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  How do JW's determine a person is anointed?

  by thinker11 in

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  2. beliefs

  i've always wondered about this.

  when a person believes they made a spiritual connection with god and proclaims themselves as anointed, how do they determine whether this person is anointed or not.

  does a group of elders look at the person's spiritual resume and check off the person's pioneer stats, bible knowledge, attendance, work ethic, personality, etc and then believe in the person if they have a good track record?

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  I talked to a number of these people including D Splane about this over

  the years

  Standard sub psychotic religious experience

  Reported by some people of all faiths

  Akin to the "born again experience"

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  How do JW's determine a person is anointed?

  by thinker11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've always wondered about this.

  when a person believes they made a spiritual connection with god and proclaims themselves as anointed, how do they determine whether this person is anointed or not.

  does a group of elders look at the person's spiritual resume and check off the person's pioneer stats, bible knowledge, attendance, work ethic, personality, etc and then believe in the person if they have a good track record?

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  Hey or she eats some crackers

  Once a year

  People notice

  Generally think they're weird

  That's about it

  Not true

  A special box is marked on a "Publisher Record CardTM"

  You actually have to qualify more to hand people mics

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  I really hate the word "ones".

  by schnell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  necessary as it is at times, i hate this word.

  for one thing, "ones" is a plural form of the number 1. that is dumb, and it's reason enough to avoid it where it isn't entirely necessary.. one could argue that it never is necessary, but it can still come up in colloquial dialogue when discussing objects.

  jw leaders use it to discuss people.. interestingly, jws even did this to jesus christ in their own translation of the bible, referring to him in ephesians 1:7 with "through the blood of that one" where another translation would say something like "through his blood".

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  Oh I'm sorry,

  I thought you said:

  I really hate the WEIRD "ones"

  I was writing to complain

  Disregard
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  There is some pretty incredible people out there in the "world"

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  2. beliefs

  i am a fan of a video came called simcity and other building games like cities skylines and the such also legend of grimrock.

  anyway, as i watch others plays these games on youtube i have noticed that there are some pretty intelligent people out there.

  how others can solve the puzzles way better than i can on legend of grimrock and how they can build cities in ways that i had not thought of at all.

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  I know the occasional JW self made millionaire

  but it wasn't their Theocratic EducationTM that did it

  And they also didn't PioneerTM

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  Questions JWs Ask: Mike from Greece wants to know...

  by Funchback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mike from greece is a member of a pro-jw forum (message board).. the jw religion has so many rules so mike wants to clarify some correct procedures.. what woud you like to know, mike?.

  a couple of questions dear brothers & sisters of the forum about women's head coverings1)should it be considered wrong for a sister to wear a head covering during the meetings?

  i have seen some old sisters, one in our congregation and a couple in other two that like wearing head coverings during the meetings.

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  I noticed a reference to an online JW forum

  Note

  Sisters must at all times wear a Bubushka

  When discussing Watch Tower issues while baptized Bros are online

  (You realize that these sites are monitored by Headquarters right?)

  You may order your officially registered Bubushka online or at a

  TrolleyTM near you

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  When The Persecution Comes

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when i was young everybody used to fantasise constantly about how brave we would all need to be "when the persecution comes".

  we worried about what "they" would do to us and how we would never talk or betray other jws.

  psychologically it was a damaging environment for children; but maybe that's another topic.. who would have thought that when it finally came it would take the form of being sued for protecting pedophiles.

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  When The Persecution Comes

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  when i was young everybody used to fantasise constantly about how brave we would all need to be "when the persecution comes".

  we worried about what "they" would do to us and how we would never talk or betray other jws.

  psychologically it was a damaging environment for children; but maybe that's another topic.. who would have thought that when it finally came it would take the form of being sued for protecting pedophiles.

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  I was concerned about people shoving hot pointy things in my eyes

  Now,

  If the persecution IS pedophile lawsuits,

  Then all we'd really have to do is learn to block our ears and cover our eyes,

  As 8 million of God's people are showing themselves very capable of doing

  So

  All this persecution prep work really has paid off,

  They're golden!

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  Questions JWs Ask: Mike from Greece wants to know...

  by Funchback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mike from greece is a member of a pro-jw forum (message board).. the jw religion has so many rules so mike wants to clarify some correct procedures.. what woud you like to know, mike?.

  a couple of questions dear brothers & sisters of the forum about women's head coverings1)should it be considered wrong for a sister to wear a head covering during the meetings?

  i have seen some old sisters, one in our congregation and a couple in other two that like wearing head coverings during the meetings.

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  Dear Mike,

  Do you know what a Pharisee is?

  (Sarcasm)

  PS When a brother comes into the KM wearing a beard do you beat him

  with a rod when the sisters ask you to?

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  If "the Truth" is the truth, why are witnesses so scared of research?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it is an often asked question i know, but it perplexes me.. if witnesses are so convinced that they have "the truth", why is the act of researching information from external sources so taboo?

  didn't the bible itself tell people to "use their powers of reason" and also praised ones like the boreans for researching things they were told??.

  seriously, if there is no doubt about the organization being "god's channel" on earth, and it alone having the "truth", surely researching would only enhance such 'facts'?.

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  What makes a site Apostate?

  Something stated by an Ex JDub?

  By "False Religion?"

  By a renowned University that's "unfavorable?"
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  Are baptized Witnesses that are no longer in the "truth", but were NEVER DF'D, now to be shunned and treated like disfellowshipped ones?

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a relative of mine was telling me, that in his, and a few neighboring congregations, there is a little confusion amongst some of the jw's about this "issue".

  some families are having a hard time about whether certain relatives will be attending certain family functions, because some family members that are no longer in the "truth", might be invited to these functions.

  mind you, these persons were never disfellowshipped.

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