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  If you found out TTATT at 80 and spent your entire life at Bethel, what would you do?

  by John Aquila in

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  would you do a ray franz deal and write a book or keep quiet and live out the rest of your life in bethel?.

  would you keep reading the watchtower magazine?.

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  Would you do a Ray Franz deal and write a book or keep quiet and live out the rest of your life in Bethel?

  Would you keep reading the Watchtower magazine?
  
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  WT started using the internet in 1997, brother said

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  so brohter (not elder or anything but many years active) had to give talk this week.

  talk related to how jehovah gives abilities to people thru the spirit.

  started off with the mention of how god told moises to build the tent and gave people the abilities to work wood, stone, etc.

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  One of his quotes mentioned how the society launched their first website in 1997, to provide publications , etc.

  I believe there is a few brothers like that in every KH. One old brother told me once that the Watchtower invented the internet. OK..............
  
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  Govening Body and JWN

  by John Aquila in

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  2. scandals

  do you think any members of the governing body visit this site-jwn regularly?.

  how about the heavies in the organization, like the writers, lawyers, and other who work at headquarters?.

  for all we know john aquila could be a member of the gb..

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  You're not Brother Lett are you?

  Of course not.

  This is Lett-

  and this is me.

  
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  Govening Body and JWN

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  do you think any members of the governing body visit this site-jwn regularly?.

  how about the heavies in the organization, like the writers, lawyers, and other who work at headquarters?.

  for all we know john aquila could be a member of the gb..

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  Do you think any members of the Governing Body visit this site-JWN regularly?

  How about the heavies in the organization, like the writers, lawyers, and other who work at headquarters?

  For all we know John Aquila could be a member of the GB.
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  The Watch Tower Society reveals itself

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  over time, the watch tower society has completely changed many of its beliefs.

  for example, until recently, the wts said that the emblems of the memorial represented the church, the 144,000, that the emblems did not symbolize jesus.. at times, the wts changes the name of a belief while it continues the teaching, for example, the wts used to say that jesus and the 144,000 together were the "the christ".

  today, the wts denies this teaching but the name "anointed" means "christ".. do you want to see what the watch tower reveals about these things and more?

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  The last mental struggle was to understand how a democratic society could become autocratic without having conducted a democratic election. It became clear that they were gradually pummeled into submission, with a process that took more than 20 years.

  Isn't that how the WTS got to where it's at right now. Good things come to those who wait. (or shall we say, "Bad things come to those who wait")
  
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  Wrong and Deceiving

  by Madan Magar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the article 'judgement day' published by jehovah's witness', they are saying,'in 'judgement day', the people who will be resurrected and had no chance to learn about god will not be judged according to their past deed but what will they do after resurrection.

  ' and they show the scripture roman6:7 which says"who has died has been acquitted from his sin.

  " if we take out context and see it literally , it has that meaning but the scripture's contextual meaning is totally different, it doesn't talk about physical death but the death of old personality.so in this cotext, this cannot be applied.this is anacceptable to admit..

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  They are saying,'In 'Judgement Day', the people who will be resurrected and had no chance to learn about God will not be judged according to their past deed

  "I never had a chance"

  "Neither did I"

  
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  Anointed, Crazy, Overzealous, or Good Acting?

  by Tenacious in

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  i don't believe for a second that the wts can be god's chosen organization, if he does have an earthly one, especially one with such a hypocritical past.

  but the question begs; why are there people professing having the heavenly calling usually found in the wts?.

  does anyone know or have heard of other denominations having the genuine heavenly calling?.

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  why are there people professing having the heavenly calling usually found in the WTS?

  For the same reason this person believes he is a leopard.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0rdZk4naYo
  
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  Are JW's inflating their numbers?

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  it can be anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes!

  as long as you've had a literature discussion three times, you can start counting it as a study.

  first, they say you can now count only 15 minutes a month.

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  Do you think we'll be seeing negative growth anytime soon?

  Did Bernie Madoff report negative growth?

  
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  Why did the org "forgive" KH mortgages?

  by Magnum in

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  i know this has been discussed, but i think it's good that topics like this get brought back up from time to time for the sake of newbies and lurkers, plus, i have a question (related at end of post).. the org brags about "forgiving" kh mortgages as if it's so loving and giving.

  i put the word in quotation marks because most of us realize it wasn't forgiving anything.

  the new arrangement should actually bring it far more money.. for example, suppose there are twenty congregations total.

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  Again, was it some kind of lending law change or something like that that prompted or forced the org to "forgive" loans?

  Before the arrangement, the KHs were paying back a loan. After the new arrangement, it’s not considered a loan, it’s considered a contribution or a gift.

  If I have a business that lends money, I have to report it as business income. The WT does not want to be labeled as a business. But if several people give me money, I have no business, someone was just nice enough to give me a gift and the giver is responsible for paying the tax on the gift, not me.

  Who pays the gift tax?
  The donor is generally responsible for paying the gift tax. Under special arrangements the donee may agree to pay the tax instead if he wishes.

  http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Frequently-Asked-Questions-on-Gift-Taxes#1
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  Young Girl Exposes Jehovah's Witnesses at school video goes VIRAL last 2 days 273,000 views

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
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  original thread here.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/291080001/brave-high-school-student-exposes-abuse-corruption-within-jehovahs-witnesses.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvt_gyq-ls.

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  It led to Church elders coming over to my house to counsel me.They told me I was guilty of making him masturbate.

  What would be great is if a News team interviewed those elders and ask them why they feel that a girl in a bikini causes people to masturbate? Do they still believe that masturbation causes homosexuality?

  Ask the elders why a woman that is raped is disfellowshipped?
  

  That would expose them even more to their craziness.