Posts by snowbird

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Good Morning!

by snowbird in

jw
friends

good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.

sylvia.

snowbird

Very green down in Dixie Land.

Went for a short walk, and just marveled at the verdant landscape.

Would have gone farther, but people let their dogs roam freely here.

Some are friendly, others are not.

Sylvia

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Mental Illness

by Tallon in

over many years i have been pondering how mental illness has impacted upon jw's due to the effects of indoctrination.

in my case; when i was 21 i had a breakdown and was hospitalised for 6 weeks.

i was diagnosed with anxiety tension state disorder.

snowbird

Thanks for sharing that, NJWS.

My family, Lord, where do I begin?

Impoverished, illiterate, ignorant Luddites.

My father was a stone alcoholic, my mother a neurotic-bordering-on-psychotic mess.

Add to this mixture a dose of Jim Crow and other oppression, stir long and well.

Do you see why I was a prime target for the JW's teachings?

Sylvia

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JW's vs Evangelicals

by cobweb in

someone on my twitter timeline has retweeted posts that contain the hashtag youdon'tknowevangelicals.

it surprised me how familiar a lot of the comments felt to me and i was struck that some of what i think of as jw behavior, mindset and attitude is shared by evangelicals.

there are differences too of course by read the list of tweets below and see if these sound familiar.

snowbird

We are all more alike than different.

Same hopes, same fears, same needs, same dreams.

Sylvia

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J.W.'s shut their minds to this teaching

by The Searcher in

one of the "elephants in the room" which j.w.

's will not and cannot question or discuss, is the org's dogma that a person's own death wipes out their sins!..

when active, i asked two c.o.

snowbird

Ha Ha Ha.

Another one bites the dust ...

Our death results from sin, not pays it off.

Sylvia

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Good Morning!

by snowbird in

jw
friends

good morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.

sylvia.

What is your understanding of the terms "Ransom" and "Redeem"?

by Doug Mason in

with respect to christ being the "redeemer" and of having "paid the ransom", i would like to know:.

(1) what is your technical understanding of each term?.

(2) what is the watchtower's understanding of each term?.

Through sinning or falling out of favor with God, the first human pair, and by extension the whole human race, was condemned to a life of despair, ending in death. This was due to the influence of a certain Evil One.

Redeem - Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, chose to Redeem or buy us back from the Evil One's hold.

Ransom - Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, paid the price or Ransom for this redemption with His Life.

First Adam sold himself and us

Threw everyone under the bus

Second Adam came to redeem

Those who choose to be on His team

He paid the price with His own life

As a loving husband would for a wife

This may all seem needless and foolish

But, it is God's way for evil to abolish

The WT teaches that Adam and Eve sinned willfully; therefore the Ransom doesn't cover them; no redemption, no resurrection.

I do not believe this teaching.