not because he discovered jesus was the promised messiah , but he learned that gods name "could" be jehovah?!
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Escalating violence surrounds us. True, we are convinced that these “critical times hard to deal with” are evidence that we are living “in the last days” and that each passing day brings us one step closer to the new world. (2 Tim. 3:1)
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The ususal scare tactics.
What the WT is hiding from us:
Germany had in 2017 10% less crimes than in the year 2016:
https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Zahl-der-Verbrechen-sinkt-2017-deutlich-article20397856.html
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episode twenty three - sherrie is shunned by jehovah's witnesses.
today we have a really cool live recording from my living room.
@ dubstepped @ sherrie
Since I'm on vacation, I listened to the whole podcast. Thanks for this 3 hours podcast.
Sherrie told her story fantastically and pleasantly. I could "see" the tears in her eyes as she learned the truth about JWs dealing with child molesters (ARC) and the truth about them dealing with quotes (jw-facts) in the publications.
I wish Sherrie a lot of strength in dealing with her father - I had to experience the same with my mother.
It is heartwarming to hear how Sherrie and her husband were allowed to learn the truth about the truth (TTAT) and how this family was not destroyed by the JWs.
it's been updated.
copy the link for your email sharing.
i hope you enjoy.
I have the 2016 version from here: https://avoidjw.org/watchtower-library/
And then all the automatic updates done.
It's hard to believe, that WT is changing parts of such an old publication. But they have done it.
In my experience, no JW will install an "old" 2013 library CD to verify your statement - for them it's a old version and they will not have the new stuff available. Propably they didn't keep the old CDs either.
Suggestion:
Maybe you write number 7 with both versions into the table - showing, that the WT ist trying to hide, what they wrote in the past. So a noble JW can look into the hardbound "Insight on the Sriptures" AND on his actual library CD and see, that the WT is dishonest.
it's been updated.
copy the link for your email sharing.
i hope you enjoy.
@ FatFreek 2005
You wrote: "What follows is a table of 8 WT publication quotations. With the exception of the first, you will be able to find each on the Watchtower Library CDC."
I tried hard, but can't find number 7:
"“This is also illustrated by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and their inhabitants. Jude indicated that these cities were everlastingly destroyed. (Jude 7; compare 2Pe 2:6.) However, Jesus’ words recorded in Matthew 10:15 show that at least some of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah will receive a resurrection.” Insight on the Scriptures, V1, p 616"
I have the english library version and updated until today. Where can I find your qoute in the library CD?
My point here is: If a lurking JW can't find your qoute on his CD, he may think: "like the governing body says - they are lying apostates".
Beside this point, in the same year and same month the WT wrote exactly the opposite (so it seems to be an contradiction in the year 1988):
"*** w88 6/1 pp. 30-31 Questions From Readers ***
One of the most pointed comments is in Jude 7. Jude had just spoken of (1) Israelites destroyed for lack of faith, and (2) angels who sinned and are ‘reserved with eternal bonds for the judgment of the great day.’ Then Jude wrote: “So too Sodom and Gomorrah . . . are placed before us as a warning example by undergoing the judicial punishment of everlasting fire.” This text has been applied to the actual cities’ being destroyed everlastingly, not the people. However, in view of Jude 5 and 6, likely most people would take verse 7 to mean a judicial punishment of individuals. (Similarly, Matthew 11:20-24 would be understood as criticizing people, not stones or buildings.) In this light, Jude 7 would mean that the wicked people of Sodom/Gomorrah were judged and destroyed everlastingly."
I really appreciate the work and effort you put into this document. Keep it up.
@ kevin mcfree.
thanks a lot for all your hard work with the lego dubtown videos.
i just saw your "making of" and now i have a lot more respect for all the work you do with your movies.. please continue with the videos - i am looking forward to further episodes.. the making of dubtown's 'the naked truth' .
A new Video from dubtown (thanks kevin):
... unlike the rest of humanity, you looked forward to mondays because it was a day off from a meeting..
If you think your newly purchased car will last until Armageddon.
or
If you always have a suit and tie with you on vacation.
am from the netherlands and called myself still a jw even i was "dis-fellow-shipped" in 2018 by telephone because of my critics to the governing body and all misinterpretations in the name of my god.
my question is if somebody can help me from the us to find one can of this oil or fiches, advertisements from the desmond's miracle oil which was advertised in the golden age of 1922 more times.
today i produce the weide's yellow miracle oil from netherlands.
Have a look here:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/176379/miracle-oil-ad-1922-golden-age
Greetings from Germany.
confusing standards or hodge podge?.
what is this about beards i never got the hang of from day one?
are beards ok or not?.
Like Giordano said:
Yearbook 74:
*** yb74 pp. 97-98 Part 1—Germany ***
But more equipment was needed. For that reason Brother Balzereit asked Brother Rutherford for permission to buy a rotary press. Brother Rutherford saw the necessity and agreed, but on one condition. He had noticed that over the years Brother Balzereit had grown a beard very similar to the one that had been worn by Brother Russell. His example soon caught on, for there were others who also wanted to look like Brother Russell. This could give rise to a tendency toward creature worship, and Brother Rutherford wanted to prevent this. So during his next visit, within hearing of all the Bible House family, he told Brother Balzereit that he could buy the rotary press but only on the condition that he shave off his beard. Brother Balzereit sadly agreed and afterward went to the barber. During the next few days there were several cases of mistaken identity and some funny situations because of the “stranger” who was sometimes not recognized by his fellow workers.
oh, yes, the society even admitted they had a problem with their leaders.
a january 1, 1986 watch tower article (p. 13) stated: “shocking as it is, some who have been prominent in jehovah’s organization have succumbed to homosexuality and child molesting.” .
in the watchtower article, they didn’t disclose the rest.
@ ToesUp
The number of partakers includes those who mistakenly think that they are anointed. Some who at one point started to partake of the emblems later stopped. Others may have mental or emotional problems that lead them to believe that they will rule with Christ in heaven.
oh, yes, the society even admitted they had a problem with their leaders.
a january 1, 1986 watch tower article (p. 13) stated: “shocking as it is, some who have been prominent in jehovah’s organization have succumbed to homosexuality and child molesting.” .
in the watchtower article, they didn’t disclose the rest.
*** w86 1/1 p. 13 par. 12 Days Like “the Days of Noah” ***
12 Shocking as it is, even some who have been prominent in Jehovah’s organization have succumbed to immoral practices, including homosexuality, wife swapping, and child molesting. It is to be noted, also, that during the past year, 36,638 individuals had to be disfellowshipped from the Christian congregation, the greater number of them for practicing immorality. Jehovah’s organization must be kept clean! (1 Corinthians 5:9-13) This is a time for congregation elders, ministerial servants, and indeed all our brothers and sisters to avoid any circumstances that could lead to immorality. Loyalty to Jehovah’s standards will be rewarded, as Psalm 97:10 states: “O you lovers of Jehovah, hate what is bad. He is guarding the souls of his loyal ones; out of the hand of the wicked ones he delivers them.”
Even more shocking for me is that the GB only refers to the congregations here. Not a word from the branch offices or about the governing body. Denial, denial, denial.
Never ever would they do this.
