elders to do it wrong.
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Live long and prosper: WT JULY 2025
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"now more than ever, we need to focus on our hope.

because we are living in 'the last days' and we all have problems that are 'hard to deal with.

' (2 tim.
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1975 debacle
by Gman2001 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
did the borg ever apologize for 1975?.
40
Memorial attendance
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
curious.

what was your local memorial attendance like tonight?
12
Diligence and Enthusiasm - LDS vs JWs
by Rivergang in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
on a scale of 1 to 100, i would put the lds in the high 90s, and the witnesses at about minus 10.. these days (well, around here at least) one encounters the mormon missionaries all over the place.

if they are not knocking at your door, they are approaching you out in the street.

of late, this has been happening all the bloody time!.
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How to spot wolves in sheep's clothing!
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
w64 11/1 pp.

645-646 wolves in sheep’s covering - "can you detect them?

how can you avoid becoming their prey?....to his first-century disciples jesus sounded a warning that applies to us today with even greater force: “look out that you are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘i am he [anointed],’ and, ‘the due time has approached.’ do not go after them.” (luke 21:8) .
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How Do JWs Understand Salvation & What Is Needed to Obtain It?
by LauraLynn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from my experience within the jw organization, i understood that salvation meant a person accepted the teachings of the wbts without question as the "faithful and discrete slave," thereby placing their trust in them, not jesus christ.

salvation consisted of being found "righteous" by jehovah and resurrected to everlasting life in an earthly paradise.

to obtain this salvation, one needed to obey the organization's teachings, remain a faithful jw, and lead a moral life.
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New here
by AdamCzarnobay in
1. jw
2. friends
i left the organization in 2017.. was in several congregations in the north west of england.

i just wanted to say thank you to all of you that have posted on here over the years, it really helped me to see the truth about the organization.

i lurked here for many years under an anonymous login and then finally plucked up the courage to write my disassociation letter.. adam.
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I need to vent sorry!
by KerryKing in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i couldn't get back to sleep last night, something my father said a few weeks ago popped into my head.. we were talking about obtaining citizenship, he doesn't need it, but was contemplating what benefits it could get him now he's a pensioner.. background : i've been disfellowhipped for 15 years, i was born in, he is an elder, very much pimi, he was also born in.. i said to him how citizenship would be difficult for him as it would require him to swear allegiance to the state?.

oh he said, thats just a crowd of people together in a big room for the swearing in event, it would be easy to just mumble or say nothing, nobody would know.. this has quietly been eating away in my mind, why did it bother me?.

last night it hit me, when i was in my first year of school, age 5, i came out of school one day with a balloon with two little pencils attached, a gift from a classmate who's birthday it was, every child got one.