I can only imagine a kid knowing that it is bullshit, having no intention whatsoever of getting baptised, but being forced to go out in service trying to make the best of it and viewing it as training in how to be a successful high pressure salesman and con some suckers. I really want to make my kids read Catcher in the Rye.
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Caleb & Sophia RC badges
by oppostate intake a look at this caleb & sophia rc badge for children.. .
what's the motivation to make special childrens' badges?
i smell indoctrination!.
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My sister is being harassed by the elders
by opusdei1972 insometime ago i wrote here in this forum about the case of my sister, who decided to stop attending the meetings because she realised that the watchtower society is an evil organization.
this happened more than one year ago.
i am not living in the same country of my sister, so i learn about her case when she calls me or when she write me through whatsapp.
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SonoftheTrinity
The word for harrassment in Spanish is acoso. And I don't know which latin country she is in, but if she is in a country that went through an anticlerical stage, there may be much more severe laws on the books to convict the elders for their acoso religioso than there would be in The U.S. or any commonwealth country. Disturbing the peace in the enforcement of your religion's Canon Law in any of the countries scarred by the Spanish Inquisition is a recipe for being persecuted by the secular authorities. Jehovah's Witnesses love to provoke persecution so they can join the ranks of the annointed. -
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Try Other Religions
by Sofia Lose insometimes i get a strong curiosity to start dabbling into other religions, other faiths, you know?
really different ones such as islam, judaism, hinduism, etc.. has anyone here looked into something else?
has your spirituality been satisfied by any other than christianity?.
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SonoftheTrinity
If you are going to choose Christianity, choose Orthodox
All the tradition of Catholicism without the top down papacy
If you are going to choose Islam, choose Ismaili as it lacks the legalism and inferiority complex of sharia islam.
If you are going to choose a Dharmic religion choose Sikh, because turbans, swordfighting and soup kitchens are awesome.
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Churches use facial recognition software to track congregants
by truthseeker inhttp://rt.com/news/270121-church-facial-recognition-software/.
churches are joining the widening club of entities using big brother-style facial recognition software to track people.
and they are doing so in secret, according to a producer of a specialized program designed for religious institutions.. churchix uses cctv footage or photos to match churchgoers against a database of high-resolution pictures that a church has to compile on its own.
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So that's why they aren't letting up on the clean-shaven requirement even though beards are socially acceptable. Creepy -
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A Younger Generation Discovers Daria
by SonoftheTrinity inmy kids were rotfl when they saw daria (remember her on mtv in the 90s) the other day on hulu.
there isn't anything offensive about the show that their mother can put her finger on, yet.
they aren't ready for catcher in the rye, but daria explores many of the same themes of phonyness and shallowness in a way that a ten year old can understand.
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My kids were ROTFL when they saw Daria (Remember her on MTV in the 90s) the other day on Hulu. There isn't anything offensive about the show that their mother can put her finger on, yet. They aren't ready for Catcher In The Rye, but Daria explores many of the same themes of phonyness and shallowness in a way that a ten year old can understand. -
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Kudos to you People Who support your Spouse Suffering Meeting Attendance
by smiddy ini was inspired to post this because so many of you lovingly support your spouse by going to meetings conventions etc .knowing the crap your going to have to put up with , hoping that someday he/she will wake up to the bs.. and your willing to do this for as long as it takes .i take my hat off to you all.. it must take a lot of intestinal fortitude and love to do that .. smiddy.
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SonoftheTrinity
Excuse me, what idiot would get dressed up, shave, and sit through the so-called Truth when he knows its all bullshit? Loving other people is great, but you have to love yourself in this life too. Any friends you have to fake it to stay in that circle of friends are no friends at all. This is what is wrong with emasculated men today, having a woman choose the family's religion and it being the most anti-intellectual one out there, and then pretending to go along with it all. That's not true love, thats being co-dependent and fake because the other partner is too weak to handle it. No Ma'am! -
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Book of Enoch?
by Soldier77 ini came across this a few weeks back while doing some online research http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/ (i hope that's how you post links) and i'm curious to know if any of you have done research into this book and what are your comments/thoughts on it?.
i've read through the watchers and the adam and eve story, quite interesting opens up another angle of the whole "in the beginning".... how accurate is this book?
why was it left out of the bible?
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I'm resurrecting this topic because this is the stumper. How does a Jehovah's Witness convince someone who believes that the Book of Enoch is Scripture that it is NOT Scripture?
If the Book of Enoch is not Scripture, then the book of Jude is not Scripture, since Jude quotes from Enoch. So for you to convince me that the Book of Enoch is NOT Scripture you must prove that the Book of Jude does NOT quote Enoch. Good luck clean shaven missionary.
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Preparing for Governing Body 3.0? Making older GB step down? (New September Watchtower)
by FusionTheism inwatchtower, study edition, september 2015, "are you reaching the stature that belongs to christ?":.
paragraph 6: the mature christian shows humility in that he recognizes that jehovahs ways and standards are always better than his own.
[footnote: for example, older, experienced brothers may be asked to step aside from certain responsibilities and to lend support to younger brothers as they take on those responsibilities.].
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They need a little brother Aaron in the Governing Body who can speak for their stuttering Moseses. Tight Pants Tony and Elijah Muhammed Applewhite Lett are extremely unconvincing as the faithful and discrete slave who speak for God. I still want to know where I can see women working out in their spanx and not just spandex. -
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Preparing for Governing Body 3.0? Making older GB step down? (New September Watchtower)
by FusionTheism inwatchtower, study edition, september 2015, "are you reaching the stature that belongs to christ?":.
paragraph 6: the mature christian shows humility in that he recognizes that jehovahs ways and standards are always better than his own.
[footnote: for example, older, experienced brothers may be asked to step aside from certain responsibilities and to lend support to younger brothers as they take on those responsibilities.].
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SonoftheTrinity
The GB, if it has any sense at all, will add a little brother Aaron comparable to Aaron who spoke for Moses. Tight Pants Tony and Elijah Muhammad Applewhite Lett as my case in point are more likely to cause doubt as to whether it is a personal perspective or the voice of God. JW TV has greater potential to backfire than it does to win souls if they can't keep the senile talk under control. -
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Watchtower Society now PROMOTES using Social Media / Networks?
by FusionTheism inhave you seen this?.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/social-network-smart/#?insight.
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Demonize whatever you can't control. I think they are liberalizing social media now so that they can enforce disfellowshipping via unfriending on social media. Control, control, control.