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Below is a new video of a few minutes. The Fall of Antony Morris III Remains a Mystery? I can understand the JW and ex-JW who got stung have a hard time admitting it was because of this: https://jehovah.nu/letter2022.pdf https://jehovah.nu/brief2022.pdf
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Some Christians in some countries are afraid that people hate them and want to harm them because they are followers of Jesus Christ. And then they say that the Bible says that they will persecute us. It was prophesied. For example Mt 24:9 says: "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me." Or, John 15:20: '" Servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too." In the past, JWs as one of Christian denomination, were persecuted by Nazis, Communists, Capitalists and some other political parties. And in fact they patiently endured horrors because Jesus sai…
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Perhaps you are already aware. Coming Saturday 3 June a new documentary. The Great Awakening. https://rumble.com/v2of57c-the-great-awakening-trailer.html https://thehighwire.com/thegreatawakening/ At the moment I am distributing this document to elders worldwide: https://jehovah.nu/memorial.pdf It seems that they are more and more willing to listen. Maybe I want that too much. But it seems. Getting attention and pointing out something is not easy. https://jehovah.nu/rijkjanssen.html
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. Why doesn't the Society translate and provide the Russian Court Transcripts for us? Since somewhere around 5.5 million Brothers spent somewhere around 20 million hours writing letters to the officials of the Russian Federation mailing an average of somewhere around 4 letters each at an international postage rate of perhaps 80 MILLION DOLLARS, total ... why has the WTB&TS not translated FOR THE BROTHERHOOD, translations of the Russian REAL transcripts, so we will know exactly what is going on? You would think that for 80 or so MILLION DOLLARS, some usable hard data would be forthcoming, from people that reportedly are the world's best translators !! …
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This Youtuber has Phd in Theological Studies and offers his personal opinions throughout. I thought it interesting to see how others view us....
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AB 2943 bans books, conferences, counseling advocating Muslim, Jewish, and Christian views on gender and sexual orientation. The California Assembly approved a bill today 50-18 that tells churches and other with traditional beliefs about gender and sexual orientation that advocating for their views could get them sued. AB 2943, declares “advertising, offering to engage in, or engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with an individual” is illegal under stateÂ’s consumer fraud law. “The State of California has no right to deny its residents the resources to help them find happiness or to shut down counselors, schools, and religious organizations that p…
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A. Sources for Disfellowshipping Doctrine I. The Didache (an apocryphal book) II. The Catholic Church III. The New World Translation Committee B. What the Bible Actually Teaches I. Matthew 18:15-17 II. 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 III. 2 John 10 IV. Letters to Timothy From Chapter 15 of the Didache "But to anyone that acts amiss against another, let no one speak, nor let him hear anything from you until he repents." https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/didache-roberts.html "Origin of Excommunication The process of church discipline and exclusion from the Church is an ancient practice, …
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Driving in the wrong direction? Have you ever been driving along, perhaps for 20 minutes or so, and you see some landmark, and *spoink!* your whole world rotates 180°, and you realize that you have been traveling in the wrong direction all this time? In my life I have had that happen four times, driving a car. The fifth time I was watching a documentary on Netflix, about the Vietnam War which ended in the summer of 1975 with the communist victory and the fall of Saigon, and having been of draft age during that time, and almost went to federal prison for 5 years for refusing to be inducted, I have kept up with the reporting during and after the war for almos…
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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/library/r1/lp-e/all-publications/programs/convention/2023-convention-program 2023 Convention Program.pdf 2023 Convention Program.docx
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“ …. Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, what God has in store for those that love him …. “ 1 2 3 4 5
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“ …. Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, what God has in store for those that love him …. “ I hardly ever quote Scripture, and almost never debate scripture, because I believe there is so very much we do not know about any subject you could mention … and subscribe to Jehovah’s Witnesses core beliefs only because they make good common sense, which really is unique.…. But then we get into speculation about what happened to Enoch, and accounts musing about being caught away to 2nd or 3rd Heaven, etc., and things about which there is a staggering ambiguity. With all my heart I believe there really is a “Rainbow Bridge”, without any Scriptural support whatsoe…
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GB/Bethel teaches that "being no part of the world" has to do with something called "Neutrality". The word "Neutrality" is not found anywhere in the NWT. What do the scriptures say regarding the "world"? "If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you." The men who Jesus was talking to in that conversation, those who were chosen out of the world, were not formerly politicians. They did not vote. They did not have a political party card. So why would "being taken out of the world" …
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Bible Verses on Timing and What They Mean I. Three and a half years A. "A time, times, and half a time" (Daniel 7:25) B. "An appointed time, appointed times, and half a time" (Daniel 12:7) C. "The appointed times" (Luke 21:24) D. "A time and times and half a time" (Revelation 12:14) E. "42 months" (Revelation 13:5) II. Days A. "2,300 evenings and mornings" (Daniel 8:14) B. "1,260 days" (Revelation 12:6) C. "1,290 days" (Daniel 12:11) D. "1,335 days" (Daniel 12:12) The Bible shows that the great tribulation will last 3 1/2 years. Daniel 7:25 in context goes through the march of som…
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From https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200277174 Truths? Or Insanity?
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Is Point “A” REALLY point “A”? Let’s say it’s a really slow day in heaven. No hordes of demons to rustle into submission, or things to tidy up, like the remnants of an exploding star, or whatever else they do up there, presuming up there is really up there, not out there or over there or under there, etc. So Jehovah God might decide to send an Angel, let’s call him Bob, on a mission to Earth, specifically to Colony Park, New York, where the Society’s Lawyers do whatever it is they do ….. Let’s call Angel Bob’s starting point, “Point A”, and his ending point “Point B”. Where exactly is “Point A”? Is it inside this physical universe somewh…
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A wonderful song... *THE PRAYER* Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli together ;-) Enjoy !
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Jesus taught that our Love should Overcome our Prejudice: "Now look! a man versed in the Law stood up to test him and said: “Teacher, what do I need to do to inherit everlasting life?” "He said to him: “What is written in the Law? How do you read?” "In answer he said: “‘You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole strength and with your whole mind’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’” "He said to him: “You answered correctly; keep doing this and you will get life.” "But wanting to prove himself righteous, the man said to Jesus: “Who really is my neighbor?” …
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In the NWT, there are 35 occurrences of the word "friend"; 42 occurrences of the word "friends"; and 7 occurrences of the word "friendship".
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YAHWEH is NOT a HEBREW NAME. It is ARAMAIC, which is closely related to HEBREW. Aramaic replaced ancient Paleo Hebrew and nearly all the existing manuscripts, including the Masoretic text and the Dead Sea Scrolls, are in the Babylonian Aramaic alphabet. These four letters YHWH are Babylonian Aramaic. They are NOT SACRED and they are NOT HOLY. They come from the very root of Babel, confusion, and babble and are profane! According to the Jews who teach about these four letter, the god of this name is a bisexual. He is said to be androgynous (being both male and female). He is said to be androgynous (being both male and female). This god is a devil god. He is NOT t…
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Mythbusters: The Flood of Noah's Day vs. "The Holy Hand Grenade" and other sci-fi stories 😁 1 2 3 4 15
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Part of a series on: The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is a non-stock, not-for-profit organization[1] headquartered in the New York City, New York borough of Brooklyn. It is the main legal entity used worldwide by Jehovah's Witnesses to direct, administer and develop doctrines for the religion and is often referred to by members of the religion simply as "the Society". It is the parent organization of a number of Watch Tower subsidiaries, including the Watchtower Society of New York and International Bible Students Association.[2] The number of voting shareholders of the corporation is limited to between 300 and 500 "mature, active and fai…
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I'm a Jehovah's Witness and Can't Take an Oath--Can I Still Become a Naturalized U.S. Citizen?
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Question I am a permanent resident and was hoping to apply for U.S. citizenship. I am also a Jehovah’s Witness and I have been taught not to take an oath of allegiance to a country and that military service is forbidden. Can I still become a naturalized U.S. citizen without taking an oath? Answer To become a U.S. citizen, you will still have to attend an oath ceremony and make a pledge of allegiance to the United States. However, permanent residents who are “conscientious objectors” to military service and those whose religion has instructed them not to use the word “oath,” can request a modified oath from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service…
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I hope every JW here reads this article. Please! https://jwsurvey.org/news/pennsylvania-opens-grand-jury-criminal-investigation-into-jehovahs-witnesses-jw-survey-editor-subpoenaed Pennsylvania Opens Grand Jury Criminal Investigation Into Jehovah’s Witnesses; JW Survey Editor Subpoenaed In 1884, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society was incorporated in the Court of Common Pleas in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The movement of Charles Taze Russell became an established religious business, a tax-exempt corporation that would go on to control the lives of more than 8 million devoted followers, One hundred years later and …
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"Seeing" Jehovah 1 2 3 4
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Hope is like an anchor for the soul – so important for that anchor to be solid! Many who feel they have an earthly hope also desire to “see” Jehovah. Part of the difficulty is the misunderstanding of this verse: “No man has seen God at any time.” In what way did John mean “seen”? John spoke figuratively quite a bit. He calls Jesus “the Word” and “the light’. He says God “is Love” and God “is light”. Let John himself explain…”No man has seen God at any time; the only-begotten god who is at the Father’s side is the one who has explained Him.” John was talking about “seeing” Jehovah in all his heavenly glory, in heaven. Jesus…
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Who Really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave? And why did Jesus mention "everyone" in the parable? 1 2 3 4 5
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Usually when we refer to the "faithful and discreet slave" parable, we are really referring to the parable of 'the faithful and the unfaithful slave' found in Matthew 24:45-51. In fact, the parable of the "faithful and discreet slave" is also found in Luke, where the expression is changed a bit to "the faithful steward, the discreet one . . . that slave." (Luke 12:42-48) 42 And the Lord said: “Who really is the faithful steward, the discreet one, whom his master will appoint over his body of attendants to keep giving them their measure of food supplies at the proper time? 43 Happy is that slave if his master on coming finds him doing so! 44 I tell you truthfully, he …
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Found this interesting read....Who are the True Faith Jehovah’s Witnesses? Why did they break away from Bethel? « Beyond the Watchtower (beyondwatchtower.com)
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Why didn't Jehovah just forgive Adam and Eve? Adam and Eve weren't little kids. They were adults. They had perfect adult minds. The Bible doesn't say how long they had lived when they sinned. It could have been decades. We don't know. What we do know is that they never apologized. They never asked to have the situation fixed. They didn't care. They didn't want Jehovah. They didn't care that the kids would die. They didn't care. They just didn't want to respect any boundaries - they wanted to do their own thing even if it was rude and hurt other people. Jehovah couldn't just let them keep living forever, because then they'd keep hurting other people forever, an…
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"In the beginning God created"
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The book of Revelation informs that after the fall of Babylon the Great, the heavenly resurrection begins. Revelation 14:8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying: “She has fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen, she who made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality!” In verse 13, in the same chapter are we informed that the heavenly reward follows directly at death. So it must happen after the fall of Babylon the Great. "And I heard a voice out of heaven say, “Write: Happy are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time onward. Yes, says the spirit, let them rest from their labors, for the things they did go ri…
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2023 Exercise Patience Sample Convention Invitation Letters and Telephone Scripts Worldwide 2023 Exercise Patience Sample Convention Invitation Letters and Telephone Scripts.pdf
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