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Watch: Jehovah's Witnesses official says to destroy records because 'Satan's coming after us' VIDEO HERE: Â
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Genesis: 15 Jehovah God took the man and settled him in the garden of Eʹden to cultivate it and to take care of it.n 16 Jehovah God also gave this command to the man: “From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction.o 17 But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will certainly die.” The teachings tell us that Adam and Eve eating from the tree of knowledge is what unleashed evil all over the world. Evil such as war, child sexual abuse, genocide, and all kinds of horrors. But if God made the tree, then he created the bad that went into it as well, no? Update: …
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02 August 14:30 Operational employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Kostroma region during the implementation of a set of special events revealed the facts of the activities of the religious organization "Jehovah's Witnesses", which was liquidated in Russia. As the guards of order established, in Kostroma the young couple was engaged in propaganda. In the place of their residence, the spouses, 1993 and 1996 b. held meetings of the participants of the organization, they also produced and distributed video and printed products. During the search, 27 books and 45 brochures, office equipment, electronic cassettes containing religious serm…
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By Nicki Gorny | BLADE STAFF WRITER Published on Aug. 4, 2018 She couldn’t even pull into the driveway. The conversation happened a decade ago, but Sharon Tyson, of Findlay, remembers it clearly. She had gratefully let a friend pick up her four children for a church get-together earlier in the day, and, initially, when that friend called her to say that she couldn’t bring the children back, Ms. Tyson didn’t think anything of it. No problem. She would just swing by the friend’s house. But that wasn’t the issue, as the friend explained in a phone call. Ms. Tyson had recently been disfellowshipped from their faith community, meaning her social contac…
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Member “Witness” at this forum has taken exception to the NWT’s rendering of 2 Cor. 5:20 as “substitutes for Christ”: https://www.theworldnewsmedia.org/topic/57458-five-year-old-raped-by-jehovahs-witness/ She states, “There is only one translation that I have found for 2 Cor 5:20, that throws in the word “substitute” – not just once, but twice – the NWT.” What's the real story here? Is there any justification for the idea of substitution for Christ in this verse? A short one-page essay is attached. 2 Cor 5.20.pdf
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The feb 2017 Watchtower says the Governing Body is not inspired nor infallible. yet, they are still using the baptism questions. the second one being... "do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of Jehovah’s witnesses in association with god’s spirit-directed organization?".
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Groundbreaking occurrence at this weeks CLAM! Did you catch it?? This video segment on social media safety was, are you ready for this... ... NARRATED BY A WOMAN!!!!! *gasp* correct me if I'm wrong but this may be the first time in WT history that information was disseminated by the voice of a lowly female. Can anyone think of this happening before...? Apparently a women can teach digitally now but not from a platform?
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August 1, 2018 - Re: 2019 Regional Convention and Rooming Arrangements
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Fear because of Armageddon. Fear because if you did anything "wrong", someone could find out. Fear of "worldly" people trying to get too close to you or invite you anywhere. Fear to even let your closest friends know all of your secrets. Fear of your sexual desires and of "slipping up". Fear because if you had a judicial committee, you were going to have to talk about very personal business in extreme detail. Fear that you didn't make enough hours. Fear that you will never marry because there aren't enough dateable brothers or sisters in the religion, or because you don't feel dateable. Fear because you've gone to the elders about t…
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Does the “eye for an eye”rule encourage vigilante justice? Source
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You can see, hear, laugh, and play because of the wonderful way you were made. Source
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I find it strange how JWs will sometimes regard the Holy Spirit as an attribute of God; and at other times resolve the passages in which He is spoken of into a roundabout way, or indirect way for God Himself; or, to express both as a figure of speech; to me this shows that JW have no real idea, but will say anything except the obvious. In establishing the fact that the Holy Spirit is a Person, note when you read Scripture how frequent the Holy Spirit is associated (and distinguished) with two other Persons in equal degree! <><
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A double-page article in the print edition of Wales On Sunday, a English-language Welsh newspaper, and 'sister' newspaper to The Western Mail (Mon to Sat). Wales on Sunday has a circulation of just under 10,000-copies each Sunday. Bearing Witness Wales On Sunday (UK), Sunday, August 5, 2018 - pages 14 & 15
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Religious sect Jehovah’s Witnesses has refused to hand over documents to the public prosecutor in which an ex-member admits the abuse of a child, also member of the sect at the time, RTL Nieuws reports. Samet G, now 31, was a minor himself when the abuse of his 4 year-old niece started. The abuse continued until she was 14 and was reported to the police in 2015 when the girl and her mother left the Christian sect. A court in Breda last week sentenced G to a 9 months suspended sentence and a fine for the abuse but did not have access to the confession, which dates from 2011. G is appealing against his conviction. JehovahÂ’s Witnesses have their own internal committees…
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JW Weekend Meeting August 4, 2018
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If he could turn sticks into snakes in Egypt, it's reasonable he could fix cancer.
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The back cover of Nov 2018 wt magazine has a full page asking "What gift can you give to Jehovah?" There are a few ways to give your "gift" and are explained. Using your web browser or jw library app, you can set up recurring donations. How is this not equivalent to passing the plate?
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 When King David address the leaders of Jerusalem about his son, Solomon building a temple for the Lord, he offered up this prayer: “Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. 1 Chron 29:10b,11,12 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has be…
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Look at what happened to Adam and Eve. Look at Jesus? Kinda unfair when the perfect person had eons of experience with Jehovah compared to a 1 day old perfect person. How was this justice?
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lev (heart) Because in their heart, they do not want to obey - it often becomes a measure of one's heart condition - to place obedience before personal want, need, or desire, especially when the two choices are in direct conflict with each other, is often a test of where one's true priorities indeed are. The Hebrew paleo underlying the word lev [or leb, if you choose that transliteration schema] evidences the concrete meaning of the word most often translated as "heart" - it pictures the "authority within". In the biblical texts, Jehovah informs the nation of Judah that "The heart is more treacherous than anything else and is desperate" [Jeremiah 17:9] …
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I have recently, just today, communicated again with Gerard Gertoux requesting permission to quote extensive long passages from his book on this topic as a basis for a more in-depth forum discussion. The Amazon link to his book is here: The Name of God Y.eH.oW.aH Which is pronounced as it is Written I_Eh_oU_Ah A subset of that same material is also found here: http://areopage.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Gertoux_UseNameEarlyChristians.pdf Gerard Gertoux has responded that it would be better to use https://www.academia.edu/14029315 as it is a free version that all of us can download, and it has no copyright. Since this topic comes up now and…
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How do we know that death is THE dreaded enemy of mankind? The Apostle Paul leaves no room for a different interpretation when he wrote: “ And the last enemy, death is to be brought to nothing.”(1 Corinthians 15:26 ) It takes parents from children or children from parents, it separates mates and siblings from one another, causing untold distresses, pain, sorrow and loss. Could this have been the purpose of a loving God? Let’s examine that query in the light of scripture. God looked at all he had created and pronounced it tov – good. That Hebrew word (tov) also means functional. What is at the center or core of that definition? In the case of his human creation,…
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All Bible translations say that Christians are a spectacle to the world. But the New World Translation better captures the flavor of the Greek word and renders the term ‘theatrical spectacle.’ Is it because its translators are better acquainted with the concept of acting on a stage? They have acted in millions of plays on every front porch. Sometimes they have received rave reviews. Sometimes they have received horrid reviews. Sometimes they have been run out of town. In the spiritual paradise, actors exchange field service experiences. They talk about new approaches. They kibbutz on how to better expose the Trinity doctrine. If they go online, they send paradise pic…
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Good (טוב) tov, Strong's #2896? What is good? From our modern western perspective this would be something that is pleasing to us but, from an Hebraic perspective the Hebrew word tov, usually translated as good, means something that is functional. A complex set of gears in a watch that functions together properly is tov. However, if the gears are not functioning properly then they are ra [str:7451], usually translated as evil or bad but the more Hebraic meaning is dysfunctional. And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good (tov). And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. When God saw his creation it is not that it was "pleas…
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