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  Watchtower Study on 5th December.

  by Lost in the fog in

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  the wt study for this week is all about disfellowshipping.

  in an early paragraph it said "think how heartbroken jehovah must have been when members of his own angelic family turned their back on him!".

  however when you think about it, when this happened according to the wt teaching, jehovah still engaged with satan in the heavens (book of job) and had conversations with him about what was going on in the earth.. so why do the wt org practice shunning when jehovah god obviously didn't?.

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  Lost in the fog ,I also have brought up this point in previous posts , that Jehovah never shunned Satan and that Jesus never shunned Satan either , spending time with him and allowing himself to be tempted by Satan ?

  And all Jehovah and Jesus did was cast him out of heaven thousands of years later ?

  And the loving pair Jah and Jesus are, they sent him down here on Earth to cause more havoc for humans ?

  Apparently neither of them have shunned him to this day and if they have, why send him down to earth ? there are plenty other places they could have sent him in the Universe where he couldn`t cause anymore trouble for humans.
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  If Ever GB Members Deserved To Be Thrown in Jail It's When ...

  by smiddy3 in

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  it was when the governing body started to disfellow-ship jehovah`s witnesses from taking blood transfusions in an effort to save their lives .. resulting in many hundreds if not thousands of needless deaths of men women and children who by this coercion died from this doctrine.. and to this day they still go unpunished .

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  And those individuals who subject their unborn to the same fate in the case of a pregnant woman whose life and possibly the babies as well by refusing a transfusion.?

  And parents who decide against minor children having a blood transfusion and indoctrinate them to refuse a transfusion ?

  All because some men dictate their interpretation of scripture and enforce those rules by threats of DF or DA and shunning if they disobey them and their interpretation.
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  JW Newsroom "reviews"

  by neat blue dog in

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  jwdotorg pats themselves on the back yet again with the latest article praising jw news reports.

  among the reviews one sister is quoted as saying: "i appreciate that i can trust the news on jw .org.

  it is reliable and objective.".

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  Then at the end of the article of course it says JW News is not possible without donations and a video about how to donate online.

  That statement says it all : Including the lifestyle Governing Body members and their wives live.

  Actually JW News reminds me of Watching The World on the inside back cover of AWAKE magazine .

  IT was always months behind and past its use by date.
  
  
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  Jussie Smollett on trial

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  there is a trial currently starting - even funnier than the baldwin nonsense.. yes, everyone's favorite actor, singer and hate crime victim is going on trial.. i am, of course, talking about jussie smollett.

  he's going on trial for lying to chicago police and wasting their time.. he's obviously as guilty as hell, but i just can't wait for this to unfold.. it's gonna be hilarious ....

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  It can only happen in America.
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  Unitarian Universalist: Anyone Familiar?

  by Darkknight757 in

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  i hope you are all doing well.. has anyone had an encounter with a unitarian universalist?

  my wife has a friend who invited us to their church a few years ago.

  we never went lol.

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  An interesting post DK757 ,I guess I`m a bit of an introvert as I`m quite happy in my own company.Though I`ve got into the habit of going to one of two clubs everyday now for 2 beers that I`m happy to spend about 2 hours quietly drinking before heading home again.

  I have a few different friends / acquaintances who I have come to know at each club and if there I will socialize with them but if they are not there I`m still happy being on my own , in my own thoughts.

  Organised meetings of any sorts now are not my cup of tea.

  As far as the spiritual aspect is concerned ,I do find wonder in the complexity and divergent of all life forms that exist on this planet and I find myself wishing ? that their was some higher power nurturing and protecting what there is.

  But then I come back to reality.Just about every living thing on this planet survives by living off the death and destruction of some other living thing on land sea and in the oceans IMHO .
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  If Ever GB Members Deserved To Be Thrown in Jail It's When ...

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. beliefs

  it was when the governing body started to disfellow-ship jehovah`s witnesses from taking blood transfusions in an effort to save their lives .. resulting in many hundreds if not thousands of needless deaths of men women and children who by this coercion died from this doctrine.. and to this day they still go unpunished .

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  It was when the Governing Body started to disfellow-ship Jehovah`s Witnesses from taking blood transfusions in an effort to save their lives .

  Resulting in many hundreds if not thousands of needless deaths of men women and children who by this coercion died from this doctrine.

  And to this day they still go unpunished .
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  I`m astounded by this number ,what`s your thoughts ? definite benefits for sure ,but what of the future ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  by 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time.

  but no year in the past compares to 2021. as of sept. 16, roughly 1,400 new satellites have already begun circling the earth, and that will only increase as the year goes on.

  just this month, spacex deployed another 51 starlink satellites into orbit.. right now, there are nearly 6,000 satellites circling our tiny planet.

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  Just one of the many images of space junk / space debris around our planet.

  
  
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  I`m astounded by this number ,what`s your thoughts ? definite benefits for sure ,but what of the future ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  by 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time.

  but no year in the past compares to 2021. as of sept. 16, roughly 1,400 new satellites have already begun circling the earth, and that will only increase as the year goes on.

  just this month, spacex deployed another 51 starlink satellites into orbit.. right now, there are nearly 6,000 satellites circling our tiny planet.

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  By 2020, 114 launches carried around 1,300 satellites to space, surpassing the 1,000 new satellites per year mark for the first time. But no year in the past compares to 2021. As of Sept. 16, roughly 1,400 new satellites have already begun circling the Earth, and that will only increase as the year goes on. Just this month, SpaceX deployed another 51 Starlink satellites into orbit.

  Right now, there are nearly 6,000 satellites circling our tiny planet. About 60% of those are defunct satellites—space junk—and roughly 40% are operational.
  

  
  
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  Is Bible prophecy now starting to come true regarding the prelude to the great tribulation?

  by Disillusioned JW in

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  is bible prophecy now starting to come true regarding a prelude to the great tribulation?.

  full disclosure: i still don't believe in the bible's claims about the existence of the supernatural, even of jehovah god (i'm an atheist and a scientific/philosophical naturalist), but i am asking this question because recent events are starting to seem (to me) to fit well the description of some prophecies in the bible.

  consider the following.. several hours ago (on 11-26-2021) as i was about to enter a local fred meyer store of my city (in suburb or small city in the metro area of a large city) a person i know told me that a moment earlier a person left the store in a hurry with a cart load up with unpaid merchandise (i think i was told it was groceries but i don't remember that for sure).

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  Aren`t believers in the Bible as Gods word, today on this forum , doing what the WT/JW religion have been doing for the past 145 years or so looking for signs ?

  What did Jesus say ?

  You know your bible, you know what he says.!
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  Satans plans

  by asp59 in

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  if you are a believer.

  what you think was the most important thing for satan to stop.

  the preaching work or humans becoming kings and priest in heaven?.

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  John 8:44New International Version

  44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

  So one must ask himself / herself what kind of a being is Jehovah God who allows Satan to exist and do this to his created human beings ,in a sense his children ?

  Would any normal parent put their children through what God has allowed Satan to do for thousands of years as Jehovah has ?