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  The Watchtower—Study Edition  |  May 2022

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  the watchtower—study edition | may 2022. study article 19. revelation—what it means for you today.

  15 satan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the kingdom-preaching work.

  prominent ones among them were the figurative “two witnesses” spoken of as being killed.

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  And what the IBSA /JW taught and preached back then in the 1920`s is not believed or taught today by the JW`s?
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  Do you think the big A will come after Russia invades Ukraine?

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  Why would any Nation Govt. in the world want to attack Jehovah`s Witnesses ? I ask you.? They are an insignificant little religion that doesn`t even preach from House to house anymore

  And if you could do a survey and ask householders in any part of the world what Jehovah`s Witnesses preach to them in their H2H ministry when they did D2D ,they wouldn`t have a clue .

  All they know about JW`s is that they don`t take blood transfusions and they get me out of bed on a Saturday or Sunday mornings when i`m trying to catch up on sleep for working all week , that`s about it.
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  Tall el-Hammam

  by Jerryh in

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  i was never a jw so rarely post here, maybe to ask a question sometime.

  just by an occasional visit it seems most regulars have found the bible untenable not only in its jw redaction.

  i get that so please don't view this as an attempt to debate.

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  I`m not going to go through all of those reports just tell us what your point is in a nutshell ? And what is that to do with the Bible ?
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  An upcoming Watchtower article saying if people Pioneer Jehovah will provide!

  by LongHairGal in

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  i saw the post on reddit and the thread got many responses..can anybody believe the religion is still saying this??

  it has to be as plain as day that so many jws are poor and struggling today because they never got a career or decent job years ago.. sadly, there are still witnesses who believe money will fall from heaven if they are in the full-time ministry.

  they expect some miracle to occur..but, we all know the truth: people in the congregation will be hit up for yet more money for another bunch of irresponsible people pursuing poverty.

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  Very true LHG ,I thank my lucky stars ,figure of speech mind you ,I don`t really in case someone takes me literally ,

  I always had a work ethic ,that you need money to survive in this world until God stepped in .Even though I was a die -hard JW I still believed you had to have a good paying job as a back up ? And I was fortunate enough to land one after much pursuing it. I think I applied for the job I finally landed after 3/4 attempts and they gave it to me and said I was a "True Aussie Battler"

  I worked there for 28 years .before retiring. And we now own our own home paid outright.

  I laugh when I hear about JW`s who say I`m going to live in this house or that house after the big A ,There will be no electricity ,gas ,sewerage ,internet ,etc,etc,unless their are people to man these utilities ?

  They think Jehovah is a magician who is going to provide these things ?

  The Bible clearly shows Jehovah God has never ever done anything of the sort

  Whatever man has ever achieved it`s always been what man has accomplished on his own.

  Never anything ever to do with a God
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  Governing Body needs qualified ''early to mid-twenty year old elders''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://avoidjw.org/files/en/docs/doc-s/s-147/2022/s-147-22.01-e_bi.pdf.

  avoidjw.org has posted a letter titled, ''announcements and reminders january 2022.''.

  the governing body are always changing bible procedures.

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  Here ,the GB are admitting that a large number of younger people are turning away from the religion and are just biding their time till they are old enough to leave completely .

  IMHO

  And here they are just referring to males ,I`ll bet the same is also true about young females leaving in droves or just biding their time until they can leave home and the religion .
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  The Immoral Clock

  by Terry in

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  the immoral clock.

  my great-grandmother owned a grandfather clock.

  i asked it carefully.. "your mother told me that if she doesn't wind her clock twice a day it slows down, it starts to lie, becomes immoral, and stops.

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  Terry you do have a way with words I`ll give you that .
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  Governing Body needs qualified ''early to mid-twenty year old elders''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://avoidjw.org/files/en/docs/doc-s/s-147/2022/s-147-22.01-e_bi.pdf.

  avoidjw.org has posted a letter titled, ''announcements and reminders january 2022.''.

  the governing body are always changing bible procedures.

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  That made laugh R&R
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  The God of The Bible a Divisive God

  by smiddy3 in

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  surely god could have had a better plan for directing humans than what is outlined in the bible couldn`t he ?.

  right from the start he picks favorites ,not giving cain or abel any clues or directions in how he wanted to be worshiped .. maybe its just me but i would have thought cain`s sacrifice would have been much better than abel`s simply because cains offering was from the" fruits from the ground" but abel`s offering was to sacrifice" some firstling`s of his flock" oh, and lets not forge" their fatty pieces".

  cain offered up the product of the land ,being a cultivator of the land ,while abel was a herder of the sheep and slaughtered one of gods creations.

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  Obviously not many people wanted to chime in on this post fair enough ,thank you waton and truth b known for your input .

  If Jehovah God truly wanted ALL people to be saved ,wouldn`t he have made sure his appeal would have been to people of all the nations and not just be dealing with one specific group ? And made it absolutely clear without any doubt that the CREATOR GOD was offering this means of salvation ? And not humans.
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  Are badness, disobedience, and rebellion part of the "perfect" human nature?

  by psyco in

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  when humankind will be perfect again after 1,000 years living in a paradise without being influenced by satan and demons, since "the number of these is as the sand of the sea" (revelation 20:8), a huge amount of "perfect" people, like adam and eve, will be bad, disobedient, and rebel being misled by satan once again.. does this mean that after living today surrounded by bad, disobedient, and rebel imperfect people, you will still live surrounded by bad, disobedient and rebel "perfect" people in a paradise?.

  does this mean that badness, disobedience, and rebellion are part of the "perfect" human nature considering the big amount of people involved ("as the sand of the sea")?.

  is it possible that we were originally created with such a strong desire and tendency to badness, disobedience, and rebellion as a result of a wise, loving, and perfect project?.

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  Gen.3:22 Jehovah God went on to say "Here the man has become like one of us " ? who was he talking to , Angels ?

  Were the Angels created knowing good and bad ? WHY ? What is/was the point ?

  Why was there a tree in the Garden of Eden put there to test Adam and Eve ? by God ?

  What test did the Angels undergo to prove their loyalty to Jehovah God ?

  And why did not only Satan but so many other Angels rebel against Jehovah God if they were created perfect ?
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  Have you ever thought about this statistic?

  by psyco in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  forgetting for a moment the past, let us imagine that now we are about 8,000,000,000 people in the world and jws are about 8,000,000.8,000,000 / 8,000,000,000 = 0.1%.this means that satan can mislead 99.9% (100 - 0.1) of the people in the world.after 1,000 years, when humankind will be perfect again, since "the number of these is as the sand of the sea" (revelation 20:8), once again a huge amount of perfect people will get misled by satan.if the reason for this big number was because of the imperfection, that means adam and eve's fault, not so many "perfect" people should get misled by satan in the future paradise.so, could you think that 99.9% of the perfect angels are demons misled by satan?

  if not, why is satan able or allowed to mislead so many more (imperfect and) perfect humans than angels?another question is: if god "does not desire anyone to be destroyed" (2 peter 3:9), why does he allow satan to be able to mislead 99.9% of people since he knows in advance that "many, i tell you, will seek to get in but will not be able" (luke 13:24), and "the number of these is as the sand of the sea" (revelation 20:8), and "go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it" (matthew 7:13, 14)?

  should not it be the other way around as a logical statistic?

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  1 Tim 2:3-4 says: "3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth."

  So why the bloody hell doesn`t he reveal himself to ALL mankind ?

  And not just some specialized group that no one can verify ?

  It`s not rocket science is it ?

  With all of the technology that`s around today ,surely it`s not too hard for the creator to figure it out is it ?

  Geeeez , my mind boggles.