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  The flood and wars in the scriptures - waste of lives?

  by menrov in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been thinking and was eventually wondering about the following:.

  did the flood and all wars in the scriptures eventually bear the fruits that god hoped for?

  is evil gone among humans?

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  The bible eventually became an open book of self interpretation, that's why there are hundreds of Christian based sects in existence today.

  Self interpretation is how these sects came to be such as the JWS, this sect was built and expanded by literature proliferation, where the leaders self interpreted the bible for themselves, which happen to involve a publishing house they owned and operated.

  The model is such, create your own interpretation then coerce and lure in others to believe these unique interpretations, demean all other interpretations or doctrines and you have a structured organized religion ie, JWS
  
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  When Was The First Time You Ever Got Drunk?

  by 1234 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was 20 years old and at bethel for just a couple of months.

  i was really depressed, as i was finding out what bethel was really all about.

  i drank a whole bottle of cold duck, after a long hot subway ride back to brooklyn.

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  The latest information from health sciences is that any alcohol consumed is damaging to your health.

  Your not going to hear that from any of the JWS GB leaders though especially from Anthony Morris.
  
  
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  Infidelity amongst JWs

  by YellowLab in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does there seem to be a higher incidence of infidelity amongst the jws?.

  my brother, who is an active jw and ministerial servant, has an elder friend who was recently disfellowshipped for having an affair with another sister in the hall.

  it turns out this sister was divorced a few years earlier from a "worldly" man who had an affair on her.

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  It should also be kept in mind that JWS kingdom halls as well conventions are places of meeting and socializing where people of the opposite sex are evaluating and perhaps seeking out partners........not surprising
  
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  Infidelity amongst JWs

  by YellowLab in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does there seem to be a higher incidence of infidelity amongst the jws?.

  my brother, who is an active jw and ministerial servant, has an elder friend who was recently disfellowshipped for having an affair with another sister in the hall.

  it turns out this sister was divorced a few years earlier from a "worldly" man who had an affair on her.

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  During the late 1960's and 1970's there was a lot of fornication and adultery going on, not in just my Hall but the closest one as well.

  As a guess this might have been because of the sexaul revolution era and the high number of young baby boomers at the time.

  Today you might expect less of that because the age demographic in most JW Kingdom Halls which are made up of more older people.

  As an example the PO in my Hall was a married guy with 3 kids, he traveled out town to do some business and while he was away from the family he was boinking young girls who he met at other JWS congregations.

  He was eventuality caught and got DFed, this brought so much anguish to his family they moved away, really felt sorry for rest of the family.
  
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  What to do with old publications

  by TonyMorronTheTurd in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi guys,.

  it's been a while since i posted here, but i feel like posting again.. it's hard sometimes to find the energy to post here after i expend all my time working a full time job and pretending i care about the wt$ at the same time.. i've been trying to slowly wake my girlfriend up ever since i first posted here, and i must say it is a long waiting game that i am playing right now.

  almost all my efforts are dismissed and i've been slowly losing hope.. anyways, what i meant to really post here today is about old publications.. honestly anything that has to do with the watchtower and jdubs, as of recently makes me feel like vomiting.

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  Burn them all except maybe the bible as it is useful as a historical reference to how ancient civilizations behaved/thought.
  
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  The flood and wars in the scriptures - waste of lives?

  by menrov in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been thinking and was eventually wondering about the following:.

  did the flood and all wars in the scriptures eventually bear the fruits that god hoped for?

  is evil gone among humans?

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  Would this in itself, these facts, not be enough proof that these events were not driven / organized by an almighty God?

  Yes of course when one applies intellectual honesty with today's knowledge base of ancient civilizations.
  

  This is to be expected since these stories were mythological expressions by people who had no other avenue to explain what was happening on earth and toward themselves at that time, god(s) gave that necessary answer or explanation..

  Human ignorance is an indefensible fact.
  
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  When Was The First Time You Ever Got Drunk?

  by 1234 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was 20 years old and at bethel for just a couple of months.

  i was really depressed, as i was finding out what bethel was really all about.

  i drank a whole bottle of cold duck, after a long hot subway ride back to brooklyn.

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  Unfortunately alcohol abuse is a problem within JWS , there is a lot oppression imposed upon JWS but the one thing they can do at least is booze it up. ........and they booze it religiously.

  
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  Do Jw's Dress up in meeting clothes for Zoom meetings?

  by jeremiah18:5-10 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am just curious if anyone knows whether the "friends" still are required to wear "meeting clothes" for attending meetings through zoom?

  such emphasis on dressing in a godly manner over the decades, would be interesting if some attend in pajamas or their work clothes, no makeup, etc....

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  Yes the instructions are to dress up as if you are at a meeting.

  Jah measures ones spiritual righteousness by the cloths and appearance one has.
  
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  Meetings disrupted due to zoom outage

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  zoom been down in parts of the uk today so church services and meeting been disrupted.. a news paper published some comments and jokes about it .

  "looks like the church broke the internet".

  "zoom is down.

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  I think its Satan interjecting

  or than it could be Jah, angry by these fear mongering false prophets.
  
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  Do not miss your flight!

  by Lets Think in

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  Unfortunately Jesus is going to stop this flight and let it fall to the ground for everyone aboard was a sinning false prophet charlatan, who taught and made money from preaching a false version of his Gospel.

  They have should heeded his words that no one knows of the time and not to set a time upon god's own sacred time.