Londo111

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  Reason why you didn't have the Heavenly hope, Anointed..

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i found out what was in store for those with the heavenly hope, no thank you.

  i love you jehovah.

  but i also love the fruits here on earth.

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  Londo111

  The reason why I didn’t believe as a JW that I was “anointed” was because I believed their theology regarding the anointed, the 144000, and the "heavenly hope".

  Basically, the anointed had no doubt they were anointed, just like most people are pretty sure whether they are male or female. I didn’t have that.

  The anointed were supposed to have some sort of mystical sense that could not be described, (although the word mystical would not be how Watchtower would term it). But I knew I didn’t have any mystical sense like that.

  Therefore, I could not honestly say I was.

  I've known some people who professed to be, and while a few were not all there and there annointedness was discounted in my mind, some seemed relatively normal as JWs can go. I remember the sense of awe and reverence I had for the latter, the "genuine anointed".

  Of course, now I know that they do not have anything I do not.
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  Can you prove that our entire universe and existence is not a computer simulation?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. social
  2. current

  if you were a computer programmer and you were to create a simulated automated world, that would constantly evolve and self run after initial designs.

  first you would have to code the rules, laws, and core elements of this world.

  while this is being coded, the program is not run yet, so none of it exists.

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  Londo111

  The question is if we are in a simulation, what sort of computer is running it? What are the laws that govern how that computer operates? How do you get simulations to have a conscious experience? Is that computer a simulation in another computer, and what about that computer…where does the chain of infinite regression end?

  Especially these questions are pertinent if quantum mechanics means that reality is “pixelated” and thus a computer simulation.

  Electronic computers work because of quantum mechanics. Any computer powerful enough to simulate the universe would likely harness the power of quantum mechanics as well, even more so. Quantum mechanics explains how atoms behave, which is the foundation for chemistry, and as well as electromagnetism and this electricity which is what runs modern computers.

  If we are a simulation running on a computer of some sort, then it might not be a computer in the everyday sense and the laws of physics that govern that computer’s behavior might be unlike what we observe, which is all based on the behavior of quantum mechanics. In fact, we might not call such higher reality a computer in the everyday sense at all. In that sense, reality might indeed be something akin to a “simulation”, but not in the sense of being in an electronic machine.
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  to lie or to deceive (w 12/2016, par 18, 19)

  by George One Time in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why not use a biblical example, like jacob when deceiving his father isaac?

  jehovah himself seems to have no problem with deceiving.

  or 1 kings 22:19-22 "who will deceive ahab?

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  Londo111

  We became a NGO with the UN to get a library card. Yeah...that's the ticket!
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  A Hard Lesson Learned

  by Disassociated Lady 2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  do you remember that my dad passed away last year and i was going back to the witnesses after 26 years?

  i got reinstated after going there for 9 months.

  in the 5 months since then i felt the men in the congregation didn't want me there.

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  Londo111

  Let's review: It's a cult!

  What are the charges for your disfellowshipping?
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  Beards mentioned again in magazine!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  aaaaaand .

  .. it offers absolutely nothing new.. from questions from readers in the december 2016 study edition watchtower:.

  "is it proper for a brother todayto have a beard?in some cultures, a neat beardmay be acceptable and may notdetract from the kingdom mes-sage.

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  Londo111

  It looks like the answer is still: no!

  It's amazing how roundabout and indirect they can prohibit something without actually saying it.
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  Ideas to discreetly identify the awoken among us

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok. i know this has been brought up in the past, but i have often wondered who in our halls are awake (for those of us who attend).

  there are some i would consider a 'maybe', but no way of ever really knowing.. so here is my idea.

  i hope it doesn't sound too masonic,.

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  Londo111

  I remember when I was in I didn't want to identify as JW on Facebook...I wanted to keep it private. Of course, I also realized as a JW, I was supposed to feel proud and be open with it.
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  Ideas to discreetly identify the awoken among us

  by Truthexplorer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok. i know this has been brought up in the past, but i have often wondered who in our halls are awake (for those of us who attend).

  there are some i would consider a 'maybe', but no way of ever really knowing.. so here is my idea.

  i hope it doesn't sound too masonic,.

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  Londo111

  This reminds me of the commercial where people say to one another, "Are you jelling?"
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  How many JWs actually died in Nazi camps

  by dogon in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the jws have tried to pad the number of jws in camps.

  how many actually went and how many died?

  can you site the source also?

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  Londo111

  Tragic, but fascinating. Whatever the truth is, it is more complex than what Watchtower has presented.

  Adding: upon reading the link, I just realized is a website to deny that the Nazi Holocaust happened! Egad!
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  BIG NEWS! Leader of German Watchtower History Archives Resignes and Leaves Branch Office!

  by GermanXJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  johannes wrobel, the founder of the watchtower history archives in germany, responsible for the stand firm-video and the stand-firm-exhibitions resigned in november 2008 and left the german branch office.

  he was also the responsible person for many of the wt sponsored websites on jw in the 'third reich'!.

  there are no further details known yet but this could be big news!.

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  Londo111

  Does he have an autobiography in English?
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  JW claims of having the most accurate translation of bible

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is is true at all?

  if so, are there any independent sources who have asserted this claim?

  who did the translation?.

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  Londo111

  In some instances, when the text made them uncomfortable, it would be tweaked. This seemed particularly so if the text could used to support the Trinity.