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  JW TV - One Further Step Towards Making the Organization Soft & Cuddly

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of the more astonishing developments within the organization in recent years is the muting of the more "out there" behaviors of this once fiercely confrontational and proud end-times religious group.. members were unapologetically no part of the world and couldn't give a rat's ar*e what you thought of them.

  whereas the organisation fostered an outlook of warning the "wicked" world of the imminence of its destruction at the hands of the almighty - and spared no effort in doing so - nowadays the organization is sucking in its more "loose cannon" elements.

  in the place of these elements is a sparkling, smiling, airbrushed group of worshippers who parade their wholesome settled lifestyle to win converts.

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  Bible Students

  by lambsbottom in

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  My Story: from JW Elder to Born Again Christian to Agnostic

  by passwordprotected in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i first posted here on 3rd june 2008. at the time i was an elder, appointed the previous october, i was 36 and i was a born-in.

  at the time i'd become disillusioned with the society due to the governing body's letter explaining why the book study in private homes was being abolished.

  april 2008 saw me start questioning this decision, privately of course, and this eventually led me to this site, to jwfacts and to many youtube videos, all of which began to errode my faith in the leaders of the organisation.. in july 2008, having discussed my doubts with my wife, i attended the district convention, deciding to give the society one last chance to convince me it was the truth.

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  Corruption Rocks Anglican Church in South Africa...

  by Raphael in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article591196.ece/corruption-rocks-anglican-diocese-in-sa.

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  Heaven & Hell

  by kzjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm having the whole heaven & hell discussion again w/ the wife...brought up matthew 25:41-46 as proof it exists,then the wife balked & looked to the friends for help.

  the good news is that my wife now respects the fact that i won't read anything printed by the filthy slave, but the fight's still not fair.

  can anyone give me more scriptures of the bible to use?

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  Bill Cetnar tells a lie ....

  by Raphael in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  not the way to refute watchtower theology:.

  bill and joan cetnar make a statement that russell said he spoke to angels , this is a blatant lie and we know what the bible says about liars .... he also says that russell claimed to be the fds and the laodicean messenger, both statements are misleading .

  russell never claimed in any of his writings that he spoke to angels or was the aforementioned messenger or the fds , rather it was some of his associates that suggested he may be.. the cetnars also make a number of other poorly researched and misleading statements that sadly bring their own characters into disrepute .. .

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  Son of God vs.God

  by Mazzie Brossmann in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone know how many religons believe jesus was the son of god rather than god in human form?

  those of you who are still christians, do any of you now believe jesus is god?.

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  Am I a trinitarian ?

  by PSacramento in

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  Walsh Trial questions.

  by Fatfreek in

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  2. scandals

  i've pasted a portion of the transcript below.

  my question is in regard to the identity of the q. and the a. persons.

  is the q = to covington or clyde?

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  Jesus as Michael

  by Kphoto in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let me start by stating that i'm not a jehovah's witness but have family who have been discussing it with me and i am hoping for a better answer than i have gotten thus far.

  i can find no scriptural backing for jesus being the arch-angel michael.

  in fact i find things that seem to show me that they are two distinctly different beings.

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