Posts by african GB Member

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Who created JEHOVAH?

by african GB Member in

i have asked this question before and i was told by jw's that it is "inappropriate, apostate, beyond our thinking, stupid", etc, etc,.... can anyone atleast give half an answer to this question?.

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african gb member.

african GB Member

This spiritual being is utterly unbelieveable,

Firstly he ALLEGEDLY creates humans, tempts them to SIN (EITHER THROUGH SEX OR THE FRUIT, I dont really care),

Condemns them and makes them IMPERFECT so they can SIN more,

Punishes them by aging and death,

Sends his SON (ALLEGEDLY) to earth as a ransom,

Takes a 144 000 individuals from all nations ( IS THERE A CHINESE, INDIAN, IRAQI, EGYPTIAN, INDONESIAN, etc, etc among the 144 000??)

Creates JW's in 1874,

DF whoever starts asking " apostate" questions,

Splits families through DF rules,

Kills people through "blood doctrine" (WELL THIS HAS CHANGED A BIT RECENTLY),

Tells JW's to go knocking on people's doors on saturday mornings,....................................................................................

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Death of a JW Relative

by awaken2004 in

a jw relative of mine died last month.

i believe he was 80 years old.

he knew he was going to die and said all his goodbye to family and friends.

african GB Member

When is this barbaric treatment of fellow human beings gonna stop, F@#$%& idiots!!!!

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Who created JEHOVAH?

by african GB Member in

i have asked this question before and i was told by jw's that it is "inappropriate, apostate, beyond our thinking, stupid", etc, etc,.... can anyone atleast give half an answer to this question?.

.

african gb member.

african GB Member

I have asked this question before and I was told by JW's that it is "inappropriate, apostate, beyond our thinking, stupid", etc, etc,...

Can anyone atleast give HALF an answer to this question?

african GB member

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For the inactive: Five reasons why JWs encourage you to go back

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

for those of us who are inactive and receiving encouragment to go back to meetings, what do you think their reasons are?.

here are five suggestions:.

) they genuinely think you will die at armaggedon.

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JW god must be the most LOVING of all gods.

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I want to leave but don't know how

by God_Delusion in

hi.. i have been a witness since birth (will be 30 years in june 2009).

got baptised when i was 15 (pressured into it by my parents, plus, i was promised my first home pc if i did get baptised before turning 16).. both my parents serve in the uk bethel.

i have an older brother and younger sister, both of which are witnesses.. i am married to a witness and live in cyprus (i am english).

african GB Member

Welcome aboard God_Delusion

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For the inactive: Five reasons why JWs encourage you to go back

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

for those of us who are inactive and receiving encouragment to go back to meetings, what do you think their reasons are?.

here are five suggestions:.

) they genuinely think you will die at armaggedon.

african GB Member

#9) They want to shun you, to set example to those in "good standing"

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Did Charles Russell run a brothel?

by hotchocolate in

i just watched a youtube video where it was claimed russell ran a brothel in new york.

has anyone heard this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lrslvuiwgk.

african GB Member

JW's are just like prostitutes, working hard for their pimps ( GB),for no reward,....

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can a person be disfellowshipped without knowing?

by Crooked Lumpy Vessel in

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friends

can a person be disfellowshipped and not know about it?

me and my husband have been shunned the moment we stopped attending meetings.

no one has ever called and only a few have come by over the last 2 years.

african GB Member

Sometimes the DF'ng take place while someone lies in a hospital recuperating after having a lifesaving surgery that involved a transfusion.

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What's the purpose of restrictions after reinstatement?

by truthseeker in

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friends

the parable of the prodigal son.

i will set out and go back to my father and say to him: father, i have sinned against heaven and against you.

" "my son," the father said, "you are always with me, and everything i have is yours.

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To embarass and shame a SINNER,...

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Life as a Jehovah's Witness viewed as a performance

by slimboyfat in

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friends

i am reading the presentation of the self in everyday life by erving goffman at the moment.

it sheds much light on the experience of 'performing' the role of being a jehovah's witnesses: how a witness will strictly adhere to watchtower standards when we are 'frontstage' with an audience either of peers or outsiders, and how they may relax those standards when they are 'backstage', not in a setting where their fidelity to the identity of 'jehovah's witness' is being scrutinized.. an interesting point it makes is that we can present our roles either with 'sincerity' if we believe in the performance as much as we would have the audience, or with 'cynicism' if we perform our role without believing in it, but expecting that the audience will.

but rather than being a neat spectrum from sincerity, through ambiguous sincerity, all the way to cynicism, goffman argues that a performer will tend to one extreme or the other: either believing utterly in the role he is presenting, or presenting it totally without conviction for the benefit of the audience only.

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They are in a "spiritual paradise"!!!!