Posts by apostrate

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If I Were Still A JW I Would Think We Had To Be Living At The Time Of The End!

by minimus in

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friends

with all the terrible things happening on this earth, i bet most witnesses feel that jehovah god has to step in..

apostrate

About 10 years ago we had Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami overseas. News journalists and pundants (as well as many everyday average citizens) were describing these events as "of BIBLICAL proportions". I don't even have to suggest to you what the average JW was thinking.

And of course, this was just a few years after 9/11. A lot of people, not just JW's, were thinking "this has just got to be the end!"

Well within the next ten years there will be new events, bigger events, that will have people believing that "this has just got to be the end!"

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Jehovah witness just like the ISIS...only they can't kill..but they do torture

by goingthruthemotions in

both the jw cult religion and the isis religion are both the same.

both extremist for there gods...the jw 's sheeple worship the watchtower.

the isis god is allah, but they seem to worship/kill for muhammad.. .

apostrate

AlphaMan,

Ha Ha Ha, LOL, that is so funny! The best humor is reality based humor! If it wasn't for my sense of humor, I would've killed myself years ago.

I kind of had a mental picture of Dick Cheney addressing the prisoners at Gitmo:

Cheney: "Okay men, the choice is yours. You can be subjected to water boarding, or you can begin attending the meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses at the Kingdom Hall!"

Detainees (in unison): (Collective sigh, heads down, pouting), "We'll take the water boarding."

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Jehovah witness just like the ISIS...only they can't kill..but they do torture

by goingthruthemotions in

both the jw cult religion and the isis religion are both the same.

both extremist for there gods...the jw 's sheeple worship the watchtower.

the isis god is allah, but they seem to worship/kill for muhammad.. .

apostrate

In all seriousness, NO, no victim of ISIS or Al Quaeda would compare what they went through with life in the JW's.

But, psychologically speaking, there is a real similarity between the two. ISIS carries out their physical punishment, while the WT plants the seeds in their members minds, and sometimes it can lead to death (as others have mentioned, through suicide or having blood transfusions forcibly denied).

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Jehovah witness just like the ISIS...only they can't kill..but they do torture

by goingthruthemotions in

both the jw cult religion and the isis religion are both the same.

both extremist for there gods...the jw 's sheeple worship the watchtower.

the isis god is allah, but they seem to worship/kill for muhammad.. .

apostrate

I can testify that JW's most certainly DO torture. When I was about 15 years old I had to sit through a 7 Day International Assembly!!! If I had the choice of that or waterboarding.....! Let's just say, a three day assembly is torture enough!

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Why do ultra rich jehovahs witnesses get a free pass when it comes to being materialistic?

by hoser in

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friends

i know a couple of jws in my town that are both very wealthy.

one has upscale retail stores and owns a property development company.

the other has a large service company and owns a lot of real estate.

apostrate

Finkelstein,

Your post wasn't up yet when I began to formulate my thoughts!

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Why do ultra rich jehovahs witnesses get a free pass when it comes to being materialistic?

by hoser in

jw
friends

i know a couple of jws in my town that are both very wealthy.

one has upscale retail stores and owns a property development company.

the other has a large service company and owns a lot of real estate.

apostrate

Why would a poor working shmuck like me constantly be criticized because my hair was touching my collar, and yet Brother "PRINCE" is welcomed with open arms and praised by other JDubs? Ask a JW about "PRINCE" and watch them immediately change the subject. I haven't seen an AWAKE article that was critical of his music. (In all fairness though, I have to admit it's been quite a few years since I've read an AWAKE).

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Couple questions....like if JW's not the right way then what is?

by world in

jw
friends

new member here so don't attack :d here is a couple questions i have been contemplating lately.. .

if jw isn't the right religion, then which one is?

or is it basically believe in god, the bible and you'll be fine?.

apostrate

JWdaughter,

Your last paragraph brought back an old memory. Back in the 70's a "brother" that I worked with would get angry and refuse the Christmas cookies that some of the ladies in the office would bring by. However, another "brother" who worked there would gladly accept the Christmas cookies. But, before he would eat the cookies he would scrape the ornamental icing off of them. Uum-good!

This really ticked off "brother" #1. I don't know if the humor comes across in print, but to see it in person was hilarious!!!

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Jw's attitudes toward the act of baptism

by _Morpheus in

i attended (meaning was emotionally blackmailed) a jw baptisum ceremony today.

i was awestruck at the "event" status given this.

to be sure it wasnt the first time i witnessed it but for whatever reason it really stood out to me what a spectical they have turned this into.

apostrate

This may not be exactly answering your question......but, I find this piece of information from The Watchtower extremely insightful:

"The practice of baptism, however, predates the Christian faith. It was employed in Babylonia and in ancient Egypt, where the cold waters of the Nile were thought to increase strength and bestow immortality." The Watchtower April 1, 1993, page 4.

Seems that JW's like to hang on to certain pagan traditions.

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Couple questions....like if JW's not the right way then what is?

by world in

jw
friends

new member here so don't attack :d here is a couple questions i have been contemplating lately.. .

if jw isn't the right religion, then which one is?

or is it basically believe in god, the bible and you'll be fine?.

apostrate

Everybody responding to your questions are making excellent posts! But go back and read AlphaMan's earlier post again. Get a copy of Crisis of Conscience and then decide for yourself. In spite of what the WT will tell you, YOU WILL NOT BE AN APOSTATE for reading this book! The Bible plainly says that a man who makes a decision without hearing both sides of the issue is a fool. If you don't read the whole book, at least read Chapter 6, "Double Standards". Then YOU decide!

Good luck, remember that you are not alone!

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JWs say, "They don't judge"

by skeeter1 in

what is up with jws?

lately, i've heard this line, "we don't judge .

but, doesn't everyone judge?

apostrate

Very similar to what Phizzy stated, I will be the first to admit that I do judge people. It's really an assessment, but I don't "judge" anyone as to whether they are worthy of eternal life, or paradise, or whatever. I will "judge" a person as to whether I want to associate with them or not. Just because I don't care to associate with a person, for whatever reason, doesn't mean I wish them a horrible death or life in HELL!

I once told a fellow JW (while I was still "in") that there are some "brothers" I will treat as DF even though they were not. Needless to say, that didn't go over very well!