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  Testing For Transparency - An Honesty Check

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please share any other yes/no questions that might fit with the following 10. also feel free to critique the 10 listed.. testing for transparency.

  there are some facts that jehovah's witnesses are reticent to divulge to new prospects.

  you may want to find out very early in your discussions if the witnesses you are studying with are open and truthful about their organization's doctrine and practices by asking them a series of sensitive (potentially embarrassing) questions about their personal beliefs.

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  truth_b_known

  1 Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the accurate knowledge of the truth that is according to godly devotion 2 and is based on a hope of the everlasting life+ that God, who cannot lie,+ promised long ago; 3 but in his own due time, he made his word known through the preaching entrusted to me+ according to the command of our Savior, God; 4 to Titus, a genuine child according to the faith we share:

  May you have undeserved kindness and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. - 1 Titus 1:1-4 NWT
  

  
  

  According to the Bible, God cannot lie. Do you believe a God of truth and honesty would allow his alleged appointed representatives on Earth to put his name on inaccurate information as some sort of stop gap or make weight until He is ready to reveal a truth, which may or does invoke unnecessary suffering or death upon those who accept it as truth?
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  Do you know anyone with corona virus?

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just asking if any here personally know anyone with or who has had the corona virus?.

  what was their experience like?

  are they on the mend?.

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  truth_b_known

  Yes. My parents and siblings. It took abut 3 weeks for them to recover.
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  2020--2 Letters--Coronavirus--Memorial!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2020 march 9, letter.

  https://docdro.id/cfjrhgb.

  2020 march 12, letter--coronavirus--memorial.

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  truth_b_known

  Cross crocodile infested waters to get to meetings = Yes

  Pass virus infected cups and plates at meetings - Nope
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  IICSA hearings on religious organizations begin 16 March

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa) is holding a public hearing in the child protection in religious organisations and settings investigation for the next two weeks.

  the provisional timetable for the first week was released today: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/17795/view/2020-03-12-cpiros-public-hearing-week-one-timetable.pdf .

  five witnesses will testify on the jw issue next thursday, 19 march:.

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  truth_b_known

  Please keep us posted. This sounds like it will be quite the show.
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  My wife PIMI wife said today...." The Tribulation has started"

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife pimi wife said today...." the tribulation has started" i was like wtf... i know things are bad.

  but...... we have had other pandamics and market crashes in the past.

  1889: russian flu 360,000 perished.

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  truth_b_known

  Fear is the currency of the Watchtower. That and real estate money.
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  Social distancing and the Memorial

  by Kingdavid41 in

  1. social
  2. current

  with the coronavirus now categorized as a global pandemic and many large gatherings are now social distancing for safety concerns of contacting and spreading the virus.. will the memorial of christ death take place on april 7 2020 worldwide where thousands will gaether in large crowds to commemorate the death of jesus as commanded in the bible.

  jesus gave the command to keep doing this in remembrance of him or will sound, reasonableness and good judgment for safety overrule on that special night.

  my guess is that it will not be canceled regardless of the frightening and very real pandemic the virus has caused around the world!.

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  truth_b_known

  I sort of agreed with her and then I added; "I wonder haw many attended that first memorial that jesus instituted?"

  You should also ask her, since Jesus set up the institution and how it was to be conducted, "How many observers were invited from the Great Crowd?"
  
  
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  the Mormon Church has $70,000,000,000

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/03/07/lds-church-discloses/.

  it turns out the lds church has about $38b in stocks and mutual funds from major companies such as apple, microsoft, amazon, walmart and others.

  they also have numerous dummy corporations to hold assests with a combined value of $32b.

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  truth_b_known

  Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the Mormon policy is that if a member volunteers for a mission the missionary will be given funds to gain a college education to land a profession. Then that former missionary tithes 10% of his income from his new profession back to the Mormon church until the day he dies.

  It would be like the Watchtower guaranteeing 4 to 8 years college if you first pioneer for 4 years. However, once you get out of college and start your own practice/business you have to donate 10% of your wealth back to the Watchtower. It's impossible to do this because, well, "the end is so near."
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  That's all there ever was to being a Jehovah's Witness

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses weren't jehovah's witnesses until 1931.until that year the people who had been hard-headed followers of end times false prophecies by william miller and seventh day adventists, more or less settled into following charisma-ballyhoo preaching by folks like "pastor" c.t.

  russell.what was it that attracts these people?

  it is a thin veneer of pious bible interpretation as a means of prepping for the end of the world.yep.

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  truth_b_known

  Thus we enter the philosophy of Pascal's Wager.

  Just like a real casino with real gamblers, you are taunted by the casino staff that you're not a real gambler until you're "all in." Black everything on black 1914 and spin the wheel.
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  I met an Exorcist

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i like to ride my bicycle to starbucks.

  when weather permits i sit on the patio and write in the sunshine.a pesky crow i call edgar usually arrives to beg (or steal).that's all you need to know before we begin._____________________.

  location exterior : the patio of starbuckstime: 11 amcast:lou : media / news analyst, religious fundamentalistterry: crow magnet and know-it-alledgar: spawn of satan________________.

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  truth_b_known

  Question: "But how would you know that without internal opportunity for airing disagreement? Wouldn't Elders, such as yourself, step in and isolate any diverse opinion under the auspice of 'protecting the congregation' from heresy, apostasy, or divisions?"
  Elder: "I see where you are headed. But--no, it's not like that at all."

  Oh, no! It is exactly like that.
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  Islamophobia & anti-Semitism

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. social
  2. current

  the muslim council of britain and uk jewish organisations want the uk government to enshrine into law their perceptions of what kind of speech constitutes islamophobia or anti-semitism/hate crime.

  should british christians follow suit?

  in the movies & on tv we constantly hear actors shout out, "jesus christ.

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  truth_b_known

  This is like a Monty Python skit.

  Person 1: "You cannot say that! That's Islamophobic!"

  Person 2:"Well, I didn't expect the Thought Police!"

  Three uniformed officers burst into the room.

  Thought Police: "No one expects the Thought Police!"