Because they accept the cult mentality, the idealist bullshit.
Leprechaun
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How come people with the least means of supporting themselves ''Pioneer'' ?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy cousin told me last week that for the month of february she was ''pioneering''.
here is a person who was divorced 2 years ago and had to move in with her mom because she can't afford to live on her own .she only works 4 days a week.
she pays $600 every 2 months for health insurance because she is self-employed.
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Leprechaun
Yes Hanson, the Mormons stay Mormons mostly for the networking possibilities that come your way and of course the perks that are much better than the Witness malarkey
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WTS was the first on the scene after the Haiti earthquake
by bohm inhey!.
the following story is apparently circulating in several south-american bethel-branches: after the earthquake in haiti, the wts was the first provide help in the form of 18 doctors who was transported in by air.
this clearly show how well the organization work bla bla bla.. im curious if anyone else here has heard this story, or have information about how effective the wts helping work really was..
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Leprechaun
Like a Rats Ass, they were. You know, the Mormons blow their horn the same way over here in Salt Lake City anytime something like this happens they will bloviate, how attentive they are to their rank and file and of course the nasty worldly (Gentiles) ones who will soon be bird food. They make me sick.
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Consolation on Demand
by chasson ini have a lot of consolation magazines that i could scan.. if you want a particular issue for research, tell me and i will scan it, and you can tell to the board more what are your research, so everybody will have more insight.. .
here is one of this magazine concerning the madison square garden incident.
this incident is connected with the olyn moyle's trial and it is interessant to see the vision of rutherford concerning this.. he tried in this magazine to excuse the usher, because what he said on stage was "the word of jehovah", so nobody must stop the "spreading of the word of god".
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Leprechaun
Calling all those who have regained their brains:
I would sure love to get my hands on the down load of the Consolation article that has the picture in it where it mocks those who give inoculations saying its nothing more than Pus; it would be great to have the whole article and magazine. I have talked to so many people who just will not accept the reality that this magazine ever existed. Thank you.
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Is Smoking Pot Harmful?
by minimus indo you think it's bad?
is it no different than alcohol?
a little in moderation is ok?.
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Leprechaun
I would much rather smoke a Hootie than have alcohol any day.
Weed, really helps my seizures, and total outlook on life in general; shit if 70 percent of the population smoked weed we would have much fewer marital disputes and break up. I like to light a candle with the lights off, with a few good friends and have a Hooka pipe ready with some good earthy shit in it with “The Dark side Of The Moon” playing in the back ground.
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1927 Time Magazine article on Judge Rutherdord
by donny ininteresting article from time in 1937.. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,730814,00.html.
religion: judge rutherfordmonday, aug. 01, 1927.
"through the gracious providence of jehovah," the voice of judge joseph frederick rutherford, president, the international bible students' association, boomed from toronto last week to pass out from 53 separate radio broadcasting stations.
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Leprechaun
It drives me crazy how so many quotes say the Judge was the leader of the "Bible Students", when he was not. 1916 was the year the Pastor died, it was his studies in the volumes, that were used in study not Judge Joe's. the witnesses became a mutation of the Bible Students (a break away, schism,) very little is representitive of the real "Bible Student" movment.
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What is an "Apostate"?
by God_Delusion inthe video below really sums it up;.
http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/2010/01/what-is-apostate.html.
rab.
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Leprechaun
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
I read this on this fourm way back when:
"Not to know is bad. Not to want to know is worse. Not to hope is unthinkable. Not to care is unforgivable." - Nigerian saying.
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell
the difference.Theologically, Jehovah’s Witnesses are a family hurtful cult of Christianity. The oppressive organization does not represent logical historical facts, sociologically; it is a destructive cult whose false teachings frequently result in spiritual and psychological abuse, as well as needless deaths.
I understand the dictionary definition of an "apostate" and I suppose that definition fits me. However, I have my own definition, which makes me more comfortable as it does not fit me. I (and it is my opinion that is important to me) apply the term apostate to those that have knowingly bent and twisted the word of the God in the Bible to their own advantage. Using my definition makes the WTS an apostate organization (one of many). I don't like apostates and this means that I don't like the WTS.
I never did enjoy being judgmental that their rules are supreme - elder, pioneer, ms, co, do, governing body, weak, strong, active, inactive, in the truth, worldly, pagan, on and on.
Every label gave you a mental picture of how to treat, love, hate, ignore or otherwise judge the person on the receiving end of that label. Apostate is a simple term - it means to leave basically - but they have made us a mental image of 'evil slave' - having God and his people excreta.
Hard to get over those mental pictures for most I think -
By the way I am a real 'apostate' - a good one - most witnesses would like to be as good as a lot of these 'apostates' that are onn this site, but if you think about it didn't the WTS 'label' everything? It was really part of the “New Light,” if it were from Jehovah, it would have been right in the first place, and would not need updating. So what is current light now, may very well be old light next year, and at times it has.
Why would Jehovah give them the wrong understanding to start with?
That is the stuff that always bothered me so that is what I bring up. Of course now I know it was all a fairly tale anyhow.
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What JW catch phrase DRIVES YOU NUTS!!!!
by megaflower in"we should be mindful".
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Leprechaun
Every time Satan invades my thinking and I entertain the idea of going back to the Hall, all that needs to happen is to hear a Watchtower study and listen to all these lame brains using the same words over and over in their comments like: ( I “appreciated” this or that shit, every single one of them say it but the very young ones ) Jehovah / organization” wants us to be happy, (If you have your Kingdom Ministry inserts handy) the judicial committee of blah blah congregation has disfellowshiped brother human being, We are having a elders meeting after the meeting tonight” And last if not least hearing people clap after a public talk that always bugged the shit out of me; like I am sure the crowds gathered pon the mount of olives clapped, what a bunch of zipper heads.
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Has anyone ever felt they were possessed by a demon?
by dissed init was the "in-thing" to happen to sinners in jesus' time, being possessed.
some could boast they had legions of demons calling their body home.. it was also a primary miracle for the top christians to perform, ridding demons away, proof you had god's spirit.
"be gone you demon!!".
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Leprechaun
Yes back when I was married to my first wife, she possessed me all the time she made vomit pea soup even when I had not eaten any.
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I've just lost a Loved one
by AwSnap inthe thing that sucks is that they are very much alive & we are literally less than five miles apart from each other everyday.
i had a long talk with one of my siblings today.
i've been getting a really weird vibe lately...today it was confirmed that i will be shunned from here on out from them.
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Leprechaun
There is a quote somewhere “That which does not kill us makes a stronger”.
This is mine:
In all the world Trust no man, Trust no woman, Trust no beast; The God who made the everlasting sky “Him you can (Truly) Trust.”
In the religious sense if you’re in a cult you can never have a meaningful relationship with your higher power (Jehovah), as long as you’re being influenced by the powers that be, the “governing body” and those who follow them. If you were raised a Witness, to some to some extent you never felt freedom of choice, a gift god gave all of us, he wants us to utilize this gift. Anymore, each time I walk into a kingdom hall which is very rare, I feel the spirit of oppression. Really for the first time in my life I have felt what it feels like to pray to god without feeling unworthy because of so many manmade rules that go far beyound what is writen from the Jehovah’s Witness hierarchy. Many are the individuals that are having a true spiritual awaking, because of this web site and others that are on the internet. It is not by sheer coincidence that this has happened; it is because the time is ripe for it, spiritually speaking.