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  What do Baptists believe?

  by quellycatface in

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  2. friends

  i'm thinking about going to church again because i'm really interested in god (today)!!.

  sometimes i'm so confused and feel like there is no god, other days i do and want to try and get to know him.. i guess i'm scared because of all the bs that went on in the kh.. there is a local baptist church near me that seems nice.

  i'm in the uk.

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  Baptists believe in 2 things.

  God

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  Country
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  So what is the Society doing with all that $$$?

  by QuestioningEverything in

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  2. friends

  i read article after article about the billions the gb rakes in from fleecing the sheep but i've never heard anyone explain what happens to the money.. i mean is it in a swiss account?

  are the gb living in private mansions?

  where does the $ go?.

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  It irritates me that people contribute to the WTBTS when they could do better with it by helping those in need like their local animal shelters.
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  Who Was Shocked By the Watchtower UN NGO Scandal?

  by AlanF in

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  2. scandals

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  i'd like to get comments from people about whether and how much they were shocked, surprised, or otherwise bothered by the watchtower society's becoming an associated non-governmental organization (ngo).. note that i'd like to see these comments because they might lead to some interesting publicity, so please comment accordingly.. alanf

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  I wasn't shocked by it but I am shocked by people over reacting to it.
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  Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.

  i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.

  i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.

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  I was carrying the microphones and my collar was too tight to button. I was counseled about not having my shirt collar buttoned.

  I was doing the count and I was counseled for walking up too far to see people as it distracts them.

  There was a sister that I liked and I worked with at a Quickbuild. I had sent her a letter or a card. She sent back saying 'thanks but no thanks, let's stay frends'. Which was fine, her prerogative. But then my congregation's elder talked to me about being careful with the sisters. Well, she could do alot worse then me, a pioneer and a servant. Infact, she married someone from the world and then got divorced.
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  Don't Masturbate

  by mynameislame in

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  2. humour

  don't masturbate.

  thought this was funny......

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  Rattigan350

  That could be made with many texts such as:

  Wear a head covering.

  Don't play lottery.

  Don't use recreational or medicial pot.
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  How do Jehovah's Witnesses get from 1914 to 1919?

  by God_Delusion in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys and gals,.

  i have written an article that explains how the watchtower society gets from 607 bce to 1914 (http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/faqs/why-is-1914-important/) but i need some input so that i can write an article on how they get from 1914 to (via 1918) 1919.. are we talking about ezra, 1:2-4 when the persian king cyrus allows the israelites to go and rebuild the temple 3 and a half years after exiling them?

  if so, how has the watchtower used this passage to get to 1919??.

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  Wow, everyone is quoting texts and texts of publications. Why?

  It is simply this:

  1919 is all about the Cedar Point Assembly and post board of directors release from prison. That signaled their release from Babylonian captivity and the renewed vigor to preach and advertise the King and the Kingdom.

  It is about them and not Bible prophesy fulfilling or chronology.
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  Witnesses: Why The 1/19/14 WT Lesson Is Dangerous

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  today's watchtower lesson touched on the history of hezekiah's reign, and then made a surprising modern-day application.

  having used my time before the meeting to research the underlying material instead of highlighting my magazine, i personally found this to be an upsetting study, and decided to put this warning here in the hopes that some active witnesses read it.. the most important thing i want to say to you is that the actual flow of events in this bible account were severely misrepresented, and that there are some disturbing implications in the distortions that were made.

  1. hezekiah's father ahaz makes himself a vassal to assyria out of fear of their overwhelming might (2 kings 16:7, 8).. 2. upon becoming king, hezekiah rebels against assyria (2 kings 18:7).

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  It is history. It does not matter. They are so caught up in Bible land.
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  Highlights from the Circuit Assembly!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  god's word is beneficial ca:.

  full time service:.

  there are sound reasons for pioneering.. 1) it's the most satisfying work there is.. 2) you cooperate even more fully with the angels and the anointed [ which equals the gb/fds, not sister old mcsingletilldeath.].

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  A strange teaching was the demonstration of a bible student telling the teacher that she got rid of all false religious things except a solid gold cross her mother gave her for sentimentality reasons. The scripture in Acts was read about them burning their books regardless of the costs. Then she said she would destroy the cross.

  Destroy it? Why not sell it to those gold buying places that melt it down?

  They resort to the default of Bible scriptures rather than doing the intelligent thing.
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  The JEWS did not believe in a heavenly paradise...

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's what a speaker at the kh said.

  he also said that "paradise" in the bible is always earthly.

  i have reviewed jwfacts again here:.

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  Of course Jews did not believe in the heavenly resurrection. It was not taught until Jesus taught the kingdom of the heavens. Where would they get it from?

  They had an earthly kingdom, an earthly king, earthly priests, earthly sacrifices. That was sufficient for them. But they had a promise to be a kingdom and priests.

  Jesus introduced a new way. A kingdom in heavenly Jerusalem, with him as king and it was later shown that there would be 144,000 Israelites of the spirit would would join him. That had to be new otherwise what would the purpose for Jesus be?
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  Proof the anointed aren't being resurrected yet.....

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the society teaches that since around 1919 the anointed who have died and do die, are resurrected as spirit creatures.

  the only one to be resurrected as a spirit that is documented in the bible is jesus.

  when jesus was resurrected, did he appear to his disciples yet his body was still buried?

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  1914 as the enthronement of Jesus is sound. 2520 years, or 7 times after the kings in the line of David lost their sovereignty, not the destruction of Jerusalem. People may pick apart parts of it, but when they look at it overall, it is sound.

  As for the trumpets, and bowls - the stuff in Revelation is speculation and too much focusing on them. As well as the two witnesses applying to the ones that went to prison. But then I don't have a problem with that. Back then it was an 'us vs them(false religon)' issue, which was cool. Looking at the ministry that way was fun. Now it is an 'us vs us' issue which is the problem with the religion.