Posts by Honesty

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The three wise men

by Simon in

just a thought.... looking through the greatest man book, something just occurred to me which i can't recall has ever been highlighted (but please correct me).. i always thought it a bit strange that jehovah allowed the three pagan astrologers to find jesus especially as they were obviously guided to him by satan's star (remember they were led to herod first who wanted to kill the messiah).

what purpose did it serve?.

well, a few pages earlier in tgm book, we see mary presenting a dove as a sin offering at the temple - this was the cheapest offering that was acceptable which must have meant that they were pretty poor at the time.. shortly after the three wise men visited the family had to flee to egypt when herod started to kill all the young boys in an attempt to kill jesus.. what would they need to travel and live as exiles for a couple of years?.

Honesty

The gold represented royaly. In the Holman Christian Standard Bible it says they saw the star in the east (evidently when they were in the east) and they then went west. When they reached Israel they went to Jerusalem. Herod did not ask when the king was to be born but where. The astrologers then went to Bethlehem after learning where. In my opinion the star was from God and provided Jesus and his parents the means to leave Israel and live in Egypt.

I always questioned the WTBTS' twisted reasoning about this matter but didn't have as much gumption (that's hillbilly for sense, something the borg represses in all dubs) to speak up.

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Interesting (at least it was to me...)

by robhic in

yesterday i answered a knock on the door and found 2 well-dressed men who were obviously jws.

they told me they were in the neighborhood and wanted to share some scriptures with me.

ok, i've heard that little smoke screen before.

Honesty

And, trotting away, rejoiced that they had been persecuted for bearing witness about Jesus..... NOT.

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Pioneerers can count up to 25 hours for taking special language

by DaCheech in

jw
friends

one of the latest announcement letters from the wts is that people should attend special.

classes setup for the purpose of preaching to foreign language communities.

these special classes are.

Honesty

This would be comical if..... the GB, INC. wasn't ruining lives with such meaningless regulations.

loopholes to show how many hours are "grandiously" being spent relaying Jesus' and Jeh's word

When did the WTBTS relay Jesus' words? Did they change the FDS doctrine?

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Stars and Princes......I don't t'ink so!!!!!

by Gill in

jw
friends

did any one else feel ready to puke when the watchtower article brought out that the elders were the stars mentioned in the bible, revelation i think it was!.

i remember my immeadiate thoughts.

'that's just what this bunch of big heads need to hear!".

Honesty

I pass on their new system.

Dumbass elders can't even get the floors clean where they work let alone help some one who is depressed. Untrained at anything and everything except as door to door salesmen.

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What is the youngest age you've seen someone df'd or Da'd?

by avishai in

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Honesty

Reading this thread is too much to handle.

The apostate Governing Body and their so called Bible based crap.

What a bunch of satanists.

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The cross............ Why the denial of what it represents???

by coz in

i have talked with some jw's recently and they seem to make a big deal out of this.

whut is up with that???

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Honesty

Well if you think about it the society as set itself up to be an idol to worship instead of Christ Jesus, so they dont need a cross as a symbol. The cross would detract from the importantance of the governing body and the society as a whole and it therefore not needed nor wanted by the society.
Josie

Josie-----I SO agree with that! It's becoming more and more apparent (IMHO) that the WTS and all its components are looking very much like the Anti-christ. They have taken everything sacred to real Christians throughout the world and desecrated it AND try to pass it off as "accurate knowledge"!

JWs don't even realize that they ARE worshiping the creation rather than the Creator. They look to the GB for their (gag) "spiritual food" and absolutely do NOT know the real Christ in any way.

Annie I agree. They are worshipping Satan and don't even realise it. Bob

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Why Do You or Don't You Believe In The Bible?

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you believe in the bible just because you were raised to believe?

are you sure it's "believable"?

.....have you convinced yourself the bible is just another book?

Honesty

I believe the Bible.

I also believe the New World Translation is not the Bible.

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From Here To The KH..

by Englishman in

jw
friends

i'm pretty sure that a few people whom i have met personally from jwd have actually gone back to being full-blown witnesses.

(i guess i must be pretty scary in real life, eh?).

i think too, that some of them have suddenly become believers again.

Honesty

Why would anyone want to go through all the abuse again?

No matter, I'm an apostate. They don't want me back. With my corrupting knowledge it would be 'spiritual shipwreck' to the whole congregation if they knew what I know.

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If This Isn't A Cult----What Is It????

by minimus in

jw
friends

the organization teaches that we leave everyone and everything else behind when we join christianity (also known as the "truth").

your father, mother, brother and sister all have to be given up to become a "real" christian.

friends that you grew up that are not of the same religion must be abandoned.

Honesty

Not only is it a cult it is demonised.

Just take a look at the demands it makes on it's followers:

Sacrifice your sick children to the Watch Tower God by refusing an organ transplant - blood is an organ by all definitions.

Deny Christ as your personal saviour and acknowledge that the Governing Body is your saviour.

Blaspheme the memorial of Christ's death by refusing to partake of the wine and bread which signifies His perfect body and blood sacrifice which he gave in mankind's behalf.

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Suggested Masthead for the New Improved Awake!

by AK - Jeff in

in thinking about the change to awake - it seems a new masthead would be in order.

i suggest;since 1980 we have been using this magazine and other printed propoganda in an all out effort to win the 'apostate wars'.

in addition, beginning shortly before we applied to the united nations for a library card, we began to publish very favorable political articles about that organization in order to curry favor, and to recieve the best possible seat upon the back of that horrific beastlike organization.

Honesty

AWAKE! ----- OLD FLUFF FOR NEW PROSPECTS