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  1919 2013 2020 and the Slave

  by Jerryh in

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  2. friends

  i was never a jw but i lurk in this forum occasionally, trying to rescue some family.

  i will spare you those details.. jw.org and jwfacts are there with youtubes out the wazoo but i would appreciate your thought on this.. i know there are contradictions plenty but this is foundational, blatant and current.

  i know they typically just blow off.

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  waton

  the second over all his belongings during the great tribulation. :

  Ear nest,
  so, since the anointed, including the GB aka the F&DS will pass to heaven at the beginning of the Great Tribulation, (to fight from heaven) Who exactly will fill that vacuum? Or is that to heavenly universal office?

  sounds like a disappointing appointment!

  Biggest problem for wt prophets: the jw partaker generation is predicted to pass away to heaven before the end, whereas Jesus said they will survive, pass away only after all has occurred.
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  Confession of a German Widow

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  confession of a german widow.

  rosa hoffberger would be late for mass.

  it couldn’t be helped; cold weather set in and her movement was twice as difficult with arthritis.she hadn’t attended mass since the bombing had ended months ago.

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  T: yes, French widows outperform those in Germany. (nuns are widows, since their husband J.C. died).
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  Final talk of the 2020 'Always Rejoice' Convention

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is part of splane's lecture in the final part of the final day of the 2020 convention.

  now speaking of broadcasting.

  do you think jehovah has been preparing us for something like this pandemic?

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  waton

  S3: The return from Atlanta to Brooklyn, was like the return to Jerusalem.

  Their worldview ia all about them as the centre of the Universe. Did not the talk still use the return to Jerusalem, the temple building?, more work ahead?

  The terrible things that have happened to the Jewish people are hardly re-assuring to the R&F with the wt promise of survival.

  Religion is hardly dead, with the Sunny-Shiite rift, The Hindu- Islam-state worship triangle tangle around the Himalayas.

  One has to feel sorry for the GB's situation they are in. No wonder they can not manage a warm smile.
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  Final talk of the 2020 'Always Rejoice' Convention

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is part of splane's lecture in the final part of the final day of the 2020 convention.

  now speaking of broadcasting.

  do you think jehovah has been preparing us for something like this pandemic?

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  waton

  At one point D.S. said, " and this is a revelation" and then went on o read a minor point in another, or previous ly cited text.

  There is his mind set, he really believes that somehow his studiocity leads him to cosmic insights. of course

  Albert the great also believed he was right, and he felt sorry the poor Lord, should nature contradict his formulas.

  What was today's wt study theme? humility?
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  California passes bill lessening penalty for pedophiles having sex with willing kids.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. social
  2. current

  i was wondering about this.

  if california or other far left groups in charge would push for making pedophiles quote normal unquote.

  so it passed but has yet to be signed by newsom.

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  waton

  One question is: could a <> 14 year old's hormones drive him/ her to have sex? actively seeking it?

  then what? should rhey end up somehow on a register?
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  Confession of a German Widow

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  confession of a german widow.

  rosa hoffberger would be late for mass.

  it couldn’t be helped; cold weather set in and her movement was twice as difficult with arthritis.she hadn’t attended mass since the bombing had ended months ago.

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  The daring nun who hid and saved 83 Jewish children

  By Niamh Hughes
  

  BBC News
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  Confession of a German Widow

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  confession of a german widow.

  rosa hoffberger would be late for mass.

  it couldn’t be helped; cold weather set in and her movement was twice as difficult with arthritis.she hadn’t attended mass since the bombing had ended months ago.

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  The jewish people, the Einsteins, Goldbergs, Borns, were the smartest of all the German speakers. unlikely that a kraut would outsmart them.

  There are no hillsides, Catholic villages with cathedrals near Berlin, Luther's country.

  MAY BE THE GOOD RABBI WAS BLIND AND DEAF?

  good try though! There was a German author Karl May, he wrote captivating stories about Cowboys and Indians, before he ever set foot in Nord Amerika, best sellers in the millions.
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  California passes bill lessening penalty for pedophiles having sex with willing kids.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. social
  2. current

  i was wondering about this.

  if california or other far left groups in charge would push for making pedophiles quote normal unquote.

  so it passed but has yet to be signed by newsom.

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  It is age discrimination, why punish a 81 year old more than an 18 year old? or 17 versus 71?
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  How Often is 1914 Openly Spoken of at the Meetings?

  by Number 6 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as someone who left in 1991 aged 21, one of my overriding memories of growing up in the watchtower was being able to "prove" the end times by referencing 1914.. major change in 95 then again after that.

  if i'm being honest i could not even tell you now what the current teaching is.. for those who still attend the meetings, is it still openly spoken about?

  i genuinely curious as i wonder if the teaching will be altogher dropped eventually, and one of the easiest ways to achieve that is to stop speaking about it.

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  certainly not in the after the program clique banter. The last thing, for true believers is to be reminded that it is all a chimera.

  1014 ? the only date where anything, but the wrong thing happened, the others:

  1918 : campaign " ---millions now living will never die"

  1919: appointment of wt as F& DS

  1925: Abraham, Moses & co moving into California wt mansion.

  1975: beginning of 1000 Year Reich

  2000: end of ~ biblical normal human lifespan of ~75 years (threescore or/and ten averaged out). since 1914.

  2075: end of overlapping of 2 centenarians ( 2 x 100 minus 20 years overlaps each). since 1914, F.Franz the middleman's death in 19192. .

  No, midweek meetings are the same text repeated 3 times for the last months:

  "The dead know nothing at all" . the death scare, disguised as practise for "good news" field service.
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  Weekly reading

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  took a long look and meditated on the slave business.

  poor time to be a slave.

  could be beat as long as the slave didnt die until a day or two later.

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  waton

  or selling your daughter into sex slavery as guaranty for aa loan. but good news, if after a tryout the lender does not like the performance, he can return her.

  wow. glad we are not under the law.