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  Cardinal George Pell Acquitted Of Child sex Abuse !

  by smiddy3 in

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  cardinal george pell the australian catholic who was the 3rd most senior person in the vatican was acquitted by the high court of australia of all sex charges against him this morning.. after serving about 400 days behind bars he is now free to walk out of jail, to the shock of many.. this should make news headlines all around the world judging by past experience..

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  The police are now investigating Pell again as someone else has levelled abuse accusations against him.
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  Why doesn't the wt discuss the real reason many partake?

  by nowwhat? in

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  it has nothing to do about feeling chosen or ruling in heaven, but rather many feel it's a command for all christians, that by partaking you are accepting christ as their saviour!

  john 6-.

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  It will be interesting to see how many partook this year that is if the GB have the guts to produce those figures maybe they will stop producing those numbers anymore as it could be so embarrassing.

  I have heard on the grapevine some friends I knew in the past who were of the OS and now claim to be of the anointed and have now taken of the emblems.

  I find this really interesting how ones that have always previously been of the OS wanting to live in a paradise earth ,getting in touch with nature and the animals ,who have now decided they want to rule with JC in the Heavens over mankind .?

  I wonder why it is now they have had second thoughts ?

  The mind boggles ?
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  Active JW's - Do you see a CONTRADICTION here?

  by The Fall Guy in

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  the bible says this - acts 17:11 “...for they [the beroeans] accepted the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.”.

  km 9/07 p. 3 question box - does “the faithful and discreet slave” endorse independent groups of witnesses who meet together to engage in scriptural research...?.

  and yet, in various parts of the world, a few associates of our organization have formed groups to do independent research on bible-related subjects... some have pursued an independent group study...so as to analyze the accuracy* of the new world translation... for those who wish to do extra bible study and research, we recommend that they explore insight on the scriptures, “all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial,” and our other publications...” .

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  For those who wish to do extra Bible study and research, we recommend that they explore Insight on the Scriptures, “All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial,” and our other publications...”

  And no doubt that would also include "Aid To Bible Understanding" that stated words to the effect that the name Jehovah would not be the correct pronunciation of God`s name but we will stick with it because it is the most popular name in use today .?

  They make such a big deal about making God`s name known ,but they don`t care if the pronunciation is right or wrong ?

  And what "people" would it be the most popular to use it ? No other than Christendom of course .

  Who JW`s claim is the Anti-Christ .

  Go figure.

  They also claim their religion is based solely on the Bible Scriptures ,yet their main belief and teaching is centered around them "Announcing Jehovah`s Kingdom" ,true ?

  Where in the New Testament are followers of Jesus Christ explicitly told to preach about Jehovah`s Kingdom ?

  I haven`t found one

  Yet there are more than twenty Scriptures in the New Testament where followers of Jesus Christ are to be witnesses of Jesus Christ and his kingdom.

  And I am using the NWT of The Christian Greek Scriptures otherwise known as the New Testament.

  And to use the two witness rule JW`s are so fond of using ,here is a third one.

  The word for word translation of the Greek into English of the Christian greek Scriptures published by the WTB&TS known as KI the Kingdom Interlinear Of The Christian Greek Scriptures ,the word / name Jehovah nor any other name for God ,does not appear in the Greek text but is deceptively included in the English margin column .

  
  
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  Due to Covid-19 a coming Global Government, the Beast of Revelation 13

  by Kosonen in

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  just recently there have been calls from heavyweight statesmen to set up a new global authority to tackle the covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis it creates.they are henry kissinger, former uk primeministers gordon brown and tony blair.former prime minister of uk, tony blair is fervently advising governments around the world how to get the corona virus under control and how to restart the economy after the lockdown.

  he is running tony blair institute for global changeon its webpage we can learn about his work with this:https://institute.global/tony-blair/mes ... t-covid-19"create one crisis-management centre.

  governments should have already repositioned themselves towards crisis management.

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  Kosonen is a classic example of why and how Christendom has over 40,000 different sects .
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  A perfect world

  by wasone in

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  the movie.

  released in 1993. i only recently saw on streaming channel axis tv.

  it stars kevin castner (butch) as an escaped convict who befriends a young witness boy( philip) who he has taken hostage.

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  I remember seeing that movie many years ago There were not many movies that made reference to the JW`s back then but there have been a few.

  Another movie ,i think it was a foreign one ,a crime movie ,they needed an excuse to knock on this door to gain access so they were given WT Mags as an excuse .

  I cant remember what movie it was though.
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  Remember the Revelation book?

  by wozza in

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  i recall when it was released ,that's when i was a drone, how excited i felt at the prospect of reading it and formulating ways to sell it at the homes in my area.. i thought, finally a book to explain the last book in the bible and indeed one that the churches seemed to want to leave alone!.

  i sold quite a few probably because of my enthusiasm and can still remember clearly the first day when i went knocking on doors with it ,and it's been decades since.. but over time it lost it's shine and my mind started to question the explanations in it due to the scene of other things being changed in the jw beliefs.. do you remember they flogged that book so many times in the book studies even when it was found to have "newer light " eclipsing it!.

  who else remembers the printed pages with the official corrections to insert into the book ,so many that the book collapsed to be of no relevance anymore really.....what an embarrassment!.

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  anyone remember that lime green Daniel book? " Your Will Be Done On Earth"

  That was my all-time favourit book when I was in dealing with the King of the North and the King of the South.

  Another lot of false prophecies that didn`t come to fruition .
  
  
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  JW's & the 7th angel

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  thank you john mieras.

  https://www.watchtower.exposed/2020/04/11/jehovahs-witnesses-the-7th-angel/.

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  The sixth Angel blowing his trumpet was probably an underlapping Angel ? There fixed it for you.
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  Witnesses - Trey Bundy

  by joey jojo in

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  watching right now with my wife.

  we are both born ins but have been out for a long time.

  my wife dislikes pretty much most things about the jw's and not much surprises her about the org but even she had to take a break because she was appalled by the cover up.

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  Did you have to take out a subscription to watch it ?,I have Oxygen but I balk at the thought of paying the sub just to watch one program.

  Seeing as I know just about everything they could show about WT/JW and the subject.
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  This thread is not about Covid-19

  by Ultimate Axiom in

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  2. experiences

  every single news item, on every single news channel, and the majority of threads on this site, for the past three weeks seem to be either directly or indirectly related to covid-19.

  is nothing else happening in the world?

  has putin stopped slaughtering syrian civilians?

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  Am I the only one who gets it joey jojo with a +1 ?
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  G.B of JW`s trusting in Jehovah ? or Trusting in Men When It Comes To A Crunch !

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah`s witnesses have taken it upon themselves that they have been chosen by god to be his witnesses in what they believe to be the last days ,the time of the end spoken of by the prophets of old.. they are on record as stating in their publications that it is their calling and duty to preach this message of announcing jehovah`s kingdom loud and clear publicly and from house to house even when under ban.. which they have done on many occasions in the past putting their trust in jehovah .. taking to heart acts ch.5 : 17- 32 which states in a nutshell ," we must obey god as ruler rather than men " .

  they are also on record that the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one satan the devil to mislead all mankind.. this includes all governments ,religious leaders ,economic, and social systems ,they have even stated that the united nations was a counterfeit kingdom in opposition to the kingdom of god for the benefit of mankind.. so what do we see today ?

  true , we have a pandemic with this covid-19 virus that is wreaking havoc in the worlds health systems causing death to many people on a scale not seen since the spanish flu pandemic a century ago.. now i`m just speaking from a jehovah`s witness mindset here,to put there money where their mouth is.

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  They believe we are living in the last of the last days,that The GT and the big A are imminent .

  Whatever happened to the hard hitting messages that JW`s were supposed to give this world in these final moments of this system of things?