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  Gods name

  by Mr.logic in

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  2. friends

  what is the correct spelling of gods proper name"yahweh or jehovah"?

  if the jw's maintain that yahweh is more proper, why do they misspell it "jehovah"?

  if the name of god is so important, then you should not only pronounce it correctly, but spell it correctly too.

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  Driving Force

  With the tetragrammaton the Jews used two different sets of vowel, with one set of vowels they would say "Elohim" and with the other set they would say "Adhonay". Only when combining these vowels with the tetragrammaton could anything resembling "Jehovah" be pronounced.

  The first recorded use of the word "Jehova(h)" was in the thirteenth century by a Spanish monk, Raymundus Martini in his book Pugeu Fedei.

  This information can be found in the old bOrg book, "Aid to Bible Understanding" on page 884, the last paragraph on the page.

  I do agree with cappytan on this, there are more serious issues to criticize the bOrg on.
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  Christ's Fake Brothers - Tomorrow's WT Study

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  tomorrow's wt study, paragraph 4 says this - "the early bible students understood the expression rendered in the king james version "my brethren" to refer to those who would rule with christ as well as to all of mankind after they are restored to earthly perfection.".

  rutherford decided in 1923 to change this teaching, and create an elite group of christians.

  for 92 years the men running the wtbts have perpetuated & embellished this false teaching - especially so during the past three years - and hidden the bible truth about christ's brothers from millions of people fearful to question the org - created doctrine!.

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  Driving Force

  See the picture associated with para 17 showing the little girl putting her ice-cream money into the begging box.
  
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  June 2015 Watchtower equating Apostates with The Antichrist!

  by nicolaou in

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  2. bible

  shit!

  it finally happened.. years ago i speculated on this happening but can't find the posts.

  anyway, this is a tactically aggressive move by wt.

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  If I had read this article about a year ago, I would have just accepted it as written and not thought about it as any drone does. But now as a proud apostate it is so blatantly obvious that they are describing themselves as JeffT rightly says. Its also full of lies, half truths and hypocrisy, I am truly thankful to this forum and the views of others that help me to regain my critical thinking ability.
  
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  Are You "Technically" Still A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  even if you don't regard yourself as a practicing jw, some may view you simply as inactive, a lost sheep, etc.. if you were baptized but not disfellowshipped or disassociated, you may still be a jw---right?

  your thoughts please..

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  Driving Force

  Well I stopped suddenly going to meetings about 2 months ago, my last circus report was 4 months ago, so I am not yet considered inactive. But I am now 100% apostate and very proud of it.
  
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  Young Girl Exposes Jehovah's Witnesses at school video goes VIRAL last 2 days 273,000 views

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original thread here.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/291080001/brave-high-school-student-exposes-abuse-corruption-within-jehovahs-witnesses.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvt_gyq-ls.

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  Driving Force

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  California Supreme Court Case - S226656

  by Gayle in

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  2. friends

  http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/maincasescreen.cfm?dist=0&doc_id=2109889&doc_no=s226656&search=party&start=1&query_partylastnameororg=watchtower bible and tract.

  started 5/27/2015.

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  Driving Force

  I believe the society is worth several 100 million

  Try tens of billions.
  
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  april 15th simplified why is the article dissfelowship a loving arrangement missing

  by poopie in

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  thoghts

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  Driving Force

  The article is also missing in the French simplified Watchtower.

  What happened to receiving the same spiritual food all over the world at the same time.
  
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  Linking to cult site w/o increasing their search engine position

  by rebel8 in

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  2. friends

  i just found out about donotlink and thought it might be of interest to others here.

  we are always talking about j w dot org and i am worried it's helping them.

  is that true?.

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  Great, just set this up on my browser.
  
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  Which Steve Hassan book?

  by Tornintwo in

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  2. friends

  can anyone recommend which steve hassan book to read, i see there are 3.. my mind is all over the place during this process of finally acknowledging and researching my doubts, ive been recommended his books on here, but which one is best?.

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  Driving Force

  I read Combating Cult Mind Control the new edition, this edition does mention JWs several time. And I do agree with 3rdged comment " helps you to forgive yourself and others for being duped into the cult".
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  Looking for ideas.

  by Driving Force in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i received an email from one of the elder in the local congregation.

  i am not dfed so there is not a problem there, i am just an aggressive fader.. one of the last things i said to this elder before i stopped all activities was that i do not agree with the borg taking all the assets from the congregations.. here is what the elder said in the email:.

  "i recently saw something while looking through the jw broadcasting for the month of may and i though about you.

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  Driving Force

  stuckinarut2

  I do not think they will come around, them coming round to visit will cause them and the congregation more harm than good and they know it. I am not propagating apostate thoughs to the congregation members, so if they do come around, I will start to do that and they know it. I think they will wait until the next CO visit and ask for instructions as they cannot think for themselves on this matter.

  Our society (I do not mean the bOrg) only functions as long as we agree to it, even criminals agree to the system otherwise prisons and punishments would not work, civil disobedience is a very difficult thing for any governmental organization to deal with. Likewise the bOrg has difficulty with all apostates, which I am proud to be one, as we do not play by their rules. They expect its members to be honest, and those who stray also to be honest. I have no problems using their tactics against them, such as, half truths, lies (something I do find difficult to do) and outright deception. If they do come round I guess I will have fantastic time with all the knowledge I have gained from all the great people on this site; and then I will post another request for suggestions.

  Driving Force