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Why not help 'the friends' with the wealth?
by neat blue dog inin the new testament, when funds were collected, they were distributed to all, not hoarded at hq (not that there was an hq).
of course now they're fraudulently taking credit for the government's free food program, but what about other things, unlike disaster relief, that don't get them publicity and credit?
for instance, the latest jwdotorg article about azerbaijan says this:.
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Comparing Christian & Watchtower Timelines
by Sea Breeze inin talking to jw's, it is apparent that they believe they are the only ones who believe in a paradise earth.
in reality most bible-believing christians believe in a paradise earth, they just don't call it that, they call it the millennium reign.
i created the chart below in an attempt to highlight areas of agreement between christians and a watchtower view, while at the same time isolating the key difference - the rejection of the new covenant.
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Anyone seen this? Seems to be a startup JW site for leaning languages
by Funky inscanning thru the usual jw sites, i saw a link to this site:.
https://www.talk2practice.com/.
looks like a standard language-tutoring site, right?.
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Twisting Micah 6:8 to fit the Governing Body's narrative
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmark sanderson: “wisdom is with the modest ones” (prov.
here is governing body member mark sanderson reading micah 6:8 from the new world translation.
twisting micah 6:8 to fit the governing body's narrative to be ''loyal'' to jehovah and ingrained into every member's brain to also include the ''governing body.
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Covid19 vaccines
by Beth Sarim inthe breaking news in canada today is the rollout of the pfizer/biontech vaccines.
perhaps we can put this pandemic nightmare to bed soon.. i hate to rain on the parade, but we yet are not clear of any allergic reactions, side effects there might be as they roll out.
but, just have to wait and see...to state the obvious.
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Another Rainbow explained....
by snare&racket indue to the many variables involved it has been difficult for science to predict how proteins fold to form their uniquely functional state.
proteins are built from individual amino acids up, coded by dna.
protein function is dictated by its shape and amino acid make up.
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Is the WT changing the 1914 teaching now?
by nonjwspouse ini've been absent from the forum for about 10 months while deep into a divorce and working long hours.i heard mention in another thread about a change in 1914. is this actually being taught?
i'm very curious.
a extended non jw family member of my soon to be ex spouse finally decided to really do the deep investigation on the jw, and is in the phase of wanting to "ask the direct questions" and inform them of the facts of the jws.
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Pioneers privilige
by justice34 inorganization and congregation seems to give so much attention to the pioneers and the hours.
encouraging the members to get even the 30h at the month of c/o visit even if they don't complete the minimum of the hours.
why do they give so much praise and attention to pioneers?
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2020 Annual Meeting of JW's
by HiddenPimo inso i doubt out of all the pimo's someone hasn't been able to leak that they had the annual meeting.
does this mean that there was not one for the first time in jw history.
thoughts?.
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"Great Crowd" important detail glossed over
by neat blue dog inthe latest study wt gives another glowing report from rutherford's time:.
in his talk, brother rutherford identified those whowould make up the “great multitude” (king james ver-sion), or “great crowd,” mentioned at revelation 7:9. un-til then, this group was thought to be a secondary heav-enly class that was less faithful.
brother rutherford usedthe scriptures to explain that the great crowd are notchosen to live in heaven, but they are christ’s othersheep who will survive “the great tribulation”.