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  Only a few are interested in the truth

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  it occured to me that most jws, as many other religious people are not really looking for the truth; they are rather interested in certain degree of spiritual or emotional confort or at least the illusion of such confort that can be found in cults or religions.

  truth inhabits the realm of the intelect, and the intelect is of little use to religious people.

  what do you think?.

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  The spiritual bully

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  the watch tower falsely claims that the entire international witness brotherhood holds to the same way of thinking on doctrinal matters; that all members in the congregation who are good christians deeply believe in whatever the faithful and discreet slave provides.

  well, one thing is to pretend that you are in agreement with whatever is presented to you and something very different is to really believe in it.

  it must be reminded that nowadays, in most mainstream religious groups, political parties or other forms of social groups, absolute uniformity in the way of thinking is not a prerequisite to join, because those groups recognize that such uniformity is not possible.

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  Does the Watch Tower get you through the night?

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  i have to insist on this.. a friend of mine, who is currently an elder (so am i, but will soon fade), once confessed to me that the most important thing for him is that his children grow drug-free, violence-free, and so forth (that type of thinking is, of course, the result of the wt indoctrination process, which divides the world in two: jw here and satan's people there).

  in other words, for many witnesses the issue is not if this is the true religion or not; it is a matter of how do i get through the night?

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  A question for the apologists of the Watch Tower

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  dear apologists of the wt:.

  i do not mean to be sarcastic of ironic, but, please, if you are so kind, respond to this question.

  how do you conciliate defending the watch tower on a forum like this with the fact that, as you perfectly know, such organization bans you (if you are still in) from being part of this type of forum and would even disfellowship you for instisting in being here?.

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  This girl "wants" to die.

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  she was given a blood transfusion and her condition improved, but she is appearing in court to petition her own death.

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  here is indoctrination for you.. http://winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2007/10/26/4606617-sun.html.

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  At what point did you stop being an idiot?

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  were you always an open-minded jw?

  did you ever think that another brother was an apostate because he asked a simple logical question?

  the latter, of course, is the most natural reaction among most jws.

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  Quit your job and go sell ice cream

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  did anyone see the information on a recent watchtower study article (w-07 0/01, p. 30, 16) in which a witness who quitted his job and started selling ice cream on the streets in order to have more time to preach, is presented as a good example?

  i found it extremely offensive and asked myself: are they really serious or is this joke?

  but the worst part is that no one else in the hall seemed to find it offensive, with the exception of a ministerial servant who privately told me it was an act of disrespect on the part of the society.

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  Don't miss the October 14 meeting.

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  here is an idea.

  i am proposing that you join me in doing the following: on sunday, october 14, 2007, i will attend that days meeting at my local kingdom hall and take the opportunity to secretly leave there the book crisis of conscience, by raymond franz.

  i will just place it where it could be found; i will maybe leave it on a seat or under it.

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  Conspiracy against the Watchtower

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  here is one question that has been bothering me for quite some time.

  do you think a revolution, so to speak, within the organization is possible?

  in other words, can any conspiracy against the watchtower succeed?

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  Beliefs, Honesty

  by Hiddenwindow in

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  2. beliefs

  not too long ago, i heard a district overseer say, at a circuit assembly, something astonishing; that he would continue to be a jehovahs witness even if it was proven to him that god does not exist.

  his point was the organization and its moral standards protect people from a lot of trouble and that this by itself is very positive aspect.

  i could not forget such a statement and, just as an exercise, started to pose the following scenario to some of my friends, including several ministerial servants an one elder: if you some how determine that this is not the truth, would you continue to be a witness?

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