Village Idiot

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  So, every sin can be forgiven, except Apostacy? Right...that makes sense.....

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  ok, so we know that the wt teaches that every sin can be forgiven, but if one leaves the org and becomes a "vile apostate", that is "sinning against the holy spirit" and can not be forgiven?.

  so, murderous sick people are ok.. child abusers...ok. violent drug dealers ...ok. war mongering genocidal killers...ok. but, speak against the gb....not ok....you are the worst of the worst!.

  makes perfect sense really hey?.

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  31 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 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

  That, I believe, is the scripture that they use to justify their position. They consider apostasy to be a crime against the holy spirit but anything else can be forgiven.
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  WT now promoting literature officially at book fairs

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  2. bible

  can there really be any doubt now on how commercial it is?

  if you thought the new kh design seemed commercial in nature, now imagine one of those halls turned into a jw store.

  we know they exist.

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  @ Half banana:

  "...with such impressive print runs, not one of their books has any merit at all (unless you call indoctrination a merit)..."

  I think about the Bible when I read that.
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  Richard Dawkins meets God

  by suavojr in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufk0srbazs.

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  But the banana miraculously appeared after Dawkins woke up.
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  This weeks meeting remarks

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just come here to vent a bit.

  last night we had one of those meeting where i had a hard time keeping my eyes from rolling.

  i tell you, sometimes i think they have a mind of their own, my eyes that is.

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  @ Star TrekAngel:

  "The giant wheels were four-sided and full of eyes so that they could see everywhere and could change direction instantly..."

  Does Jehovah's chariot have a reverse?
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  You will never grow old in this current system of things... - Awake, May 22, 1969 p. 15

  by cappytan in

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  2. beliefs

  check this out.

  got this bound volume from my dad.. .

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  To those Witnesses who use the "old light" excuse, I would respond by saying that all the Watchtower does is change the burned out light bulbs.
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  You will never grow old in this current system of things... - Awake, May 22, 1969 p. 15

  by cappytan in

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  2. beliefs

  check this out.

  got this bound volume from my dad.. .

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  @ Splash: "Just today I found an audio clip from a 1972 district convention reaffirming 1975."

  Can you provide a link?
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  Has anyone heard any Watchtower PR spin or censorship advisory announcement at the kingdom hall regarding the child abuse story on NPR?

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i remember some years ago when barbara did an expose of the child abuse issue on one of the networks, watchtower used the elders to inform the congregations not to view the program that was to be aired.

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  after this recent expose on npr, has there been any official watchtower release read as an announcement at the kingdom hall?.

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  "The WT even took out a huge ad in some of the biggest newspapers, saying the victim is just lying and none of it was true."

  Sounds like a possible case of libel.
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  Scan Of Telegram To Hitler

  by Bangalore in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scan of telegram to hitler.. .

  bangalore.

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  I seem to recall that the Society previously sent an amiable telegram friendly to Hitler in response to his initial treatment of the German Witnesses. It was when Hitler failed to respond that they sent that nasty telegram to him.
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  Neanderthal man

  by scary21 in

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  2. friends

  my ex husband and father of my daughter was never baptized but is still a believer in the wt.. a couple years ago we were talking about evolution ( which he does not believe in ) i brought up the subject of the neanderthals and how we all have their dna except africans ( the ones that never left africa ).

  he said neanderthals are apes and not humans and jw's do not teach that they are humans.

  i said i believe they do.. in the life- how did it get here book, under the sub heading " the human family "is says " neanderthal man....... was undoubtedly human.. his response was " they are just talking about what other people believe " ahhhhh .

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  Perry, carrots share genes with humans. Chimpanzees share 98% of our genes.

  That percentage you mentioned, irrespective of its numeric value, is sufficient to establish a marked difference. The percentage that you cite is not quite that much, it's actually 99.7%.

  As far as genetic differences amongst modern Homo Sapiens we have diversified a lot, more so than the small population of Neandertals who were genetically bottle-necked and somewhat inbred.
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  Neanderthal man

  by scary21 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my ex husband and father of my daughter was never baptized but is still a believer in the wt.. a couple years ago we were talking about evolution ( which he does not believe in ) i brought up the subject of the neanderthals and how we all have their dna except africans ( the ones that never left africa ).

  he said neanderthals are apes and not humans and jw's do not teach that they are humans.

  i said i believe they do.. in the life- how did it get here book, under the sub heading " the human family "is says " neanderthal man....... was undoubtedly human.. his response was " they are just talking about what other people believe " ahhhhh .

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  Perry:

  "Would someone like to tell this man he is not human to his face, but only a cousin to a human because his head happens to be shaped very much like a "neanderthal"? If so, Don King would like to talk to you."

  Perry, if that man has Homo Sapient genes then he's not a Neandertal. Neandertals had a distinctly different gene pool. Besides, that man does not have an "occipital bun" in the rear of his skull like Neandertals do.

  As TD brought out, Neandertals had a chinless, highly protruding jaw that would have been very distinctive.

  He seems more like Homo Sapiens Idaltu, a progenitor of modern Homo Sapiens