Posts by waton

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Human Origins

by cofty in

fantastic graphic produced by the smithsonian institute illustrating human origins.

click on any of the group or species labels for more detailed information.. meet your ancestors here....

waton

That beats the "tree of knowledge" in the Garden of Eden story. thank you.

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Creation proves JWs system is wrong

by venus in

to revolt is a natural tendency of life.

even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it.

the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.

There is also behaviour in nature that requires conformity like schooling of fish, flocking, the V formation of birds , that impinge on "personal" freedom. and individual "revolting" against such arrangements pay dearly. but,

Watch tower embodies the irony, that a watchmen, that spots and sounds the alarm on an issue is silenced. That is how little wt issues come to big disasters, like 1914, 25, 75, 2075.

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Do they take the GB seriously?

by Tech49 in

jw
friends

so this is an honest question that i have been thinking about for some time.. do regular jehovahś witnesses in other countries (other than the usa) take the governing body in new york seriously?.

i mean, i cant help but wonder about the publishers in japan, or south africa, or mexico, or new zealand, or even the uk, or spain, or italy...... or russia?.

not you and i (we know what you think of them), but the regular jwś...... do they take these american buffoons seriously?

waton

They are not all US stock, D. Splane is from Canada, and there is the Austrian, and an Australian. of Royal Commission fame.

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What actually happened AFTER Jesus zoomed up into the clouds and disappeared?

by TerryWalstrom in

what happened after jesus zoomed up into the sky?for a while, he was expected to return rather quickly.in the meantime, there was the “great commission” and evangelism to be tended to.. the jesus believers were meeting in people's homes.

members of that community would take turns using private homes to gather.

thus, they went house to house.. these footstep tracers of jesus (they called themselves akolouthontes "followers" or some called themselves mathetai or "learners.

waton

Why were later departures into space moved to Florida, Russia, China, India?

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In the last 20 years How Many Changes Have Occurred in Watchtower Beliefs?

by minimus in

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friends

jehovah's witnesses say that they have the truth and the truth is constant.

they believe that what they teach is the truth that comes directly from jehovah god.

can you think of anything that has changed in the last 20 years to show a jehovah's witness that the truth is not necessarily the truth..

waton

The condemnation of wt lies in the fact that they will disfellowship a JW for disenting from a then current doctrine, but not re-instate that person automatically when his former insight is reflected in the inevitable change aka , "new light". "further consideration".

The most blatant change for me is, that they now, in their final "generation" teaching, flagrantly contradict Math 24: 34: quote:

"--this generation will not, by no means pass away--" - to- " --The anointed generation will pass away, on to their reward, before all these things occur.

Their reward being to participate in the slaughter.

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What's Going on In Quebec? Class action?

by Slidin Fast in

according to these news items the child abuse front is extending to quebec.

a class action would really open some eyes i suspect.

here's hoping!

waton

There is also a different law code in Quebec than the rest of Canada, and what Wood would do in Quebec might not fly in Higgerty's Ontario.

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Canada: class action lawsuit filed against the Watchtower about the pedophilia issue

by yalbmert99 in

canada, province of quebec : class action lawsuit filed against the watchtower about the pedophilia issue.

it is now official.

see the articles in french of today:.

waton

There is another topic " Quebec's Burning Hate" on this forum, that touches on that theme too. $ 250 000.- reward money should loosen a few more tongues, hopefully all truthful.

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Was there really a specific request for money in this week's meeting?

by stuckinarut2 in

i have seen a few comments about this week's meeting.. was there actually a part that specified an actual per-publisher amount that should be donated regularly?.

can this be confirmed please?.

i truly cant believe just how brazen the society seems to be getting - and how desperate they are!.

waton

The letter mentions ~1 dollar a month, p.p. why is that discussion worthy?

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Did you ever buy into 1975?

by tornapart in

for those of you that can remember.... did you really believe that armageddon was going to come in 1975?

i was a child of the 60s, in my teens in the 70s and can honestly say that i never bought into it.

i saw brothers and sisters selling their homes and moving into rented property.

waton

having been spooked by the blatant error of the then "Superior Authority" doctrine, we were convinced of the inferiority of wt predictions, but went along halfheartedly, not expecting much, hedging our bets. coming out winners.

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What's Going on In Quebec? Class action?

by Slidin Fast in

according to these news items the child abuse front is extending to quebec.

a class action would really open some eyes i suspect.

here's hoping!

waton

Might some child rape victims have settled already, and therefore not adding to that list? reducing the might?