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  "I'm As Mad as Hell - and I'm not going to take it anymore" (First Principles)

  by Terry in

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  two things we all need to know; may already know; have known for a long long time - but nothing at all has changed .... first principles.

  these are assumptions that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.. .

  (what the hell does that mean?).

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  Maybe every Democrat and Republican supporter should try this tonight and see what eventuates tomorrow.?LOL
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  Will Armageddon Survivors Be Able to Marry?

  by Expanded-Mind in

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  hi blondie!.

  thirteen years ago you commented on an idea circulating among some jws prior to 1975, that there was a possibility that armageddon survivors might not be able to marry.. "these vows that honor god are used—not from the bible but the only ones sanctioned by the wts.. for as long as we both shall live together on earth according to god's marital arrangement.. when i was in my 20’s, many jws interpreted this to mean that at some point in the 'new system' marriage would end.

  since this was shortly before 1975, many jws rushed to get married worried that they would never have the chance (and never have the chance to have sex.

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  l remember many elders speculating that once the earth is full theres a chance mankind may go on to inhabit the rest of the universe.

  I may be wrong but I do think that was speculated in one of their publications at one time .

  And the reasons put forward then was that the planets are in different stages of being prepared for human habitation .

  Or something along those lines .Most likely it was stated between the 60`s - 80`s time frame.
  
  
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  Before cutting my hair my witness barber had to check with Bethel...really? Not a cult?

  by Witness 007 in

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  i was balding and grey so i asked my witness barber friend to "just shave it all off" many brothers were doing the comb over which looked friggin stupid.

  but oh no in the 1990's this was rebellious he had to call a brother we knew at bethel to see if it was ok. we got his ok to go ahead but at the time i could help thinking about the no beard rule and how controlled and cultish we were..

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  Your pulling our leg Witness 007,this is a joke eh ? what`s the punch line ?
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  Spiritual counseling

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/04/high-court-judge-jehovahs-witnesses-prioritised-spiritual-counselling/.

  found this not sure if whole article have to subscribe a follow on for bbc news articles today.

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  The ministers of the religion waited for more than 2.5 years before reporting to police the Young girl was being molested by her own father ?

  Mrs Justice Lieven said there had been a "failure to take effective steps to protect a young child" which gave rise to "deep concern".
  
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  Old friends - remember "Yerusalyim"?

  by Nathan Natas in

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  does anyone here know what became of "yerusalyim"?

  he was a good guy.

  just wondering....

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  Yerusalyim joined this site 19 years ago and has an interesting Bio.

  Check out users ,I would like to know what happened to him also and what his thoughts are today .

  Thanks for posting this.

  If you come up with any more info about him I`d like to hear it guys.
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  BBC News Article 4th Feb 2020. Jehovah's Witnesses sued over 'child sex abuse'.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51006771.

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  The charities Commitee has been investigating Jehovah`s Witnesses since 2013 ?

  Jesus ,six / seven years and they still haven`t revoked their charitable status ?

  I totally agree with fall guy on this issue , this is a disgrace 7 years and no action ?
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  Dissolved Congregations--Minneapolis--St. Paul.

  by Atlantis in

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  we know all the dissolved congregations in minneapolis/st.

  paul now:.

  1. lake of the isles .

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  We know all the dissolved congregations in Minneapolis/St. Paul now:

  The 15 that are listed there Atlantis/Petra ,over what period of time were they disolved ?

  1 year ? 2 , 5 , 10 ? or more ?

  just curious.
  
  
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  Dumb things JWs believed

  by JimmyYoung in

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  2. experiences

  i am not talking about the usual crap from the cult writings, but rather things idiots believed on their own.

  maybe even helped on by the cult but not directly taught.

  i knew an old man now long gone kunde in michigan.

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  One elder in our cong.truly believed his wife got her periods twice a month ,good ploy ladies if you can get away with it ,she did.

  She was always on deaths bed so to speak supposedly her body was filled with cancer and this elder who was also into new age medicines believed his wife could pass her cancer out on the toilet.

  The funny thing is he knew the bible and could use it to his advantage I was with him one time when we called on a minister of religion and he ran rings around this Xian minister .
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  What do The GB / JW`s now Say, when JC begins/began his 1,000 year reign.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  maybe i`m just getting old , jesus christ was king of the jews 2,000 years ago ,he was supposed to have returned in 1879 ?

  and armageddon was to have occured in 1914 ,which of course didn`t happen .. and then wt in their wisdom adjusted that belief to mean that was when he was enthroned as king to sit at gods right hand .right ?

  or am i wrong here.. or was he just to sit at gods right hand until god makes him a king after armageddon .?.

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  Maybe I`m just getting old , Jesus Christ was King of the Jews 2,000 years ago ,he was supposed to have returned in 1879 ? and Armageddon was to have occured in 1914 ,which of course didn`t happen .

  And then WT in their wisdom adjusted that belief to mean that was when he was enthroned as King to sit at Gods Right hand .right ? or am i wrong here.

  Or was he just to sit at Gods right hand until God makes him a king after armageddon .?

  In other words he is not a king right now.

  Now is 1914 the start of the 1,000 reign or not I seem to be getting two lots of messages here .

  Some seem to believe his 1,000 reign doesn`t start till after Armageddon .

  And some seem to believe here that his kingship started in 1914 and he has done SFA for these past 106 years.

  So which is it ?

  SFA ...sweet f***k all for those who don`t know.
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  The end is so close now....

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  aren't they tiring out from saying this now?.

  a jobo pimi-lite i know has a terminal illness (no names, no pack drill), was told, 'hold on, the end is so close.

  the pimi-lite said they will need to hold on to their 'go bags(tm), then!.

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  In 1960 i was told that this system of things wouldn`t / couldnt last much longer that 5 years at the most ,32 years later I left .

  I look back and shake my head ,what fool am I .