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  Strange midweek meeting '' initial call '' demonstration

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  can it get any weirder?

  here is a demonstration of a midweek meeting demonstration, showing a sister out in field service talking to a householder.

  they are both wearing masks due to covid.

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  truth_b_known

  In the U.S. COVID-19 restrictions are done state by state. Several states have lifted all COVID-19 mandates and restrictions.
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  God is Love , & other victim blaming in today's wt "study"

  by waton in

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  some thoughts for lurkers to free themselves from wt think: .

  the "god of/is love" really applies tlc, tough loving care , to his beloved children.

  letting them learn the really hard way.

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  The fundamental flaw of the Judeo-Christian belief system is that humans are imperfect and deserving of death (JW) or eternal punishment (the rest of Christianity). Then comes pride. Christianity teaches there is nothing we can do to earn God's grace. Christians nod in agreeance and say, "That's right!" However, those same people cannot accept God's grace is just freely given. They have to subject themselves to ridiculous rules and beat up on themselves because pride won't let them accept that grace otherwise. They're pride won't let them give value to something if they have not earned it.

  Then we have those who believe the existence of pain, suffering, and death are proof that a god does not exist. Further, if a god does exist this god could not be loving while simultaneously allowing pain, suffering, and death to exist. For a god of love to exist that god must be the universal butler whose job it is to serve man and come to mankind's rescue.

  Pain is inevitable. Pain does not happen to us. Pain happens. Suffering is what we chose to do with that pain. Death is part of the experience of life. To cheat death is to cheat ourselves out of the complete experience of living. Death gives life value.

  People spend their whole lives searching for the answer to the question: Is there a god? The keep looking out in the world and out in the universe to find the answer. They come up with no answers. That's because they look outward instead of looking inward.
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  Do You Get Easily Offended By What People Do or Don’t Do?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does using uncle ben’s food products offend you?.

  are you offended if you see a flag?

  what about a confederate flag?.

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  truth_b_known

  Being offended is an illusionary mental construct that protects the ego (another illusionary construct).

  People cannot offend us. We chose to be offended.

  I once had someone say something to me that might seem offensive. A bystander asked if I heard what was said as I did not respond to the insult. I replied, "Yes. The insult was offered and I declined. So the insult remains with the giver."
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  What do you think about NDE? Life after death?

  by Mowgliandbalu in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please forgive if my english is a bit crooked :-) at least i understand quite well and i thank everyone here in the forum very much!

  you were a big help for me within the last months.

  i'm a born-in from germany, mid50, was 20 years elder, woke up a few years ago.

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  Immortal = eternal = no beginning or end

  If we have a consciousness that is immortal, we have no beginning. Memories are illusions created by the brain which also create the illusion of past and future. Memories may be separate from consciousness. Our true Self is more like an observer of the eternal present.
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  Prove That Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Not Have The “Truth”

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone is researching jehovah’s witnesses.

  they happen to come on to this site.

  do the witnesses have the truth??.

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  Post modernism and meta-skepticism are pathological.

  Post Modern Credo:

  • There is no truth
  • There is only narrative
  • There are no individuals
  • There are only groups
  • Groups fight for control by using the narrative that best supports their group

  This is the same thinking that gave us "2+2 can equal 5" and "personally held truths" replaced facts.
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  What do you think about NDE? Life after death?

  by Mowgliandbalu in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please forgive if my english is a bit crooked :-) at least i understand quite well and i thank everyone here in the forum very much!

  you were a big help for me within the last months.

  i'm a born-in from germany, mid50, was 20 years elder, woke up a few years ago.

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  I am not sure what to make of NDEs. On one hand I have found that only people living or exposed to Western cultures have NDEs with "going towards the light" and Judeo-Christian themes. Conversely I have read that there are cases where a person's consciousness continues for a couple of days after the dying.

  There are those who claim our consciousness produced by our brain. Then there are those who claim that our brain just filters consciousness such as our eyes pick up photons and ears vibration. It makes sense since energy cannot be destroyed, only altered.

  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-well/201906/does-consciousness-exist-outside-the-brain
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  Watchtower Change On Origins from 42,000 Years to the "Day Age" Theory

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone know when and how the change took place?

  is the "day age" theory still the current position of watchtower?.

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  truth_b_known

  Listening to Protestant Reformationists argue over how long a "creative day" is sounds like people at a Star Trek convention arguing over General Calrissian's strategy at the Battle of Five Armies.
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  Prove That Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Not Have The “Truth”

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone is researching jehovah’s witnesses.

  they happen to come on to this site.

  do the witnesses have the truth??.

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  The Watchtower publishes a list of reason they believe they have "the truth".

  Write the list down, bullet point style.

  Use facts to disprove each bullet point.
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  Audio recording of Martian winds for the first time!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. current

  perseverance rover has been on mars for a few weeks.

  its mission is mainly to analyse martian soil and search for signs of extinct life.. also, perseverance is the first martian explorer vehicle fitted with a microphone, so audio recordings of sounds on mars can be beamed back to earth and heard by us.. these sounds that you can hear in the video are happening nearly 35 million miles away.. pretty awesome, i gotta say ….

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzw9mhgwjhq.

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  It is rather amazing to say the least.
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  How Do You Feel About Completely Open Borders?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  whether you are in the usa or another country, are you for it or against it?.

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  truth_b_known

  "Open borders" is a nice way of saying "wealth redistribution".

  I am for open borders if all countries do it. I am opposed to open borders if not all countries do it.

  I know that foreign nationals may only stay in Mexico 182 days of the calendar year (6 months minus a day). There are whole communities of U.S. citizens in Mexico taking advantage of the warmer weather and lower cost of living. They are not a burden to the Mexican taxpayers and contribute to local economy. So, good on both sides of the ledger. We only hear about one side of the ledger from either side of the argument in the U.S.

  Sure, criminal aliens contribute some money to the local economy in the U.S. and pay some taxes. However, the amount that is contributed is less than the cost of tax payer funded government services used by criminal aliens. Then take into consideration the human impact. U.S. citizens are harmed or killed by criminal aliens. Sure, U.S. citizens harm and kill each other, but there are crimes that could have been prevented if the U.S. just enforced immigration laws.

  We have arguments over low and stagnant wages in the U.S. which fuels the drive for raising the minimum wage. Minimum wage only applies to companies and businesses who hire U.S. citizens or those with a right to work in the U.S. Criminal aliens flooding the U.S. have made it near impossible for U.S. citizens in the trades and construction to earn a living. Why pay a skilled union carpenter $35.00 and hour when their is a never ending supply of people who will do it for $10.00, cash under the table, coming over the border illegally on a daily basis?

  People are fleeing their nation of origin to come to the U.S. due to rampant violence. All they are doing is contributing to those who are carrying out the violence. Mexican drug cartels use these people fleeing their country for the U.S. because it makes them money. The U.S. would be better off sending cruise ships down to Central America to pick up these refugees and bring them directly to the U.S., bypassing Mexico all together. This would reduce the drug mules and human trafficking into the U.S. which in turn would cut into the profits of drug cartels.