Posts by stillin

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A look at the sins of the Governing Body members of the Jehovah's Witnesses

by Finkelstein in

the leaders of the jws and the ibsa had their own unique inherent sins ingrained in their teachings and established doctrines.. c t russell taught and preached pyramidology to establish the date of jesus's return and subsequent armageddon.

this fixated date setting carried over even when he passed on and the following leaders of the wts propagated new dates such as 1925, 1975 etc.

it would appear the leaders of the wts created more relevance and importance toward themselves than even jesus and his spoken words of direction and how to be one his chosen select.. it would appear also that the leaders of the wts/jws were more involved in creating their own power and money through the organization that they created in their endeavor as proliferating literature charlatans.. the doctrinal mistakes that have come out of these men are many, from setting dates of christ's return, to mistakes on blood transfusions, memorial mistakes, encouraging and influencing children to get baptized, over use of disfellowshiping , sometimes done so to protect their wrongly devised doctrines.

stillin

Fink, there may have been some well-meaning leaders mixed in with JW leadership, but the whole set-up revolves around self-promotion, despite the party-line saying that appointments are made by Holy Spirit.

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Do You Think Trump Bares Any Responsibility For The Mass Shootings Occuring?

by minimus in

jw
friends

when any mass shooting happens is it the president’s fault?

i’m talking over the last few decades..

stillin

Minimus, that would be changing the subject.

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Do You Think Trump Bares Any Responsibility For The Mass Shootings Occuring?

by minimus in

jw
friends

when any mass shooting happens is it the president’s fault?

i’m talking over the last few decades..

stillin

There are some fine people on both ends of the gun.

Charlottesville, revisited.

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Introductions

by Lobsto in

well, i finally made an account.

i’ve been lurking on here for four or so years, enjoying the debates and experiences of all of you.

it really helped in that initial year after i woke up, when the frustration and betrayal felt strongest.

stillin

Wow, great story! Hey, I realize that it's a major adjustment for you to make your way out of the religion and you want to do that with a minimum of fallout. But if it were me, and I was your age and at your station in life, I would focus on my education and how I am going to succeed in life. Like, it's not so much what you DON'T do as what you actually DO.

Nuff said. Welcome to the forum! Lots of real thinkers here.

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Blew it this morning with 4 JWs

by Vanderhoven7 in

so i decided to go hunting for jws this morning.

walked to the end of my driveway and who should be approaching...but 2 ladies, one old (dianne) and one younger both with watchtower mags in hand.

dianne shared how the world was under the control of satan etc.

stillin

^^^

what sparky said.

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Why Did You Stay In The JW Religion As Long As You Did?

by minimus in

jw
friends

were you so indoctrinated that you just couldn’t leave?

was it due to family pressure?

was it your friendships that you didn’t want to lose?

stillin

I fell asleep

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Simon ? help me get Marvin back as my Avatar please ?

by smiddy3 in

hi, simon i don`t know how or why my avatar marvin has disappeared and my old avatar has re surfaced but i would appreciate getting marvin back please..

stillin

Welcome back! I'm working on my image as we speak.

woohoo! Look at my pitcher!

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Do you have a barking, snarling, vicious Brain-Dog too?

by Terry in

jw
friends

there is a snapping vicious junkyard dog in my head.

a dog constantly barking, hungry, terrifyingly intimidating, and above all...relentless!.

unless i feed it a constant stream of input - it threatens to eat me alive.. (it is that monster from the id in forbidden planet.).

stillin

I took the test. Cool! It says that I'm a mediator.

I have real dogs in my home that are good friends sometimes, but mostly a chore.

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