Village Idiot

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  Hi forum

  by A Believer in

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  i proably shouldnt be on here but i feel like saying this.

  i have been for the last couple weeks been studying religion.

  i've learned the only ones who today do what the bible says to is jw.

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  Village Idiot

  A Believer, I have not read through the responses so if someone has already said this it bears repeating. The Jehovah's Witnesses are a dictatorial religion that usurps Jesus' place as an intermediator from the Biblical perspective (BTW I'm not Christian).

  It's all about glorifying the Watchtower as God's sole channel of communication. Listen carefully at their meetings and you'll pick up on their blasphemies. Their memorial service is about the best example I can think of. A meeting where no one partakes of the wine and crackers except an elite few which you would hardly fine in most congregations. In the real world of Christianity everyone partakes just as Jesus told his disciples.

  This elitism of theirs is an insult to their god. In effect they're being told that they are not saved.
  
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  Would it be ethical for another nation to supply weapons to anti-Trump protesters?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  the usa, claiming that the usa supports freedom, has often supported revolutionaries/dissenters in other countries.. some examples:.

  currently, the syrian war commenced circa 2011 in the so-called arab spring.

  it is claimed that the usa supplied weapons to anti-government forces.

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  Village Idiot

  Only if they're on my side.
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  Cuba: "Serious and decent work-seeking job"

  by darkspilver in

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  from 14ymedio - found in may 2014 as the first independent digital media outlet in cuba.

  http://www.14ymedio.com/nacional/trabajador-serio-decente-busca-empleo-cuba-testigos_de_jehova_0_2110588921.html.

  "trabajador serio y decente busca empleo".

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  Village Idiot

  Good luck with finding anything but a window washer or janitor. But maybe they actually get an education in Cuba.

  PS: Thanks for posting this darkspilver; I'm Cuban myself.
  
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  Christmas is Coming!

  by Drifting Away in

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  so, this will be a time of much confusion.

  being a born in, and wanting to celebrate my first christmas is confusing, nerve wracking, and difficult to comprehend.

  how have others dealt with there first christmas after leaving?

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  Village Idiot

  Start off with a Christmas tree. The rest should come easily after that.
  
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  Entertainment: What's everybody reading or into right now?

  by schnell in

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  2. entertainment

  i picked up bernard cornwell's the pagan lord at the library.

  historical fiction set in england after the death of alfred the great.

  i'm loving it, especially the between-the-lines wit and sense of timing in cornwell's writing, and the complete badassery of the protagonist.

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  Village Idiot

  I regularly read about all the shenanigans of the right wing at rightwing.org. When I'm posting here I jump back and forth between that website and this one.
  
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  Taking the Step

  by beardfreedom in

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  first time posting after years of reading, the things i have learned here have gradually helped to open my eyes to the reality of this religion.

  though i have been mentally out for some time, lately i have stopped going to meetings and service.

  the elders are calling and i have been ignoring them, i am trying to get up the courage to finally break free and never go back.

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  Village Idiot

  Welcome beard!
  
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  Why Is YHWH Used Regularly In OT and NEVER in NT?

  by minimus in

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  and if the name jehovah is that important why is it that jesus christ never use that name in a record of scriptures?.

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  Village Idiot

  The reason is that the name Yahweh was considered so sacred by later day scribes that they never pronounced it, instead pronouncing the word Adonay (Lord) every time they ran into YHWH.

  It is on that basis that the Greek Septuagint translation, from a much later date, simply wrote their word for Lord (Kurios) instead of bothering with the personal name.
  
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  What age were you when you were counted as a publisher?

  by OrphanCrow in

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  2. beliefs

  the wts has always included minors and adults in the same categories - publisher and baptized.. i am interested in knowing how many minors, approximately, are included in the publisher count.

  and, at what age a person started publishing.

  what age was the youngest publisher reported?.

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  Village Idiot

  Not a born in. Converted at 14; publisher at 14; baptized at 15.

  I still remember my first day in field service. My first rejecting "householder" and the elder I was studying with at my side.
  
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  The Resurrection and Trump

  by Quarterback in

  1. watchtower
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  well, if trump starts a nuclear war, and no survivors exist.

  then everyone that dies before armaggedon will come back in the resurection in the new system.

  no great crowd to survive the gt.

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  Nuclear war will kill plenty but most of the 7 billion people will survive.

  By the way, which came first, the chicken or the egg?
  
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  Your work is not in vain! Thank You!

  by de-opresso-liber in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  been lurking since early this year.

  there are many of us out there (at least in this area, central u.s.) who are waking up and crossing the line to talk to each other about it.

  in our area, several elders, ministerial servants and pioneers are actively and openly sharing info with each other daily.

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  Village Idiot

  Welcome d-o-l! Thanks for the thanks and the info. I hope the waking up grows until the time that the Watchtower suffers collapse. Also, having a network of fellow underground apostates that you personally know face to face can make the transition out much easier and painless.