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Why is this year's memorial being held on March 23 (which is the 13th of Adar II on the Jewish Calendar)?
by outsmartthesystem in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i thought it had to be done on nisan 14????.

nisan 14 isn't until april 22nd.

does this have anything to do with an intercalary month being added to the jewish calendar this year or something?
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Need to know when the next apostate bashing article comes out
by outsmartthesystem in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so.....the court has updated binding recommendations to include the following:.

"each parent shall ensure that no other person or entity disparages, criticizes, or condemns the other parent in the children's presence, whether it is directly, indirectly, specifically or broadly stated, or articulated in any form - action, illustration or words.

each parent has an affirmative responsibility to shield the children from this sort of behavior.".
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I got half custody!
by outsmartthesystem in
1. jw
2. friends
so it has been quite a while since i've last been on this site.

the jist of my story is that about 5 years ago, i started a research journey that took me 2 1/2 years to complete.

against the advice of this board, i decided to show my wife because i mistakenly thought she valued truth.
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Apostate Infiltrated December 2013 Kingdom Ministry
by MaybeSo in
1. watchtower
2. bible
on this week's km:.

"a pioneer in brazil tells people: why not ?ndout more about the bibles contents?

many people are doing this with an open mind, with no obligation to any religious a?liation.you may be surprised by what you learn.
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Need help from JW History Buffs
by ILoveTTATT in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i need help with writing an article regarding vaccinations, organ transplants, and blood transfusions.. i am doing my research using limited amounts of non-wt sources and mostly just the actual wt literature.. what i am having a hard time understanding is:.

most of the articles in the golden age, at least at the beginning of the anti-vaccination stance, are actually written by contributors.

since there are very pro-vaccination articles and then lots of anti-vaccination articles, how can i determine the actual wt viewpoint on vaccinations?.
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New 1975? Jan 1st WT 2014
by notsurewheretogo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this post was taken from reddit exjw but makes a very good point:.

these are two paragraphs of the watchtower of january 1st 2014.... .

i don't know about you guys, but in my mind, i'm seeing a deja vu of the articles before 1975 i've read.
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Donating to charities discouraged by the WT
by lambsbottom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi everyone,.

im trying to find articles from the wt and awake that show when the writers are discouraging charity work or giving.

from any books would be good also..
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D'oh. Just outed myself to a mate unintentionally.. Elephant - meet room.
by Captain Blithering in
1. jw
2. friends
picked up by a friend (not an appointed man) in his car, linked my phone to his bluetooth stereo for music, the big screen immediately showed what i'd been listening to previously.

a podcast from healing x outreach on jw's new light.

awkward much?
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Since most JW's HATE giving talks and doing meeting parts, why does the Watchtower Society still require it?
by yadda yadda 2 in
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2. friends
i loathed giving talks and doing meeting parts.

i dreaded all assignments.

i was intelligent enough and always did a good job, but all my jw life (born in to mid-30's) i enjoyed giving talks about as much as a visit to the dentist.. i am sure that 90% of all jw's similarly dislike it.
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Question About 607BCE and How That Date Was Picked - Help JW Scholars
by Comatose in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so i've been sharing some a little at a time with my sister.

she is married and very scared of actually learning too much.

she doesn't want to ruin her marriage.