Posts by OrphanCrow

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JW and the Sabbath
by Andromeda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello brothers and sisters and truth seekers,.

i am an active jehovah's witness.

i don't believe in 1914 and i'm tototally against their way of dealing with abuse cases.
OrphanCrow

babygirl30: This whole conv sounds very JWish! LOL
Someone lays out all their ideas on a topic about a doctrine, they claim to have 'authority' to know the background of said doctrine, and once their expertise/authority is QUESTIONED - they immediately get defensive, yet never provide any proof or specifics of their 'authority', and then finally sum the whole conversation by calling the questioner childish or stupid - and lastly demand to be 'left alone'.
You're right, babygirl. And it isn't just the JWs who use this MO...it is a favorite technique adopted by fundamental believers that cannot defend their beliefs
And the typical comeback that they fall back on "...oh, so you think you are so smart because you are educated?" And what they really mean is this: "I feel ignorant when I am around people who know more than me. I will be perceived as stupid. Therefore, God. And damn all you educated smart ones to eternal damnation."
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JW and the Sabbath
by Andromeda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello brothers and sisters and truth seekers,.

i am an active jehovah's witness.

i don't believe in 1914 and i'm tototally against their way of dealing with abuse cases.
OrphanCrow

Andro: I didn't know there were lie detectors here
heehee
Now you know
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JW and the Sabbath
by Andromeda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello brothers and sisters and truth seekers,.

i am an active jehovah's witness.

i don't believe in 1914 and i'm tototally against their way of dealing with abuse cases.
OrphanCrow

andro: Orphancrow don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say you were, I said people believe that what they were told in school is the truth and that everyone who questions it seems ignorant.
They are your words. they came from your mouth
You said "you all". You didn't say "people"
"... you all think that what you were told in schoolis the truth
And you didn't say "seems" ignorant, you said "...and everyone else who questions it , is ignorant."
*oops...forgot to ask something...you had said "My stance on blood is mainly because of God but having experienced what I have, it is both." So...would you accept artificial blood? How does that work according to the bible?
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JW and the Sabbath
by Andromeda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello brothers and sisters and truth seekers,.

i am an active jehovah's witness.

i don't believe in 1914 and i'm tototally against their way of dealing with abuse cases.
OrphanCrow

andro: I repeat the only reason I mention them is because you all think that what you were told in schoolis the truth and everyone else who questions it , is ignorant.
Please elaborate on what you think I have had for schooling and why that has made me ignorant
if you are going back to the blood issue that's not a problem
Nope...not going back to the "blood issue"...you are the one bringing it up. But...seeing as you have...is your reason for refusing blood a biblical one or a medical one?
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JW and the Sabbath
by Andromeda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello brothers and sisters and truth seekers,.

i am an active jehovah's witness.

i don't believe in 1914 and i'm tototally against their way of dealing with abuse cases.
OrphanCrow

andro: you may be mind blown to find out that what you think you know might not be even the truth.
We're waitin' on ya...
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I heard that Watchtower get Government funding
by Mozzie in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
being a recognized religion here in australia i heard they get government funding.....if this is true, i don;t see why as they seem to do okay funding themselves .
OrphanCrow

Yes, they get government grants.
The WTS received a nice grant from some New York association...right before they sponsored the film "Knocking"
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JW and the Sabbath
by Andromeda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello brothers and sisters and truth seekers,.

i am an active jehovah's witness.

i don't believe in 1914 and i'm tototally against their way of dealing with abuse cases.
OrphanCrow

Andro, so you are the only one in your family that is a JW? Almost your whole family are medical professionals? What do they think about your approach to religious thought? Does your approach clash with their ideas of the world?
Nah
Andro, you have never been a JW. Never were and aren't now
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The two faces of mrs hoser
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
they say women are hard to figure out.

she is is proactive about retirement planning but talks about how things might be in the new system.

she shuns one of our children (dfd) but put him as beneficiary one one of her life insurance policies.
OrphanCrow

I don't think it has anything to do with being a woman, hoser
Your wife is just hedging her bets. The same as lots of JWs do. And lots of other people too in other situations
Haha! She is an agnostic JW and doesn't know it yet
103
JW and the Sabbath
by Andromeda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello brothers and sisters and truth seekers,.

i am an active jehovah's witness.

i don't believe in 1914 and i'm tototally against their way of dealing with abuse cases.
OrphanCrow

andromeda: @orphancrow I really wish to stay on the subject at hand. If you're interested in something else go create a new post.
Well...I was trying to
I thought that your comments about blood were relevant to the discussion about biblical laws/covenants concerning the Sabbath
I thought it was relevant context and I was interested in your position on blood in comparison to how you think about the Sabbath because you seem to take a literal approach to biblical understanding
If your concerns about the Sabbath are to be as accurate as possible in how you understand it...do you take the same "orthodox" approach to the blood covenant?
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JW and the Sabbath
by Andromeda in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hello brothers and sisters and truth seekers,.

i am an active jehovah's witness.

i don't believe in 1914 and i'm tototally against their way of dealing with abuse cases.
OrphanCrow

Andro, my apologies. I was only responding to what you had said
Please stay on track so we know what we are supposed to discuss...you have wandered all over the place and made some pretty far fetched claims on a thread that you claim is about the sabbath
i am just trying to catch up...lots of claims being flung around here