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  Watchtower More Important than the Scriptures

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  mack moore ex-jw recovery writes:.

  yes, that is how they want people to esteem the magazine.

  they believe it is the unique mouthpiece of god.

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  To most JWs, it doesn't matter what the Bible says.

  What matters is what the GB says it says.
  
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  How did you learn the truth about the truth?

  by Iamallcool in

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  2. experiences

  any takers?.

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  Studying the Bible in context and praying for insight.
  
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  Do Jehovah's Witnesses interpret the Bible properly?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do jehovah's witnesses interpret the bible properly?.

  jehovah's witnesses see the bible as an organizational book which only the faithful and discreet slave (currently 8 men headquartered in warwick new york) can interpret properly.

  the faithful slave was first appointed in brooklyn in 1919 and given the exclusive right and ability to understand and teach the bible properly.

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  How could "the faithful and discreet slave" have been interpreting things properly? According to current WT doctrine, the people who thought they were "the faithful and discreet slave" from Russell's day until just a few years ago were wrong.

  Most of my life, the organization taught that the FDS was all of the "anointed remnant." "New light" says only the GB is the FDS.

  If they were wrong about who the FDS is (and that's a major and distinctive teaching of the WT religion), how could they get anything else right?

  Of course, the whole FDS teaching is a misinterpretation turning a parable into a prophecy anyway.
  
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  Why are you guys against Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why are you guys against jehovah's witnesses?.

  gilles grey writes:.

  in order to answer this question properly, it is important to distinguish between the various meanings of the phrase ‘jehovah’s witnesses’.

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  "I love Jehovah's Witnesses. I oppose the false teachings and legalism the Watchtower is feeding them."
  
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  A "killer" question for Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is a 'killer' question for jw's.

  which description best describes how you see yourself and how you feel?which would you choose?

  are you: 1. a christian 2. a jehovah's witness here's the scenario.

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  Ding

  They'd probably say "Jehovah's Witness" because they think they're the only real Christians and because they want to work the name Jehovah into conversations and prayers as much as they can.
  
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  Has anyone ever thanked you for telling them about TTATT?

  by Iamallcool in

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  2. friends

  any takers?

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  Ding

  About 5-10.

  One is enough to keep me going for a long time...
  
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  Annual Meeting

  by sove in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is it the annual meeting this weekend?

  any insights on "new light" or new releases?.

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  If "worldly" people compared JWs to locusts, they would holler, "Persecution!"
  
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  Any signs that Kingdom Halls will re-open soon or door to door work will re-start again?

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've not heard anything from pimi wife about going back to the khs yet let alone the door to door work.. many churches round here have re-opened if only for private pray and i am guessing that things like singing may be a factor in the reluctance of the witnesses to get back together again.

  i also detect that many older ones are still quite afraid to go anywhere they may come in contact with people, even for shopping.

  on the other hand, here in uk you can now go to a football match with 70,000 others shouting and chanting.. the door to door work may a total different issue.

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  The Kingdom Hall in our area hasn't reopened.
  
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  What Congregation Scandal Still Troubles You?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was appointed as a regular pioneer in a certain congregation.

  in that congregation, a very obese male pioneer seduced a nice looking married pioneer sister who had two teenage sons.

  her husband was a ms. both were df'd.

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  Ding

  Jehovah's clean and happy organization...
  
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  1995 generation change

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now, many years later, i remember the 1995 generation change, very well.. since early youth, hearing my father explaining in field service the 2520 years.

  it was his main theme in the field.. with the change my doubts started.

  with some jw friends we did not trust the organization anymore.

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  They had to make some sort of change.

  The "within one generation" of 1914 (remember the arrow illustration?) clearly wouldn't wash any more.

  Instead of admitting they don't know what they're talking about, they bought the organization more time with the overlapping generation explanation.

  A lot of people didn't buy it, of course, but a lot did.