Topics Started by Fairlane

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"Smash The Old World"
by cofty in
1. social
2. current
during mao's cultural revolution images of the past were destroyed by the red guard.

temples and churches were looted and religious statues destroyed.. this image was taken by li zhengshen at the jile temple in august 1966. the sign on the wall translates as "smash the old world".. will the left never learn?.

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Is it alright for a Disfellowshipped Jehovah's Witness to Date?
by preacherman in
1. social
2. relationships
it is said that a dfed is handed over to satan and left alone in his or her gross unrepentant conduct.

however, you'll agree with me that not all dfeds are living that way.

the truth is that some have actually repented and stopped their bad conducts but have fallen victim to the legalistic and procedural expediences of the wbts which makes it very difficult for some to come back in the shortest period of time.
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Returning to the truth.
by Justmeok2 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi i am just starting to rebuild my relationship with jehovah.

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i would like to hear from people who may be or have been in similar situations and now want to dedicate their lives to him..
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DId you ever fall asleep at the meetings, Assemblys??
by karter in
1. jw
2. friends
if i'm tierd i fall asleep anywere so the meetings ect were no diffrent my wife would always try to wake me but im a deep sleeper.

karter .
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How smart were the ancients?
by Coded Logic in
1. social
2. current
growing up as a jw, i always thought the ancients were scientific morons who knew next to nothing.

ashamedly, i used to run around citing isaiah 40:22 as proof of the bible's 'divine authorship' because it talked about "the circle of the earth".

as though this were somehow an unknowable before spaceflight.
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Post Convention Euphoria
by Phoebe in
1. jw
2. friends
there is a plethora of convention photos on my instagram this morning.

(a lot of my jw friends have forgotten i'm on their followers list) .

smiling faces standing next to convention posters with comments like 'nope, i'm not giving up.
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The most successful teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses and an amazing new book on the divine name
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jehovah's witnesses have had to revise their chronology and various doctrinal interpretations due to events and scholarly corrections.

but the one teaching where they have been consistently ahead of the curve is the importance of jehovah's name.. .

i'm going to run through a (necessarily selective) timeline of jw events and scholarly publications that demonstrate the phenomenal success of this teaching in the last days.
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The Witneses reckon that they are the only ones going door-to-door!
by Bungi Bill in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just had a visit from two guys who are engaged in a door-to-door campaign in the area, preaching "the gospel", and offering, to quote "the best news you are ever going to hear".

this was at 3:30 pm local time, an hour at by which all jws would have long called it a day.

while these two didn't identify themselves with any particular church group, it was quite obvious that they were neither jws or lds.
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Theocratic warfare. Great video
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we all recall the appalling example of vin toole during the australian royal commission when he was questioned about"theocratic warefare".

here is a great video that shows how the society has used, and in turn tried to lie about "theocratic warfare".

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cixj9b6sd34.
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Is there any humor in the bible?
by Normalfulla in
1. social
2. humour
humor plays a big part in a lot of humanity and we all like a good laugh but as far as i'm aware god's supposed word has no actual humor ,of course apart from being a joke itself ,why wasn't there a passage or something like "jesus farted and giggles broke out among them " or something, is anyone aware of any notations of humor ?

all to.serious really.