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  Manuel germany

  by Marcial in

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  hello to all of you and especially to atlantis and petra without whom we would be helpless in the face of the powerful and destructive sector that concerns us.

  atlantis would you please send me the latest october 2020 manual in german language?

  thank you.sincerely to all of you marcial

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  I`ll second that Marcial ,and to all of those brave souls who have provided Atlantis and Petra with the information they have done at risk to themselves over the years.
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  Modern Day Biblical Humor

  by Sigfrid Mallozzi in

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  Thank you Sigfrid .
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  "The witness" documentary aired on TV last night for the first time

  by joe134cd in

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  2. experiences

  i knew it was coming as it had been advertised on tv.

  i just thought to myself, i hope that my father doesnt get wind of it.

  if he sees this no good will come of it, so i never mentioned a word to him.

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  You sound like a good person trying to protect your elderly family member your father ,and i respect that

  .Regardless of how he might have looked after your interest ,you did an admiral thing protecting him in his old age.

  Some very old folk are just best to be left in their delusion that this JW religion is the "truth" , it could do more damage than good trying to force them to face another alternative.

  Just let them be.

  Take care buddy.
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  Modern Day Biblical Humor

  by Sigfrid Mallozzi in

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  I know I am a bit thick however I do not understand the first 2 posts.? What`s going on there ?
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  The Worst doctrine of JWs- Ressurection and Paradise

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  besides the facts that one needs to take numerous verses from the ot and nt and smash them together to make this theology (which works out to a modern day zorastriaism) the whole concept is realy horrific.. first it teachs that your life is worthless and should be exploited until the next one in paradise/or heaven.

  second it teachs that you dead loved ones are still around either in heaven or jeblooper's memory.

  so don't greive.

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  The deaths by suicide ,the deaths by refusing blood Transfusions,on pain of being Disfellowshiped ,refusing organ transplants in the early day of the policy ,this happening worldwide should be of serious concern for governments around the world surely ?

  I`ts all unnecessary and a waste of human life ,that includes the unborn and the mother,right across the board from youth`s to the aged folk.

  We have different organizations here in Australia to prevent suicide ? Are they aware of how many do so because of religious controls put upon them ? I will ask them .
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  The Sin Jehovah`s Witnesses Are Guilty Of.?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  are jehovah`s witnesses guilty of committing the unforgivable sin ?.

  “i am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of christ.

  but even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

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  Phizzy ,and that`s what truly amazes me is that Jesus, supposedly being who the world claims he is, never wrote down a single word ?

  And the Bible claims that if everything Jesus talked about would fill volumes ? how come nothing he ever said, he didn`t write about ?

  Jehovah GOD did not see fit to record Jesus own words from his own pen ? For future generations

  If what he said was so important for future generations ,why did he not record it ?

  Moses supposedly wrote 5 books ? The greater Moses wrote nothing ?

  All we hear about Jesus and his sayings are from 2nd ,3rd, and 4th hand me downs.

  Who very well may have had their own agendas for writing what they did.

  Pretty poor if you ask me.
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  I Just sent a letter to the editor of a national newspaper .

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  i wonder if it will be published ?

  i asked when would those responsible name and shame those institutions that have refused to join the redress scheme and if it was a one off event or are they going to continue to do so.. that was the gist of the message .it was to the herald sun newspaper printed in victoria and distributed nation wide.australia.their are about 5 institutions that have refused to sign up ,4 of them are very small institutions and the jehovah`s witnesses are by far the largest body refusing to join.. those of you in australia keep your eyes peeled to the herald sun to see if it gets published or not..

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  Under new arrangements, institutions now have until 31 December 2020 to join the Scheme. The extended timeframe recognises the changed capacity of some institutions during the coronavirus pandemic. To provide some certainty to applicants, institutions named in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Royal Commission) and/or in an application were asked to provide a written statement outlining their intention to join the Scheme by 30 June 2020.

  Sorry Phizzy i`m not a big fan of social media.
  
  
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  Where have the NWT Bible changed verses to fit their theology ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. bible

  i can think of two to start off with .

  john 1:1 and luke 23:43 ,what others can you come up with ?.

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  There is no such thing as "THE" Bible. It is a library and there is a number of different collections. Just consider the number of books in the Ethiopian Bible and in the Orthodox Church's Bible.

  No one ever voted that the Protestant list is correct.

  And Jehovah`s Witnesses adopted the Protestant list of the Bible that was voted on by the Catholics to be included as the Bible Canon.

  Go figure !
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  The Society and 1975.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  stumbled upon this article - not that the wt society ever highlighted the date of 1975, but that was brothers running ahead... .

  w68 8/15 pp.

  494-501. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1968602#h=1:0 .

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  And as you say Fink what other publishing house could convince volunteers ,millions of them to distribute there literature for free ?

  What suckers we were.!
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  Rolf Furuli Disfellowshipped Last Week

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. scandals

  well known norway elder and watchtower doctrine apologist, (rolf furuli) was disfellowshipped a few days ago for the crime of expressing opinions contrary to some watchtower dictates.. like wt leadership in the past, they have no problem eating their own..

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  Old people who have invested there lives in the organization / religion will die in the religion .I`ts been indoctrinated into them ",where else can they go ?"

  The younger generation today being born in`s are no different to any other born in`s to a religion ,that`s all they know ,I was brought up a JW I`ll die a JW. / I was raised a Catholic I`ll die a Catholic.

  I`ll wager that there are very few young JW`s if any who could defend the religions doctrines using the Bible.?

  They are not interested in doctrines.And they are now not taught in any meaningful way how to defend their faith.