Topics Started by Hondo
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17How/Why were the Jehovah Witnesses chosen?
by Hondo ini am not a jw, never have been, but lost my wife (a japanese national) to them in 2003. i have been in and out of some of these forums trying to learn as much as possible about what drove my ex-wife to, for the most part, reject me and take her jw congragation as her new family, her new counselors, her new best friends, etc.
a jw doctrine that has always bugged me is the belief that jesus came to earth in 1918/19, or there-a-bouts, and chose them as his one and only representative orgainization on earth (i think i have it right).
some may take this the wrong way, as it may sound a bit glib, and i apologise in advance if this is the case and i offend anyone, but my ex-wife truely believes, no matter that she can't explain why (and maybe this is my answer.
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JW Reaction to Pope's death
by Hondo ini'm not sure how to ask this not being, never have been, a jw.
with millions, maybe billions, of people around the globe paying their respects to this great man, what is, or what would be, reaction from jw's (a gb member, a co, do, an elder, anyone?
) about the death of the pope and all the network(s) coverage surrounding his passing?
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JW Underground
by Hondo ini recently read an article about jw's that, if had the choice, would probably leave because of the deceptions, lies, etc., but don't because of family, friends, prestige, whatever, and instead lead a make-believe life going through the motions of being a loyal and believing follower of the watchtower organization.
most of those purported to be part of this non-believing/participating, but attending, jw population, are folks that have been associated with the jw's for a number of years, but, as many have, decided that the lies and constant changes (new light) just don't make sense anymore.
i would suspect that identifying those who just "go through the motions" of being a good jw would be difficult.
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Another Death due to blood refusal
by Hondo indid anyone watch the medical reality show, "critical hour", about a week ago?
for those that have never watched it before it follows the first few hours of emergency treatment of actual victims of car accidents, gun shot wounds, normal accidents, etc.
one of the victims of the show of a week or so ago was a elderly woman (70+), and a jehovah witenss.
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New Light and Tacking in the wind
by Hondo ini am not and never have never been a jw, nor do i intend to be, but for personnel reasons have become interested in their beliefs and practices of, as seeminly bizzare as they are.. the similar doctrinal change examples of new light, and of a sail boat tacking in the wind, to provide justification for their continual changes, when they occur, confuses me somewhat.
if the jw's believe that the "end" is just around the corner, or "soon" as one will probably tell you, is the light at its brightest at this point in time; does the sail boat reach port?
is there a "last light" that may indicate in some way, shape, or form, when the end will take place?
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Confused about the blood policy
by Hondo ini am a non-jw and just recently lost my wife to them after 20 years of marriage.
she did the wallet "no blood" card bit and also filled out some "power of attorney" looking document, signed by sevenal other jw's, that essentially took me out of the decision making picture had my ex-wife ever need a blood transfusion but was unable to make her own decision.
in other words, i would not have been able to save my wife's life.
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what if...
by Hondo inwhat if the majority religion (i'm not sure i consider the jehovah witnesses a religion) in the world today were the jehovah witnesses?
instead of the catholics let's say (i think the catholics have around a billion or so).
imagine jw numbers at around one billion or two, or about 1/5 of the world population (boy, this is a sacry thought).
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