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  Had to laugh.

  by Lost in the fog in

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  i had to laugh.. i bumped into a friend who has started going back to the meetings and who has that enthusiastic arm-waving way of talking about the stuff they're hearing from the platform.. in part he's wittering on about some talk they'd had about king david and all of his ups and downs.

  and says, "and as the speaker emphasized over and over again, we can imitate david because he was a man just like ourselves.".

  " i finally interrupted.. that shut him up.

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  King David was an ass hole and was rewarded for it , so we can be an ass hole also , but I bet we wont be rewarded for it .
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  Will Ukraine win?

  by Fisherman in

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  i was under the impression that it was going to be a short war, that russia’s military would indeed subdue ukraine’s forces quickly but that is not happening.

  seems that russia’s military power is much less than it’s reputed to be.

  no guess how it will all end..

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  With the setbacks Russia has had to deal with ,Ukraine gaining more ground ,will Putin to save face justify ,legitimise ,using nuclear weapons to gain an ultimate victory citing the precedence of the USA using Nuclear weapons to end the war in 1945.?

  It wouldn`t surprise me.
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  Babylon the Great and the last Pope

  by mikeflood in

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  what do you guys think of the evangelicals theory about babylon the great and the last pope...just starting this big book out of curiosity...like 500 pages...it seems there is a lot of different thinking from the borg.

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  Which brings me to the question:

  Does the JW religion still go on about "Babylon The Great Has Fallen God`s Kingdom Rules " with their book that supposedly proved Christendom has no more relevance in the world because it`s days are over ? so to speak ?

  And when was that in the 70`s or 80`s ?

  Or is it just another one of their beleifs that they just don`t talk about anymore and hope nobody brings the subject back up ?
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  Who is GOD Favouring in this Time of the End ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  jehovah`s witnesses , seventh day adventists , church of jesus christ of the latter day saints.. these 3 are probably the more influenthal in the last 200 or so years ago.. if membership is a sign of god`s blessing on who he favours then @ the year 2021.. jehovah`s witnesses membership 8.5 million.

  church of jesus christ of latter day saint`s membership.16.8 million.

  seventh day adventist`s membership.21 million.

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  Jehovah`s Witnesses , Seventh Day Adventists , Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints.

  These 3 are probably the more influenthal in the last 200 or so years ago.

  If membership is a sign of GOD`s blessing on who he favours then @ the year 2021.

  Jehovah`s Witnesses membership 8.5 Million

  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint`s membership.16.8 Million

  Seventh Day Adventist`s membership.21 Million

  If God was using any religious group on earth to spread his message in these last days , out of these 3 who do you think he would be supporting ?

  Or maybe you have another Group in mind ?
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  I need your help to get out

  by ElMartin in

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  i'm using google translate, my native language is spanish .

  hola, esta es mi primera publicación en este sitio.

  tengo 22 años, me dediqué a jehová y lo que creo que fue la organización de él a los 18 años.. ai am currently inactive in spiritual activities, which led me to wonder and question if the watchtower has the truth.

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  ELMartin , I,m just curious as to how old you are ,if you are an Adult you should be able to make your own decision and face the consequences ,however if you are a minor that could be a whole different story .

  Hola, esta es mi primera publicación en este sitio. Tengo 22 años, me dediqué a Jehová y lo que creo que fue la organización de él a los 18 años.

  I dont speak spanish ,but are you 18 ? or 22 ?

  
  
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  NASA: Humans Back to the Moon

  by Gerard in

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  nasa plans return to moon by 2020

  "this vision aims to return humans to the moon, and then to use it as a staging point for a manned mission to mars.

  i wonder if jws will be required to canvas those areas too.

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  For the naysayers that don`t beleive man has set foot on the moon .

  There hasn`t just been one mission to the moon by Astronauts with two men but six missions equaling 12 men setting foot on the moon over a period of time.

  Do you honestly think other space age nations such as the Chinese ,Russians ,Indians , European space Agency etc ,etc. would sit idly by and let America get away with such a fraud ?

  Of course not they would let the whole world know it was all fake .

  But they don`t ,why ? because they all know its fact.
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  JW Obession with the trinity

  by Riley in

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  so a few years i watched a lecture series by a man named dr. micheal heiser called the two powers in heaven, jesus in the old testament.

  funny thing was it wasn't even very evangelical in nature, so i turned off my religious binders and just watched it like a regular person.

  it turns out that the new testament is a hinge point in the bible.

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  I guess theI Italian Mafia / Vatican back in the day are good examples of that ?
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  Mormon abuse allegations

  by RolRod in

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  mormons in the news covering up abuse allegations.

  https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/us/wirestory/mormons-meet-salt-lake-city-biannual-conference-90816632.

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  Thanks TD I was able to read this.
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  A question about the contemporary generation teaching following a conversation with a JW apologist

  by Giles Gray in

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  i would like to ask the ex-jws on this site to put their ‘apologists hat’ back on for a moment, so that i can go through the overlapping generation teaching in an attempt to make sense of it.

  i apologise if these points have already been addressed on this site.a quick background for the reason for my request… having never confronted a jw apologist on the topic, i recently engaged with a jw regarding the official understanding of a ‘generation’ and unfortunately he didn’t have an answer to the points i was making.

  i was left a little confused as to what the official jw response would/should be.so i was hoping that my thoughts below might be considered from an apologist’s perspective.the point in question relates to this section of the watchtower article below from 2008, as well as the jw.org video explanation of the overlapping generation:---:w08 2/15[box on page 25] can we calculate the length of “this generation”?the word “generation” usually refers to people of various ages whose lives overlap during a particular time period or event.

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  The GB / Jehovah`s Witnesses claim to base their beleifs solely on the Bible.

  And out of the mouth of 2 or 3 witnesses let a matter be established of what is "truth"

  3 Bible scriptures that identify a generation as approximately 50 years in length.

  #1 , Matt.1: 17-18 , Abraham born 2018 BC / Jesus born 2 BC , 2016 years between them and 42 generatiions , = 48 years for one generation.

  #2 ,Luke 3 :23-38 that is 76 generations from Adam to Jesus a period of 4024 years ,4024 divided by 76 = 53 years . for one generation.

  And certainly Jesus never said anything of the sort.

  #3 , Luke 21: 20 - 32 ,Jesus died at age 30 ? ,this prophecy was fullfilled in the year 70 AD , again well within a 50 year timespan.

  And nowhere in the entire Bible is there a hint of an overlapping generation even suggested.

  And certainly Jesus never said anything of the sort.
  
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  An army of volunteers and a convoy of trucks and heavy equipment headed to Florida as we speak!

  by nowwhat? in

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  no not the watchtower, but franklin graham's samaritan purse!

  nothing on the website as of noon friday edt.

  evidently all the resources are tied up making their next movie.

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  Ain`t that the truth .