They are fine with genocide as long as it's "Jehovah" that's doing the dirty deed like a contract killing, genocide by proxy, one degree of seperation between them and the mass murder.
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Using violence to end violence?
by stuckinarut2 init really is mind blowing when we think about it : witnesses have no problem with a deity who will use violence in order to end violence?!?!.
armageddon will be gods war to kill billions of people...because it shows his love?.
thoughts?.
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Is there truth in religion
by bola ini am asking this questions due to the teachings, beliefs and practices of different religions..
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sparrowdown
Probably some common truisms amonst them, general principles that are universally applicable. The stories and accounts themselves are more useful if viewed as allegories as there's usually some kind of moral or lesson to be gleaned, but the lesson the original writer intended is hard to know sometimes because of differences in cultural context . Trouble with religion it treats stories and illistrations as literal and mixes in its own erroneous interpretations or outright lies.
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Prof Bunsen / G Jackson?? See the similarities? It's the Muppet Show!
by stuckinarut2 inperhaps someone can assist here?.
while watching the may 2017 broadcast, it struck us how similar g jackson looks (while sitting and wearing his waist coat) to the muppets character prof bunsen!!!!.
perhaps someone with better computer skills can upload the pics side by side?.
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sparrowdown
Haha! Good call stuck, love it!
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How Far Up The Ladder Did You Go In JW Land?
by minimus ini pretty much did it all.
vacation pioneered as a youngster and became a regular pioneer out of school.
i became a ms then an elder.....the organization pushes you to be somebody within the confines of their realm.
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One of the biggest illusions of JWland is that their is a ladder when there is no ladder only the illusion of one, everyone is disposable and dispensable in witnessworld.
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Internal wars in Congs ?
by Chook incan you relay some of the battles , who won and how did the loser cope ?.
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Ah yes the congregational turf wars and power struggles between the top couples/families jostling for for top positions that usually ended with blood on the dancefloor and shameless victory laps by the winning couple/family - so loving, so christian and so common in congregations of JWs. I've witnessed enough of them to know they end in tears.
There was a situation where this nice brother moved in and the locals couldn't get enough of him used him as a sounding board for their complaints about the local elders the local elders got wind of what was happening and they busted his ass down to deleted elder status I felt real sorry for the guy he walked into a trap by "Boss Hog" and his crew.
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have you noticed how the main Jw preaching message has changed?
by nowwhat? inyears ago it was all about armageddon and getting out of babylon the great.
then with the draw close to jehovah and is there a creator that care about you.
it was all about building a relationship with jehovah.
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sparrowdown
The message is irrelevant in the sense that they will push whatever message suits their current agenda. What others have already stated - cultspeak 101.
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses Mind Numbingly Boring To You?
by minimus ini honestly think they are the most boring people on earth!
even when they produce their so called "new light", there's no excitement.
jws just do their thing and refuse to think about their useless lives.
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They're certainly predictable and narrow in their world view don't know about boring though, usually I can switch off and relax around boring people but I find I have to keep my wits about me when around a JW, their indoctrination and passive aggressive barbs can set you back if your not alert to it and I think too much exposure to JWs can be hazardous to your mental health, emotional well being and tends to dumb you down to their level.
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Just because something is old, does not mean it is "Special" or "Sacred" or "Valuable"
by stuckinarut2 ina thought occurred to me that simply because something is old does not make it valuable or worthy of sacred reverence.. the bible is held up as sacred just because it is "old" and apparently preserved.. but, that does not make sense.
if in thousands of years someone finds a notebook of my scribbles or sketches that i threw away, that doesn't elevate them to "valuable status" simply because they survived.
they were thrown away because they were worthless.. or if an archaeologist finds an ancient broken bit of pottery that was used for garbage disposal, it doesn't change its status from what it once was - a garbage bin.. i guess what i am trying to ask is, why is it that we as humans give value to writings just because they are old?.
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sparrowdown
Betty White is adorable.
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Elder told me that they are required to report to police.
by CitizenofEarth inyesterday i had my weekly "mandatory" study with an elder, and i brought up child abuse and the whole issue with reporting it to the police.
he told me that they are required to report to the police immediately, and that they never deter people from reporting anything.
may i remind you that i am from denmark.. i find this interesting, as everything i find elsewhere states quite the opposite, or atleast provides statements that does not agree with his statements.
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My understanding is that even where required by law to report the elders must contact branch first.
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I encountered JWs in street a couple of weeks ago.
by Chook ini was at my brother in laws house and seen them on opposite of road so i went and sat on brick fence ahead of their route, as they walked pasted they asked is this your house to which i responded no.
i asked what are you selling, then they showed me a tract.
my first question was to this middle aged couple was " what is the youngest age someone in your church gets baptised?
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sparrowdown
Don't worry chook your secret's safe with us, "she who must be obeyed" will never know.😉