Topics Started by Achille

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ARTICLE: Jehovah’s Witnesses investing more than $50M on Woodbury project
by AndersonsInfo in
1. jw
2. friends
https://libn.com/2024/03/04/jehovahs-witnesses-investing-more-than-50m-on-woodbury-project/.

long island business news.

march 4, 2024. the christian congregation of jehovah’s witnesses, which bought the former geico property in woodbury for $27 million in dec. 2022, plans to spend at least another $23 million to build an assembly hall and two support buildings on about half of the site.
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Has The Interpretation of the Beast Changed?
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my understanding* is that the un is supposed to be the wild beast of revelation.

the un only came into being after wwii, so what was the beast before the new light came about?

i can't see a speculative organisation like the wt not having an interpretation of the beast before the un came into being.
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Would a JW accused to be a murderer (in a judicial committee) be reported to the police?
by psyco in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am wondering if a jw accused to be a murderer (or any other serious crime except csa) in a judicial committee would be reported to the police.. if i sexually abused or molested a child, i would not be reported to the police.. what about if i killed a person: would i be instead?.

it is not a matter of being right or wrong but i am only curious to know if there is at least a sort of coherence regarding the internal policies for serious crimes....
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Snakes walked on legs till the Eden curse Watchtower belief till 1974!!
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
watchtower 1964 page 352 "....before god cursed it the snake had legs that elevated it off the ground.

god transformed its body so that it ceased to have legs and could move on its belly.".

book "gods eternal purpose"1974 - "god did not put a curse on the whole serpent family...it had only been victimised by satan...".
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New light on the resurrection? (John 5:28,29)
by Achille in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sorry, but i don't write well in english.i wanted to ask if you have already talked about the "new understanding" on john.

5: 28.29. .

jeffrey jackson talked about it here:https://youtu.be/yuffxtu6cp0.
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Jesus is a horse?
by Diogenesister in
1. watchtower
2. bible
jgnat posted this in one of punky's posts.

third century.

why is jesus portrayed as a horse, does anyone know please?.
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Allegheny Pyramid Desecrated
by RolRod in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
sometime within the last 2 weeks, someone took a sledgehammer to the pyramid monument in allegheny.

they stole the topstone, smashed the cross and crown emblem and removed the seal.. personally i'm surprised it lasted this long untouched.

although through the years russell's grave has been vandalized, it was always repaired by the bible students..
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“Do not gaze about!”
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so many changes in the 2013 nwt seem needless and spoil familiar phrases.

take isaiah 41:10 in the nwt classic rendering:.

do not be afraid, for i am with you.
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Introducing www.jwletter.com
by Roger Kirkpatrick in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
due to current restrictions, letter writing has replaced the door-to-door method of preaching.

however, the typical jw practice of hand printing sappy and childish messages and enclosing what amounts to watchtower "junk mail" is enough to embarrass even xjws.

i decided to compose a letter which completely "spills the beans" regarding current jw beliefs and practices, and here is why i did so.
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To The Australian Government .Have Jehovah`s Witnesses signed the Redress scheme ?
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
maybe i`m a just a bit more impatient than some ,but the govt.

did say they will name and shame those who do not sign up to the redress scheme didn`t they ?

and take away their special priveledges , etc.?.