This came up recently in a convo with my dyed-in-the-wool JW pioneer mother, who swears up and down that there are no scriptural instances of this happening. I seem to remember a couple passages, but can't remember where they were.
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Are there any instances of "GOD" order and/or condoning the rape of women in the bible?
by Black Man inthis came up recently with my dyed-in-the-wool jw pioneer mother, who swears up and down that there are no scriptural instances of this happening.
i seem to remember a couple passages, but can't remember where they were..
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Bethel outing :)
by sp74bb inby reliable sources, bethel us has recorded in 3 years:.
- 80 "out of the closet" confirmed.
- 200 departures requested by bethelites, where same reason is suspected.. - 20 censured ones "returning to the flock".
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Wasanelder Once: Are you from the Michigan area? I remember a brother just like that who had the same signature talk!
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Are Bethelites Buying and Preparing their own Food?
by TakeOffTheCrown insamuel herd made the following statement at the 2015 annual meeting regarding the reduction of services at bethel.. we will be reducing personnel at bethel.
some bethel family members will be invited to serve in the field.
in addition to their regular work, bethel family members will be caring for many of the services that were previously provided by fellow bethelites.. .
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Oh my! What do the Bethel table heads (in the morning) now do? Back when I was at the house, that was a BIG DEAL to be a table head and direct the flow and direction of the food that the waiters brought out to each table!
Is their main responsibility now to just make sure that you are presented and accounted for, for the morning worship program?
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Astral Projection
by Black Man inso what are your thoughts on astral projection?
have a co-worker who claims to know how to induce this on himself.
is he crazy?
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So what are your thoughts on ASTRAL PROJECTION? Have a co-worker who claims to know how to induce this on himself. Is he crazy? Is it simply just a deeper form of meditation? Had any experiences with it? -
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Doesn't the ARMAGEDDON teaching foster a MORBID view of the future?
by Black Man ineven 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 inhaving 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 injust 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 inanyone 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 ini'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 ini 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.