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Governing Body Of Jehovah's Witnesses Releases New Christmas Song About Jesus' Birth . . . Really???
by Golden4Altar in
1. jw
2. friends
jehovah's witnesses have long condemned any celebration of the christmas holiday supposedly commemorating jesus' birth, as being a pagan celebration of christendom.

they have even disfellowshipped many from the organization for celebrating it, in any form or fashion.

every jehovah's witness world wide knows this.
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The org. Came out with a Christmas song!!!!
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
holy nativity batman!

on jw broadcasting.

final song for this year's convention.
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The Times of Restoration of All Things
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i thought of something during last weekend's wt study article, that made me think that perhaps we are on the wrong track on how the governing body is going to handle the whole 607-1914 thing.in paragraph 9 it referred to the the messianic kingdom rule as a period as called 'times of restoration of all things' taken from acts 3:21. this period of 'restoration', started in 1914 with jesus becoming king in heaven, and led to pure worship being restored 'soon after that'.and it was the last comment, that got me going.you see, in previous wt study articles (and i went through the 1990-2024 references) this term of 'times of restoration' was applied rather generally and more like a description of what jesus and jehovah was going to do during the messianic rule, rather than a formal title and a fulfillment of prophesy.however, what if the governing body keeps 1914 as jesus' invisible crowning ... but dumps 1918 as the date for the beginning of true worship?

firstly this paragraph reinforces the previously announced removal of russell being a part of the slave class, for obvious reasons.

but if 'true worship' had a soft start around the 1920s and making that the elastic part, then the embarrassment of his teachings and maybe even rutherford's, all of it could be excused as the speech of john the baptist.
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Weekend
by surprised2bhere in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
can anyone tell me what the livestream/recorded talk is that is happening in uk this weekend?

went to memorial to please family.

now been invited to this!
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When JW.org drops 607BCE...
by Nathan Natas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
probably everyone else thought of this long ago, but i, being an "independent thunker" thunk of it just a coupla weeks ago.. we all know that since the year zero (on the fredfranzian calendar) the wtb&ts has defied archaeology and insisted that jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bce, even though the physical evidence shows that 587 bce is a more likely date.

in fact, the book "the gentile times reconsidered: have jehovah's witnesses been wrong all along about 607 bce?

" by carl olof jonsson and rud persson made this conversation public.. it is a difference of 20 years.
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I am not redsetter, here is his message for you
by redsetter2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
you read this correctly.

as i explained in an earlier post, i am a "ghostwriter" for the original resetter.

i'm a woman, a pimo regular pioneer working for my friend who was redsetter1 on reddit.
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Prediction: no more changes for a long while
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way i expect them to go and/or whenever i realise there is a trend and, i mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.

so on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active jws, have been asking ‘what changes will the governing body make next?’ perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’.

maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received.
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The "10 Year Plan" - What is the realistic outcome?
by redsetter2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as there has been some discussion calling bs on this topic, .

i will paste the text from my 10 year plan post and i will critically evaluate how i feel things will turn out.

i will add bold italics my thoughts.. the governing body has a 10-year marketing plan to remodel the organization to become closer to a mainstream christian religion.
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The TWO new things to come this year for J.W Org !
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. medical
while having my first strong black coffee of the day, i was thinking about what may be to come next as the org.

rapidly goes mainstream, and this is what i came up with :.

1) they will introduce for sunday, the after meeting fellowship, a time for just chatting but with the added bonus of coffee and snacks.
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The coup against Tony Morris in order to make major changes?
by Badfish in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it’s been a long time since i’ve kept up with anything jw-related.

but just a couple days ago, i heard about all the new changes—beards, shunning, etc.

i was surprised, so i asked an old friend who i hadn’t spoken to in ages what happened.