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  Apocalypse-porn now available at jw.org!

  by serenitynow! in

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  2. bible

  oy.

  the february 15, 2012 wt is out.

  it has a huge mushroom cloud of fire on the cover.

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  ...one dude has an arrow stuck in his back.

  And another has a spear all the way through him. Such horrible scare tactics....what a wonderful, godly way to teach children.
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  1984 WT Cover, one more arrow in our quiver

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  2. scandals

  we certainly don't want to allow watchtower the luxury of forgetting.

  for your private campaign, right click on the image and follow the menu item of your choice.

  len miller.

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  @ Smiddy

  Got it! Much easier to follow now. Thank you.
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  1984 WT Cover, one more arrow in our quiver

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we certainly don't want to allow watchtower the luxury of forgetting.

  for your private campaign, right click on the image and follow the menu item of your choice.

  len miller.

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  @ Smiddy

  Could you explain the 48 year generation in a little more detail? I'm having trouble getting it.

  Mt 1:14 says,

  14 A′zor became father to Za′dok;
  Za′dok became father to A′chim;
  A′chim became father to E?li′ud;

  I take it that each of these 3 groups represents 14 generations...?
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  How did Jesus and his apostles make money?

  by sabastious in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  jesus and his apostles were once found eating other people's wheat yield.

  however the law in question was reported to be the sabbath; so it must not have been considered stealing?.

  regardless, how did they earn money?

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  "Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin." Matthew 17:27

  Not only that, but they could then either fry that fish or sell it at the market.

  And not only that, but he could multiply that fish into as many as he needed.

  “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fishes.” 18 He said: “BRING them here to me.” 19 Next he ... took the five loaves and two fishes, and ... he distributed them to the ... crowds. 20 So all ate and were satisfied ... 21 Yet those eating were about five thousand men, besides women and young children. (Mt 4:17-21)
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  Religious People Live Longer

  by mankkeli in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  regular involvement in religious activities goes hand in hand with better physical health and a longer life, according to a statistical analysis of 42 independent studies published since 1977 that have addressed this issue, states science news.

  religious involvement, especially the public type, showed a statistically significant relationship to higher survival rates, the scientists say.

  several reasons have been proposed for the findingsthe shunning of risky behaviors, marital stability, less depression associated with matters beyond direct control, greater social contacts, and positive emotions and attitudes.

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  This may trigger a return to the KH. Just thinking.

  That would be a negative step, going backward, for people that left the organization for good reasons, which is the majority.
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  Religious People Live Longer

  by mankkeli in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  regular involvement in religious activities goes hand in hand with better physical health and a longer life, according to a statistical analysis of 42 independent studies published since 1977 that have addressed this issue, states science news.

  religious involvement, especially the public type, showed a statistically significant relationship to higher survival rates, the scientists say.

  several reasons have been proposed for the findingsthe shunning of risky behaviors, marital stability, less depression associated with matters beyond direct control, greater social contacts, and positive emotions and attitudes.

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  Several reasons have been proposed for the findings— ... less depression associated with matters beyond direct control, greater social contacts, and positive emotions and attitudes.

  -- Maybe true of some religious groups, but not Jehovah's Witnesses. They suffer from more depression than the general population, and there are way too many suicides among active Witnesses to believe they are guided by Gods spirit, or have a 'spiritual paradise' that no one else has.

  -- Witnesses also have fewer social contacts, since they view anyone not in their religion as 'worldly' and avoid associating with them.

  -- The extreme negativity of JWs is one of the reasons that I left the organization. What a genuine relief to be free; it was a step that I can feel the positive effects of daily.
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  Returning to God - For those with minds of Reason

  by mankkeli in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this was taken from a watchtower study article and without doubt, i am definitely sure it will be beneficial for the majority here: now take your spoon and approach the table, the food is ready.. .

  returning to god.

  13 those who see themselves in the position of the prodigal son, however, need not remain in this wretched state.

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  The "Generation." what is the latest New Light Regarding It? CO from Fresno Area Confused Me!

  by AvocadoJake in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the co who is covering the central valley, mentioned how easy this concept is to understand.

  in his talk, he said many of the friends had made a "big deal, over little.

  he used the "titanic analogy, used the space shuttle analogy.

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  I am not familiar with the Titanic and Space Shuttle analogies. I would be interested in hearing more about them.

  However there have been 6 understandings of what the 'Generation' is in Watchtower history.

  1) From C.T. Russell's time.

  A generation of contemporaries, "people living contemporaneously ... In other words the signs mentioned will occur within a generation - epoch in the close of an age" (Studies in the Scriptures, Vol 4, p. 602, 603)

  2) From Judge Rutherford's time.

  The anointed. "The irresistible conclusion therefore is that Jesus referred to the new creation [the anointed] when he said: "This generation will not pass away..." ...some members of the new creation will be on earth at the time of Armageddon" (W 2-15-1927, p. 62)

  3) From the early 1950s.

  The 1914 generation. Those born before (later changed to during) 1914. "Some persons living A.D. 1914 when the series of events began will also be living when the series ends with Armageddon. All the events will come within the span of a generation." (W 9-1-1952, p. 543)

  This view was held the longest, for several decades from about the early 1950s until 1995.

  4) From 1995.

  The general population of earth's wicked people. "Therefore in the final fulfillment of Jesus' prophecy today, "this generation" apparently refers to the peoples of the earth who see the sign of Christ's presence but fail to mend their ways." (W 11-1-1995, p. 19)

  This was the least comprehensible one to me. I never really saw how it made much sense. It seems to be similar to the first view, a general generation of people living contemporaneously when the end comes, but witht the emphasis on them being wicked.

  5) From 2008.

  The anointed. "As a class, these anointed ones make up the modern-day "generation" of contemporaries that will ot pass away "until all these things occur."" (W 2-15-08, p. 24)

  This one seems to be another throw-back, to the second view, a re-adoption of previously abandoned 'old light'.

  6) From 2010.

  The overlapping generation theory. "He [Jesus] evidently meant that the lives of the anointed who were on hand when the sign began to become evident in 1914 would overlap the lives of other anointed ones who would see the start of the great tribulation." (W 4-15-2010)

  I suppose with this view, the Watchtower could keep 'overlapping' the generations as far into the future as they needed to, and still call it 'the generation' that Jesus referred to.
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  What was your most DISTURBING event as an elder ? (Per T.O.S. no full names please).

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'll start the ball rolling.

  dealing with kids in any type of judicial manner.

  i would do everything i could to get parents to "deal with it-kindly" at home.

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  The elder told me the 3 verses he planned on using [on shepherding call]...

  One of the sons said he...didnt feel it was the truth. The elder got really...annoyed...

  Suffice to say he still carried on and used the very same 3 verses he planned to use, even though now they were meaningless.

  This is proof the elder was not qualified to be an elder, nor a spiritual leader of any kind. Jehovah's Witnesses are full of elders like this. What a shame.
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  "Extreme physical abuse" only grounds for separation, NOT divorce.

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  forgive me if i'm a bit slow with the title to this thread.

  the true absurdity of the cult that robbed me of my intellect for so long is still beginning to dawn on me.. i'm doing more research into domestic violence as part of a response to the notorious "wife beating" article in the feb 2012 watchtower.. i was shocked to find a question from readers in the w75 5/1 p286-288 which basically said that a battered wife would not be scripturally free to divorce her husband.

  my first reaction was that this stance must have changed since 1975, but then i dipped into my own memory from serving as an elder, and of course, adultery (including porneia) is given as the only scriptural grounds for divorce down to this day.. please can somebody correct me if i'm wrong, preferably with a reference?

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  Blondie's comment,

  But as long as his first wife lives without a mate, he will not qualify to serve in a responsible position in the congregation. He is not “a husband of one wife” because he had no Scriptural right to divorce his first wife.—1 Timothy 3:2, 12.

  My how times have changed. I'm thinking of Pastor Russell and Judge Rutherford, both Watchtower Presidents who were separated from their wives for many years. Neither wife remarried, but that didn't keep Russell and Rutherford from being the highest officials in the Watchtower.

  The Society often makes an issue of being united in belief, being 'fitly united in the same mind, and in the same line of thought' (1Cor 1:10). It claims to be the only truly united religion on earth. The fact is, sometimes the Society can't even agree with itself. Where is the unity in that?