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  I think Splane is the Cult Leader. And I think there are more apostates working on the inside than we can imagine.

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so in the latest leaked video, splane goes on this crazy delusional rant about how faithful witnesses should never research their faith.. he criticizes the worldly court system and says they are not fair toward witnesses and the organization.

  he says the court system is rigged and witnesses who get convicted, (implied child sex abusers) are innocent.

  he is literally trying to justify child molesters and elders who cover them, as good people in "god's eyes" even though "human authorities" may judge them and put them in jail.

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  Why is a link to the video not on here ? or am I missing something ?
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  20 Years Occupying Afghanistan, Nothing Achieved

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  so the occupation of afghanistan is coming to an end and, as predicted, they achieved absolutely nothing in that 20 years apart from:.

  the death of 2,300+ service personnel and tens of thousands more seriously maimed or injured.. handing $billions or even $trillions of taxpayer dollars to defence contractors (so the military industrial complex wins, even if the military doesn't have a clear victory).. has this lengthy but short-term military occupation really changed anything in the country?

  it doesn't appear so.. i said at the time that the us wouldn't have the staying power to enact real change.

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  It`s shamefull for America and her allies like Australia to have abanded those Afghans who supported the allies and are now left to be hunted down and executed .

  That is morally and ethically unacceptable. Shame on us .

  They should have been given priority to be given safe passage out of the country along with their families.
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  Do You Support Cubans Protesting Against Communism?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  some people have thrown their support for the government while others show support for the rebels.

  what’s your opinion?.

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  Doesn`t the Bible say Christians should be in subjection to the superior authorities ? that to go against them is to go against the arrangement of GOD ? Presumably that would include all forms of governments the good and the bad.
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  WT UK admit they are a building company

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03858051.

  they have registered their business at companies house under business code 41100 - development of building projects.. opening their latest full accounts filing it says on page 4 under principle funding sources:.

  ”the society currently has two funding sources, one of them being the construction of new facilities or places of worship, which is invoiced at cost to other charities with similar aims”.

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  Not bad for a non profit organization I guess .
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  WT UK admit they are a building company

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03858051.

  they have registered their business at companies house under business code 41100 - development of building projects.. opening their latest full accounts filing it says on page 4 under principle funding sources:.

  ”the society currently has two funding sources, one of them being the construction of new facilities or places of worship, which is invoiced at cost to other charities with similar aims”.

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  Didn`t the Jehovah`s Witnesses in Mexico identify themselves as a Cultural organization and not a religious organization back in the day ?

  When the Catholic Church was the only recognized religion that could own land and property .?
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  Another JW documentary coming soon...

  by tresdecu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this looks like a good one, another small blow coming straight from satan's system!!!

  vice versa: crusaders.

  (hollywood reporter article) .

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  Bring it on ,yeah !
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  “Joshua” and “Jesus” are the same Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic name: is this not confusing?

  by psyco in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  god’s name disappeared in the christian greek scriptures and its pronunciation got lost in the hebrew-aramaic ones.

  the current vowels of the hebrew pronunciation of god’s name are taken from the “adonay” (“lord”) hebrew word which were the vowels chosen by who did not want to pronounce his name.

  whereas the current latin pronunciation of god’s name (“jehovah”) was introduced by raymundus martini, a spanish monk of the dominican order, in his book published in 1270 c.e.

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  Welcome psyco.

  But aren`t the 4 letters representing Jehovah / Yahweh God , taken from the tetragrammaton ? JHVH / YHWH .

  And the vowels taken from Adonay added to those letters to make up Jehovah / Yahweh ?

  Whereas Jesus is a shortened version of Jehoshua ?

  And didn`t the GB/ JW admit in the book Aid To Bible Understanding first edition that the more correct pronunciation of Gods name probably is Yahweh ? or words to that effect and used the excuse why they chose to go with the name Jehovah was because it was the most popular name in use of the day.

  And doesn`t that statement contradict their claim that Christendom try`s to hide God`s name from their members ? Many churches throughout the world have the name Jehovah engraved in stone on there buildings.

  Many Churches throughout Christendom use the name either Jehovah or Yahweh in hymns and Bibles that they use including the Catholic Church which has used both names.
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  I Don't think the jw kids today are afraid of the Elders or the Governing Body, like the jw kids of pre-internet era.

  by pistolpete in

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  2. beliefs

  something i've notice with born in jw kids posting on reddit, is that they have no problem telling off the elders.

  this generation of born in jw kids just have no fear of who the elders represent because they know from researching on the internet, that jehovah is a created character by ancient people, and no different or real, than thanos.. these kids know exactly what's going on with the child sexual abuse in the organization.

  they also have read and memorized the elder's book online.

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  I think the G.B. have done the R&F JW`s especially the younger ones a great service in having Stephen Lett do the videos.They, unlike older ones,haven`t invested a lifetime and money in slaving for men instead of worshiping a god of the bible.

  Many of the oldies can`t bring themselves to admit they have been conned their whole life and their pride won`t allow them to admit that.They have eyes but they cannot see,they have ears but they cannot hear and they have a brain that they refuse to use ,they are quite content to let let the GB men do their thinking for them.

  Yet it is so easy to research the TTATT about Jehovah`s Witnesses using the internet now.But will they do it ? NO

  And that is very sad.
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  Which English Translations of the Bible are you Favorites, and Why?

  by Disillusioned JW in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  which english translations of the bible are you favorites, and why?

  my favorites include the (english) revised version bible (of 1881-1885) and its apocrypha (of 1898), the american revised version bible (of 1898, it close to the american standard version), the american standard version bible (of 1901), the new american standard bible - updated edition, the new revised standard version bible with the apocrypha, the complete bible: an american translation (it includes the apocrypha), and the twentieth century new testament.

  i also use others beside those.. they are my favorites because i consider them to be highly accurate, and also they are either very literal (but not so literal as to be hard to understand) or they use functional equivalence.

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  Sorry D.JW ,I haven`t actually read any versions of the Atheists Bible I only meant to say that if I could bring myself to read any "Bible" it probably would be one of those versions.
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  Which English Translations of the Bible are you Favorites, and Why?

  by Disillusioned JW in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  which english translations of the bible are you favorites, and why?

  my favorites include the (english) revised version bible (of 1881-1885) and its apocrypha (of 1898), the american revised version bible (of 1898, it close to the american standard version), the american standard version bible (of 1901), the new american standard bible - updated edition, the new revised standard version bible with the apocrypha, the complete bible: an american translation (it includes the apocrypha), and the twentieth century new testament.

  i also use others beside those.. they are my favorites because i consider them to be highly accurate, and also they are either very literal (but not so literal as to be hard to understand) or they use functional equivalence.

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  maybe I should read up on the many versions of the Atheists Bible,that would be the only bible that would interest me now.

  Though I still do have a copy of the NWT of the Bible 1984 that I sometimes use to refute a JW belief or two.