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Introduction - Any Believers?
by Believer in
1. jw
2. experiences
i’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.

i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.

i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.
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Life of Brian
by berrygerry in
1. social
2. entertainment
i was a younger dub at the time of this release, and stopped watching this movie near its beginning, when john cleese was stoned with the huge rock for saying jehovah.. this was despite having been (and continuing to be) a major john cleese (and monty python) fan.. any fans of this film?.
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I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!
Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.
What? Well what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I am the Messiah!
He is! He is the Messiah!
Now, fuck off!
How shall we fuck off, O Lord?
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July 2016 CLAM videos
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p46pnudcub0.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpqeptnux3o.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iijg_-bz-k8.
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"Stilted and robotic".- Vanderhoven7
Right on, Brother.
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How to wind up a JW
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
tell him that jesus probably didn't get married or it would have mentioned it in the bible, but at the same time we can't be 100% sure he didn't get married because it doesn't specifically say he didn't get married.

stand back watch fireworks.. i thought it was a pretty reasonable thing to say.

pop.
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sir82, I remember that line of reasoning also. To me it never made a bit of sense. Jesus didn't give up 'jack shit' by not being married. He lived for countless millions or billions or even trillions of years as Jehovah's 'Master Worker' before he came to Earth. In his lifetime he had already seen everything and had his 'finger' in all known creative works. In Noah's day, it was a sin for the 'angels' to materialize and get married and have children. Would it not be just as much of a sin for Jesus Christ (who was Michael the Archangel according to Watchtower teaching) to do the same? At any rate, we have Jesus who lived supposedly for countless eons of time, came to earth for about 33 years, was killed and remained dead for parts of 3 days. Then he was resurrected to immortal life as a spirit creature; never to experience death again. Why would he waste his time having a wife and children and live with a 'limited' material body? I don't believe any rational creature that was given a real chance at immortality in a non-material body wouldn't waste their time as a puny human tied down to a wife and children.
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A STAKE in the HEART of Watchtower TRUTH (A Thought Experiment)
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is this the same religion?.

a whim isn’t falsifiable.. .

answer: is it testable?
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RELIGION: (3) An inexhaustible mine of meaning for the mentally lazy. - Thomas Szasz THE UNTAMED TONGUE
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Bethel outing :)
by sp74bb in
1. jw
2. friends
by 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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Richard_I...........I left Watchtower Farms in 1976. After I left, pornography was found behind a toilet in my old floor bathroom that I was assigned to. Friends told me that some quick thinking STOOGE blamed it on me and so the matter was dropped. Guilty in 'absentia' ................ah the LOVE shown at Bethel. The funny thing is that I was such a moralist that I never even purchased a 'skin' magazine until long after I left Bethel.
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Criticism of Jehovah's Witnesses Wikipedia
by Brokeback Watchtower in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/criticism_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses.

contents.

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Very comprehensive article. You can't argue with the FACTS!
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Jehovah's Witnesses new world HQ nearly complete. From The Chronicle.
by ToesUp in
1. social
2. current
warwick article.
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CALM DOWN ABOUT THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD AND THE BOY SCOUTS! I HAVE FOUND THE SCRIPTUAL REASON AS TO WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS:
"The form of worship that is clean and undefiled from the standpoint of our God and Father is this: to look after Boy Scouts and Little League teams in their tribulation, and to make for yourself a GOOD SPOT in the world." - James 1:27 NWT Revised 2013
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Can't get a trolley cart? Use your car instead.
by cleanideas in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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What a difference 30 years makes!!!
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In answer to question ( can a man wear skirt on stage). Governing Body member Jackson
by possum in
1. jw
2. friends
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=u&feature=vm&video.
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One good thing about his skirt is that it is modest. You can't see through it and discern what sort of underwear he is wearing. Maybe he should be 'cut and pasted' into the resurrection video!