Posts by stuckinarut2

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"God does not desire any to be destroyed "

by stuckinarut2 in

so if that quote from the bible is correct, for every year that goes by another couple of million people will need to be destroyed.

it just doesn't make sense right?

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stuckinarut2

Well, the more fun those 144000 can have killing people at the big A then!

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"God does not desire any to be destroyed "

by stuckinarut2 in

so if that quote from the bible is correct, for every year that goes by another couple of million people will need to be destroyed.

it just doesn't make sense right?

.

stuckinarut2

So if that quote from the Bible is correct, for every year that goes by another couple of million people will need to be destroyed. It just doesn't make sense right?

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How the org will spin the Midweek meeting about Child Abuse in Australia

by tor1500 in

jw
friends

luke 21:11 says:there will be great earthquakes, and in one place after another food shortages and pestilences;+ and there will be fearful sights and from heaven great signs.

but verse 12 says:but before all these things happen, people will lay their hands on you and persecute you,+ handing you over to the synagogues and prisons.

you will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

stuckinarut2

Great idea and thoughts Tor! Don't give the society any ideas...they are likely to do exactly as you have outlined!

And PE, that is gold!

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Using the term "Watchtower" when talking to a JW

by Sanchy in

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friends

has anyone else noticed how alarm bells go off inside a jw mind as soon as they hear someone that "is out" refer to the leaders of this org as "watchtower"?

i've chatted with a few friends now about my doubts and each and every time i've started using phrases such as "watchtower said this" or "watchtower did that", i can almost see their heads about to explode in anger, as if they've just realized they are talking to the lucifer himself.

some have even interrupted and corrected me by reminding me that it's not "watchtower", it's "god's organization".

stuckinarut2

I hate it when I hear them say "the truth" (because there has been so much mistruth, thus making that expression ironic and misleading)

I always use the expression "the society" instead....

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If Satan is real . . . . . . .?

by Dunedain in

lets try to think about this "logically", and i use that term loosely, because we are going to use jw "logic".. so, they say that satan is real.

these are the last days.

satan is "roaring about", like a lion, with him and his demons "trapped" within the confines of earth.

stuckinarut2

Nice reasoning!!

Very good

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Identifying warning signs of a cult

by stuckinarut2 in

many here will have read lists like this before and realised that most of these points fit the society to a tee!.

but for any new members or lurkers, check out this site!.

https://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html.

stuckinarut2

Many here will have read lists like this before and realised that most of these points fit the Society to a tee!

But for any new members or lurkers, check out this site!

https://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html

Honestly ask yourself, "how much does the society fit this description??"

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Elder Arrest Scaremongering

by jw07 in

last week there was a meeting with all the elders and ministerial servants about responsibility in the kingdom hall and blah blah blah.. one elder brought up a scenario where all the elders were arrested, and we were asked if the meeting would still go on, and how.. this is the second time within a month that i've heard that scenario posed by an elder in my congregation.. does anyone have any idea of the trash being fed to them in letters recently?.

is this a scenario that hq is putting out there, or are the fear mongering convention videos driving their imaginations wild?.

stuckinarut2

If the elders were all arrested, it would be because the police realised that they did not report all the child abusers to them!

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I need more faith so I've been told

by hoser in

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friends

i attended the circus assembly last weekend and i have come to the conclusion i am lacking faith.

the opening talk on the program, the very first words that came out of the speakers mouth told me so.

he said most of us here are lacking faith even though we might not know it.

stuckinarut2

Ah, they used that classic and disturbing line about "obeying the slave even if it doesn't make sense from a human standpoint"?

Well, newsflash! The slave are just human!

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Can GB be guilty of sinning against Holy Spirit

by Chook in

the crime is ,condoning the removal of and shunning of jw children ,who when older want to express freedom of religion and attend another church.

god created family unit ,gb destroys lives on all levels of family tree.

can this be the unforgivable sin?.

stuckinarut2

When they "speak in gods name" yet get things so wrong, that could be understood as "sinning against the holy spirit"

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the quote I dared the elders to put in WT mag

by Chook in

i approach elders like a skilled lawyer, more than once i applied this.

i would ask is it better to reveal a serious sin or is it better to hide.

of course we know the answer i received.

stuckinarut2

I know of one elder who committed "immorality" years back, and hid it. His daughter found out years later.

He is now one of the "model elders"...

Try being a normal run of the mill publisher and hid a sin! See where that gets you?