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  Spiritual AMNESTY -- Return to Jehovah

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  basically, from what i can tell from the new return to jehovah brochure, is that the governing body is now offering amnesty to anyone who has been gone from the congregation but now wants to return.. it claims it doesn't matter what sins you've done, or what caused you to leave, if you repent to jehovah and ask the elders to help you, and return to the meetings, you'll be warmly welcomed with no disciplinary action or judgment against you..

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  FusionTheism

  Does anyone on this site actually follow what the Home Page says about "friendly and tolerant?" Just curious?
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  help catagorize my wife: I truely believe she suffers from cognitive dissonance and other things this stupid cult causes.

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i find it hard sometimes to get a good idea has to how to communicate with my wife when it come to this stupid cult.. she is born in and stopped attending for many years and got baptized later in life.

  i truely believe she suffers from cognitive dissonance and other things this stupid cult causes.. here is a breakdown of what i gather to be where she is mentally.. * she calls the borg her faith.

  here are actions that she does that go against her thoughts:.

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  FusionTheism

  GoingThruTheMotions,

  So, you're verbally abusive, and not a nice person in general from what I can see here, so why would anyone want to help you?

  I've been "out" for 12 years, so, yeah, you assuming that I'm still "brainwashed" doesn't make much sense.
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  Why BOGUS PREDICTIONS and CHANGEABLE TEACHINGS only strengthen JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  today's jw knows less about the history of the watchtower religion than ever before.. there is no need to know.

  only the present moment of new light has meaning.. there are too many enemies surrounding jw's to risk learning something faith-weakening.. such as facts.

  the watchtower religion (jehovah's witnesses) has been 'getting away with it' since 1874.. setting dates built on false chronology, pyramidology, slanted quotations about world events, and misrepresenting their own authority, (channel of jehovah) is a profitable enterprise for the watchtower org.. how do we know they 'get away with it'?.

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  FusionTheism

  So how do **you** determine whether it's genuine humility or fake humility?

  It makes no sense to simultaneously say that the Society doesn't want the average JW to know about the problems of the past Society, and THEN at the same time to say that the Society is intentionally telling these JWs about these problems, making them aware of them.
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  Damned if they do, Damned if they don't

  by FusionTheism in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see an attitude among some people here which is not very helpful.

  i can understand it, but still, it's not constructive or helpful.. if you condemn the society for not changing, but then you also condemn them when they do change in a positive way, what incentive or motive does that provide for the people at the society to ever want to change for the better?.

  also, what does that attitude look like to current witnesses who are having doubts?.

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  jwfacts,

  Do you apply the same reasoning and logic to the government or to your friends or relatives?

  How is that any different from the way the Society has viewed apostates in the past, a viewpoint which most on here usually condemn?
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  Damned if they do, Damned if they don't

  by FusionTheism in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see an attitude among some people here which is not very helpful.

  i can understand it, but still, it's not constructive or helpful.. if you condemn the society for not changing, but then you also condemn them when they do change in a positive way, what incentive or motive does that provide for the people at the society to ever want to change for the better?.

  also, what does that attitude look like to current witnesses who are having doubts?.

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  FusionTheism

  Heck, look what the Home Page of this website claims, and then look at the comments in this one thread!

  "We are not affiliated with the WTB&TS in anyway and we take your privacy and security veryseriously doing our utmost to protect your identity and provide a friendly, tolerant and informative environment"

  Doesn't exactly line up.

  Where is the "friendly and tolerant?"
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  The "Ice Cream Video" - is it real?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the "don't buy ice cream give us the money video" that is the subject of other threads.. i am not very good with computer stuff - would someone tell me where it is to be found on jworg please?

  i can't find it.. thanks..

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  FusionTheism

  It didn't seem all that horrible to me.

  It's merely showing that children can think about different ways they want to spend their money instead of spending it all on junk food.
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  Holy Spirit question

  by TweetieBird in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does the new world translation ever reference the holy spirit as a "him"?

  if not, does it refer to it as an "it"?.

  thanks!.

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  Actually, there's been New Light, the only unforgivable sin today is refusing to repent, and then dying at Armageddon
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  Damned if they do, Damned if they don't

  by FusionTheism in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see an attitude among some people here which is not very helpful.

  i can understand it, but still, it's not constructive or helpful.. if you condemn the society for not changing, but then you also condemn them when they do change in a positive way, what incentive or motive does that provide for the people at the society to ever want to change for the better?.

  also, what does that attitude look like to current witnesses who are having doubts?.

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  FusionTheism

  I see an attitude among some people here which is not very helpful. I can understand it, but still, it's not constructive or helpful.

  If you condemn the Society for NOT changing, but then you also condemn them when they DO change in a positive way, what incentive or motive does that provide for the people at the Society to ever want to change for the better?

  Also, what does that attitude look like to current Witnesses who are having doubts?

  It probably looks to them like the Society has been correct in the way they describe apostates as bitter complainers who are never happy with anything the Society does.

  For example:

  * "The Society finds crazy Types and Antitypes in everything, where it doesn't exist. Way too many deep layers of nonsense being taught."

  * (After the New Light): "The Society is way too simplistic and dumbed down. What happened to the deep study?"

  And when they recently have admitted to errors and say they've been wrong in big ways in the past, some accuse them of having some secret conspiracy theory motive behind it.

  To the people with this attitude: What exactly is it that you WANT the Society to do?

  Just my two cents and an observation.
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  Holy Spirit question

  by TweetieBird in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does the new world translation ever reference the holy spirit as a "him"?

  if not, does it refer to it as an "it"?.

  thanks!.

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  FusionTheism

  The Society says it's like when Paul personified sin and death as kings and rulers in Romans
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  Holy Spirit question

  by TweetieBird in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does the new world translation ever reference the holy spirit as a "him"?

  if not, does it refer to it as an "it"?.

  thanks!.

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  FusionTheism

  The NWT refers to the Holy Spirit as "him" only in John chapter 16, the rest of the Bible as "it."

  There is some debate among scholars over this and the proper way of translating into English.