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  Doesn't the ARMAGEDDON teaching foster a MORBID view of the future?

  by Black Man in

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  even when i was dyed-in-the-wool j-dub, i felt the armageddon teaching was one of the most morbid concepts to be hammered into the psyches of jws.

  think about it, only jws would survive this catastrophe, which translates to roughly .001 percent of the population would survive while everyone else would die a horrible death.

  that includes people who do good things and are good people, but are just not jws.

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  Invisible Rulership - one of the dumbest things I ever believed in

  by Black Man in

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  having now been out of the cult for a few years, it really shocks me about some of the nonsense i used to believe in.

  like for instance, christ ruling in the midst of his enemies, but doing so invisibly.. let's let that one sink in for a minute.

  you've supposedly got a king who is ruling for a kingdom, but it is an invisible rule.

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  Having now been out of the cult for a few years, it really shocks me about some of the nonsense I used to believe in. Like for instance, Christ ruling in the midst of his enemies, but doing so INVISIBLY.

  Let's let that one sink in for a minute. You've supposedly got a king who is ruling for a kingdom, but it is an INVISIBLE RULE. That ranks as one of the DUMBEST crocks I've ever believed in. The whole purpose of rulership is to be VISIBLE and be recognized as such.

  To have once believed in someone who was ruling invisibly and doing so for well over 100 years, with no sign of progress or action was just plain embarrassing and dumb.

  Wow, the bridge they sold me………...
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  Powerfully heart-wrenching experience by FORMER BETHLITE

  by Black Man in

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  just wanting to post an experience by a former bethelite.

  the first part was just published with the other two coming overt the next couple of weeks.

  click the link.

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  Where are they now? - Paul Illingworth

  by Black Man in

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  anyone know whatever happened to former do paul illingworth?

  he was teaching mts school for many years, but heard that he got out of the do work (before they got rid of the arrangement).

  he was super intelligent and one of the "nicer" company men that i came across during my time in the borg.

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  Anyone know whatever happened to former DO Paul Illingworth? He was teaching MTS school for many years, but heard that he got out of the DO work (before they got rid of the arrangement). He was super intelligent and one of the "nicer" company men that I came across during my time in the BORG.
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  Question: What would it take to get the BORG'S tax exempt status REVOKED?

  by Black Man in

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  i've always wondered about this.

  i've always felt the main reason the borg made publishers do time slips/field service reports was to show that they are doing a community service to justify their tax exempt status.

  we all know about their money grabs with the kh build scams, their selling off millions of dollars in real estate, etc.

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  I've always wondered about this. I've always felt the main reason the BORG made publishers do time slips/field service reports was to show that they are doing a community service to justify their tax exempt status. We all know about their money grabs with the KH build scams, their selling off millions of dollars in real estate, etc. They are a publishing/real estate corporation masquerading as a religion.

  JW's don't provide shelters for the homeless, soup kitchens for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, college scholarships for their youth, health care or facilities for the sick, and etc. They only come to the aid of someone based on their affiliation with their cult. Nothing for the COMMUNITY, outside of their membership.

  WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TO REVOKE THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS? Public pressure? Media blitz exposing their finances. Political pressure? What?
  
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  Would the discovery of EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE completely debunk the bible and religion?

  by Black Man in

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  i think it would.

  instantly.

  in fact, i hope one day soon that we somehow encounter extraterrestrial life because i think there would be a wholesale rejection of the bible and any/all religious institutions.

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  I think it would. Instantly. In fact, I hope one day soon that we somehow encounter extraterrestrial life because I think there would be a wholesale REJECTION of the bible and any/all religious institutions.
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  The Intellectual Weakness of Christianity

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i liked this alvin toffler quote:.

  how apt it is for those who set their minds in the concrete of faith.. how apt it is, for jehovah's witnesses who are not allowed to doubt, even when the teachings of the organisation appear to be idiotic.. back in the 1930's the j.witnesses predecessors were forced to believe that the "princes of old," were going to come back and live in joe rutherford's big californian mansion.. how stupid was that!

  time forced them to unlearn that, but only because they were told they could.. how stupid to let someone else decide what you can think!!!

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  Great quote!
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  Discrediting an individual so as to avoid giving due thought and attention to the argument

  by jambon1 in

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  it seems that this has been a tactic that the jw's have used for many years.. i haven't contributed to this board in a wee while but upon my return a month or so ago, i was astounded to read about the article where the society described opposers as 'mentally diseased'.. it's a very basic strategy and one that works.. i myself experienced this with my wife during my more vocal periods of opposition to the society.

  for a good while i had a problem with drink.

  not a violent problem or anything, just that i drank more.

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  Great thread!
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  Whatever happened to the rumor of Circuit Overseers being dissolved?

  by Black Man in

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  i remember that was a rumor going around shortly before i left the jws.

  whatever happened with it?

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  Black Man

  I remember that was a rumor going around shortly before I left the JWs. Whatever happened with it?
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  Powerful questions to DEBUNK the flood of Noah's day

  by Black Man in

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  just like in another thread a saw, the best way to deal with my jws is not debating or arguing, but instead posing questions for them to answer or not answer.

  i want to come up with specific questions relating to the 'global flood' that completely debunk it.

  what say you, jw.net?.

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