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  AI on Biblical Sheep

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my son sean, who is a pastor, decided to ask ai.. "who does the bible consider sheep and how does an individual become a sheep?".

  turns out that wt non-leaders should consult ai instead of relying on their writing department.. ai writes:.

  "in the bible, sheep are often used as a metaphor for followers of god or believers.

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  Who is AI ? I`m sorry I thought AI was Artificial Intelligence ? And if so ,why would you trust AI ? for your answers ?

  And not your own thought out reasoning ?
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  New Convention Song “ It Will Not Be Late”

  by BluesBrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this made me chuckle.

  a new song that they are encouraged to practice for the convention.. “ we know your day will come, sure as the rising sun.

  no matter how long it takes , it will not be late” …………... it is based on habakkuk 2 , we discussed this in depth around 1973/1974.

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  Blues Brother

  "do not forget that the timescale predictions have come from the human reasoning of the Watchtower Society and not from God himself"…

  And yet God himself / herself has kept silent all these years and continues to do so , more than 2,000 years and counting.
  
  
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  Miserable week ahead for witness kids in England-The Coronation

  by Mit123 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i feel sorry for witness kids this week.

  schools going crazy with the coronation in england.

  witness won’t be allowed to participate in a harmless tradition that whatever you think of the monarchy will be a lot of fun..

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  It`s just another way the GB /JW Org. alienates their young / potential MS servant / Elders ,pioneers etc,etc,

  Well maybe that`s not such a bad thing .
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  All the Old JW Acquaintances Passing Away

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday, my dad told me an older sister passed away.

  she wasn't too old (in her 60s), but i knew her 30 years ago and haven't seen her in 15 years; the main reason being that i faded 10 years ago.. yesterday, i seriously considered attending the funeral and catch-up with old jws i used to know.

  after thinking it over, i decided against it.

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  I`m an old acquaintance and former believer ,/apostate ,i will never get any recognition ,but who gives a f...k ,

  I`ll be more than happy if you guys have a drink on me.

  (I`ll pay you back in the next life )
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  anyone thinking it good you left the JW

  by enoughisenough in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a jw friend and i used to frequent a local restaurant together so often that if one of us showed up the waiter/owner would ask if the other was coming as well.

  today i went there for lunch.

  he asked if ??

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  This is a good topic.

  I have been out for many, many years ,and I still find myself reluctant to identify myself as a former JW with the many circle of friends I now have with the two clubs I frequent each week.

  I have often thought about it but the subject of religion has just not come up.......... yet.

  I think it would be very interesting as to their response / attitude to this revelation, as I have been out / in this community for the past 30 odd years .

  I do not believe i have a problem with identifying myself as a former JW ,it`s just the fact that the opportunity has never arisen.

  Religion is not a preferred subject of my associates .
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  But like everyone, I am intrigued as to what it was that did ( it ) for the old boy !

  Same here.
  
  
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  Someone ,somewhere must know something ,sooner or later it will be leaked out ,time will tell we just have to be patient.

  It`s human nature.
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  A Little About Me & What Is a Resurrection?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a little about me first: i was a 4th generation jw who had major reservations about the wt growing up, but finally got on board at age 23 when i got baptized.

  spent 8 very active years in, then 8 years out as an agnostic.

  got saved in 2004 and been living the born-again christian bible-believing life ever since.

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  One thing that J.F.Rutherford said, that is fact .

  "Religion is a Snare and a Racket "

  Jumping from the pot into the frying pan does not solve anything, it`s still just wishful thinking.
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  Charles the Third and the Two-Headed Beast

  by Anony Mous in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was reading an article about the pomp and circumstance around the first coronation in nearly a century.. made me think of the revelation book (the red one, not the bible) and the picture of the two headed beast with a sword and if i have some time today i will see if i can’t find it and age it a bit, it seems the sword is a bit dull and the two heads are now both octogenarians with severe dementia, kind of funny to see that instead of “swift judgment” we’ve come to internal decay.. what do you canadians, english, scots, irish and australians think about your new leadership?.

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  I thought Charles dumping Dianna for Camilla ,would have been the end of him and here he is King ? The sooner Australia becomes a Republic the better ? Or at least dump the monarchy.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and Mental Health

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this psychiatrist makes sense to me.. https://youtu.be/l5wcqc6m-gi.

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  While I considered myself a true blue believer ,I did have a good work ethic and was always employed .I left school at 14 wanting to earn my own money and it was my first job when a workmate introduced me to the "truth" back in 1960 ,and it wasn`t till the mid 90`s that I actually walked away from religion.

  I convinced my then GF to accept it and we were married in a KH and brought up two sons in the cult as I now know it to be.I also was instrumental in getting my SIL and her two daughters to become JW`s.

  Only one niece remains a captive ,all the rest have escaped and I`m the only tragic ex JW who loves this site ?

  Maybe that`s my punishment for being such a fool .

  Getting back to topic I totally agree that the cult religion of JW`s does indeed spawn a certain degree of mental illness.

  Luckily because of my work ethic I own my own home paid outright on my retirement .