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  Going To A Christening Next Week

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my girlfriends, friend has invited me to her little boy's christening.

  6 months ago if you'd asked me this i'd have recoiled in horror.

  in a catholic church?!!!

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  JW's like to make fun of Catholics for practicing infant baptism. But here's the thing - those infants WON'T be shunned if they choose to leave the church in future! They will be able to leave WITHOUT repercussions and live their life the way they want to, free from man-made religious rules and the threat of disfellowshipping hanging over their heads. So at the end of the day, Catholics - 1, JW's - 0
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  A JW Calling Down Evil Upon Others!

  by Divergent in

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  2. friends

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  stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/0185f744fb5e464488b296f2b74e4ccd.html

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  I'm on mobile and can't seem to be able to add text to the above, so I'm doing it in this post

  I was browsing through FB and came across this obnoxious JW by the name of Priscilla Bivanco making these comments in response to a post on Unilad as shown above! What a great witness indeed! (sarcasm intended)
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  A JW Calling Down Evil Upon Others!

  by Divergent in

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  stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/0185f744fb5e464488b296f2b74e4ccd.html

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  Who has the authority to decern what the bible really teaches?

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i ask because of all the books, mags and testimonies that the wts promotes.

  not only the wts, but many other christians attempt to speak about the bible with authority.

  how do we measure who is an authority if we don't know that much?.

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  Fisherman:

  Given that the Bible is "God's Word," one can only know what the Bible teaches by asking God. Surely, if the Bible is in fact a book authored by God, it is logical that if He would want it understood, HE would somehow communicate with anyone that truly wanted to understand it. Any claim of authority to interpret the BIble must be verified by its author and only with such evidence could one really know and personally conclude who is authorized to interpret the Bible.

  The author is SILENT. If he really wanted it to be understood, then he's doing a pretty shitty job
  
  
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  LEAKED Talk - Depression Is A Part Of This Life

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another leak from my collection of talks that i was ordered not to share.

  an elder gave me a ton of talks from bethel and special assembleys to put on his ipod.

  of course i copied them to my computer and will share them for all of us.. depression is a part of this life by brother nathan fuel.. this talk also touches on the subject of family members being disfellowshipped, feel depressed?

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  Listening to the talk made me feel depressed!
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  Today's Text: Reject Apostacy!

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  monday, october 10. renounce unrighteousness.—2 tim.

  2:19.. god’s word gives specific advice concerning the types of unrighteousness that christians must renounce or reject.

  for instance, in the immediate context of 2 timothy 2:19, we find that paul tells timothy “not to fight about words” and to “reject empty speeches.” (2 tim.

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  Half banana:

  The joke is that as an organisation the JW org practices apostasy on a regular basis.

  Precisely! They are in no position to judge others when their sins have massed all the way up to heaven
  
  
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  Do they know what 7.5 billion dead bodies look like?

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in their sick and twisted bubble that they live in, the jehovahs witnesses clearly have no idea about the logistical nightmare of disposing of 7.5 billion corpses.. when i heard an elder once say that it will be a joy to clear away the wicked from the earth, he actually had a smile on his face.. can they even begin to imagine what 7.5 billion dead men, women, children & babies looks like?.

  "let the eye feel no sorrow".

  sick bastards..

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  Most of those who JW's believe would be destroyed are INNOCENT. They would be destroyed nonetheless just because they are NOT CONVINCED that JW's have the truth. It is ABSURD to think that a God of LOVE would DESTROY all these innocent people RATHER than find a way to CONVINCE them of truth! Yet that is what JW's believe!
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  Today's Text: Reject Apostacy!

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  monday, october 10. renounce unrighteousness.—2 tim.

  2:19.. god’s word gives specific advice concerning the types of unrighteousness that christians must renounce or reject.

  for instance, in the immediate context of 2 timothy 2:19, we find that paul tells timothy “not to fight about words” and to “reject empty speeches.” (2 tim.

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  Monday, October 10

  Renounce unrighteousness.—2 Tim. 2:19.

  God’s Word gives specific advice concerning the types of unrighteousness that Christians must renounce or reject. For instance, in the immediate context of 2 Timothy 2:19, we find that Paul tells Timothy “not to fight about words” and to “reject empty speeches.” (2 Tim. 2:14, 16, 23) Some members of the congregation were promoting apostate teachings. Today, Jehovah’s people are not often confronted with apostasy within the congregation. Still, when exposed to unscriptural teachings, regardless of the source, we must decisively reject them. It would be unwise to engage in debates with apostates, whether in person, by responding to their blogs, or by any other form of communication. Even when the intention is to help the individual, such conversation would be contrary to the Scriptural direction we are given. Rather, as Jehovah’s people, we completely avoid, yes reject, apostasy. w14 7/15 2:9, 10

  
  

  10 important points to think about:

  
  

  1. "Renounce unrighteousness"

  If unrighteousness is found WITHIN the Watchtower organization, shouldn't it be equally renounced WITHOUT turning a blind eye and practicing double standards?

  2. "God’s Word gives specific advice concerning the types of unrighteousness that Christians must renounce or reject."

  An unrighteous book condemning unrighteousness". How ironic! (source: www.evilbible.com)

  3. "Paul tells Timothy "not to fight about words" and to "reject empty speeches"
  

  He also belittled women and condoned slavery. Good job, Paul!

  4. "Some members of the congregation were promoting apostate teachings"

  What kind of stupid God makes truth so vague that it is so easy for "apostate" teachings to spread???

  5. "Today, Jehovah’s people are not often confronted with apostasy within the congregation"

  Because anyone deemed to be an "apostate" is either quickly silenced or kicked out

  6. "Still, when exposed to unscriptural teachings, regardless of the source, we must decisively reject them"

  Decisively reject unscriptural teachings would mean rejecting JW's and the Watchtower themselves as they have taught countless unscriptural teachings! (source: www.jwfacts.com)

  7. "It would be unwise to engage in debates with apostates, whether in person, by responding to their blogs, or by any other form of communication."

  TRUTH should be able to DEFEAT lies, UNLESS you do not have truth! Why be so afraid???

  
  

  8. "Even when the intention is to help the individual, such conversation would be contrary to the Scriptural direction we are given."

  Same point as #6. Why be afraid if you REALLY have truth??? If they have truth, shouldn't they strive as much as possible to "help" the individual INSTEAD of doing the opposite? (imagine the number of hours they can count!)

  
  

  9. "Rather, as Jehovah’s people, we completely avoid, yes reject, apostasy."

  Rather, as a cult, we completely avoid and reject anything contrary to what our cult leaders say. I think that's what they mean

  
  

  10. Finally, apostasy means a falling away from truth. It can be applied to JW's themselves as it is very obvious that they do NOT have truth! (source: www.jwfacts.com)

  
  
  
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  Which Org 'directives' did you blatantly ignore

  by Tallon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember that we were always encouraged to let everyone at work know that you were one of jw's and therefore would not participate in any of their functions, parties etc.. this i outrightly refused to do.

  my reasoning was that i was employed and paid to do a job and therefore my religious beliefs were a personal matter and therefore had nothing to do with my work.

  secondly i had to work with these people.

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  slimboyfat:

  A successful comedian says younger comedians on their way up approach him and ask his secret of success. He tells them it's two hours of Bible reading every day. He explains that it doesn't stop them completely but it slows them down.

  Actually the bible is a great source of inspiration for comedy
  
  
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  Ridiculous ways you kept your "time going" in service?

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i used to go out early mornings with 2 pioneer elders, we would drive 20 miles out of the territory (a big no-no) to look for hikers to preach to lol of course there were never any hikers.

  then off to starbucks for another hour lol easy way to count 2-4 hours.

  i am chuckling as i write this, what a joke!.

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  alanv:

  Makes you wander how the org can say they spent 2 billion hours in preaching, when they must know that so much of the time was just spent counting time with nothing at all productive. Not to mention most witnesses work in twos, so time spent is actually 1 billion hours

  I would say even much LESS than 1 billion hours!