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Juneteenth being celebrated by JWs
by Anony Mous in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so today i saw a group of jws i know, we were sitting down to eat at a public place and i guess they (mom and daughter) were performing at an event with their sports team… for juneteenth.. they (the entire team) happened to sit next to us for some fast food and i recognized them and said hi, hoping to make them uncomfortable.

they actually said hi and introduced themselves to my family, i’ve seen them before (they go to the same school as one of my kids) and they usually ignore me.

i know for a fact they and their family still goes, the family patriarch is an elder etc.
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A Revelation By: YHWH (יהוה) – "The Holocaust" (Sensitive and Meaningful Information. Please Show Respect)
by EisMe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
at the direction of our heavenly father, yhwh (יהוה), i am providing you with information which this world has never comprehended or have found the meaning to.

the account of shadrach, meshach, and abednego cast into the fire flame.

this is divine proof that he, along with jesus, are with me now in preparation of taking over his world through his son jesus christ, amen!!
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WT AUGUST 2025: NEW LIGHT ON HAILSTONE MESSAGE : IS IT BIBLICAL OR JUST CONVENIENT?
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. bible
https://youtu.be/n_fttvylm-m?si=l44406ohysubkajr.

so today we are considering, the watchtower's new take on the "hailstone message", and if you don't know what that is , they used to believe that according to revelation 16:21 they would be preaching a hard hitting message during the time of the end.

now, let's read the verse first from the new world translation: "then great hailstones, each about the weight of a talent, fell from heaven on the people, and the people blasphemed god because of the plague of hail, for the plague was unusually great" now this is their new understanding as it appears from the 3rd paragraph from their new watchtower study edition for august 2025 and their article:when will the preaching work end, has this to say: "our clarified understanding of matthew 24:14 also adjusts our understanding of the hailstonelike message foretold at revelation 16:21. further examination has revealed that the two scriptures complement each other.
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Is Global Warming a Sign of the Great Tribulation?
by EisMe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is global warming a sign of the great tribulation?.

we are witnessing unprecedented environmental disasters—events unlike anything seen before in recorded history.

scientists confirm that 2024 was the hottest year ever documented, following 15 consecutive months of record-breaking temperatures.
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2025 Convention. How to deal with PIMOs in the Congregation. Copy Jesus in the way he dealt with Satan on the MT.
by liam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the video on apostates in the congregation and how to deal with them at the 18 minute mark.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1kssfr9/2025_convention_apostate_video/.

so by now, a lot of us have seen a clip from the "apostate" video from the 2025 convention.
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You Could Be Stuck in a University When Your Parent Dies. Convention Day 2 Video
by liam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the governing body is going all out at this years convention.

they are still discouraging university education.

i guess the end must be real close .
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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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philip brumley wt 7/2025 experience
by andr in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
how encouraging one finds the experience of a liar.

https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-july-2025/the-battle-belongs-to-jehovah/.

philip brumley is a legal counsel associated with the jehovah's witnesses organization, having worked for about 40 years at their world headquarters' legal department.
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Green Handshakes - Taxable income in Australia
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was doing some research on the taxable status of money being gifted to co’s and travelling missionaries and was surprised with what i found.

i had assumed that it was not taxable income in australia.. it is taxable income in australia and it‘s likely that the same rules apply in some other countries.. a registered religious institution only receives tax free status on donations because they have been endorsed by the australian tax office.

travelling overseas and missionaries are not in this category.. there’s a tax ruling that goes into great detail.
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God’s wisdom in allowing bearded JWs July 25 Watchtower
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the july 2025 watchtower has a paragraph that claims that it was the superior power and wisdom of jehovah that guided the gb into allowing jws to grow beards.. the study article is ‘can you still learn from basic bible teachings?’ under the subheading ‘jehovah is the creator’ paragraph 7 states-.

“ 7. what did rahela do to accept a change in direction?.

your answer.