No matter how much I despise the Watchtower I am a firm believer in religious and non-religious rights. Whether it be Mormonism, Scientology or whatever they have a right to print and distribute their crap.
Village Idiot
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Court seizes over one million Jehovah's Witnesses brochures brought into Russia
by StarTrekAngel inhttp://red.theworldnewsmedia.org/index.php/en/forum-home-page/jehovah-s-witnesses/93-court-seizes-over-one-million-jehovah-s-witnesses-brochures-brought-into-russia
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The Org is terrified of apostates
by SecretSlaveClass ini knew apostasy was a serious concern for the org, but until i watched this video, i had no idea how afraid they actually were.
all this guy wants is to do is not turn in his fs hours and immediately they (elders) set about drilling him about who are what influenced his decision, as if he was incapable of making his own (which as the elders confirm, in the org is highly discouraged).
they are convinced he has been communicating with apostates or visiting apostate web sites.
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"We don't run a spy network"
by OrphanCrow inthe wts has been keeping case files on child sex abuse for over 60 years that we know of.
*damn...my whole post disappeared.... .
the wts has been keeping case files on child sex abuse for over 60 years that we know of.
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"We don't run a spy network" and..."We don't run a police state".
I don't care who can identify me so...
In the mid to late 1970s I was volunteering at the Kingdom Hall of the Northwood congregation in the city of North Hollywood, California refurbishing the seats. When we took our break I sat down on one of the seats and a couple of Ministerial Servants were seated in front of me. They were speaking to each other and one of them said, "We need to stay up pretty early in the morning when we go to sister's ****** house."
They were planning to surveil her house in order to see when so and so went in and out of her house.
That's standard operating procedure for them.
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If jw's obeyed all of the bible commandments what would they be like?
by purrpurr inthe jw's cite abstaining from blood along with other cherry picked commandments.
but then ignore the others.
this is very hippocritical and if they are going to obey one commandment they should be obeying the rest.. just as a bit of fun then... what would jw's be like if they obeyed every rule in the bible?.
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SimonSays:
In general they do cherry pick Old Testament laws to their convenience like many fundamentalist Christians who condemn gays based on scriptures but ignore other scriptures like the ones found in Deuteronomy 22:13-29.
Village idiot
Hey Village idiot, you used an oxymoron for your illustration. Deuteronomy 22:5, revise and constant your point since gays would have been condemned under this mosaic law of the deuteronomist.
You forgot to tell your audience what revision of Christ sacrifice was to the mosaic law that became impractical such as cutting someone’s hand for stealing, cutting off someone’s penis for masturbation, blinding someone for desiring a woman or a man’s wife, cutting off someone’s tongue for lying, being stoned to death for adultery, being hung for fornication, etc. You know, little things like that.
The same impression the RC had when it came time to understand why most of the mosaic law was abolished, but has yet to be accepted by Jews and Muslims. But if you people want the mosaic laws brought back to your respective countries, far be it for any rational person to intervene or stand in your way. Remember in ancient times they were placed to define clean/unclean acts for the purpose of purity, by an individual, family, town, gods house, etc., collectively. In modern times we’d all be failures.
Mark 7:20-23
Romans 13:8-10
I've had a full bottle of sake but you're the one who seems drunk. Seriously.
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i feel more confused than ever
by BlackWolf inwell i know i've been posting a lot of topics like this lately and i'm sorry if i sound whiny or annoying.
my parents were asking me why i was so upset lately and i ended up just telling them the whole truth.
i told them i don't believe in god or the bible because i don't have any evidence of anything.
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Diogenesister:
"Blackwolf Do please watch this great allegory about God/Hank, someone posted it on here recently for newbies and it's revelatory...
"Hi, If anyone knows to post youtube vids on here can they let me know please, unless its above and not just the link in which case I've done it😃"
Just go straight to the video on youtube and right click on the video. Right click on: "Copy video URL". You posted the mini-url, you need the full URL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fDp7pkEcJVQ
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If jw's obeyed all of the bible commandments what would they be like?
by purrpurr inthe jw's cite abstaining from blood along with other cherry picked commandments.
but then ignore the others.
this is very hippocritical and if they are going to obey one commandment they should be obeying the rest.. just as a bit of fun then... what would jw's be like if they obeyed every rule in the bible?.
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purrpurr:
"The jw's cite abstaining from blood along with other cherry picked commandments."
Actually, the issue of blood comes from the account of God dictating a commandment to Noah. That preceded the Hebrew covenant and presumably would apply to everyone.
More relevant to Christians would be the words of the apostle Paul that commands all Christians to abstain from blood:
19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.” Acts 15:19-21 New International Version
In general they do cherry pick Old Testament laws to their convenience like many fundamentalist Christians who condemn gays based on scriptures but ignore other scriptures like the ones found in Deuteronomy 22:13-29.
If JWs were to follow all of the Old Testament civil laws they would be Theonomists who believe in the creation of a theocratic state bound by Old Testament law (except for "ritual" laws). These people have a major influence on (U.S.) Republican leaders even though they are a small percentage of our population.
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Making wise use of magazines letter
by Saltheart Foamfollower inhi all, just got this letter (sorry about formatting - anyone clean it up?).
christian congregationof jehovahs witnessesthe ridgeway, london, nw7 1rn telephone: 020 8906 2211august 13, 2015to all congregationsre: making wise use of our magazinesdear brothers:millions of people worldwide appreciate the bible study aids that are provided by thefaithful and discreet slave.
(matt.
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i feel more confused than ever
by BlackWolf inwell i know i've been posting a lot of topics like this lately and i'm sorry if i sound whiny or annoying.
my parents were asking me why i was so upset lately and i ended up just telling them the whole truth.
i told them i don't believe in god or the bible because i don't have any evidence of anything.
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"...I could live my life doing what I love and possibly be killed at armeggedon."
BlackWolf, If you don't believe in God or the Bible then why should you fear Armageddon? It's not going to happen.
It sounds like you need to express yourself desperately but your parents and sisters are not people you can talk to. Tell your parents to get you a doctor. That will make them believe that you are just going through a phase and hopefully not apostate.
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They know something’s up.
by John Aquila inwe have the convention this weekend and many jw families are arriving.
one family that ive known for many years from new mexico stopped by to visit my mom.
hes been an elder since the 80s.
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JohnAquila:
"I'm not familiar with this, what WT publications is this information found in?"
John, it's in Charles Russell's Studies In The Scriptures. The Time Is At Hand has most of the info. Sorry I'm a little rushed so I can't give any details yet.
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They know something’s up.
by John Aquila inwe have the convention this weekend and many jw families are arriving.
one family that ive known for many years from new mexico stopped by to visit my mom.
hes been an elder since the 80s.
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Village Idiot
You may want to bring up the fact that there were 3 different 1914 teachings throughout the history of the Watchtower.
- From late 19th century to early 20th century they taught that 1799 was the beginning of the end and the world would end by 1914. No earthquakes or pestilence Matthew 24 was supposed to have been fulfilled during the 1800 year period after Christ. Armageddon was a 40 year period of social collapse between 1874 and 1914. It was to be a slow motion collapse throughout that period culminating in pure social chaos at the end. No earthquake or fireballs etc.1914 was to be the beginning of the Millennium and the beginning of world wide peace.
- After WW1 embarrassed the Bible Students by standing their prophecy on its head they then taught, throughout the 20th century, that 1914 was the beginning of the end with the Great Tribulation/Armageddon being a short period of time, months or a few years at most, happening within the lifetime of those alive in 1914.
- Early 21st century: "Overlapping generations".
I'm sure you'll get even more dumbfounded stares from them if you tell them this.