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deliberate deception by org
by Magnum inthere is ample evidence of the jw organizations being deceptive (for example, misusing quotes in publications such as the trinity brochure and the creation book), but a few years ago i noticed one glaring example of deception that is worth noting..
part #4 for the theocratic ministry school for the week of july 21, 2008 was how can false prophets be identified?
the material was the reasoning book beginning on page 132 (there was a similar service meeting part the week of 8-26-13)..
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JW window cleaner dies in accident
by Magnum ini just happened to hear about this through a long chain of communication.
i didn't know whether to believe it so i googled it and found the obituary notice.. philip blaylock.
posted yesterday november 21st, 2014. it is a sad day for all.
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the JW 1914/WWI connection doesn't make sense
by Magnum injws always touted wwis beginning in 1914 as evidence that the kingdom was born in heaven in that year.
i was told that since satan was cast out of heaven, he started stirring up trouble on earth - like wwi.
but theres one problem with that wwi started some months before oct 1914 (the month when the kingdom was supposedly born).. i asked jws about that in the mid 1980s, and i was told that satan started wwi before oct 1914 to divert attention away from the birth of the kingdom.
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another reason pandemic benefits org
by Magnum ini've already posted in an earlier thread how the pandemic benefits the org in that it presents it an excuse to go completely electronic and sell all buildings (if that's what it wants).
however, there is another way the pandemic benefits the org; it presents it an excuse for declining numbers.. many of us have wondered just how much of a downturn there's been in jw land in recent years.
we've wondered whether the org was playing with the numbers to make the situation appear better than it was.
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Mt 10:18 / JWdom
by Magnum inmt 10:18 (nwt):.
and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a witness to them and the nations.. how has this worked out for jwdom?
i always got the impression that jws would be brought before governments and would give some kind of grand, impressive witness.
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the org like Dr Evil - out of touch
by Magnum ini keep getting an image of dr. evil in my head whenever i think of jws and their website.
the more i find out about them and the org promoting it, the more i think of dr. evil when he came out of his 30-year freeze; he was way behind times.
after being thawed out, he demanded one million dollars from the un like that was a lot of money, and he was laughed at because he was so out of touch.
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faithful and discreet slave no longer refers to self as "prophet" (or "prophet class")?
by Magnum inthe fds used to refer to itself as being a prophet or prophet class.
it used to call itself "the ezekiel class", "the jeremiah class", etc.
didn't it stop doing that?
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Research Guide for Jehovah's Witnesses - 2014 edition
by Magnum indid i miss something?
admittedly, i haven't been keeping up the way i used to.
i just saw on jw.org a publication entitled "research guide for jehovah's witnesses".
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What about JW missionaries?
by Magnum inwhat is the situation with jw missionaries now?
wasn't there a change in the last few years?
weren't they told they would have to live with locals or something like that?
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What happens when one asks the wrong questions in JW land?
by Magnum inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkt1-n0vquc.
i just posted a link to this short clip in another thread, but thought it needed its own.
this, to me, is a classic movie moment.