Posts by stuckinarut2

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The urban legends we heard as JWs!

by stuckinarut2 in

how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

here is an example i was told as a kid:.

the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

Book of Revelation

by Whynot in

one of the things that really bothered me is how most of the book of revelation isn't understood by most jws.

most of the trumpets were already sounded many decades ago, is that still right?

it seems like most jws just look the other way.

Yes, it is simply arrogant and mind numbing that JWs think that the book of Revelation (written by a man in an obviously drug induced stupor), has its fulfillment in a small group of fringe religionists in 20th century USA!

How they try and justify a prophetic fulfillment to some small convention in the 1920's for instance is simply laughable!

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What is the most troubling or disturbing biblical passage you ever had to rationalise when a Jw?

by stuckinarut2 in

now that we have stepped away from the jw faith, how do you feel about the bible itself?.

what about those awkward sections of scripture?

how did you rationalise or justify those sections?.

stuckinarut2

Brilliant posts!

It boggles the mind that people think that the bible is a book of love and a reflection of its author - God.

Well if so, what it tells us about the author is disturbing....

If we as Humans acted in those ways today, we would be severly punished. But it was OK, because God did it.

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The urban legends we heard as JWs!

by stuckinarut2 in

how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

here is an example i was told as a kid:.

the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

stuckinarut2

Reminds me of this great speech by Seth Andrews.

Seems all fundamental christian groups fell victim to this stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW6UoIjy5F4

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The urban legends we heard as JWs!

by stuckinarut2 in

how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

here is an example i was told as a kid:.

the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

stuckinarut2

YES!

Wow...so many of those "experiences" you have all listed sound so familiar.

It really shows the stupidity of JWs who perpetuate such myths.

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What is the most troubling or disturbing biblical passage you ever had to rationalise when a Jw?

by stuckinarut2 in

now that we have stepped away from the jw faith, how do you feel about the bible itself?.

what about those awkward sections of scripture?

how did you rationalise or justify those sections?.

stuckinarut2

Now that we have stepped away from the JW faith, how do you feel about the bible itself?

What about those awkward sections of scripture? How did you rationalise or justify those sections?

What is the most troubling section of scripture you have come across?

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The urban legends we heard as JWs!

by stuckinarut2 in

how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

here is an example i was told as a kid:.

the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

stuckinarut2

How often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as JWs?

Here is an example I was told as a kid:

The experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean. She did her presentation, not knowing he was a serial murderer and rapist.

Later when questioned by police and asked why he didn't attack the sister, he says "what? With those three big men standing behind her?"

And...the urban legend of "angelic guardians" being with the sister at the door was spread!

THEN I heard as an adult that this same story has been regularly quoted by Mormons who say it happened to one of theirs!!

So, have you heard of any other urban legend fables?

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So what would "Perfect Life" REALLY be like?

by stuckinarut2 in

i wonder sometimes just how jws try and comprehend what perfect life would really be like if "adam and eve" had not sinned?.

how would we live?

what would the realities be like?

stuckinarut2

I heard a good quote today that said "for something to be truly valuable, it MUST be a limited item"

Think of gold. If we could pick it up off the ground everywhere, it would no longer be precious or valuable.

Same too with life. It is precious, BECAUSE it is finite. It ends, so we know we need to enjoy it while we live.

If endless perfect life was here, it would therefore no longer be precious or of value.

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JW Elder quits & sends 900 emails

by snare&racket in

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an elder in quebec, has just quit as a jw.

he did so by emailing nearly a thousand jw’s with the explanation for why he and his family are quitting.. i have spoke to him quite a bit, interesting guy.

he’s quite the loss to wt, he’s an elder with a serious career in chemistry, a professor no less.. catch his story here, apologies if this has already been posted;.

stuckinarut2

We KNOW that the witness gossip mill will spread negative and defamatory things about them anyway. So why not get in first and state the facts far and wide?

Trust me. I simply sought to fade quietly and be the same kind person to all the JWs I know.

But the elders got in first and spread slanderous mistruths and gossip thatmaligned my name and character....it spread...and now I'm treated worse than a serial killer. Yet I'm not DF or DA, nor have never been in any judicial meeting or visited by elders...

So if I had my time over, I would send emails en masse too!

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Drop Off in Mentioning 1914

by steve2 in

videos from the summer jw conventions ("be courageous) show the "urgency" about the end racheted up several notches.

paranoia rules supreme!.

curiously, though, very few, if any, statements in the convention program about 1914 and the overlapping generations.

stuckinarut2

GB : "What date? Huh? Don't know what you mean...never said anything about that...oh! Look over there! It's a new cartoon with your friends Caleb and Sophia...now run along now and play nicely"