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  Jehovah's Witnesses - Where is Your Money Going?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  after discouraging and in many instances prohibiting jw's from getting an education, like in computer graphics, film-making and design, the wt is employing these kinds of professionals and throwing vast sums of money at their new film-making adventures doubtless from all the properties they confiscated, sold that the local members paid for.

  kim and mikey talk about this primarily starting at 13:15https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqafxmsjirk&ab_channel=kimmikey .

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  joao

  I'll have to see this one! Thanks!
  
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  The blood of the covenant and forgivness of sins

  by enoughisenough in

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  i am pasting in a copy of an email i hope my friend will read...i watched a video by bridget from az and i had thoughs i had never even considered before.

  this is interesting : matt 26:28 for this means my 'blood of the covenant,' which is to be poured out in behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.according to wt, the christian greek scriptures were ( see copy ) wt 74 6/15 serve with eternity in view : also, it is to the spirit-anointed christians who will rule in that kingdom that most of the christian greek scriptures is directed, including the promises of everlasting life ( pasted from wt 74 6/15).

  so matt 26:28 is at the lord's evening meal where the new covenant is being initiated.

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  joao

  Very, very interesting information. Thanks!
  
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  My mom died.

  by noni1974 in

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  it's been years since i posted here.

  my jw mother died july 5th.

  it was quite honestly not that emotional for me.

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  joao

  Sorry to hear about that. It's also sad to see the degree of destruction JW causes to families. Take care.
  
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  Is the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses REALLY the "faithful and discreet slave" of Matt. 24:45-47?

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

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  thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?

  happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.

  truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.

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  joao

  They seem too have thought only requirement was preaching.
  

  And giving away their hard-earned £€$...
  
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  Upbringing

  by punkofnice in

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  i was brought up as a born-in(tm) here in the uk.

  it wasn't until i was 50 that the scales fell from my eyes, i woke up, got da'd from the cult and my wife was advised to leave me by the elders whom i had served with on the boe.

  one of which i know wanted to schtupf her.

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  Yes, I guess it is normal that you feel that way. But, please, do your best to move on. We can't ever forget nor recover the years we lost, but we can live our lives happily and help others to do the same! 🙏
  
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  #igotout (Escape from Cults/Sects.)

  by Lost in the fog in

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  hi friends,.

  i stumbled upon this website by accident but i have to say that it contains a wealth of useful information.

  maybe you already knew about it, i didn't.

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  joao

  I didn't know about that one! Thanks! Any and every help is welcome!
  
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  HM Queen Elizabeth is dead.

  by stan livedeath in

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  long live the king..

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  joao

  She was a great woman.
  
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  Hello I’ve just discovered that my religion is false just

  by Chickenlips in

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  just wanted to say hey.

  i’m in australia.

  i’ve just woken up… i’m disfellowshipped and finding it hard without family although i do have one sister who isn’t interested in the truth, so that’s good… at least i can talk to her.

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  joao

  Hi Phil, welcome to the forum!

  I'm also pretty new here and I know what you're feeling. I'm going through it at the moment. But I'm doing fine. It's a war I'm going to win. And so are you. We're already winning!

  Stay around and chat with us. You'll feel much less alone.

  Hug from Portugal!

  João
  
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  JW's in war zone

  by Gorb in

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  there is so much silence about the jw's in the ukraine conflict.

  are the jw men arrested because they don't want to fight?

  how is that going in the hyper nationalist fase the country is in?

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  joao

  @LHHE, we can't assume anything from one response! We can only say that we don't know. Regarding the d nuclear power plant, here in Portugal we're having news reports on that and the case is under investigation by independent organisations.
  
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  UNITED NATIONS

  by JohnTron7 in

  1. watchtower
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  i've been posting this for a few years now but, my post get pulled.

  so i will try again so that others will read and understand the validity of my statements.

  while for years watch tower have declared their thoughts of world changing events leading to the un as the catalyst for turning on religion recently calling russia the final king of the north which has breen debated for decades.

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  joao

  NBD, that's the right question!