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  Looking to learn

  by kimmy in

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  sorry if i shouldn't be posting this, i am not jw however i have had past experiences with jw's and was learning a lot about the religion, in hopes to convert one day.

  it all ended suddenly and i guess i feel guilty for not learning more, i would get scared at the thought of bible studies and discussions in case it brought back memories.

  i was looking for any advice on the best ways i can find out more please.

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  Your not a Jehovah`s Witness ? Stay that way and live your life to the full under your terms and nobody else`s .
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  Jesus, without sin and a perfect human being ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  how could he be, regardless of how god impregnated mary, as she was a sinful human just like the rest of us according to the bible.. mary was subjected to the adamic sin like all other humans, so jesus had to at least be part sinner himself.. to believe otherwise is just deluding oneself imho .. the only way jesus could have been really without sin is if god created him the same way he created adam.. what do you think ?

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  What about Jesus rubbing shoulders so to speak with Satan ? having associated with him on a few occasions and allowing Satan to tempt him ?

  Associating with an apostate.?

  If he did that in a congregation he would be brought up before the Elders and DF.
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  Increase = Jehovah’s Blessing?

  by Reservations in

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  2. beliefs

  i’ve been trying to find any recent quotes that say the increase in witnesses every year is evidence of jehovah’s blessing on the organisation.. i know the ready made excuse if there is a decrease is “love of greater number will cool off”….

  after splanes talk i can feel a significant decrease coming..

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  If an increase equals Jehovah`s blessing ,then he must be blessing Islam / Muslims.
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  The King of the North and the South, who are they now?

  by Anony Mous in

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  2. beliefs

  i know several wit-lesses that to date are researching these topics.. however i haven't heard much from any publications recently about it, i think the latest refresh was ~10 years ago.

  since then the power of the us has severely diminished (or at least the rhetorics about it has), russia is a small potato in modern era, the eu is a cowardly dog in the eyes of everyone and we have the rise of china which is as far as military might is concerned, a paper tiger.. we also have the rise of islam, especially since the end of the nato nation-building effort in afghanistan which is now in power in most of the middle east and africa, as well as regions of asia and growing strong in europe.. does anyone have noooo light about these developments.

  is islam the king of the south?

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  Apparently Nuclear powers such as China Pakistan and India don`t rate a mention.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-30-2017 WT Study (WHO IS LEADING) IN PARTS

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  blondie’s comments you will not hear at the april 30, 2017 wt study (february 2017) (who is leading).

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-february-2017/who-is-leading-gods-people-today/ .

  excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

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  how do you distiguish between a prophecy ,evident reality ,seems to/would indicate , obviously . must mean , etc,etc.

  And not call it a prophecy / or call it a prophecy ?
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  I'm now turned off by this site

  by purrpurr in

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  in one form or another i've been a member of this site for almost 10 years.

  in the past this was a great place for debate, news and support for ex jws.

  i logged on several times a day and posted several times a week.

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  This is an interesting observation pp and one that I hope more people respond to .

  .Doesn`t the WT/JW religion themselves engage in politics ? One way or another over the years ?

  Isn`t prophecying about the KOTN & the KOTS and what the supposed Eighth king is going to do speculating in politics ?

  Could their stand in times past challenging the legal systems rulings be constituted as taking a stand against the Superiour Authorities according to Rom.13 ? The political /Judicial Systems.? That are in place ?

  While I like to see more discussion on what the WT religion is doing and where it is heading I do see that politics has some relevance here as do other subjects such as sexuality ,racism , and even whether we are alone in the Universe .

  Because one way or another they are all related to the Bible and Religion of one form or another.
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  COVID not found

  by Anna Marina in

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  2. scandals

  alberta has just lifted all covid restrictions because they can't find any samples to prove it even exists.. https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/alberta-lifts-all-covid-restrictions-because-they-cant-produce-an-isolated-sample-of-sars-cov-2-to-prove-covid-exists-to-back-their-mandates/.

  german paper bild apologises for pushing covid lockdowns and damaging society.. https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-07-30-german-newspaper-apologizes-covid-lockdown-hysteria-society.html.

  wonder if the day will come when wt admits it lied?

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  I`d like to know what planet the Corona-Virus deniers are on ,because I`m sure I`m not on the same planet as they are.

  I`m 82 years old and have had my first Astrazeneca jab and will have my second jab on the 9 sept..

  Neither my wife or myself had any side effects with the first jab and hopefully wont have any with the second one.

  But then again if you never hear from me again after the 9 Sept ,it`s been nice knowing you all.
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  2700 years ago Jews ate pigs

  by fulltimestudent in

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  from haaretz newspaper:.

  what does a pig skeleton discovered in jerusalem say about first temple era jews?.

  the argument here is that sanctions on eating pork were only introduced in the 2nd temple era.. so what does that tell you bout biblical accuracy.. .

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  Maybe the stones are finally crying out ? luke 19:40
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  Did ANYBODY Here Believe The Witnesses Were The One True Religion?

  by minimus in

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  i was raised believing i was very fortunate knowing i had the truth.

  i was groomed to be an elder.

  i figured if mother said something, even if i couldn’t totally understand it, it was correct because mother knows best.

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  I was a convert in 1960 and I certainly beleived JW`s were the only true religion.

  How gullible was I !
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  Jesus, without sin and a perfect human being ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  how could he be, regardless of how god impregnated mary, as she was a sinful human just like the rest of us according to the bible.. mary was subjected to the adamic sin like all other humans, so jesus had to at least be part sinner himself.. to believe otherwise is just deluding oneself imho .. the only way jesus could have been really without sin is if god created him the same way he created adam.. what do you think ?

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  How could he be, regardless of how God impregnated Mary, as she was a sinful human just like the rest of us according to the Bible.

  Mary was subjected to the Adamic sin like all other humans, so Jesus had to at least be part sinner himself.

  To believe otherwise is just deluding oneself IMHO .

  The only way Jesus could have been really without sin is if God created him the same way he created Adam.

  What do you think ?