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  The monthly broadcast as an opportunity to wake up

  by paradisebeauty in

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  i was thinking that maybe the monthly broadcasts are a occasion for some jw's to wake up.

  before those broadcasts they probably imagined that the gobgoverning y members are some very special peopleand that you see in their behavior and words that they are "chosen".

  but now all jw's can see them for who they really are: average men, some full of themselves, some ridiculous, some just normal men with nothing special.

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  freemindfade

  steve2

  Very true. We are far more aware of content with the JW's, the Bible, the Broadcasts than in R&F. They just check out, do their time, look at the pretty lights, then rave about how wonderful the koolaid tastes. You have to pay attention to wake up.
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  The monthly broadcast as an opportunity to wake up

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking that maybe the monthly broadcasts are a occasion for some jw's to wake up.

  before those broadcasts they probably imagined that the gobgoverning y members are some very special peopleand that you see in their behavior and words that they are "chosen".

  but now all jw's can see them for who they really are: average men, some full of themselves, some ridiculous, some just normal men with nothing special.

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  freemindfade

  One can only hope.

  Its going to cause the very blind to continue on as strong as ever

  It's going to cause the unsure to have horrible CD and fight their true feelings

  It will likely cause those waking, to accelerate.
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  There is no right and wrong

  by campaign of hate in

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  2. friends

  so i am a little tangled up in this train of thought, as it can go quite deep.. as a jw, albeit fully awake, we are taught that there is right and a wrong.

  smoking is wrong.

  going on the ministry is right.

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  freemindfade

  Anytime your morality must come from an external source based on ego of some sort, it's going to get twisted. What do morals do? really they make for a stronger society, healthier society. The dogma of religion, specifically the big three from Abraham, dabble some of this in with a lot of nonsense. Being kind to your neighbor, being a decent person, those things get lost in religions idea of right and wrong, then you have extremists committing great wrongs. Because YHWH, God, Allah always includes a 'but' or 'if'. It gives a loophole for great evils.

  "Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."-Steven Weinberg
  
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  The WTBTS "almost" admits the truth.....

  by DATA-DOG in

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  during the wt session, the org admits that the actions of eldubs can cause an eventual shortage of "qualified " brothers, and it has.

  they speak of a lack of teaching as the cause.

  in reality, it's the legalism and control issues within the org itself that have caused a shortage of men who are willing to reach out.

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  freemindfade

  I found it very strange the watchtower outright mentions brothers in 20's and 30's. Also that it said "need greaters"
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  Do we have a "spiritual need"?

  by LexIsFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so this is only my second post but its about something that has been on my mind for awhile now.

  have any of you ever felt the need to pray or speak to a higher power?

  do any of you beleive that we were created or have evolved with a "spiritual need"?

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  freemindfade

  Work I harmony with your prayers is the same as saying do it yourself but remember it was actually god, like the homeless starving fellow who told the old lady he could make soup out of a stone. So he started with the stone and kept asking for things and eventually just made soup that had a rock in it the prayer does nothing. You do.
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  Education makes you leave God

  by FusionTheism in

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  2. bible

  quote from the watchtower, simplified edition, september 2015, "how can we show that we love jehovah?".

  higher education often makes them lose their love for god..

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  freemindfade

  This is one of many red flags about this cult. They claim god is so great and they are so amazing but the slightest breeze from education or a former member could undo it all??? There is something wrong there.
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  Do we have a "spiritual need"?

  by LexIsFree in

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  so this is only my second post but its about something that has been on my mind for awhile now.

  have any of you ever felt the need to pray or speak to a higher power?

  do any of you beleive that we were created or have evolved with a "spiritual need"?

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  freemindfade

  I think we have an imaginative need. And I think that is part of our evoluton. Out minds can expand and think of many fantastic things. I think mankind got derailed by the Abrahamic religions and hasn't grown out of them yet. Our spirituality is a deep desire to grow, learn, experience, and so on. I believe goups/cults like the witness cause the opposite of these things and are in fact the opposite of spiritual. They suspend all those things. Put you into a box you never fit in and tell you to stay there. And by showing how willing you are to stay that is their version of spirituality.
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  New Thought About Active J.W.'s

  by The Searcher in

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  from my own observations & conversations with selected active j.w.

  's, here are my conclusions:.

  's are very rapidly falling into two distinct camps -.

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  freemindfade

  I agree.

  I think that second group though is frightened or tired or something. And they will just do their time and follow cult rules until the croak. Content to wait on yhwh.
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  Game 2!!!!!!!!!!

  by LAWHFol in

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  down with lebron.

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  freemindfade

  The warriors will not play 5 more games as poorly look how close they were to winning playing like trash and with a bunch of lebron worshipping refs. These are dubs I can get behind.
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  I'm okay with the "fruitage of the spirit."

  by cappytan in

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  though i now consider myself a secular buddhist, i just realized today that i'm okay with trying to pursue the qualities mentioned by paul as the "fruitage of the spirit.".

  the only one i take issue with is "faith" in the context of religion.

  what are your thoughts on the matter?.

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  freemindfade

  It's kind of the same way people talk about all morals of the bible. Like the bible was the origin of all morality. I agree they are good to peruse. But like the logical parts of the ten commandments they would be good human qualities if, or if not the bible ever existed. Really the Egyptians did a much better job (and before the bible) of codifying decent behavior.