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  The sky is falling- maybe

  by joey jojo in

  1. social
  2. current

  i am actually not a 'sky is falling' guy, but i wanted to comment on the australian bushfires.. you may or may not believe the science behind global warming, however i personally put more faith in verified, scientific data than the words of fat cat, self-serving politicians.

  climate science has predicted, based on data, that we will see more prolonged, extreme weather events, higher average temperatures, rising sea levels due to ocean expansion and glacial melting.

  and this is exactly whats happening.

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  Climate change is real. Remember that several thousands years ago most the planet was frozen in ice (i.e. ice Age). Man-made climate change may be real. 24 individuals were just arrested for intentionally starting the wildfires in Australia.

  The bigger issue is that the human species is intentionally poisoning its air, water, and farmland for profit. That is morally wrong and suicide on a global scale. Genocide of the species.

  We need to stop polluting immediately. We need to change our lifestyle and end the consumer based society. The planet will heal itself over time, but we have to stop polluting it first.
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  Adam could have put Jehovah In Paradox!

  by JohnTron72 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm going to be the first and throw this out there for others but, from careful study of the scriptures i've found a loophole that even adam who was perfect at the time missed!

  i'm sure everyone has heard the conundrum about ,"can god create a rock he can't lift?

  " and if he can't create one he can't lift, then god cannot do everything" well that doesn't really matter since we know jehovah says himself he cannot lie right?

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  If Captain Kirk was Adam then that is exactly how it would have played out. Haven't you seen Star Trek V: The Final Frontier?
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  Help please

  by jhine in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi , would someone help me please with some info about the nwt .

  during my study time l have been reading john 1:1-14 and colossians 1:15-17 .

  both these passages indicate that jesus was not created as the wt asserts .

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  As you are learning, the NWT is a translation written with eisegesis.
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  Cost to build a hall and the lies of the cult

  by JimmyYoung in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was listening to a podcast on cost to build a hall and there was a brother from the stage saying it costs the cult half a million to build a hall.

  lol its bs.

  there is no fing way that it cost the cult a half million to build a hall.

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  Whether it was $500.00 or $5,000,000.00 is not the point. The real issue is that those poor window washers have to pay the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society for the loan to purchase that Kingdom Hall. Then a few years down the road a Circuit Overseer will tell them they have to build another one and sell the first one with 100% of the proceeds going to Watchtower.

  This scheme mirrors the old literature scheme. Watchtower uses free labor to print a $0.05 magazine which they sell to a Witness for $0.50. That Witness then sells it to someone in the door-to-door ministry for $0.50 and donates that money to Watchtower. In the end, Watchtower receives $1.00 for its $0.05 investment.
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  Christmas Eve Service

  by Biahi in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just got home from attending a lovely christmas eve service with my daughter and her family.

  what a nice, no pressure, service, singing the old songs we all know.

  silent night, etc.

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  Xanthippe - you and your ripped jeans are always welcome with me.

  Merry Christmas to all!
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  Did You Know Any "Genuine"" Old School Anointed?

  by Number 6 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  growing up in scotland in the 1970s in scotland the anointed were few and far between, but we had one old dude in our cong who claimed to be one of the anointed.

  in the days when it was taken seriously.. i'd be curious how you viewed them.

  thing is, he wasn't an elder, or even a ministerial servant, just a plain old publisher.. but he was revered like he had a hotline to jesus.. the other week i was talking to a friend of similar age to me but who hung around the wt a lot longer than i did, and he just commented "oh him... he was a doddery old fool who used to just sit and piss himself.

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  My father professes to be of the annointed. Growing up he was initially put in charge of everything possible. Presiding Overseer. Book Study Conductor. Gave the Memorial talk every year, sometimes even for more than one congregation. Had parts on every assembly and convention.

  Then we moved far away and he came under attack for it. He hasn't had any extended privileges in over 30 years. I thought for sure when the Watchtower changed its doctrine that only the Governing Body is the Faithful Slave that it would shake him. It has not.
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  Stupid armageddon false alarms

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was 5/6 i remember being in the car with my jw mom and a jw sister.

  they noticed a yellow ish glowing cloud in the sky which really freaked them out and they both declared that it must be a sign that armageddon was here!

  they then spent the whole car trip declaring that the police and army were about to come and round up all of us.

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  I grew up with a father who fell hook, line, and sinker for conspiracy theories.

  Remember the whole George H. Bush "New World Order"? My dad got himself in hot water with the body of elders over telling everyone (and I mean everyone) that a one-world government was coming and the internment camps were already built.
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  Email from JW relative/elder

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as much as i enjoy you and pete's company, you also know our understanding of how much we want you to be reunited with jehovah and his people.. .

  we did not set the standards for what jehovah says about our associations with those who choose to not serve him.

  so we will always be there for you and pete, but it is in your hands as to how we can enjoy your friendship.. .

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  "Word on the streets is that I am 'Inactive'. That's not true. I am taking a permanent sabbatical I am a 'Retired Publisher of the Good News'."
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  venting: My wife is the most dangerous kind of JW

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i need to vent again here.

  because i have no one else to talk with and no one who really understands except for the people here.

  my wife is the most dangerous kind of jw.

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  Blondie -

  eisegesis noun

  eis·​ege·​sis | \ ˌī-sə-ˈjē-səs , ˈī-sə-ˌjē- \

  plural eisegeses\ ˌī-​sə-​ˈjē-​ˌsēz , ˈī-​sə-​ˌjē-​ \

  Definition of eisegesis

  : the interpretation of a text (as of the Bible) by reading into it one's own ideas

  — compare EXEGESIS

  You are so right,
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  venting: My wife is the most dangerous kind of JW

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i need to vent again here.

  because i have no one else to talk with and no one who really understands except for the people here.

  my wife is the most dangerous kind of jw.

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  truth_b_known

  10 Immediately by night the brothers sent both Paul and Silas to Be·roeʹa. On arriving, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thes·sa·lo·niʹca, for they accepted the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. Acts 17:10, 11

  The Apostle Paul penned these words. He declared the Beroeans as "more noble minded" for carefully examing Paul's teachings against what the scriptures state.

  If the Beroeans were complemented and held in high esteem by an actual Apostle, personally sent by the resurrected Jesus himself, by verifying his teachings through independent study. Why can't Jehovah's Witnesses take the words of the Watchtower and its Governing Body to do the same thing? Were the Beroeans chastised or disfellowshipped by the congregation in Jerusalem for doing such thing? Who is more trusty worthy - an Apostle who is spirit anointed or 8 imperfect men who believe they are annointed?