Posts by El blanko

sergei popov and aleksandr takhteyev, two of three jehovah's witnesses sacked on 1 april by a private firm on the russian pacific island of sakhalin, claimed to forum 18 news service that there was a direct link between the decision to sack them and the ban on the jehovah's witnesses in the russian capital imposed by a moscow court several days earlier.

El blanko

I believe that people who have rejected beliefs that were previously convinced intellectually are deceived and weak-minded.

What about a Catholic that becomes one of Jehovah's Witnesses?

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Propaganda from Jehovah

by darkuncle29 in

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this is just soooo rich, i think i need a glass of milk.

or maybe some syrup of ipecac.. http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2000/6/22/article_02.htmthe sly art of propaganda can.

paralyze thought and prevent clear thinking.

El blanko

It is simply another article blowing the orgs' own trumpet of being super fine and spotless; without blame for the mess that society has got itself into.

Of course the same arguments could be announced by many God fearing groups around the world, yet these ones are seemingly more humble in their approach to their spiritual lives and outward conduct.

Talk about showing off

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What's the point of it all?

by Puternut in

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i have been here on the board a while.

posting away, commenting on other threads.

i have now been labeled officially an apostate throughout the circuit and district.

El blanko

A bit of wrestling over spiritual issues can be niiice

Trying to make sense of exiting a very rigid environment?

Meeting interesting people and learning from such ones.

I have been visiting this board for nearly 4 years, yet only signed up recently.

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The Hidden Pain of Prayer

by Amazing1914 in

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this post is intended as a follow up to my earlier post about intellectual honesty v spiritual claims: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/71155/1.ashx.

prayer is an integral part of faith, as it is the very expression of faith and belief in the existence of god.

when people bow their heads (or raise them up, whatever the custom) ... they approach an invisible being they call god, and attach various names to him/her/it ... and as they pary or talk to god, they do so in a one-way session ... with no feedback, input, or indication from god that he is listening, hearing, when or if he/she/it will ever answer.

El blanko

in PRACTICE an honest Christian will be forced to admit that they simply don't know and it seems God is silent.

Very true.

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Mighty Arsenal Could Be Beaten By The Crowd Tonight..!

by Englishman in

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arsenal!

number 1 team in england, number 1 team in europe, probably the number 1 team in the whole world!

they haven't been defeated for 35 matches.

El blanko

As a fellow Englishman I have to cut in and simply state that I detest the game and have never understood the adoration of a bag of wind being hoofed around a field

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Jehovahs Witness Is A Cult?

by Spooner in

so?

El blanko

I suspect you may be a time waster .. .but you may be true to your word (and I hope so).

If so and the latter is the case, I think you need to pick apart the Churches doctrine and practises and glance across it's history through the ages. You will notice that the Church has happily sat behind heads of state who have gone forth to wage war across the earth and enslave other nations. The idolatrous practise of the Catholic Church goes without saying, as does the worship of man (the pope - the saints?).

The worship of Mary is not scriptural - neither is hellfire - with much debate neither is the trinity (you will find plenty of threads throughout the board discussing this element). Neither is purgatory or infant baptism etc etc There are loads of areas to attack my friend or my enemy.

What about this for fine priestly conduct - http://www.angelfire.com/journal/ggbtps/HypocrisyandCant.htm

Now begone

Seriously, take care if you are true to your word and I hope your quest ends up in a semblance of truth.

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Jehovahs Witness Is A Cult?

by Spooner in

so?

El blanko

get myself brainwashed

Is your Catholic faith that weak?