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  Handwritten letter's from JW children "sick"

  by Fadeaway1962 in

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  https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburgh-residents-targeted-with-handwritten-letters-from-child-members-of-jehovahs-witnesses-brand-the-move-sick-3153697?amp .

  how the residents feel about receiving a letter from a jw children..

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  waton

  Such letter writing might actually teach the harassed child to lie. since the sentiment are not it's own, but wording dictated by the person on zoom that is the influencer, The young victim learns in this way, how detached one's expression can be from the what one really thinks, wants to do; It also, by being the victim, teaches this process to use later on others.

  Cruelty administered on the lower ranks by leading Nazi bullies (and others too) in training, could have easily, given the opportunity, lead to cruelty done by us. .
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  Should I continue to help an "unbelieving" husband?

  by RiverPeace in

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  i know there are a lot of 'wise heads' out there on this forum - so i would appreciate your suggestions.. several years ago, i studied with a guy, whose wife is a jw.

  (he had studied with several elders before i came along).

  the study went reasonably well.

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  waton

  he does not need more munitions if he is not in a fight. His wife might have ways to intercept your messages. She just might want to keep her husband . He might just want peace,
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  Handwritten letter's from JW children "sick"

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburgh-residents-targeted-with-handwritten-letters-from-child-members-of-jehovahs-witnesses-brand-the-move-sick-3153697?amp .

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  waton

  one letter writing session " service arrangement" by zoom is hardly ruining a childhood, but the idea that your good name is used to enhance, embellish the current wt doctrines, hidden even from adults, is offensive.

  A bad habit that could last a lifetime, even overlap into the next group.
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  Handwritten letter's from JW children "sick"

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburgh-residents-targeted-with-handwritten-letters-from-child-members-of-jehovahs-witnesses-brand-the-move-sick-3153697?amp .

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  waton

  It is done without understanding by the child, without consent. often without authorisation by one of the parents. it is child exploitation, child labour. hopefully it will create a wider outrage.

  I is one thing to have a nice stroll in the neighbourhood of "not at homes" , trip to "unassigned territory" as a family, it is another to exploit indoctrinate innocents like that.
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  A Generation Change Again???

  by BereanThinker7 in

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  i have heard a few whispers that once again they are going to be changing the generation teaching.

  does anybody have on info on this?.

  i would love to be able to hit my family with a. .

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  waton

  connected with the generation timeline was also the concept ot the wt writers' "judgement period".

  To even the playing field, that doctrinal twist suggested, that anybody that died during a proclamation of impending doom by jws, you were on the spot subject to the current judgement terms, . even if you died before the judgement was executed, at the end, you were already a goner.

  No wormhole tunneling into the new world possible. your lifetime was vital.
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  A Generation Change Again???

  by BereanThinker7 in

  1. watchtower
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  i have heard a few whispers that once again they are going to be changing the generation teaching.

  does anybody have on info on this?.

  i would love to be able to hit my family with a. .

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  waton

  remember, it is just entertaining

  mf, of course it is entertaining and keeps our old brains spry, but according to wt, people will be judged to eternal condemnation on whether they agree with current wt doctrine or not, reject us at the doors, Now the phone.

  Our basic premise at the doors, 150 hours a month, was: you are wrong (doctrinally) and we are right. your choice wt&awake subscription or gehenna.

  Is not instant judgement in vogue again, not a delay to the great tribulation?
  
  
  
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  Are parables literal or not?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  “bible illustrations [parables] have more than one aspect.

  they … often have a prophetic meaning and application.

  moreover, some had a prophetic meaning for the time when they were spoken or shortly thereafter, and some were to have, in addition, a fulfillment in the distant future.” (insight on the scriptures (1988), wtbts, vol 1, pp.

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  waton

  Here is what JWFACTS had to say about the inspection in 1919:

  R&R great wtfacts. and their public front slogan was: " The world has ended, Millions now living will never die"

  May be the picking of them was right, they still are preaching amazing stuff like that.
  
  
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  Are parables literal or not?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
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  “bible illustrations [parables] have more than one aspect.

  they … often have a prophetic meaning and application.

  moreover, some had a prophetic meaning for the time when they were spoken or shortly thereafter, and some were to have, in addition, a fulfillment in the distant future.” (insight on the scriptures (1988), wtbts, vol 1, pp.

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  waton

  they have decreed that Matthew 24:45-47 is literal FFG

  The parable starts with a question about the quality of the "food". which implies a competition for weeding out erroneous and untimely ideas. demoting those that have and teach them.

  Jesus might have in mind his own experiences in the synagogue, where he was allowed, invited to interpret scripture. Paul too was using that open forum concept of worship, where the Bereans had the right to research and question competing ideas, aka "spiritual food".

  Wt's assertion that they satisfied that requirement of quality food in 1919, shows how detached from reality they are.

  wt you are no Galileo, Kepler, Copernicus, Newton. or Joseph.
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  Are parables literal or not?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  “bible illustrations [parables] have more than one aspect.

  they … often have a prophetic meaning and application.

  moreover, some had a prophetic meaning for the time when they were spoken or shortly thereafter, and some were to have, in addition, a fulfillment in the distant future.” (insight on the scriptures (1988), wtbts, vol 1, pp.

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  waton

  It was very surprising, that wt writers used the inclusion of the question: " who then is the faithful and wise servant--" NIV in the end time prophecy, - as an excuse to appoint themselves as god's mouthpiece. of 1919 vintage.

  In the process they disinherited such greats as Paul, James, John and Luther, Kepler, Copernicus, Galilei, amd yes, I. Newron the bible researcher.. Partakers all, part of the previous "slave class"

  May be these parables are planted to separate the wheat from the chaff.

  The heavies mentioned above from the peripheral light weights like wt, with their so called new light. Very light, with little substance - indeed, blown away by the wind, blowing, changing direction, from the "4 corners of the earth."

  should these parables by treated as strained / sustained metaphors?
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  Memorial this year?

  by carla in

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  how are they handling the memorial this year?

  zoom or open kh's?

  how do they reject the wine & bread in their own home?

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  waton

  where does it say that people who do not partake have to touch the emblems at allrv 2000

  when you think about it, the "other sheep"= jw non-partakers need the emblems more that the "anointed". the anointed will die to go to heaven, (pay the price) but the OS will never die at all, so they need the new covenant to have their sins really forgiven to keep living.

  that is why Jesus passed the emblems to people with an earthly hope, that were un-anointed to eat and drink. not to wink.