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  The Watchtower—Study Edition | February 2022 Trust in Jehovah ...We really meant ''the Governing Body''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | february 2022. study article 6. do you trust in jehovah’s way of doing things?.

  15 as the end of this system of things draws near, we need to trust in jehovah’s way of doing things as never before.

  during the great tribulation, we may receive instructions that seem strange, impractical, or illogical.

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  waton

  contrasting "david" wt poster boy and the man gathering firewood in the desert on the sabbath, and being executed for it. wt opined: may be he had other issues.

  yeah, how about david, ready to kill all males because they did not pay protection money, the collecting of the foreskins, the census that killed thousands, the mistake of the ark on a wagon. --The story "David" stinks, but wt loves it, thinking it will shield them from responsibility now. and

  poor Jonas, being made a false prophet. why did the deity not use it's foresight to include a repentance clause in the message? wt way of justifying their continued role as a false prophet. This time, unlike Jonah, a self made false prophet.
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  Back to the Meetings------Back to Covid.

  by pistolpete in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a lot of pimos are reporting that returning to the meetings is backfiring in that covid is spreading among the members returning.. post;.

  so last saturday was my first meeting back in person and well it completely backfired.

  last night i got a text from my group overseer saying that someone in the hall tested positive for covid and that we need to get tested(great 🎉).. honestly i kinda expected this.

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  waton

  This return to the k hall before the end of the pandemic shows, how bad wt decisions really are.

  they sold the close - by halls everywhere. Now, the local hall[s] have a constant stream of overlapping meeting attendees squeezing through the doors, 10 am, 1 pm, 3 30 pm, without a break, without total ventilation, air exchange.

  today's wt study: support gb's, elders decision even when they defy logic. right! heaven help the jws, when the going will get tough, based on wt history, even very recent ones, like the one to sell the neat, clean, isolated sanitized, home halls.
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  is it pImo ?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  is it peemee or pie mie ?.

  peemo or piemo ?.

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  waton

  yep--i know. But are you aware the poster cannot edit the title ? sld

  yes he can. look closely.
  
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  Nightmare at Beth Sarim

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  nightmare at beth sarim(a one-act play)setting: beth sarim is a ten-bedroom mansion in san diego, california.

  ________curtain riseswe see the figure of j.f.

  (the judge) rutherford.

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  waton

  I wonder what C. Taze R . thought of J.F.R.'s two 1930 16 cylinder Cadillac[s] did it faze him?
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  Saving "mark" on forehead: A CROSS?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ezekiel 9:4.

  “go throughout the city of jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”

  in the script used during old testament times it was either in x shape or a + shape.

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  waton

  according to the latest review in this week's book study, the mark for survival, for the other sheep and destruction in Mat 25 will be administered by Jesus just before the goat's destruction, and not during the H2H ministry of jws, as previously taught.
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  Tony Morris hijacking GB

  by asp59 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  has the gb been hijacked by tony morris?

  hes the host many times on jw videos.

  saying gb members wanting him too host.

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  waton

  Not that there's anything redeeming about being a 'deep thinker' like Splaine, or like he imagines himself. He idolizes Franz and loves to speculate to the absurdest degrees. neat blue dog:

  You do not need to be a deep thinker to realize that when it comes to doctrine and bible adherence (talking snake level), wt is in deep trouble.

  Perhaps D. Splane fancied himself to be able to fix that by modifying doctrine, and introducing concepts he concocted, believed were "inspired" in a "studious" way.

  Recent Old light, New light "congregation bible" study shows that. "refinements" that raise more questions. like the 16 faced total personality of the deity. or the last minute marking on the forehead and immediate following execution at the bif A. therefore,

  the purely power oriented leaders thrive. The wt GB like the kremlin K-GB are merely vehicles for them.

  i feel sorry for the humane and sincere among them.
  
  
  
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  What are your thoughts about Mormons?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  waton

  got on boats, travelled across the oceans, landed on the American continent somewhere (differing opinions on where that landing occurred). Totally made up

  doykl: you should see the boats they show in their Salt Lake City "museum" depictions. These were the sturdiest oak timber work of art you can imagine. puttin Noah's ark to shame, and the prairie schooners they came into west in.

  On a personnel note, I'd rather have Romney than Trump lead the right. more strictly conservative, hiddenly hanging on to impossible beliefs, rather than flailing all over the place, like the man with the mane. and

  talking of 10 tribes travel, LDS legend might have them in machu picchu, British Israel on the other hand, got them stuck in G DAN sk (danzig). great shipyards there too.

  On a personal note: I always liked to confront the LDS elders with Gal 1:6, : "not to get into another good news" than biblical. preached by Paul***. Still like to do the same, with elders (wt this time).

  *** like the Lord's commandment of ! Coir 14: -- 37.
  
  
  
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  the cheap trick for believers...

  by inbetween in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yesterdays wt study (wt january 2022) stressed the issue, to set aside time to deepen the relationship to god.. in order to strengthen one`s faith, it was encouraged to ask god anytime for basically anything.

  and each time god answers your prayers the faith grows.. now, each one of us has wishes, desires, hopes.

  some naturally will fail, some will come true.

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  waton

  par 3 seems to involve time as such, not just any time. as if only wt time/ wt think matters.

  an appeal to self indoctrinate, circular reasoning to close the loop against the intrusion of better more enlightened answers.
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  The senseless ''non partakers'' Jesus Memorial

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  matthew 26: 18-20 .

  18 he said: “go into the city to so-and-so and say to him, ‘the teacher says: “my appointed time is near; i will celebrate the passover with my disciples at your home.19 so the disciples did as jesus instructed them and prepared for the passover.20 when evening came, he was reclining at the table with the 12 disciples.. only jesus and his 12 disciples were present at the passover .if jesus wanted observers, he would of had some sit down at his last meal and requested that they be present that day and future passovers.

  why does the wts feel that observers ( non partakers ) need to attend the yearly memorial?

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  waton

  foreigners are those present at the beginning of the law covenant, -- foreigners who associated with Jews centuries later DJW

  thank you,

  wow, now there are even 2 classes of OS. are they overlapping too?

  really, the new covenant is not the law covenant and the terms are simple, forgiveness of sins. no genealogy proofs required.

  Borodin wrote a song about it, also known as "stranger in paradise" more moving than the strange wt doctrine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoClDxy41zg
  
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  The senseless ''non partakers'' Jesus Memorial

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  matthew 26: 18-20 .

  18 he said: “go into the city to so-and-so and say to him, ‘the teacher says: “my appointed time is near; i will celebrate the passover with my disciples at your home.19 so the disciples did as jesus instructed them and prepared for the passover.20 when evening came, he was reclining at the table with the 12 disciples.. only jesus and his 12 disciples were present at the passover .if jesus wanted observers, he would of had some sit down at his last meal and requested that they be present that day and future passovers.

  why does the wts feel that observers ( non partakers ) need to attend the yearly memorial?

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  waton

  Deuteronomy 29:10-15 destroys this JW dogma & its implications. Boogerman

  right, and Rev 7: 1-8 pulverizes it further, because the "others" so despised by wt, out of which the 1444 000 are sealed, are the specifically named 12 tribes of Israel, not foreigners at all.