it's been 15 years since i was df'd, but i seem to recall as a jw that the belief was that the only human after adam that jehovah spoke directly to was jesus.. my question has to do with what the org.
teaches regarding modern day communication with jehovah.
it was my understand when i was a jw, that the gb does not say that jehovah speaks directly to them.
lmao JW Ben.. get the shit out of your ears man. Just re-read what you are saying objectively and try to understand how stupid it really is. How thick can someone possibly be?
What would this cult have to do for you to understand that they don't have the truth?
GBL
as some may know, richard singelenberg is a dutch anthropologist who studies jehovah's witnesses.
he has produced academic articles and reviews on issues ranging from the 1975 disappointment and child custody cases to jehovah's witnesses in nazi germany and the history of the blood doctrine.
sometimes he sides with apostates and sometimes he sides with the witnesses on controversial issues (though i personally suspect the former impulse is greater than the latter).
I don't think you were particularly disrespectful Slim.
GBL
for me it is blondie, alanf, farkel, seattlenice guy, and dogpatch others have contibuted to me learning but these guys have helped most
I respect so much the regulars on here that are truly committed to helping people to get out of the Watchtower and on with their own true beliefs. You all know who you are.. and thanks so much. Everyone on this board has helped make me a better person, even the Watchtower apologists. Thanks everyone.
GBL
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i did a quick search to see if there were any other star wars: epi iii threads already..i didn't see any so if there is one and i missed it...sorry.... ok who else out there is counting down til wednesday....i already have my tickets to a may 18th-may 19th showing bash at a local theatre here....i can't wait....can you feel the excitement...
Have a great time Sweetp! I wish I could go tonight *grumble*
GBL
i've been "lurking" around here for a while now (on-and-off for a couple years).
today's the day i'm going to take "the plunge" into "apostacy" and introduce myself here.
i am a 39-year-old single mom of 6, i live in the interior of bc, canada, and work in a doctor's office.
Wow. Sorry to hear you have been through so much Rose. All I can say are three words: F**king Joe Hoes.
GBL
hubby.
the term makes me nauseas.
carry on.
I don't mind the term 'hubby'. It's better than 'pooky'.
GBL
i'd have to say for me that it was ayn rand's the fountainhead.
even though i don't agree with a lot of her philosophy, it definitely made me stumble around in a thought-induced haze for a few weeks after reading it.
The Outsider by Albert Camus.
GBL
do you think the gb should limit contact with bethelites because of possible harm that could come to them right there at headquarters.
i mean think of how many bethelites have interent access and know the gb are tyrants, but are stuck there at bethel because they have no money and no place to turn because they have been there for many years.. i think many gbs purposely keeps to themselves now a days, they probably should even think seriously of a body guard even while at bethel.. have you notice the wt doesn't give any advance notice when a gb will be speaking at conventions anymore, could it be that they are worried that some father or other family member who lost a child through thier no blood policy, finds out throught the internet that the gb are phoneies and now blames the gb for the loss of life.
think of how dangerous it would be to give advanced notice when so and so gb member would be giving a convention talk.
I'm actually seriously surprised a GB member hasn't been murdered. People have been over much less.
GBL
there were always some accounts in the bible that really puzzled me.
two of the ones that stand out in my mind most:.
1) lot and his daughters.
I find that not believing in God isnt so bad anyway. It doesn't change anything whatsoever if you have goals and believe in yourself. If a God exists and he wanted something from us then he would give us some proof that he's actually around.
GBL
there were always some accounts in the bible that really puzzled me.
two of the ones that stand out in my mind most:.
1) lot and his daughters.
Hey Chia, you'll probably find there are TONS of crazy contradictions like that in the Bible. The Watchtower just made up lame excuses for all of it.. the more you study the actual writings of the books and how they were compiled, the political environment that those people lived in, mythological parallels, ect.. it becomes plain to see that it couldn't be inspired.
GBL
