Posts by Ex-JWs Brazil

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The Truth about the bible

by TTWSYF in

it really is common sense, but nobody here seems to recognize or acknowledge this blatant and obvious truth.. the holy bible is the result of the catholic liturgy.

they used these scriptures in their religious practices and confirmed which books would and would not be part of their cannon.

they picked, preserved and promoted these books and gave 'the word of god' to the world.. i know that pisses off some folks, but it is the truth [not the 'truth'tm].

Ex-JWs Brazil

Apostolic churches (both Roman and Orthodox) are the authentic Christianity.

Protestantism is just like a "made in China" Christianity.

St. Mary is the Mediatrix in a secondary way. She's the channel which God came to this world (Mother of God) and all graces from God are distributed through (not from) her.

St. Mary being the Mediatrix of all Graces was accepted even by Martin Luther, the father of Protestantism.

Using the JW language, St. Mary's role is the same as the governing body (regarding the distribution of Grace).

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The Truth about the bible

by TTWSYF in

it really is common sense, but nobody here seems to recognize or acknowledge this blatant and obvious truth.. the holy bible is the result of the catholic liturgy.

they used these scriptures in their religious practices and confirmed which books would and would not be part of their cannon.

they picked, preserved and promoted these books and gave 'the word of god' to the world.. i know that pisses off some folks, but it is the truth [not the 'truth'tm].

Ex-JWs Brazil

The canon is entirely Catholic.

Also the RCC it's the only one that uses the Septuaginta.

Jews and Protestants use the canon from the Masoretic Text.

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The Truth about the bible

by TTWSYF in

it really is common sense, but nobody here seems to recognize or acknowledge this blatant and obvious truth.. the holy bible is the result of the catholic liturgy.

they used these scriptures in their religious practices and confirmed which books would and would not be part of their cannon.

they picked, preserved and promoted these books and gave 'the word of god' to the world.. i know that pisses off some folks, but it is the truth [not the 'truth'tm].

Ex-JWs Brazil

Every Protestant sect is based on a unique interpretation of the biblical canon compiled by the Catholic Church.

The Bible is based on the Catholic Church.

This is a historical fact.

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Movie review website Rotten Tomatoes caught deleting 54,000 fan reviews of Captain Marvel

by LoveUniHateExams in

first, i haven't seen captain marvel.

i'm not into superhero movies.

low-budget horror made by passionate directors is more my thing.. if you saw the movie and enjoyed it - great.. and i'm sure some fan reviews are motivated by hate or they're just spamming or whatever.. but here's a thing: rotten tomatoes has been caught deleting more than 54,000 negative fan reviews of captain marvel ... all to increase the negative fan's review aggregate from 33% to 36%.. social engineering isn't just limited to the long-debunked 'gender wage gap' ... it's happening in entertainment.

Ex-JWs Brazil

Because she has the ultimate RBF.

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Evil, free will and the bible.

by Anti-Christ in

most christian and other deist will us the free will argument to explain the existence of god and evil.

in this topic i would like to examine the flaws in this argument.. what is free will?

it's the capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from among various alternatives (that's one definition).

Ex-JWs Brazil

There's no natural evil.

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Hidden history of the Watchtower religion

by TerryWalstrom in

the deeper you dig--the less impressive jw’s become!___________________you may think you know the men who are vitally important to the birth of the religion--but chances are good you’ve been kept in the dark.. _____________.

did you know?the 1st case heard by the supreme court of the united states concerning the watchtower society involved a director (an officer) of the watchtower, william franklyn hudgings.. a brief description of hudgings and his character.hudgings was an attorney, quack doctor, self-identified ‘scientist’, a pro-zionist, and religious enthusiast who over the years held various director and officer positions in the watchtower society, and the affiliated people's pulpit association and international bible students association.

at the time of this particular case, william hudgings acknowledged being the corporate secretary of the people's pulpit association and acknowledged that his daily duties included the administrative charge of printing of the watchtower magazine, the bible student's monthly, the kingdom news, and other watchtower publications.. (hudgings was also re-elected to the watchtower society board of directors in january 1919.

Ex-JWs Brazil

Very interesting! Thank you Terry!

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These days it not really that hard being a witness.

by I believe in overlapping in

if you are a true believer, then you are toast.

because you will be a slave to everything the watchtower, circuit overseers, elders, pioneers, imply.

believe me, there are not many true believers anymore, and the majority of them are old.

Ex-JWs Brazil

Overlapping is right. Being a JW today is very very easy compared to ten years ago.

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The Bizarre Free Will

by John_Mann in

two years before i left jw world i came to a strange conclusion about the jw cosmology and the free will doctrine.. basically i came to conclusion that satan is right about the universal sovereign issue.

and i came with that just only using jws premises, no outside apostasy.

i just told to my sister what she thought about it, and she said to me: dont tell anyone about this!.

Ex-JWs Brazil

A perfect being cannot change. Because change would be going away from perfection.

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The Sufficiency of Christ - Salvation

by JW Answers in

can we rely solely on christ and his sacrifice for our sins to be forgiven, or do we have to attribute our own works upon his finished work?

this video gives an explanation of the sacrifices made for israel under the law and what it meant at that time, and the sacrifice which christ made for ourselves under the age of grace today.

Ex-JWs Brazil

Then you can enter Heaven and see God directly. That's our ontological purpose. Being in the direct presence of the first cause, the infinite perfection.

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The Sufficiency of Christ - Salvation

by JW Answers in

can we rely solely on christ and his sacrifice for our sins to be forgiven, or do we have to attribute our own works upon his finished work?

this video gives an explanation of the sacrifices made for israel under the law and what it meant at that time, and the sacrifice which christ made for ourselves under the age of grace today.

Ex-JWs Brazil

Means that some people will choose to not be in the presence of God. Then God will take his grace away from these people. They would be isolated from God by their own request. Hell is a place separated from God.

Just like you hate to hear about God and would want to live in a place where nobody will talk about God. We call this place hell because we think humans were created to worship God. So a place without God is unnatural to human beings.