Posts by Village Idiot

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Is disassociating worth the hassle?

by HereIgo in

i have been out now for 6 years but lately i have been giving some thought to da.

i just kind of feel that chapter in my life is still open and for some reason i feel like da'ing might close that chapter but i'm not entirely sure.

im not df either, when i left i basically faded and disappeared.

IF the elder were paid, how would it change the organization???

by James Mixon in

there would be lot more brothers reaching out that's for sure.....

It would not be practical for JWs to pay several elders. The ratio of elders to congregation members is too high to be affordable to the rank and file. However, if a single elder where to be paid he could dedicate himself full time to the congregation while being supported by voluntary ministerial servants. The reason they have so many elders in a congregation except for one is because they all have full time jobs and can only handle a limited portion of the work needed to run it.

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An old Kingdom hall now a church?

by HereIgo in

have any of you heard of anything like this.

i remember an ex jw from ohio taking video of a former kingdom hall that is now a church.

apparently the society sold it to the church.

Village Idiot

You cannot step into a church without being disfellowshipped but they can sell your kingdom hall to one.

I hope the church's congregation exorcises the demons in the KH.

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Judgment day is coming soon!

by keyser soze in

six more days until the walking dead season premiere.

we finally find out who negan killed.

please let it be eugene..

Village Idiot

SPOILER ALERT!!!

I only have Netflix and can only watch the old seasons!

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Jehovah's Witnesses ARE Christians, why do so many ex JW's deny this?

by nicolaou in

jehovah's witnesses accept jesus as christ, the son of god.

they try, in their own way, to live by his teachings and imitate him.

they pray, read the bible and meet together regularly for worship.. i won't minimise any of the harm and damage they cause but for the life of me, i can't see how anyone can credibly deny that they are christians.. why do so many former jws have a problem with this?

Village Idiot

OrphanCrow,
But they don't accept that Jesus is God.
That is the defining difference between JWs and mainstream Christianity

Arians could be Christians regardless of their view that Christ is in submission to God.

Also, one can pick one unique teaching amongst some Christian religions, like Adventists, that is different from "mainstream Christianity". Does that make the unique religion non-Christian? Who gets to define?

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Jehovah's Witnesses ARE Christians, why do so many ex JW's deny this?

by nicolaou in

jehovah's witnesses accept jesus as christ, the son of god.

they try, in their own way, to live by his teachings and imitate him.

they pray, read the bible and meet together regularly for worship.. i won't minimise any of the harm and damage they cause but for the life of me, i can't see how anyone can credibly deny that they are christians.. why do so many former jws have a problem with this?

Village Idiot

Jehovah's Witnesses accept Jesus as Christ, the Son of God.

They do not accept the doctrine of the ransom as applying to the majority of them (99.9%). It only applies to the anointed.
They do not believe that it is in Jesus' name that they must be saved.

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Hello from Still Totally ADD

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

just wanted everyone who knows me to know i am alive and well.

we just sold our house in pa and are about to buy a house on one acre just outside jamestown ny.

our health has been good and we both have good part time jobs.

Village Idiot

Our gardening teaching is becoming more popular in this area and we have bought a 20 ft. X 30 ft. Green house. Mrs. ADD has also published a small book called "Ten Weeds You Should Love".

You might want to get into the cannabis business.

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Is Watchtower now loosening the bedroom rules?

by OneGenTwoGroups in

i was at my assembly when this was discussed last week.

of course i hadn't prepared and i heard "no rules about limits", or at least i thought i did.. here's the direct quote from the watchtower study article.. "although the bible does not provide specific rules about the kinds and limits of love play that might be associated with natural sexual intimacy, it mentions displays of affection.

the watchtower (study edition) august 2016 : making christian marriage a success, paragraph 8.. what say you?.

Village Idiot

https://youtu.be/NrU59B_pxfM

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Is it the original anointed person or their clone who will be in heaven?

by deegee in

the wt teaches that there's no part of a human being that survives the death of the body.

if the anointed do not have an immortal soul/ some immaterial part of them that survives death, then whoever will be in heaven won't be the original anointed person but their clone since once a person dies, according to wt theology, they cease to exist; so god will have to create a spirit body from nothing for that person and that created body by definition will therefore not be the original person but their clone.. so it will be a person's clone that will get to live forever in heaven and rule with christ, and not the original person.............one can now see why other religions teach the doctrine of the immortality of the soul..

Village Idiot

As far as cloning is concerned it doesn't produce a person with your unique memories. Case in point, identical twins.

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New, but needed to vent- thank you :-)

by Danni Jackson in

i discovered your website this morning as i was trying to find some information about 'marking'.

you see a very close friend of mine was 'marked' earlier this week and as i know the ins and outs of the situation (as we are close friends) i disregarded the talk immediately as i know my friend is obviously having issues but is no way a 'danger' to anybody else's spiritual health.

basically they are dating a non-believer- hence the talk.

Village Idiot

Hi there! Welcome.

You can expect more of their "one dimensional" type of thinking. That should be a reason for you to fade out.