Village Idiot

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  Greetings and would like some advice about a potentially fun idea

  by towerwatcher in

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  hello fellow apostates!

  my first post and a long time lurker here.

  i would like to thank all of you for the existence of this board as this has been instrumental for me in leaving the place i once knew as "the truth".

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  Village Idiot

  Funchback, They had a similar issue with a whiskey ad in 1982 that was plagiarized.

  
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  Fight Fire With Fire!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wolves use their "loyalty" questions to trap others - "do you believe we're living in the last days/this is god's organization/faithful slave?

  " - yet resolutely avoid discussing topics which put their org in a bad light, my "loyalty" question to them would be - "do you accept literature truth over bible truth?

  " they will either run or be forced to ask for examples of alleged differences.any other suggestions for "loyalty" questions?.

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  A Believer,

  I fully believe we are living in the last days. Can't wait until all is fixed.
  

  Whatever happens in the future, no matter how bad it is, will not be like the false prophecies your religion teaches. You will die from old age (unless you're old already) without seeing:

  • The UN declare "Peace and Security!"
  • The UN declare war on "Babylon the Great".
  • The Jehovah's Witnesses spared persecution until after all other religions are destroyed.

  Of course, all of the above are subject to eternal revision. You'll be waiting forever.
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  I am Deaf and blind is Jehovah going to destroy me because I can't hear or see a JW broadcast or read a watchtower or go to the kingdumb hall???

  by UNCONDITIONAL LOVE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  an easy way to stump the delusional jws at your door is come to the door with sunglasses on holding a sign with the words in the above title, and not say a word.

  the reaction will be priceless.... hopefully it will wake up those that still have some use of their thinking abilities..

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  It'll sure stand out in their minds, especially when they grow old and start to reminisce about their wasted past.
  
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  You're welcome ...

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i figured i'd shut the site down for a couple of hours to encourage everyone to do their xmas shopping.

  the error message was a subtle hint, that's what "500 error" means ... go shopping.. whatever rumours you hear, it definitely wasn't that someone deployed a quick update before going on a 1.5 hour car ride to pick someone up and didn't think that the page they tested, to check it was all working after the update, happened to be cached.

  no siree bob, not that, na hah.. anyway, you're welcome for the extra chance to, erm, shop..

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  Good, I had Christmas cards that needed mailing.
  
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  JWs vandalizing homes/property of apostates

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have read over the past few years of many cases of elder harassment and unwanted visitations.

  however, there is a couple of stories out there where it has been presented that eventually the apostate in question comes home one day to find that their home has been trashed or covered with graffiti, which by the words written, seems to imply that it was a jw taking "revenge" or seemingly delivering divine justice against the apostate.

  most of these are stories i've read online from several years ago.. have you individually or the group ever heard or stumbled upon these cases?

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  StarTrekAngel and Simon, that's scary. I thought that all Witnesses were too passive to do such a thing.
  
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  Has waking up ever made you physically ill?

  by fizzle in

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  has waking up ever made you physically ill?

  perhaps because of the emotional strain etc..?.

  if if so what were / are the symptoms?.

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  StarTrekAngel,
  

  ...it all looked like it was just panic attacks as he had experienced them in the past himself.
  

  Me too and I also felt those panic attacks in my chest. I felt them when I was in field service.
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  Disassociation - shunning - can we all lobby Government that it is against freedom of religion?

  by stockholm_Syndrome in

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  2. beliefs

  if jws want to inflict shunning on members who want to remain -- knock yourselves out.

  but if someone wants to leave - dont believe in an evil almighty god, bible ...or just dont agree with the rules- they should be free to leave- even after being 'disfellowshipped'.

  i think it was pre 1980 that you could disassociate yourself without shunning repercussions.

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  The Media will treat any issue about the JWs like a tempest in a teapot.
  
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  Survey: Are you Agnostic or Atheist or Christian?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am agnostic.

  i will count how many agnostics, atheists and christians that are reading this forum regularly.

  please answer my question.

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  A Believer,
  

  Jehovah witnesses are Christians in that we follow christ.
  

  Your organization doesn't even believe that the Ransom applied to the ordinary Jehovah's Witness ("Great Crowd"). What's more they make it overt by not partaking of the emblems which is Christianity's holiest ritual based on the idea of a ransom.
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  Survey: Are you Agnostic or Atheist or Christian?

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am agnostic.

  i will count how many agnostics, atheists and christians that are reading this forum regularly.

  please answer my question.

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  Village Idiot

  You should have added in your title "Theist". There are those who believe in a god but not in the Bible.

  As for me, atheist with a pantheistic leaning.
  
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  Question for believers here, Ecclesiastes 1:4 and Psalm 105;5 "Earth remain forever".

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what is your understanding on the earth remain forever???

  today it's a fact (99,999%) that the earth will be consumed by the sun in the future be it 3 million or 3 billion years.

  a topic we have been discussing here on paradise earth in the last two or three days and i notice no believer chimed in.

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  One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
  But the earth abides forever. - Ecclesiastes 1:4 New King James Version
  

  Off topic but...
  

  That verse from Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite Bible verses. It is also the Bible verse that the title of the book Earth Abides is inspired by. Earth Abides is an apocalyptic fiction book that shows how nature and humans living in nature can reconquer the earth after 99.99% of humanity dies. No blood and guts like modern sci-fis, just a peaceful transition to a state of nature. It is one of my favorite books.

  As for the Earth getting vaporized 5 billion years from now, it will first undergo runaway greenhouse effect by a warming sun in just 1 billion years. The sun gets warmer throughout its lifespan.

  As for the contradiction between those Bible verses and science, it would be stated by an apologist of the Bible that God will prevent that fate from happening in a perfect universe.