Posts by jwleaks

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July 19th Watchtower Summary. Insanity

by Lemonp in

just got back from the wt study and it overall was just so blindingly biased and leading.. i had to read it from the platform too, i hope they couldn't see the confounded look on my face as i read this craziness out!.

first we consider the faith of abel, enoch, noah, abraham, isaac and jacob, and moses.. all of these people are held up as sterling examples of blind faith, with the article pointedly saying that their imaginations sustained their faith in gods promises for them.

no mention anywhere at all that all of these characters saw and talked to angels, spoke to god himself, saw and performed miracles, or any of the other feats experienced by these characters.

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Paragraph 15: "On the other hand, as Christians we are encouraged by visualizing our hope... Perhaps you “see” yourself living on earth forever. Think about cooperating with others in making this globe into a paradise... You are healthy, energetic, and have a bright outlook." Yes, these ideas are reality!! "This appealing mental picture is based on Scriptural truths about the future."

“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.” - Benjamin Franklin

Personally I visualize a world where the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses have been raptured to heaven. In fact if I shut my eye of reason this appealing mental picture is based on Scriptural truths about the future.

"Soon, very soon!" ... since 1879.

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Where are all these New Anointed Ones Coming from?

by John Aquila in

back in the early 70s, right before 1975 we had about 7 or 8 thousand professed anointed.

cant remember the exact number.

but at every convention we were told that the end is close ---because---the number of anointed is getting smaller and smaller.

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“Once you’ve had an anointed in bed, you never go back to the great crowd” said Bathsheba.

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Donald Trump out trumped by Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwleaks in

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17 july 2015 .

hot springs, ark.

a large highway sign on the drive to the hot springs convention center advertises the town proudly as the boyhood home of president bill clinton.. but republican presidential candidate donald trump was the big name in town here friday night, where he keynoted the states annual gop dinner, and reminded a crowd of about 1,000 attendees: by the way, hillary clinton, with her husband, deserted arkansas.. .... the convention center was teeming with a surprisingly diverse crowd for a trump dinner just before his arrival.

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17 July 2015

Hot Springs, Ark. — A large highway sign on the drive to the Hot Springs Convention Center advertises the town proudly as the “boyhood home of President Bill Clinton.”

But Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was the big name in town here Friday night, where he keynoted the state’s annual GOP dinner, and reminded a crowd of about 1,000 attendees: “By the way, Hillary Clinton, with her husband, deserted Arkansas.”

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The convention center was teeming with a surprisingly diverse crowd for a Trump dinner just before his arrival. But all of the African American attendees, it became clear, were on site to attend a Jehovah’s Witness conference taking place next door. Trump’s crowd, in the end, was almost completely white.

Trump brings his bluster to...

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Is Watchtower imploding? 10 reasons why the end could be nigh

by WildeLover in

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.

i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.

it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.

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DesirousOfChange - Dancing With The Stars is popular, instead of PBS
That and the fact that Trump is leading the polls in the GOP kinda sums it all up in the USofA, doesn't it.
That should tell ya that there will always be some suckers around for WT to scam.

That reminds me... Did you hear the one about the Republican presidential candidate who turned up in the "boyhood home of President Clinton" for a GOP dinner to find the place teeming with a surprisingly racially diverse crowd?

All of the African American attendees, it became clear, were on site to attend a Jehovah's Witness conference taking place next door. Trump's crowd, in the end, was almost completely white.

TRUE STORY. It happened this weekend.

Trump out trumped by Jehovah's Witnesses

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Demoted from elder to MS, anybody ever heard of this?

by Naoscillator in

so a friend in a nearby hall told me their co came through, and in a hellish week of long meetings and inquisition overhauled the boe.

only one remains as elder, three were re-appointed as ms, and one, the cobe was deleted entirely.. two new elders were brought in as new secretary and cobe / watchtower conductor, respectively, and introduced to the congregation from the platform on sunday immediately following his second talk.

he reminded everybody of the authority he has and then named the new appointees.

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Splash - The scriptural difference between an elder and MS is that the elder must be 'qualified to teach'.

Good point, but therein lies the conundrum for the JWs. Is an elder 'qualified to teach' before he is appointed as an elder or only after he is appointed as an elder?

If it is before he is appointed as an elder then he was indeed 'qualified to teach' as a ministerial servant. But if it is only after he is appointed as an elder then he should not have been appointed as an elder as he was not 'qualified to teach'.

This was the whole argument of Paul in Romans 4:9-12.

On the other hand, the Bible lists practices and personal habits that prevent someone from being appointed as an elder or ministerial servant. Many of these are disfellowshipping offences. If a brother does not qualify then is it reasonable to conclude that his practices and personal habits disqualified him?

Of course, in a man-made religion under the control of a corporation none of this matters.

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Huge story unfolding at Warwick

by Crazyguy in

its been mentioned before that warwick is a toxic dump and now the jw's are suing a former owner for compensation.

well this is huge on so many levels.

one they new it was contaminated back a few years ago so why move your headquarters there?

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JW Leaks published this 4 page letter back in June 2012:

Letter on illegal toxic chemical dumping at Watchtower Farms

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If you were told today you would die next week, would you be happy and fine with that?

by EndofMysteries in

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i don't know how so many who seem to be certain this life is it after being jw's seem to happily accept it and be fine with it.

i am living and trying to live as if this is it.

i want there to be a future life/afterlife, something, but i see how fast life comes and goes and even if i'm living it to the fullest, there is no peace for me with the thought this may be it.

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When I read the post title for some reason this was the first thing that entered my mind...

Warning NSFW - contains titties. I leave it to the mods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI2rf_u3-Dk

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What kind of errors in the Bible?

by TheWonderofYou in

the new testament specialist daniel wallace notes that although there are about 300,000 individual variations of the text of the new testament, this number is very misleading.

most of the differences are completely inconsequential--spelling errors, inverted phrases and the like.

a side by side comparison between the two main text families (the majority text and the modern critical text) shows agreement a full 98% of the time.[18].

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50,000 errors in the Bible. Quote from Awake! magazine September 8, 1957 - PDF link

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Bethelite"s wife storms out of headquarters and leaves him...she was forced into Bethel. My story begins....

by Witness 007 in

we were all in our 20's the 1990's pioneers who still hoped the 1914 generation was for real.

jenny {names changed} loved peter who was younger then me and very handsome.

he wanted to go to bethel since he was a kid.

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Bethel laundry. No tight pants and spanx there.

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How many Atheist organizations or irreligious organizations have been accused of the covering up child abuse?

by jwleaks in

i don't know of any but would like some references if anyone does.

of course not all atheists or irreligious people need to belong to an organization.. studies on the demographics of atheism have concluded that self-identified atheists comprise anywhere from 2% to 8% of the world's population, whereas irreligious individuals represent a further 10% to 20%.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/demographics_of_atheism.

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Phizzy - What would it prove if you could find an Atheist/irreligious Organization that had covered up Child Abuse ?
Of course , I do not think you have phrased the Thread Title well.
There are very few, if any Atheist Organizations, or Organizations that totally exclude the religious.
What exactly are you trying to get at ?
What is the point of this Thread ?

Phizzy, the information is being collected, including any feedback they can get, for someone who plans to present it to the Australian Child Abuse Royal Commission. The subject of the thread title is "atheist organizations" and "irreligious organizations". The key points in the title is "have been accused of the covering up" of child abuse.