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  The ORIGINAL 'Sweet Child o' Mine'

  by The Fall Guy in

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  gun's 'n' roses did a decent cover of it!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsezzgcwmi.

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  Prost!
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  May 2020 Study WT - more convoluted false prophesying

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the first two study articles of the latest wt raise the usual sense of urgency with more of the same theological quackery russell would be proud of.. first up, something we've always known, the embarrassing admission that jws think they are the center of the universe:.

  even though god’s servants make up only a small portion of the world’s population, they are often at the center of major world events.

  because satan and his entire system have one prime objective—conquering those who serve jehovah .

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  The only statement from the Watchtower in print that is true, factual, and believable is -

  "We are not inspired or infallible."
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  The "Financial" New System of Things!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the "financial" new system of things!.

  yes, in the new system it will be "business as usual" with the watchtower society's financial arrangement.

  all those beautiful homes are to be built to make paradise complete.. .

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  Waton:

  You reminded me of an excellent point. When I was still a Witness I loved to dash Paradise dreams of my fellow Witnesses. They would say something like,"I can't wait until we are living in the New World. I am going to build a beautiful house in Hawaii and eat pineapples all day long."

  I would reply, "That's not what you will be doing. You will be sent wherever you are told to go. You will work all day long restoring the Earth and preaching to resurrected ones. You will probably end up in the North Pole with no running water, electricity, or plumbing for the first 1,000 years." You should have seen the jaws drop.
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  Judaeo Christian religious practices may have actually come from ancient Egyptian religoius beliefs and practices

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  under close investigation of ancient middle eastern civilizations and their religoius beliefs and practices, there appears to be a connecting commonality derived from astronomical mythological beliefs.

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  as shown through the documentary zeitgeist it would appear that these ancient civilizations plagiarized mythological beliefs from an original source to use for their own individual means and purpose, the ancient egyptian mythological practices being the originating source.. the documentary zeitgeist brings forth some interesting thoughts.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ywr5tcjae.

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  It's pretty mind blowing. It all makes sense. However, I have to ask the question - why? Why create a religion based on Judaism that is nothing more than an allegory of Egyptian astrology.

  It's also ironic. A Canaanite tribe is held captive by the Egyptians, released only to be captured by the Persians, only to be released and captured by the Romans. Every time this tribe is recaptured they reinvent their religion, which is all based on their original capture's (Egyptians) religion.
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  Funny how these in it to the end Dems are dropping out, could this be why?

  by JimmyYoung in

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  2. current

  i am wondering if the dems dropping out who were "in it to the end" are dropping out because of having to shake hands and go into crowds with the corona virus spreading.

  hmmm.

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  Simon:

  You bring up a great point by asking "Why drop out the day before Super Tuesday?" I do think it is the Democratic National Party shaking in their boots over Sanders popularity. It is a total report of 2016, only this time Biden plays the role of Clinton.

  The Democratic Party does not want Sanders to win the required delegates to secure his name on the November General Election ballot. Everyone dropping out so far has thrown their support to Biden.
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  The "Financial" New System of Things!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the "financial" new system of things!.

  yes, in the new system it will be "business as usual" with the watchtower society's financial arrangement.

  all those beautiful homes are to be built to make paradise complete.. .

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  Watchtower is, has, and will always be a business. Businesses speak in business language. It doesn't surprise me in the least the would write about "finances" in their panda paradise.

  I really wish Witnesses would stop in think (in general) about what their "paradise" experience is going to be like. You think your life is restricted now? Just wait until the Watchtower is in charge of the whole planet...for eternity! How does spending your first 1,000 years of eternity breaking rocks (tearing down all the concrete structures of the "old world") and going out in field service to convert the millions of resurrected ones? Everlasting non-existence is sounding better and better every day.
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  Funny how these in it to the end Dems are dropping out, could this be why?

  by JimmyYoung in

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  2. current

  i am wondering if the dems dropping out who were "in it to the end" are dropping out because of having to shake hands and go into crowds with the corona virus spreading.

  hmmm.

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  Money. Plain and simple.

  Sanders and Biden have the money rolling in. Everyone else is tapped.
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  JW's and Retirement Planning

  by JaNayNee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my mother is a jw.

  i studied for several years and ultimately could not digest what was being served.

  for the last 20 years my mother has done nothing to prepare for retirement.

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  There was a woman in my academy class who looked vaguely familiar. During the academy one of our instructors always took time out to provide advice on how to plan for retirement. By the end of the academy this woman stated to the instructor during class that she appreciated the advice because her parents taught her that "this system was going to end before she ever got old." She went on to state to the class that her parents were now of retirement age and had not saved at all for it.

  At graduation I saw her parents and then I remembered that some 15 years prior her father, an elder, gave the Sunday talk at my congregation. I was embarrassed for her because at our graduation ceremony her dad went around with a Watchtower and Awake magazine and tried to place them with other people attending.

  That was 18 years ago.
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  What triggered your awaking?

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was listening to a radio show about a jw women who had been disfellowshiped , her daughter cut off all contact ,must admit at the time i thought so what.. then this man phoned up and explained he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws being ngo in the united nations during 90s till early 2000s when a newspaper exposed them , i still thought he's a apostate but looked it up found the article then found this forum and even more info..

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  For me it wasn't one single thing, but a number over a period of about 16 years.

  1) I was 19, a Ministerial Servant, working in the Accounting Department at a Circuit Assembly. The elder in charge and I were listening to the program up in the accounting office of the Assembly Hall. The speaker mentioned a change in alternative service for when brothers were drafted into the military. The "new light" was that alternative service is now alright to take whereas before you had to turn that down too and just go to prison. This elder new many were were affected by this back during the Vietnam War. I saw how deeply this affected him as he chose alternative service as a non-Witness back then.

  2) I was in my 30s and my family attended a convention with my parents. On the way home my father shared with me a story about a Circuit Overseer in our home state that intentionally looked for Witnesses who claimed to be Annointed for the purpose of disfellowshipping them. My father shared if we had stayed instead of moving out of state he would have been targeted for disfellowshipping.

  3) I was about 35 when my father revealed something deeply disturbing to be. I was 13 when my father moved our family to another state. My father claims to be Annointed and was the presiding overseer in our home state's congregation. When we moved into our new congregation in our new state, that new congregation's presiding overseer told family heads not to associate with us. My father learned that when 3 different brothers came forward and told my father some 22 years after it happened. I then knew why no one ever truly befriended my family and I.

  4) About a year later I began to learn why the story of Noah's Flood in the Bible could not have happened from a standpoint of physics. That was the final straw for me.
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  Circuit Overseer to Answer My Questions + Concerns...or Not

  by Research in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello all, i'm 'researching', a jw who is in the first steps of taking a look at their beliefs.. i've semi-recently (about a couple weeks ago) heard about the sexual abuse cases (pennsylvania attorney general’s investigation request) and then the arc in 2015. this lead to a deep investigation, which lead to many questions arising.

  a jw friend of mine suggested i be careful (due to apostates) and ask the brothers.

  so i typed up my questions + concerns and emailed an elder my mother has known for a long time.

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  truth_b_known

  Satan was an angel of Jehovah. Therefor he was part of "Jehovah's organization." Satan is an apostate.

  You cannot be an apostate and have never been a Witness.