Posts by opusdei1972

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Volunteering.

by Jeannette in

since i left the watchtower a couple of years ago, i started volunteering 3 hours a week at a wecare center.

it's like goodwill.

well, i've been there approximately 9 months, and yesterday i received a lovely thank you card from them.

opusdei1972

The Witnesses think that they are the only loving organization and you will not find brotherly love in other place. But the truth is the contrary.

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What I'm going to say to JWs offering the JW.org tract

by baltar447 in

listen guys, one month i had some bible thumpers knocking at me door telling me about hell.

then i have some weird fundamental religious sponsored "education books for parents to help their children in school".

the next i have some south korean mother god cult come to my door with qr codes on their literature too.

opusdei1972

You may ask them: "Is your God a God of Love?", so they surely will answer: "Yes, Jehovah God is Love. " Then you may ask: "Can you explain me the following verse?":

"Attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants" (First Samuel 15:3).

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Hello

by lurkernomore in

i thought it was high time to introduce myself (without my name of course).

as my name would suggest i have been reading your intriguing post, thoughts and discussions for some time now.

around 3/4 months to be exact.. i guess to start with it would seem fitting to give a little background on my current situation.. i'm a born-in, but have over the last few years found that through a number of varying occurences, (some of which i may discuss in future posts) that my 'zeal' has gone from regular field service and meetings to no service in over a year and very sporadic meeting attendance.

opusdei1972

lurkernomore : Did you know that the Society was not Spirit-directed ? Even Joseph Rutherford taught that no holy spirit was directing the Society:

“But when the Lord Jesus comes to his temple and gathers his approved ones into the temple, is there any further need for the office of the holy spirit as a helper and advocate? If not, then the advocacy of the holy spirit would there cease. Jesus, being in the temple and with his chosen ones, would act for them directly.” (Watchtower, September 1, 1930 p. 263)

“It would seem that there would be no necessity for the ‘servant’ to have an advocate such as the holy spirit, because the ‘servant’ to have an advocate is in direct communication with Jehovah and as Jehovah’s instrument, and Christ Jesus acts for the entire body.” (Watchtower, September 1, 1930 p. 263)

“After the holy spirit as an advocate or paraclete ceased to function in behalf of the consecrated, then the angels are employed in behalf of those who are being made ready for the kingdom. ‘For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all they ways’ -Ps. 91:11″ (Preservation, 1932 p. 51-52)

“By his spirit, the holy spirit, Jehovah God guides or leads his people up to a certain point of time, and thus he did until the time when ‘the comforter’ was taken away, which would necessarily occur when Jesus, the Head of his organization, came to the temple and gathered unto himself those whom he found faithful when he, as the great Judge, began his judgment, in 1918.” (Preservation, 1932 p. 193-194)

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Jehovah's Witnesses on vaccination (let's remember)

by opusdei1972 in

this a excerpt from the article "the sacredness of human blood (why vaccination is unscriptural)", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 294.. .

the following is an excerpt from the article: "vaccination---why not?

", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 298.. .

opusdei1972

Did Holy Spirit direct the Society to decree vaccinations were unchristian for a period of time, and later say they were acceptable? For followers who are trained to accept everything coming from the Organization as food from Jehovah, this has potentially led to needless loss of Witness lives.

In fact, the President of the Watchtower Society, Joseph Rutherford, taught that no holy spirit was directing the Society:

“After the holy spirit as an advocate or paraclete ceased to function in behalf of the consecrated, then the angels are employed in behalf of those who are being made ready for the kingdom. ‘For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all they ways’ -Ps. 91:11″ (Preservation, 1932 p. 51-52)

“By his spirit, the holy spirit, Jehovah God guides or leads his people up to a certain point of time, and thus he did until the time when ‘the comforter’ was taken away, which would necessarily occur when Jesus, the Head of his organization, came to the temple and gathered unto himself those whom he found faithful when he, as the great Judge, began his judgment, in 1918.” (Preservation, 1932 p. 193-194)

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Jehovah's Witnesses on vaccination (let's remember)

by opusdei1972 in

this a excerpt from the article "the sacredness of human blood (why vaccination is unscriptural)", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 294.. .

the following is an excerpt from the article: "vaccination---why not?

", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 298.. .

opusdei1972

williamhconley: As you pointed out, the Society knew for many years that vaccination was OK, but the Watchtower did not want to admit it publicly.

A famous ex-witness who wrote a book exposing the history of the Watchtower wrote me the following:

I remember well how this was enforced. As a boy, my grandfather was very angry with the Golden Age. He was a medical doctor, and it was as much because of vaccination as anything that he refused to become a Bible Student or Witness. I have a letter to him from a physician in Michigan who told him - in answer to a letter that he had written - to ignore the Witnesses; they were just fanatics.
When I moved to Arizona in 1948, Witnesses regularly put lemon juice on their arms after being vaccinated when coming from or going into Mexico. However, the society began to forget about vaccination - as Macmillan points out - when it affected young men in prisons for refusing military service and when the society began to send missionaries abroad. Undoubtedly, Knorr and other high Watchtower officials were vaccinated. Otherwise they couldn't have traveled to Latin America or Asia. Yet curiously, the society failed to tell the Witness community that vaccinations were okay for many years. What absolute hypocrites!

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Jehovah's Witnesses on vaccination (let's remember)

by opusdei1972 in

this a excerpt from the article "the sacredness of human blood (why vaccination is unscriptural)", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 294.. .

the following is an excerpt from the article: "vaccination---why not?

", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 298.. .

opusdei1972

Interestingly, one quote says:

"All reasonable minds must conclude that it was not the eating of blood that God objected to, but bringing the blood of the beast in contact with the blood of man"

Is not a mess ??

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Jehovah's Witnesses on vaccination (let's remember)

by opusdei1972 in

this a excerpt from the article "the sacredness of human blood (why vaccination is unscriptural)", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 294.. .

the following is an excerpt from the article: "vaccination---why not?

", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 298.. .

opusdei1972

In the same way that some Witnesses die for rejecting blood transfusions on supposed scriptural basis, witnesses in the past believed that vaccination was a sin on scriptural basis too. But now, vaccination is no longer an issue for the witnesses. They accept it. What absurd religion !!!

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Jehovah's Witnesses on vaccination (let's remember)

by opusdei1972 in

this a excerpt from the article "the sacredness of human blood (why vaccination is unscriptural)", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 294.. .

the following is an excerpt from the article: "vaccination---why not?

", the golden age, february 4, 1931, page 298.. .

opusdei1972

This a excerpt from the article "The Sacredness of Human Blood (why vaccination is unscriptural)", The Golden Age, February 4, 1931, page 294.

The following is an excerpt from the article: "Vaccination---Why not?", The Golden Age, February 4, 1931, page 298.

And the following is the testimony of a Jehovah's witness, Mrs Braught, who was in Court for refusing to send her children to school, on account of the issue of vaccination. This was published in the Golden Age, 1935, April 24, page 471.

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Where would we go, is the question

by Pistoff in

what better place, what better world can be offered, is the question tossed at those who have left.. what if it is just the same place, without taking everything we hear at the kingdom hall as gospel?.

can we just take with a grain of salt the things we know deep down are without basis?.

it is the same place, with the same friends, but without the drama of feeling that you can never do enough, that you were born sinful.. a faith that does not ask you to treat your family as disposable; a place that does not kick people to the curb when they need their family the most; a faith that lets you trust your heart, not ignore it.. can we just stay in the same place, and realize that we do not have to sacrifice our childrens lives by denying them blood if desperately needed?

opusdei1972

For those who believe in Christ, there is no exclusive physical place for worshipping God. Two or more met in the name of Christ are sufficient. Furthermore, there is no place in the New Testament which demands you to use the name "Jehovah". Early christians did not use the name YHWH.

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Questions for those who believe in the Watchtower Blood Policy

by Lee Elder in

new article on ajwrb:.

http://ajwrb.org/medicine/questions-for-those-who-believe-in-the-watcthower-blood-policy.

lee.

opusdei1972

Marvin Shilmer Hi Marvin, you disappeared a long time ago. How are you?