Wow! Thanks, Big Tex. Good research material there. But I still think we shouldn't worry about all this, because:
John 3.16; 6.47
1 John 5.12
SOLA SCRIPTURAE!
SOLA FIDE!
SOLA GRATIA!
SOLUS CRISTUS!
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Elder Condemned Me to Death
by Grace ini have been thinking about this because of another post where the question asks have any of us ever been blackmailed to stay in the watchtower organization.. no, i won't say i was blackmailed; however, after i wrote my note of disassociation, the congregation overseer wanted to visit me in my home with two other elders.
i repeatedly said no, that i would not allow them to chastise me in my own home.
therefore, all of my conversations were over the phone with the overseer.
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Elder Condemned Me to Death
by Grace ini have been thinking about this because of another post where the question asks have any of us ever been blackmailed to stay in the watchtower organization.. no, i won't say i was blackmailed; however, after i wrote my note of disassociation, the congregation overseer wanted to visit me in my home with two other elders.
i repeatedly said no, that i would not allow them to chastise me in my own home.
therefore, all of my conversations were over the phone with the overseer.
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Well, at least we can reply:
John 3.16; 6.47
1 John 5.12
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Examples of JW evasiveness/dishonesty
by BONEZZ inbeing born and bred into the borg i always felt it was the "truth" but i wasn't the one who measured up i was not good enough to be a dub.
but i also had nagging questions that went unanswered by the most learned elders...or at least not answered to my satisfaction.
their "answers" were in fact not really answers but side-steps or attempts to mis-direct my question into an area they could answer.. an example...it always bothered me that we could not examine the contents of what opposers put out.
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"Chris Vance....I used to wonder about that too. I used to ask, "Isn't it more of a sacrifice for a non-perfect person to give up his/her life than a "perfect" person who knew 100% that his Father would bring him back to life? They'd look at me like I was stupid or being sacreligious." For me it seems that the Jesus's sacrifice for all mankind only make sense if we consider his nature as Deity - it would be GOD being sacrified for His creatures, a true love "scandal" for worldly people (and JWs also). That resolves the "power" issue also.
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Cult fear and indoctrination - Service Meeting -Respect Jehovah's Authority
by truthseeker inthe september kingdom ministry, for week beginning october 4, discusses the video "respect jehovah's authority.".
i have seen this video myself, and for those still on a guilt trip, it will serve to re-inforce that the society is backed by jehovah.
if you are in the organization and are on a collision course with the soverign of the universe then you need to develop your loyalty to jehovah .
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Its funny that they refer to Jude 11, but ignore the context - as usual - see Jude 4...