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  New Article - Birthdays, Why the Watchtower stance is wrong

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a new article at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/birthdays.php outlining why the watchtower stance against birthdays is wrong.

  there have been a number of threads on jwn discussing this, and the article collates and summarises the points raised in these threads.

  please feel free to point out any errors in grammar or logic.

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  Ding

  Romans 14:4-6 specifically says that what days a person does or doesn't celebrate is a matter of individual choice and conscience which should not be judged by people who choose differently: "Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God."
  
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  Audio Recording of the Shepherding textbook.

  by bola in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  good day all.

  please i need someone to assist in devising an audio recording of the shepherding textbook.

  i know the watchtower society do not have the audio recordings of it.

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  Ding

  Be on guard against copyright violation unless you want to be sued by the WT.

  Get some good legal advice before going to all that work and starting distribution.
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  "The End is Imminent" - Tony Morris, 2017

  by Smiles in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  2017 tony morris jw gb.

  "the end is imminent!".

  timestamp (06:00).

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  Ding

  Why doesn't the GB just announce that the end came invisibly in 1914 and be done with it?
  
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  Commenting Ban?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you think the watchtower will ban commenting at the meetings one day?

  if you are pimo, you might want to try to make some comments to make others think about the “truth”!

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  Ding

  It's one of the WT's main indoctrination tools.

  Only a parroting or mirroring of the printed material is allowed.

  Any deviation gets you marked, cut off from commenting, or even brought before a JC.
  
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  Do Jehovah's really have true Bible studies?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  frequently asked questions.

  if i accept a bible study, will i be pressured to become one of jehovah’s witnesses?.

  jehovah’s witnesses love teaching people about the bible, but we never pressure anyone to join our religion.

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  Ding

  If you don't become a JW, you'll be wiped out by fireballs at Armageddon, but don't feel pressured to join...
  
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  Just how much of a dramatic FLOP is this NEW LIGHT?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xpxxtqvys.

  your opinion, please, on the above video.

  1. before jesus, humans were judged either by the law (jews and converts) or by natural law (noahide law).

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  Ding

  I thought WT doctrine (based on a mistranslation of Romans 6:7) was that people's deaths acquit them of their past sins (the sins they committed in this life) and that those who make into into the 1000 year kingdom will only be judged on the basis of what they do during that kingdom rule. People will die during the millennial kingdom and there will be a final rebellion at the end, so quite a few of them will be doing vile things, right?

  Sometimes I wonder if the GB understand what they have been teaching for decades.
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | February 2022 Trust in Jehovah ...We really meant ''the Governing Body''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | february 2022. study article 6. do you trust in jehovah’s way of doing things?.

  15 as the end of this system of things draws near, we need to trust in jehovah’s way of doing things as never before.

  during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical.

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  Ding

  I wonder how many of the GB really believe their pronouncements come from Jehovah.
  
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  Congregation in PA sues over mandatory reporting

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  ivy hill congregation of jehovah's witnesses is currently suing the pa department of human services.

  it requests "a declaration that its elders are entitled to" clergy privilege, or, in the alternative,.

  to the extent that the clergyman privilege is determined to exclude its elders on the basis that they are "members of [a] religious organization[] in which members other than the leader thereof are deemed clergymen or ministers," the court declare the statute to be unconstitutional.

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  A few years ago, I talked with a Pennsylvania elder who assured me that the WT obeys mandatory reporting laws.

  I wonder what he's thinking now... or if he's thinking...
  
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  What are the maim lies Apostates tell about Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  main not maim.

  picked this answer up on quora.

  please add other apostate "lies" you are aware of.. "jehovah's witnesses cannot refute the facts in the so-called “ lies” against them, and when they do, they shamelessly lie and tell half-truths to defend their mind-controlling sect.. their new york based leaders tell them that anything negative said about their sect is a “ lie “ from “ mentally diseased, bitter apostates”.. jws are yet to come to terms with the fact that we are in the information age and they can no longer get away with lying to protect their organisation.. for example, one of the “ lies “ told about them is that they shun anyone who leaves the cult , including family members, including their own children.. another “ lie “ is that jws are ready to allow their children to die rather than accept a life-saving blood transfusion.. the child sex abuse coverup in the cult is also said to be a “lie “.

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  That they won't look at evidence which shows the Watchtower is wrong about anything.
  
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  BBC interview about 1975 - never heard this before..

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for any lurkers who don't believe the watchtower taught that the world would end in 1975... rare jehovah's witnesses 1968 interview "armageddon and 1975" london watchtower rep speaks to bbc.

  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=npmt-ml-m-g. --------.

  but where will this system of things be by that time?

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  Ding

  After 1975 came and went, an elder told me, "My service to Jehovah isn't tied to a date."

  I said, "That's funny. A year ago all you could talk about was that date."