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  Why attack?

  by newqatarjob in

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  as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

  ) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

  i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

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  Village Idiot

  @ WheninDoubt, "To Village Idiot: Where do you think the WT gets it material? From global publishing."

  I don't see how that relates to anything I said.
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  Why attack?

  by newqatarjob in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

  ) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

  i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

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  Village Idiot

  @ WhenInDoubt,

  "I find similarities between this site and Muslim extremism..."

  Who on this site is calling for suicide bombers to kill others?

  "...but I do enjoy the lack of religious knowledge spread around here, it’s very entertaining."

  There are plenty of posters here who have a lot of religious knowledge.

  "I believe someone else said, read the bible for yourself to get the truth. How ironic, that same philosophy is taught by the jW’s, so what’s the difference, just asking is."

  Those who say that people should read the Bible are not forcing one particular set of Bible literature with which to interpret their understanding of it. The Jehovah's Witnesses do and it is exclusively their books.

  "So if you’re going to complain about the WT’s doctrines, then complain about EVERYONES."

  Huh? If you've been reading this site you should have noticed plenty of criticism about other religion's doctrines and beliefs.
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  All Gays Are Perverts

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "scientists may never resolve exactly how much of a role nature and nurturing play in same-sex attraction.

  but one thing is clear: all humans are born with the tendency to succumb to wrong thinking and inclinations.

  --romans 3:23. a youth who desires to please god must therefore conform to his moral standards and shun immoral behavior, though doing so may be agonizingly difficult.

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  Village Idiot

  Pan Paniscus otherwise known as Bonobo chimpanzees.
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  If The Witnesses Try To Get You Back To Jehovah...How Will You Respond!

  by minimus in

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  i am most curious.

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  Village Idiot

  You don't worship Jehovah, you worship the organization.
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  My grandson

  by James Mixon in

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  us berkeley news center, "young bug enthusiast meets .

  his hero, e. wilson.

  maybe someone can post it.. i sent this to my other grandkids that are jw.. my grandson is nuts about bugs, lol..

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  Young bug enthusiast meets his hero, E.O. Wilson

  
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  Jesus Saves From What? March 2015 Watchtower Article

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just skimmed the titled article on jw.org and once again the watchtower is misdirecting:.

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20150301/jesus-death-and-resurrection/ .

  they try and make the old case that jesus saves us from being destroyed at armageddon.

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  "We're living in 2015 not in the dark ages. the inquisitions have nothing to do with Christians in 2015."

  yogosans, my point is that the foundation of Christianity and the ancient Hebrews, namely the belief in their superiority over other people, leads to wars and genocide. The only difference between fundamentalist Christians of today and fundamentalist Christians of yesteryear is that today's Christians do not have sovereign territory in which to enforce their own prejudice and disdain of others outside their religion. You can thank secularism for that in that it took away the power of religionists and created a religiously neutral society.

  You will have tyranny whenever an authoritarian religion takes control of a nation. It is inherent in the psyche of all exclusivist religions that have no respect for others. Such tyranny in any time period is the inevitable result of believing that others are going to go to hell simply for not being like them ('saved').

  So you can claim that the past has no bearing on the present but in actuality the past predicts what will happen in the present. Remember the old saying, "Those who forget the past are destined to repeat it". And remember this about this nation's religious founding father's:

  

  The above, the hanging of Mary Dyer by the Puritans, is the natural and inevitable consequence of your religious beliefs.
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  All Gays Are Perverts

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "scientists may never resolve exactly how much of a role nature and nurturing play in same-sex attraction.

  but one thing is clear: all humans are born with the tendency to succumb to wrong thinking and inclinations.

  --romans 3:23. a youth who desires to please god must therefore conform to his moral standards and shun immoral behavior, though doing so may be agonizingly difficult.

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  Me thinks that the Bat-tower teats gays better than apostates.
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  Jesus Saves From What? March 2015 Watchtower Article

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just skimmed the titled article on jw.org and once again the watchtower is misdirecting:.

  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20150301/jesus-death-and-resurrection/ .

  they try and make the old case that jesus saves us from being destroyed at armageddon.

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  yogosans: "No Christians wants anyone to go to Hell. That's the point of sharing the Gospel."

  A most patronizing thing for one to say. The Inquisitors didn't want to see their victims go to hell either.
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  Changed my avatar-And how did the Romans Execute You?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been meaning to do that for a while - and just saw an article in bar (see below) and thought - that's how i feel today (grin) i've had the flu for 2 weeks and feel really pissed off.. sunday before last, my friend visiting from china, calls up and says come to dinner tonite, meet me at darling harbour.

  so did that, and even though we could've walked to the restaurant he'd selected in about 15 minutes, he decides (he's rather wealthy) we should take a water taxi to circular quay (for those who know sydney).

  i protested, as i knew it was expensive - $70 for a 10 minute ride.we're no sooner in the boat, than it starts to rain like hell, and before the boatmaster could get the curtains down, i was soaked on one side.

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  I haven't had time to read it all but this thread has some good information.
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  Utah to bring back firing squads

  by cofty in

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  are parts of the usa in a different century from europe?.

  why don't they just stone them to death?.

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  Village Idiot

  And speaking of Puritans here is how they dealt with people of a different religion: