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  “A Better World Is Near.”

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "the campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of the watchtower magazine containing the cover series “a better world is near.”".

  "more than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe.

  in addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages.".

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  "Near"? As in "the Andromeda galaxy is nearest to the Milky Way" near?
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  JW's were born and built through primitive religions dynamics

  by Victor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  russel and his followers were a byproduct of the religious orthodoxy revolt that originated in europe.

  this revolution of ideas crossed over to america seeding all the fringe groups who russel then became a part of.

  this resistance to the establishment is similar to what we have seen recently with the q annon phenomena.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses started out as a 19th century version of QAnon? I totally see that.
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  So I was at a jw wedding and guess what!

  by nowwhat? in

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  the major topic of conversation was that almost all do not want to go back to the meetings and field service!

  and we are talking very zealous and active witnesses!

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  This came to mind...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIrvSJwwJUE
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  For New Ones!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  every day someone somewhere is being disfellowshipped.

  after the trauma of being cast out and shunned by relatives and friends, many exjw's start an investigation of the watchtower society.. they begin to collect every scrap of evidence they can get their hands on to prove they were lied to.. some of these archives may come in handy.

  if you need something and it is not in an archive somewhere, send me a pm and i'll see if we can get it for you.

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  This is why I appreciate this website so much. People here work hard to help Jehovah's Witnesses free their minds from captivity. Well done!
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  Request----Federal Post Office Inspector!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  atlantis:.

  do you have a copy of a letter that was sent out by a congregation overseer, with a complaint from the federal post office inspector, concerning letters being sent out by jw's?.

  yes, i have it, but very few people show any interest in the letters anymore.

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  US Postal Inspectors are stationed next to my group. I concur with DropOffYourKeyLee - this is outside the duties of US Postal Inspectors.
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  If the Almighty, Powerful, benevolent God had a book written for humans, what would it contain?

  by pistolpete in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i know for a fact it would not start off with a talking snake, magical fruit, invisible beings that desire beautiful women to have sex with.. and it wouldn’t end with a flying dragon, a two horned lamb, locusts that resembled horses with men’s faces, but with women’s hair and teeth of lions.

  and the book wouldn’t allow for hundreds of millions of religions to spurt from it.

  i think the first thing a book written by god would have, is that it would be written in a way that all languages could understand without being translated.. regardless of what language you would speak, we could read it and understand what it said.

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  It was right there all along. Staring us in the face. So long and thanks for all the fish!
  
  
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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | January 2022

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | january 2022. during the great tribulation, gog of magog’s forces may try to assault us in our homes.

  but we can take comfort in knowing that jesus and his angels are aware of what is happening and will defend us (see paragraph 13).

  13. when gog of magog attacks, why will we appear to be vulnerable, but what reason for confidence will we have?

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  We will be unarmed, untrained in warfare. The nations will see us as easy targets.

  I have been a SWAT operator for over 2 years and making entry on high risk felony warrants for about 8 years now. The first thing we do is what is called a "threat assessment". That is to say, using a matrix of facts gathered through intelligence we decide if the situation warrants a SWAT operation.

  • 2 men, 1 woman, 2 small children
  • Unarmed with no training in tactics
  • Wanted for reading the Bible
  • Belief systems requires them to comply with government orders that do not conflict with their belief system

  Uh, yeah...no SWAT team with an MRAP would EVER be deployed for such a situation! Based on those facts the family would be sent a letter by Certified Mail that says "You are under house arrest. We will let you know when your trial date is set. Have a nice day."
  
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  So the liberals are lying about people moving out of Kalifornia.

  by mickbobcat in

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  2. current

  my wife works in real estate here in the midwest.

  people are moving in so much from kalifornia its crazy.

  she said her client told her that they had to drive to nevada to get a rider truck.

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  The fact that the State of California lost seats in the U.S. House of Representatives why other states gained houses is evidence enough. Seats in the House of Representatives are allotted based on population.
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  God`s Creation ,if He/She had a hand in it at all ,then why ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet.. one life form preys on another life form for it`s survival from the most primitive to the most highest complexity.. and i mean "every" living life form from the lowest to the highest that exists in the world.. this is just the natural order of things that has been going on since man has observed his surroundings.. their is no room for a god of love in the real world.

  no wonder "they" came up with the phrase "survival of the fittest ".

  "every living life form on this planet survives by killing ,eating every other living life form that exists on this planet".. this cannot be denied ,it`s a universal truth.

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  I think it was a psychology professor who made a comment that went something like -

  "Atheists live by a religious structure and then criticize it."

  Even devote atheists are commenting that the use of the Epicurean argument of the Problem of Evil is not solid argument or proof that a benevolent creator does not exist.

  The labels of "good" and "bad" or "evil" are constructs of the Judeo-Christian world. Eastern philosophy and religion do not prescribe to such ideals, but rather concern themselves with harmony and disharmony.

  To judge a creator and not being loving because all life on Earth prolongs itself by consuming other life is to use Judeo-Christian concepts to judge the creator.

  The number on leading cause of death is life. All lifeforms die. All life depends on balance between life and death. The leaves on my maple tree have turned a beautiful, brilliant crimson color. That means they are dead. That also means that soon they will end up in my compost heap and be used to grow plants in my vegetable garden. To me that is a beautiful cycle. Just because the local hawk eats a rat out in the field doesn't mean there is no loving creator.

  I am not claiming belief in YWHY or the Biblical creation account. My idea of a creator is that all things, all beings are interconnected and make the universe. Nothing is truly separate or independent. Therefor we are all the creator.

  All matter is made of energy. Energy cannot be destroyed, but it can be transformed. Something cannot come from nothing. Something cannot become or return to nothing. Therefor, death is an illusion. It is simply matter transforming into other matter.

  Pain is inevitable. Suffering is a choice. We make or own suffering and therefor we are responsible for ending our own suffering. Pain has a purpose. It is a defensive mechanism. Suffering is egocentric and therefor a delusion.

  I recently read a paper from a professor from UC Berkeley on how to disprove Christianity. It is so simple and it saves so much time from exhaustive debates about creation vs evolution, did Jesus really exist, did Jesus really rise from the dead, the Problem of Evil, etc.

  How did he do it? He used the Bible to show how Christians should act if they have the Holy Spirit. Then he show how Christians really are.

  So, if you really want to disprove the Bible and Christianity go no further then asking -

  What Christian denomination has:

  • The majority of its members donating all their wealth to the Church and live in a commune
  • The church cares for the poor, the sick, orphans, and widows
  • The members are non-violent
  • The members show the Fruitage of the Spirit

  We look out into the world over the past 20 centuries and we go from this...

  

  To this...

  
  
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  how long after a fade does the local hall keep your records?

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have not been to a kh for 26 years.

  if i wanted to dissociate what would be the procedure and is there any gain in doing it so long after i left?.

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  Mickbobcat:

  What a great question! I moved congregations, attended 1 meeting, and never went back. That was over 10 years ago. I was already inactive prior to that.

  I hope we get an answer.