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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

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  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  smiddy

  Coming to the conclusion that JW`s didnt have a clue what the Bible taught because of their many false predictions ,changes in organizational procedures etc, I decided to examine the Bible and what it said more closely without the WT influence .

  Doing so I found absurditys ,scientific inaccuracies ,contradictions in scripture,and that the accepted Bible Cannon of today was determined by Apostate christians of the 3rd Century or if you like" Christians" so removed from being an eyewitness by 3 centuries .

  Yet Christianity is based on these series of books that make up the Bible of today all determined by imperfect humans and not by any input from any God,

  No wonder I`m an Atheist.
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  The day after Armageddon

  by Pronger1 in

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  jws are scattered across the globe.

  a few million people left, pretty isolated from each other.. telephone lines and power goes down since the people who supported the infrastructure are dead.

  communication across town, state, country, etc is cut off.

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  smiddy

  Jehovahs Witnesses just DONT THINK period. The greatest magician that ever lived Jehovah will fix it all just like that

  Common sense problems that would exist as those mentioned by previous posters doesnt enter their heads.

  Jehovahs witnesses in third world countries shut off from the rest of the world , how would they fare ?

  Isolated witnesses scattered throughout the world , how do they think they would cope ?

  No radio ,no TV, no satellite coverage no communication with the Governing Body ,no Watchtowers printed ,no electricity ,no gas ,no water on tap ,no sewerage ,no food chains ,no clothing stores ,no JW.ORG and the list goes on and on and on.
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  Who is Gog/Magog?

  by Cold Steel in

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  ezekiel spends two chapters (38-39) describing a war that either will never take place, or which has yet to take place.

  according to the prophecy, the warlord gog, of magog, will 1) sweep down on israel, covering the land like a cloud.

  this will happen in 2) the latter years when israel will 3) be a people “gathered out of many nations” and peoples.

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  smiddy

  Every negative event that happens in the Middle East especially where Israel is concerned is confirmation to a JW that the Bible prophecies are true.

  Irans declaration that they will wipe Israel off the map and their intent to produce Nuclear weapons is at the forefront of the average JW

  Could that be Gog of Magog in their mind ?
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  Governing Body Discontinues the New World Translation as 'OLD Light'???

  by Ruby 1976 in

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  i just saw this posted on a facebook group.

  anyone know if there is any truth to this?.

  http://www.exjehovahswitness.com/gb-discontinues-new-world-translation-as-old-light.html.

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  smiddy

  Bullshit.
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  Aethiest

  by midnight in

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  what happens if you openly declare you are an aethiest, i don't mean go round forcing my view on everyone , but when pressured to go to the kingdom hall etc you stated you are an aethiest and no longer believe in god , surely you can't be accused of apostasy as you simply don't believe in anything ?

  anyone experienced this ?.

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  smiddy

  Midnight ,your married your the head of the house ,take charge ,you dont owe anything to anybody no power to Elders , unless you give it to them , you dont owe them anthing .

  Dont meet with them ,you and Jah will work it out in your own time.

  How strong are you or how weak are you.?

  Its your call.
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  Hello

  by midnight in

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  hi i am posting for the first time although i've been looking for a few years , i was born into a witness family left when i was 12 with my parents went back at 22 pioneered became ms started to have major doubts around 2002 when there was a lot of talk about blood fractions etc have been hit and miss since i'm extremely mentally confused as to wether or not this really is jehovah's earthly organisation , i find life hard facing up to mortality etc not having the new system hope , what nailed your decision to leave ?

  how did you cope with world problems on news etc ?

  how did you fill the void ?

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  Welcome midnight ,I`m glad you decided to take the plunge and post on this site , it takes time to adjust to question the organization without being hauled before a JC meeting .

  You can ask questions here with no fear of being hauled over the coals.
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  Lies, and more lies.

  by biblexaminer in

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  i have seen some discussions related to the "kingdom" book, and the recent studies, but, i didn't see the one pertaining to the second chapter of the "kingdom" book.

  i may have missed it.

  if i have ...mea culpa.. chapter 2, paragraph 29 & 33.

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  My guess is they would say they are Spiritual Israelites not to be classed as gentiles.The scriptures can be twisted around to say /mean whatever you want it to mean/say.

  You cant win with a Bible nutter,who will cherry pick a scripture out of context to validate their point of view.

  The biggest lie`s are those told today by the WTB&TS about their past/early history.
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  How do you categorise the Society - Cult or High control religion

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  i have often seen many categorise the organisation in different ways.

  some say cult, some say high control religion.

  cult or high control religion?.

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  If your actually talking to a JW whether they come to your door or you see them minding a cart I dont think using any of those terminologys , cult ,mind control ,or high control religion /group etc.will get you anywhere it will just shut them down and defence mechanisms spring up straight away.In other words you show your cards up front , not away to win a card game.

  What could work is to ask questions that dont raise such flags to them immediately.Play dumb.ask more questions ,play dumb till you get your point across without coming across as an apostate or somebody who knows much about JW`s.beliefs .Theocratic warfare in reverse.
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  Numbers don't lie... and these numbers are beautiful!!

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  the numbers don't lie... definitely slowing down!!.

  in the 40´s the average growth per year was 20%in the 50´s it was about 10%they had four decades of solid 5% per yearnow the average for the past 16 years has been 2%.

  maybe in the future it will be 1% or 0 or even negative????.

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  Dont forget dub , they also quote the scripture " the love of the greater number will cool off" Matt.24:12.

  JW`s speak out of both sides of their mouth.
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  Numbers don't lie... and these numbers are beautiful!!

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  the numbers don't lie... definitely slowing down!!.

  in the 40´s the average growth per year was 20%in the 50´s it was about 10%they had four decades of solid 5% per yearnow the average for the past 16 years has been 2%.

  maybe in the future it will be 1% or 0 or even negative????.

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  I wont be happy till they drop below the base line.