As a convert at age 19 , I would say it attracts vulnerable people who are going through some crises in their lives , whether it be small or major , and the J.w.`s take full advantage of that .
smiddy
Posts by smiddy
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52Does the WT attract needy dysfunctional type of people?
by William Penwell inin your personal experience, do you think that the wt attracts needy types of people?
over the years, my experience is that they do attract very needy, insecure, dysfunctional, types.
i had an acquaintance that i just basically cut off.
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People's Pulpit?
by bcpenney ini believe there was a magazine or newspaper published during russell's time called the people's pulpit.
i'm specifically trying to locate vol.
can anyone point me in the right direction?
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C.T.Russell in one corner and J.F.Rutherford in another corner ,
come out fighting guys .
smiddy
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Christadelphian
by Billy1000 inmy name is stephen and i am new to the forum.
i am a christadelphian and through my discussions with fellow members of my ecclesia it has inspired me to reach out to other religions to find out exactly what others believe to enhance my own faith and further bring me closer to our heavenly father.
in no way do i mean disrespect if it has been caused.
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Billy
Did you watch the video MarkofCane posted , Dear Believer Why Do You Believer ?
If you did , was it with a closed mind ? or an open mind ?
I would suggest you look at it with an open mind.
The similarities between J.W,`s , Christadelphians also extends to in some respects the Mormons , Assembly of God ,Seventh Day Adventists ,and many other smaller sects.
Are you aware their are over 45,000 Christian sects alone ?Yet no God has ever put his stamp of approval on any of them
Another one that comes to mind is one that springs from the Phillipines ,that is very similar to the J.W.`s and even has more members worldwide than the J.W.`s
Oh , by the way welcome to this forum and good luck on your spiritual journey
smiddy
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'Spotlight' film
by Jordandemm inhas anyone seen the film dont know if its been discussed on here, im just watching it now with my dad he is an elder, he went to do something else less than a 1/4 way through the film, he doesnt usually do that.
then he questioned why i choose to watch it not suspiciously i think he was just curious.
anyway its a film worth watching, its based on true events about the coverup of child abuse within the catholic church.
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Yep I give it 5 stars or thumbs up
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John Denver: On being human
by StoneWall ini have renewed respect and admiration for john denver after watching/listening to this video.some of it reminds me of words by another john, john lennon.i really regret that my jw upbringing made me dislike john denver after some things he had said about jw's in his earlier career.
i would have loved to have heard this talk back in 1980 when it was first recorded.it hits home on so many levels of what we discuss on this very forum.
everything from evolution to spirituality,humanity to religion, the ineptitude of modern politics to solve mankind's problems.the things which we allow to divide us as humans but more importantly the things which we all should allow to unite us.it is 2 hours in length but i didn't regret the time spent watching it because it was one of those things that show that he had very similar ideas,philosophies,and feelings that have been expressed on here.after what many of us have been through on our journey and trying to escape a religion that we found we were trapped/bound to in some form or another,something tells me he'd felt right at home being with us.this recording is almost 36 years old so the sound and picture quality might not be what we're accustomed to today but is so worth the watching of it.
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I will keep to watch when I have more time to do so .
smiddy
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Evil Bible
by Simon inhadn't seen this site before, i thought i'd share it:.
http://www.evilbible.com/.
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It has been over 6000 years according to the Bible of mans creation .the first 4000 years GOD has supposedly dealt with humans by Angels , one on one in a couple of instances , dreams ,prophets , etc.
The last 2000 years he has been completely silent.
I think he`s dead
He`s certainly past his used by date.
smiddy
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Walking a thin line - Resigning Elder
by Sanchy inwarning of a long boring post ahead.
i feel like i need to vent my story out, as i feel quite helpless at the moment.. i'm 31 year old, married, father of toddler with another one on the way, due later this month.
i've been serving as elder for about 4 years now in a south florida congregation.
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Sanchy ,
Your wife says the J.W.`s are at least closer to the "truth" than any other religion .
Close enough is not good enough .
The Jewish religion was the closest thing to the "truth" for 4000 years but it wasn`t good enough for Jehovah.
You might be one number off the winning lottery combination , still not good enough, your still a loser.
Pete Zahut sums it up nicely.
smiddy
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How JW ignore the help Felicity Sneesby got from the "World"
by StephaneLaliberte inlately, in the february broadcast program, at the 46 minutes mark, the watchtower provides the story of felicity sneesby.
this report focuses on how, despite her serious illness, she, along with her family, has always placed her faith in jehovah and how happy she is for being part of jehovah’s family.. i am shocked by how this jw’s report completely ignores the help that this family has received from this system of things through the years.
for instance, they slept at the ronald mcdonald house on at least 6 separate occasions and for long periods of time.
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It is not isolated cases either that bros. & sisters on welfare and disability payments , provided by the Governments , spend their time pioneering for Jehovah and not volunteering in any community aid program .
I have personally known of some such cases, the reason I posted the previous time.
The thing that J.W.`s can never get their head around if they even ever think of it ,.... is.
They are brainwashed that this system of things is under the control of Satan the Devil ,and everything to do with Govt.& Religion. We will concentrate with Govt. for this exercise.
Jesus was shown in a vision that Satan had all the Kingdoms of the world in his power and he could give them to Jesus if he did an act of worship to him . Jesus never denied that claim of Satan.
"The whole world is lying in power of the wicked one" , " The God of this system of things has blinded .etc......"
Now consider this :
Rom .13 :1-7 , Christians are told to be obedient to the Superior Authorities of this world , Governments of this world , because they are placed in their relative positions by Jehovah , and to defy them is to oppose the arrangement of GOD , bringing GOD`s wrath upon you.
So if you support the world , the superior authorities , the Governments , you play into Satan`s hands, and are supporting his interests .
So If you don`t support the world , the superior authorities , you risk the wrath of Jehovah , because it exists by the arrangement of GOD , and you find yourself in opposition to Jehovah God.
smiddy
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1950 Watchtower Bound Volume now Complete!
by Atlantis inthe 1950 september 15th watchtower is now complete and this will finish the 1950 watchtower bound volume.
a big thank you to jaydee for all of his hard work of scanning the watchtowers into jpg files which i received and converted into pdf files and made them searchable.
jaydee worked day and night to get these files finished for us and i really appreciate his kindness... we only had to darken out one name on one shipping label.
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My apologies to Atlantis and Nathan Natas , and others , if my comment seemed to make light of the work and effort that has gone into their project , that was not my intention .
It was an off the cuff flippant statement I made without thinking it through , and on reflection can see the true value of such research.
It is a valuable tool in counter -acting the re-writing of history that is so common with the WTB&TS..
Thanks for setting me straight .
smiddy
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2016-2-17-Destroy Previous S-77 Forms!
by Atlantis inthese numbers and letters:--gbr659967--are the only identifying markson this boe..the "informant" who sent it said:.
"this letter came through the congregation inbox and so hasn't got theusual identifying information.
the name of the file is probably thebest way to identify it.
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Great post Atlantis and contributions from Girl next door and Talesin among others.
I wonder if the ARC would be interested with this information as regards their investigating the Jehovah`s Witness /Child Sexual Abuse .
I look forward to more information about this practice of destroying documents that may incriminate them in some way.
smiddy