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  Was droping bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 evil?

  by new hope and happiness in

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  sorry for such a depressing question, but i was moved by a picture i saw of the consequences.

  ( a woman carrying her child) and i realised:-.

  a) it was a civillian population.. b) i don't see how a nuclear holocaust can ever be right.. c) they could have bombed tokyo where all the generals lived but chose hiroshima.. d) the irony after the bombing america conceeded to many of japans terms.. your opinion would be valued..

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  Londo111

  Today, we condemn nations that use weapons of mass destruction in war, therefore it would be hypocritical not to use the same standard.

  If we think of WWII Japan as individuals rather than as a collective entity, there were likely many individuals, especially children, who were innocent. Why was it okay to kill those children? Why do we condemn the deaths of children in war today and not those deaths?

  Even the soldiers were captives of a concept as it were, in following their Emperor. They were misled. Once they were no longer misled, it turned out they were as decent human beings as anyone else.
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  BIG CHANGE IN THE WIND?

  by The Searcher in

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  2. beliefs

  following on from this post - http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/282716/1/is-this-the-big-change - my info is that the service meeting items next week are to be reduced by 5 minutes each to allow the cobe to present the secret item to the flock!.

  also, no one, not even the cobe knows what the subject matter is yet.. everyone here should be ashamed of themselves for making the glorious ones in brooklyn more secretive than opus dei or the freemasons!!

  :).

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  Londo111

  Dig DEEP in your pockets...
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  Hey There, so...what have I missed in the last couple of years?

  by PSacramento in

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  hi everyone,.

  so...what have i missed in the last couple of years?.

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  Londo111

  Welcome back!

  And congrats! Now that you've a Master's degree, what are your plans?
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  Fudging the Numbers: Is the WTBTS in decline?

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it's no secret that the wtbts has a cash flow problem.

  over the past three years they have closed 20 of their 116 branches.

  they have sold off most of their properties in and around ny (including some kingdom halls), drastically reduced the # of printed pages for the watchtower and awake magazines, reduced the printing of books and other materials, increased the number of single page tract campagnes, installed cc machines at their assembly halls, and are now seizing of controll of property assets from local kingdom halls using renovation projects.

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  Londo111

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/278850/1/New-field-service-rules-coming-this-summer

  Good intel is that the Watchtower will introduce “new ways” to count time. Likely, this will have an impact on not only total field service hours, but bump up the publisher count as well. If they drop the auxiliary pioneer quota to 30 hours, and the regular pioneer quota to 50, then there might be a bump there as well, especially if it is easier to make one's time.

  If it is suddenly easier to make one’s time, then it could be that a large swath of suddenly irregular or inactive JWs will become active. Suddenly, it might seem like a “large increase”…praise Jah for speeding things up! But in reality, nothing has changed but the beancounting. It might be meaningless for us to compare the new metrics to the old…although the Watchtower will obviously present it as a seamless continuity.

  Another thought, more previously “unqualified” males might now qualify to be appointed ministerial servants and elders because they are making their hours. This could solve the shortage.
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  Really weird sentence

  by Moses Joe in

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  i've been absent from meetings recently because i'm having serious life challenges that make me really not want to have to deal with all of the people and the sitting.

  i had made an attempt to, "simplify my life" that rather than being blessed was meant with unemployment.

  lol.. anyway, i finally got tired of all the phone calls checking up on me and sent a message to someone explaining that i just wanted to be left alone (an elder).

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  Londo111

  This reminds me of when Scientologists confront people with, “What are your crimes?”
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  the insanity of Sam herds talks at the convention

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've picked up two that stood out to me but i'm sure others will have noticed more:.

  he gave an illustration about fearing god and he said it is like a wife who has spent all day preparing the evening meal for her husband and she hears him come home and perhaps she is trembling a bit out of fear that he might not like the meal she has cooked for him....!!!!!!!!????.

  the other was about verbal abuse and how it should not be used but rather than site the effect it has or the forms it can take he said that we shouldn't call each other " dumb dumb" or "knuckle head" .

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  Wow, so according to Herd, God is like an abusive husband. No wonder this cult makes people sociapathic.
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  Service Meeting Adjustment w/c 1st September

  by konceptual99 in

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  probably nothing of major note but there is an adjustment to the service meeting of w/c 1st september to allow for a 15 min local needs the society have asked the elders to deliver.

  this is in uk and i've no idea if it affects other regions.. if it's uk only then i suspect it's either specifically about donations or more likely the status of the new branch facility, asking for volunteers/money.

  given that the elder delivering it in our hall is prominent on the local rbc then i suspect the latter.. .

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  Londo111

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/283030/1/Sept-1-service-meeting-mystery-revealed
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  Sept 1 service meeting mystery revealed

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the letter has appeared at last - just for uk.

  it is a money grab for the new bethel which has been approved.

  there is a video to be shown - just watched it - brief summary of uk bethels, why current one is too small, why we need money to build a new one.

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  Londo111

  $$$
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  When will JW Land Peak?

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  id like to start off by saying that if you look at history, every big businesses, organization etc... eventually peaks.

  people think microsoft is peaking due to competition.

  people are saying religion in general has peaked.

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  Londo111

  I suspect the turning of the tide began in the mid-90's with the Generation change, the advent of the Internet, no Armageddon.

  9/11 gave the Org a shot in the arm that forstalled that.
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  Members of the writing department has resigned

  by hardtobeme in

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  this is what i found at anointedjw.org.

  i don't know if it's true.

  on august 25, 2014, we received the following comment and inquiry: .

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  Londo111

  I’m skeptical of this as well. This feels like a rumor that has grown in the telling.

  Of course, historically many individuals in writing have woken up, including one GB member. I’m sure other GB members who stayed like Lyman Swingle had pangs of conscience and knew something was seriously wrong. But I can’t imagine any of the Governing Body 2.0 having sleepless nights.