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Who has made an unforgivable sin against the holy spirit?
by atomant in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we all sin and some sins are worse than others but blasphemy against the holy spirit is said to be unforgivable.what is considered to be an unforgivable sin?
Village Idiot

I wipe my filthy diarrhea stained ass on the pristine white beard of the demon god of the Bible!
Is that blasphemy unforgiveable enough? Can I go to hell now?
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Disturbance during Memorial 2016.
by Ben131895 in
1. jw
2. friends
two documented disturbances during memorial 2016. type 'memorial 2016' on youtube.
Village Idiot

From a previous post that I made:
Right after my disfellowshipping I joined a “phone tree” of ex-Witnesses. A phone tree is a network of people with each others’ phone numbers and something they share in common. This was well before the Internet. On that phone tree I got in touch with ex-Witnesses from coast to coast (U.S.) and all the way up to Canada. I got in touch with James Penton, Richard Rawee and even Ray Franz (before he wrote his books).
On one occasion I called an ex-elder from Maine to have a talk. He politely excused himself saying that he had had a very rough day tending to and cleaning the blood of a disfellowshipped girl who attempted suicide. That broke something in me and I resolved to do something about it.
Soon after that I went to the Memorial. When the ceremony was ended I walked up to the table with the emblems and tipped it over spilling onto the floor and breaking the plates and wine glasses.
I never even learned the name of that girl or why she was disfellowshipped.
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Disturbance during Memorial 2016.
by Ben131895 in
1. jw
2. friends
two documented disturbances during memorial 2016. type 'memorial 2016' on youtube.
Village Idiot

skedaddle:
If nobody is partaking of the emblems then what exactly is being disrupted?
Their sleep.
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Disturbance during Memorial 2016.
by Ben131895 in
1. jw
2. friends
two documented disturbances during memorial 2016. type 'memorial 2016' on youtube.
Village Idiot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PextzDIqV88&feature=player_detailpage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rsL6VrPwFI&feature=player_detailpage
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Changes in the last 7-ish years?
by FinchAndWeston in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what has changed in the last 7 years?

just curious .... 1) do they still shun?

what's the policy on da's, df's and a?.
Village Idiot

ScenicViewer ...That is 16 pages of information...
I'm not sure but I think the font got bigger so if it's twice the area of the previous magazines then it'll be the equivalent of 8 pages or 1/16 the information.
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For a little laugh
by ivanatahan in
1. jw
2. friends
look at what my mother showed me today.

i had to verify what she showed me and i got a quick laugh after the meeting.

http://www.thegreatseparation.com/newsfront/2004/01/un_resolution_s.html.
Village Idiot

My little laugh -
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Who has made an unforgivable sin against the holy spirit?
by atomant in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we all sin and some sins are worse than others but blasphemy against the holy spirit is said to be unforgivable.what is considered to be an unforgivable sin?
Village Idiot

And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. - Matthew 12:31-32 New International Version
Why should blasphemy against the Holy Spirit be unforgivable when blasphemy against Jesus was forgivable? Wasn't the Holy Spirit working through Jesus? Blasphemy against the Son should be blasphemy against the Father and Holy Spirit.
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Changes in the last 7-ish years?
by FinchAndWeston in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what has changed in the last 7 years?

just curious .... 1) do they still shun?

what's the policy on da's, df's and a?.
Village Idiot

They've got television now. Go to JW.org and you'll find it. They even have cartoons for children including one where a little girl sacrificed her ice cream money to make a donation to the Watchtower organization.
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Shunning: is it still practiced?
by FinchAndWeston in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
are df, da and apostates still shunned?

are each treated differently?

i heard a secondhand report that they seemed to have eased up on this practice ...
Village Idiot

Azor:
Im not DA'd or DF'd and all my siblings ignored my invitation to come to my 8 year old son's end of chemo party. It truly is disgusting what this group brings people to.
Sorry to hear that Azor. It seems that no matter how many wretched examples I hear there is always one that is worse.
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Why did I take the red pill?
by stephanie61092 in
1. jw
2. experiences
ignorance really is bliss and reality is harsh.

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just having a bad, emotional day i suppose.
Village Idiot

It was simply my nature to choose red. I was too curious to do otherwise. I don't miss it either.