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My JW Friend's Justification for the WT Being God's Chosen Organisation
by maputo95 inbelow is my jw friend's "proof" that the wt is god's only organisation and mouthpiece on earth.
he has yet to reinforce his strange story by biblical text or the church fathers or any historical evidence.. please, suggest how i may respond to his assertion.
i believe that this is the fundamental doctrine of the 'borg' and the one on which wt credibility rests.. thank you.. .
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VoidEater
...and it all depends on the interpretation that Bible prophecy was taking about these particular men at this particular time. It's amazing - anyone can claim anything...
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JW's and home schooling?
by semelcred ini don't wish to offend any that are teaching their kids at home, but today i was again confronted by a situation where a jw family were home schooling.
the kids had little structure to their routine and without putting the mum down, she was no teacher in an academic sense.. the subject is close to my heart because my parents who are witnesses, took my younger brothers out of school and home tutored them.
the were subjected to below standard education and limited in social skills, particularly as my parents are crap at these skills themselves.. i have grown to hate home schooling except in the situation of medical or logistical situations.. what are your comments good or bad and do you think the option to home school is abused by the witness community?.
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My cousins were home-schooled. For 2 out of 3, it enhanced their paranoia and bigotry and stunted their problem-solving and abstract thinking. I don't think these 2 have read a single book as adults. One is a homeless addict, another assembles guns in a factory. The third, though, overcame things very well.
And I wonder why we sometimes think it's so important for our kids to fit in or be "normal". I want my kids to be their own persons.Not feel like they have to fit in.
There's a difference between this and being able to function within a group, interact successfully with other people. Be brilliant, be an individual, be artistic, be eccentric - but also know how to have a conversation and negotiate, what makes others tick as well as yourself, engage with others where you need to.
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Finished Ex-Jehovah's Witness Survey (Please fill out for help with project)...
by Tuesday inhey everyone!.
) did you feel the religion was a cult before leaving?:.
) do you feel the religion is a cult now after leaving?:.
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A.) Name: Allen
B.) Gender: Male
C.) Age: 45-50
Questions:
1.) How were you introduced to Jehovah's Witnesses: Parents/Grandparents/Relatives were in before you were born and taught you
2.) How did you leave the religion: Faded Away (slowly missed more and more meetings until you stopped going completely)
3.) What Age did you leave?19-24
4.) Were you BaptizedYes
5.) What General reason did you leave the religion: (the first is primary, the second only came into play once I started healing)
Didn’t believe the teachings, not allowed to question the teachings, disagreed with stance on social issues, didn’t agree with things said in the magazines or on the platform.Was abused physically, emotionally or sexually by someone in the hall and it was covered up.
6.) How did you feel about the doctrine before leaving: Believed there we more things wrong than right
7.) Did your feelings about the doctrine effect the way you left?Yes
8.) If you were disfellowshipped for sin, did your feelings on the doctrine effect you sinning in the first place?N/A
9.) Did you feel the religion was a cult before leaving?:I did not think they were a cult at all
10.) Did you research the religion's teachings after leaving?Yes
11.) What are your feelings on the doctrine of the religion since leaving? The religion has a problem with nearly every teaching
12.) How do you feel about the organization since leaving?: They are Totally wrong
13.) How do you feel about the people since leaving?: They are no different than any other religion, they have good and bad
14.) Do you feel the religion is a cult now after leaving?:Yes they are definitely a cult
15.) What is your opinion on the intelligence of those still in the Organization? : They're intelligent but purposely deny facts for their religion
16.) Are you happier now that you’re gone?I think every day about how happy I am to have left
17.) Do you feel that other than the fact you left the Jehovah’s Witnesses that they would agree with how you live your life?I do a few things they would not agree with
18.) If a Jehovah’s Witness approaches you to discuss their religion you’re more than likely do the following:Tell them I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness and feel they’re wrong
19.) Would you consider returning?When hell freezes over
20.) How do you feel about discussing your time as a Jehovah's Witness?:It's part of me I'll discuss it if it comes up
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The Anti-Type of ancient Israel! Can we learn who?
by wannabe in{matthew 25:41} {revelation 20:7-10}.
"{genesis 28:10-14 asv} three times jehovah made the same promise, so we can be absolutely certain those promises will be carried out to the letter, because the god who made those promises himself, because there was no one greater than he, stepped in with an oath, and put his own guarantee on them as paul will now explain:.
18 so god has given both his promise and his oath.
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OMG stunning wall of text on impossible to prove irrelevencies...tl;dr
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VoidEater
Hi there, glad you're sticking around
Most around here find they've lost
Or lose what they've found
But where's my manners
Let me freshen your drink
Revitalize your feelings
Touch the way that you thinkIt's not so much that I have emotions tied up in the relationship as whether you choose to notice and engage with them.
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Lurv it!
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Of the sexual abuse survivors you knew. . .
by Lady Lee inhow many fit this description provided by no longer held captive?.
as a nurse, i can tell you that their lives wont go well.
usually abused females end up neurotics and suffer from personality disorders, and more often than not, anorexic.
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Toxic Parents is also excellent from my perspective.
Father's Touch by Daniel D'Haene was an eye opener - Daniel's story of survival of abuse in a JW home. Yes, this does happen, in JW homes, to boys as well as girls.
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Why is my love important to you? What proof would satisfy you?
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The real cause of the Great Depression
by slimboyfat inbet you never guessed:the "holy year" that was to lift america out of of the depression was planned long before it started; the depression itself was no small part of that plan.
it suited vatican city extremely well to have mr. hoover make as big a failure as he could make, and to help it along.
for many years the systematizers of the 'pope' have been carefully charting and planning the entire political structure of the united states.
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Even while in single digit years, I was suspicious of the Catholic bashing - it just stretched my incredulity too much.
Perhaps I had been secretly immunized against dumb.