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  Today's Watchtower Study Oct 6th

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  todays study article for 6th october discusses 2 cor 4 " we do not give up.".

  in the race for life christians must not give up or be distracted by , among other things, postponed expectations .

  hmm, what is the difference between expectations, predictions or prophecy?

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  Ding

  Maybe the WT needs a new song: "Failed Expectations": sung to the tune of "Good Vibrations."

  "Failed, failed, failed expectations..."
  
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  The PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sunday October 6, 2019

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  big article.. https://www.inquirer.com/news/inq/jehovahs-witnesses-silent-history-child-sex-abuse-20180425.html.

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  Ding

  Ironically, I just talked to a Philadelphia elder about the WT's pedophilia scandal in Australia.

  He claimed it didn't happen in the US because they report all such allegations to the police here.

  I hope he reads this story and wakes up.
  
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  Is the Watchtower God's Organization?

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtower 1953, may 1st, pg.284, par.16.

  16 is the watch tower bible and tract society god’s woman or universal organization?

  scan: https://docdro.id/qiltnwd: .

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  Ding

  "Is the Watchtower God's Organization?"

  No.
  
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  Thoughts on Sundays wt about persecution

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so let me get this straight.

  even though law enforcement has their hands full with illegal drugs and guns on the street, child traffickers, dangerous gangs and such.

  they are going to now pool all their resources to confiscate bibles and religious literature?!

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  Any time you try to get a JW to think outside the WT box, they think you are persecuting them.
  
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  New Armageddon date?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking at the most recent wt the study article focuses on the jubilees.

  the made a separate box in the article to highlight the math behind jubilees, and i'm wondering if they're trying to get people thinking and stir up the pot without actually making a false prophecy.

  for instance: jubilees happened every 7 times 7 years.

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  Ding

  In Millions Now Living Will Never Die, Rutherford used Jubilee cycles to "prove" that the patriarchs would be resurrected in 1925.

  Of course, that wasn't a false prophecy...

  It was merely a failed expectation...
  
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  GB wifes

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with the talks abouth tight pants in men and now samuel herd abouth fat women are better then fit .

  this are topics women talk abouth.

  you think its the gb wifes running the show now?.

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  Ding

  I hope the more the GB make videos, the more JWs will see just how out of touch with reality they really are.
  
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  How to avoid getting disfellowshipped for having a wordly girlfriend?

  by cookiemaster in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey guys, i've been pimo going on full inactive for a very long time, 5+ years.

  pretty happy with the current situation.

  over the years, i've gotten lots of grief from the local elders and cos for my inactivity, attending wordly public events and social media posts.

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  Ding

  I'd advise against trying to play games like having her pretend to study or sneaking around and pretending you're not dating whenever a JW or elder is nearby.

  She deserves better than that.
  
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  Holy spirit indwelling

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it your understanding that any jw can have holy spirit indwell them or is that an experience a part of the anointing that the wt teaches is reserved for the 144,000?.

  please provide references if you can..

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  Ding

  I would have said that the WT teaches that holy spirit indwelling is for the 144,000 only until I read that 1987 quote.

  I searched for other statements but didn't find anything definitive.

  That's why I started this topic.
  
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  Holy spirit indwelling

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it your understanding that any jw can have holy spirit indwell them or is that an experience a part of the anointing that the wt teaches is reserved for the 144,000?.

  please provide references if you can..

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  Ding

  I found this quote in the July 15, 1987 Watchtower, p. 13: "Just before giving a public talk or having some part on a Service Meeting or in the Theocratic Ministry School, we can beg Jehovah to have his holy spirit dwell richly in us. Why? So that we may have confidence and poise, may speak with earnestness and conviction, so as to bring honor to God’s name and build up our brothers. All such prayers are also conducive to our having the right frame of mind when speaking." (Boldface added)

  That sounds like any JW can have the holy spirit dwell in them.

  Is that different in Watchtowerspeak than having holy spirit indwell?

  I find this confusing.

  Is there a specific article that says the indwelling is only for the 144,000?
  
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  Holy spirit indwelling

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it your understanding that any jw can have holy spirit indwell them or is that an experience a part of the anointing that the wt teaches is reserved for the 144,000?.

  please provide references if you can..

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  Is it your understanding that any JW can have holy spirit indwell them or is that an experience a part of the anointing that the WT teaches is reserved for the 144,000?

  Please provide references if you can.