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  Governing Body busy with building projects...looking beyond the ''last days''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  in addition to studio space, the planned ramapo-tuxedo complex would total 1.5 million square feet.

  the complex would include offices, 600 housing units in multiple-family buildings, underground parking, a fitness area, and a visitor center for the public.. .

  here is anthony morris in a jw broadcasting february 2022, reading a (fake) letter from a ''concerned brother.

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  The only "Last Days" are the last days the 8 members of the Governing Body have left before the die.

  That brings up another point - at the same Annual Meeting, didn't Sam Herd speak about how all the "annointed" would have to die before Armageddon? Herd also stated that Witnesses shouldn't be afraid of that because Jehovah would not abandon them. That's code for the "Helpers" will replace the Governing Body.

  That leads me to believe that is the Governing Body were to all die in around the same time that the Watchtower would be run 100% by "Other Sheep" and anyone still claiming to be of the annointed would be told they are not. That would have to come about.

  I have to believe that one of the reasons for the doctrinal change that only the Governing Body are the "Faithful Slave" is because they do not want to risk other Witnesses who claim to be of the annointed to try and take the reigns. My father was disfellowshipped back in 1992. He was not told why, but I found out from a friend who attended a party in which one of the elders on my father's committee was present. That elder blurted out, "We just had to disfellowship someone for apostasy." No one else was disfellowshipped at the time so it narrows down the who.

  At my father's judicial committee he was asked, "As a brother who claims to be of the annointed, do you also claim to be part of the Faithful and Discreet Slave class?" My father answered, "Yes." Keep in mind that this was 1992. The official stance of the Watchtower was just that even though Witnesses tended not to think so.

  Sorry to hijack the thread, but I believe this is related to both Herd and Morris' talks at the Annual Meeting.
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  JWs don’t use the apocryphal, yet source them

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so a quick little note about a few things that i recently learned.

  if you ever had the yellow book of bible stories, there was the story of enoch, also repeated in other watchtower publications, about the angels fathering giants and being a menace on earth.

  now if you look at the nicean bible, which is the wtbts selection of the bible, it mentions enoch twice and only has a very brief passage about nephilim and ben elohim.

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  Maccabees was one of several books Martin Luther wanted removed from the Bible. All the books that were removed, and those that were not, upset Luther. These books had content that went against his Five Solas.

  I believe Maccabees contain a passage where Jews were praying for the dead. Luther did not like this.
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  Interesting fossil find in Australia

  by wozza in

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  a 95million year old fossil of a new species of crocodile found with a dinosaur in it.s stomach found story here,,,.

  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-12/broken-dinosaur-killer-croc-ate-dinosaur-for-last-meal/100823384?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link.

  well the wts has been lying to the world .because they say no aniimal ate meat before the fairy story flood ,.

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  Reformation/Protestant/Evangelicals: "Martin Luther said Solo Scriptura. So its six literal 24 hour days for creation.

  Jewish Rabbis of the religion that actually gave us Genesis: "Genesis is allegorical."
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  Geehovah this and Geehovah that.

  by Foolednomore in

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  some jw's used geehovah like a worn out sunday dish rag.

  and so as those with a trade or talent.

  in my hall my family owned an auto repair shop.

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  There are 2 street signs in the world of JWs who abuse "brotherly love" for self gain -

  

  

  I always find it amazing how there are people who have no shame in taking from the goodwill and charity of others, but downright refuse to help anyone who needs it. As if it is someone else's responsibility to help.
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  Do you think the big A will come after Russia invades Ukraine?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  No. Revelation was about cryptic references to events that affected early Christians under the Roman empire during the first and early second centuries. Relevance to anything now, or to the future, is exactly zero.

  This person gets it.
  
  
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  What's the deal with Cheese and Apple Danishes at conventions.

  by pistolpete in

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  2. beliefs

  this was before my time, but there was this post that had 308 comments testifying that the best thing of being a jehovah witness back in the day was the convention's meals.

  is this true?.

  one quote out of 308;.

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  The breakfast sandwich was an egg McMuffin called muffin n egg, it to this day was the best egg McMuffin I've ever eaten.

  That's the dang truth!

  I also liked the ham and cheese sandwich. I ate at one Saturday afternoon session.

  The Shasta soda was nasty. Imagine gargling with salt water and then swallowing instead of spitting it out.
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  Norway Takes Appropriate Action Against Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i hope other countries follow suit.. https://youtu.be/pfw9xzugcms.

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  Something tells me that the Watchtower will suddenly get new light on disfellowshipping before this spreads.

  Hopefully it includes a policy change that states if a person is legally considered a minor they are not eligible to be baptized. That would prevent minors from being disfellowshipped.
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  Counseling for Ex JW

  by Iamallcool in

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  2. friends

  i have been thinking that it would be very nice if the us government would be willing to fund ex jw counseling services all over the united states.

  i understand that many counselors do not really understand ex jw issues but we can educate them if we have additional funds, etc…if someone here is willing to write a letter to their local representative about it, that would be great!

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  I do not think government funding is required to accomplish the same thing. I have seen users on this site state that their therapist/counsellor was no familiar with JW practices/doctrine. I experienced the same thing when I saw a counsellor.

  Perhaps a licensed counsellor/therapist could work with the eJW community in preparing a course of a book for counsellors to refer to when helping exJWs.
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  Freaky, unsettling, unnerving comment from Losch in his AGM talk

  by FFGhost in

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  did anybody else catch it?.

  he said that people who come back in the earthly resurrection would be given a body "reasonably similar" to the one they had prior to death.. what the almighty hootch?.

  "similar"?.

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  This is a great example of a Watchtower doctrine that has absolutely no scriptural backing. Not to mention the whole concept of Watchtower resurrection doctrine makes no sense.

  The Watchtower teaches that when any human dies they cease to exist. The Watchtower teaches those Jehovah plans on resurrecting "live in His memory". Memory is memory; a token of the real thing. Ceasing to exist means you are not in any form or fashion. Therefor any person "resurrected" is a facsimile of the original person, regardless of what the body's appearance is, and is not the actual person.

  In order for a person to be resurrected their essence or soul would have to be eternal and put into a new body. That sounds more like Hindu reincarnation than it does Christian resurrection. Especially if the body your essence is put into doesn't even look like you.

  So the countless millions who are to be resurrected are more like a Watchtower version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It looks like you. It sounds like you. It has your memories. It's not you!
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  JW’s and Charity Organizations

  by longgone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering if anyone is aware of the jw’s in general being involved financially and/or as volunteers in charity organizations?

  i was a born in jw for 56 years and left in 2016. as far as i remember there was never any encouragement to help in the community in any way.

  including soup kitchens, tutoring at schools, united way, etc.

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  I was born-in as a Witness. I grew up in the 80s. I always heard from the platform that donating to charitable organizations was showing a lack of faith in Jehovah's kingdom to help mankind. The only donations we were to make with our money was to the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society.