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  Alternate ending video for 2018 Regional Convention.

  by notjustyet in

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  https://youtu.be/_w_iamhd_oy.

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  truth_b_known

  It would be funnier with out the extra/edited in footage and edited out the Jesus stuff.
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  Do You Think President Trump Will Be Impeached?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  whether you like him or not.... it doesn’t matter.

  do you think he will be impeached?

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  The Russians have been attempting to influence the presidential election results for decades.

  The Russians were not trying to influence who won. The Russians goal was to sow divide in the U.S. to destabilize it. Mission accomplished.

  What should be upsetting the citizens of the United States is that the DNC is literally saying "Citizens - you're all stupid. How could you not vote for our candidate. "Didn't you watch the election watch programs on CNN and MSN? The news anchors were dumbfounded.

  So, rather than picking themselves up by the bootstraps and coming up with a strategy for the 2020 election, the DNC decides to say "There's no way the American people would have voted for Trump over Hillary. It must be some sort of voter fraud!" Then, from that point forward, the DNC and mass media have gone on a campaign to de-legitimize the Trump presidency.

  It's because of this that Trump is all but assured getting re-elected in 2020. If your party is calling the will of the people illegitimate and looks down their noses at the masses you are done.
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  "Blood Guilty"

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  guilt is such a wonderful tool used by the jehovah’s witnesses.

  one of the terms they love to use is the term “blood guilty.” they have actually used this term to guilt their members into doing more and more “house to house activity” yes, they have said on numerous occasions at their kingdom halls and other major gathering that a person “could be blood guilty” for not going out in the field service activity enough.

  the reason is simple.

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  truth_b_known

  *Knock*

  *Knock*

  "Good morning, sir or ma'am. I here to warn you that a person is coming to Murder you."

  Walks to the next door.

  "Look at me - I'm helping!"
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  How many JDubs would believe this ridiculous statement?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.

  many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.

  well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.

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  truth_b_known

  I was about 9 or 10 when the Smurf sensationalism was going around. Did anyone else here about Witness babies being found dead in their cribs, covered in bruises, surround by Smurf toys or wallpaper? That story went around my congregation.
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  Thank You to all posters...I have not chosen this path

  by CovertsadJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has posted here as i have been reading all of them.

  i have realized that i am not alone in my struggles and the realization that the " truth" is a bunch of crap.

  i have been over come with emotion over the last years or so.

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  I have been completely out and awake since 2010. It's the best life ever! Hang in there!
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  Shunning Part B

  by new boy in

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  2. friends

  i was shunned in high school.. did i do something inappropriate?

  nope, i was the perfect jehovah’s witness child.

  i was guilty by association.

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  Interesting that you bring up being shunned because of your parents.

  Myself and my siblings experienced the very same. I was a Ministerial Servant with every privilege allowed to that position. However, because of who my father is, no sister in the 3 congregations in our city would ever consider getting involved with me.

  My best friend married my sister. His parents were hysterical over this. "I can't believe you're marrying into that family!"
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  Arguments I’ve Had: Historical Accuracy and the Bible

  by Saethydd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was a jw and still living with my parents i remember the way my father held what could almost be described as contempt for archeologists, paleontologists, and other scientists who dared to try explain what happened in past.

  he justified this attidtude with the argument that these people don’t have enough evidence to make such claims with any certainty.

  however, i see now that his viewpoint was more likely a defense mechanism to protect his presupposed conclusion that everything described in the bible actually happened.

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  So much of the judeo-christian belief system, but especially the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses are based on Ad Hoc arguments. The bottom line with them is - "You just have to have faith."

  I found the true definition of "faith" being - Accepting something to be factual without any evidence or proof.

  When Witnesses condemn one of their own as being "weak in the faith" what they are actually saying is that the individual requires too much evidence to act the way the organization expects them too. In short, if a Witness were truly faithful they would be acting like Armageddon is coming tomorrow.
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  Apostasy Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes ... Spot the JW LOL!

  by Exelder in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  on rotten tomatoes, apostasy has 100% success from critics (very rarely that critics are unanimous in their approval of a film) and 97% from the audience.

  i have loved reading the reviews as they are almost all ex jw's but there is one glaring review that is almost certainly from one active jw who is pleading that the film be banned, even though they haven't actually seen it (typical) and it made me laugh:.

  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/apostasy_2017/reviews/?type=user.

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  truth_b_known

  Looks like "Silas T" made an account to just put a negative review on this film.
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  Warning Talk on Chat Rooms

  by JWTom in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  had a warning talk on chat rooms last night.

  not sure if they are really that big of a deal with jws.

  i have a been to a few and have talked with a few sisters actually.

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  truth_b_known

  A Kingdom Ministry back in 1999 warned against JW sites/chatrooms. I remember many who frequented a JW site and the IRL chatrooms went as far as cancelling their internet subscriptions.
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  IBSA/JW`s transformation from witnesses of Jesus to witnesses of Jehovah

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. beliefs

  when c.t.russell first printed his magazine it was called "zions watchtower and herald of christs presence" was it not ?.

  so obviously he was concerned about witnessing about jesus and announcing his kingdom to all who would listen and read his magazine.it was jesus and his kingdom that he was witnessing about ,and of course those who followed him ,would have done and did the same.. their are over 20 scriptures in the christian greek scriptures telling christians to witness for and about jesus.

  and that was in harmony with what the new testament ( the christian greek scriptures ) is all about ,witnessing to,for,and about jesus christ.. their is not one scripture in the new testament ,the christian greek scriptures that says or even indicates that christians .

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  truth_b_known

  This was purely a business move.

  With the death of Russell, there was a power struggle over who would take over the corporation and the religious sect. 3 separate religious organizations emerged, but it was Rutherford who took over the corporation.

  Rutherford wanted it to be blatantly clear which sect was over the corporation. Rutherford adopted numerous doctrines and the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" to be sure the public knew the were separate from everyone else. All the prohibitions on holidays, military service, abstaining from blood, etc. are results of this policy of separation.