Posts by diamondiiz

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Lying to children

by jwfacts in

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zac's first tooth just fell out, and so people are telling him that the tooth fairy will come with money.

zac asked me if the tooth fairy is real.

i am at a loss as to what to say.

diamondiiz

I think imagination is great for children but I don't think teaching a child there is a tooth fairy or santa is healthy when they may have contact with jw family.

I feel that if you tell your child a tooth fairy is real, a dub family member may tell them otherwise if the topic comes up which will be followed by “Jehovah God doesn’t like lying…….” So now you showed yourself to have lied to your child and “Jehovah doesn’t like lying” and now you have to deal with Jehovah not being real and why you told your child a toothfairy was real.......

If the child doesn’t have freaky jw family to deal with, the imaginary tooth fairy won’t hurt the little kid's trust in you as they grow out of it but if the child has any contact with jws I wouldn’t recommend telling the child about santa or tooth fairy. That’s just my view on the matter since I want my dauther's complete trust in me so when one day she comes home from a rare visit to her dub family and I have to deal with Jehoober nonsense it won't be like I lied to her before and granny only tells the truth...

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How many would still be in if.....

by Flg8ter in

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i always wondered.......how many would still be in if there was no fear of being shunned?

i really believe the very few of active witnesses believe that the big "a" is right around the corner.

but, the fear of losing family and friends.......very powerful to keep people in line.

diamondiiz

Without shunning wts wouldn't be a cult now would it.

The only weapon they would have is the fear and guilt factors which may really mess up a person but it's nothing compared to the threat of losing your entire family. How many here are trapped in the cult due to family ties who would stop everything to due with wts the minute shunning ended!

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Did Jesus really exist?

by slimboyfat in

i had been wondering over the past few years whether there really was a historical jesus at all, until a few months ago when i read bart ehrman's latest book "did jesus exist?

" initially i was persuaded by his argument that the nt contains multiple sources that testify to jesus' existence.

but more recently i have been reading the christ myth position of richard carrier and his responses to ehrman.

diamondiiz

Has anyone researched the Yeshu HaNotzri arguement as presented by some Jews regarding Jesus character? There are some smart people that actually care deeply about this topic who may have researched it and maybe they can add their thoughts on this. Personally I don't care if Jesus existed or not since I'm confident that if he did exist he wasn't a miracle man. Anyways, here's another twist regarding historical Jesus.

http://www.kosherjudaism.com/yeshu.pdf

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I need help from someone who knows Watchtower History!

by ILoveTTATT in

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i need help... i need to know certain things regarding watchtower history.

for example, i know via jwfacts.com that the wts has printed various treatises on revelation.

in order, "the finished mistery," "light"... etc... until the "revelation" book now.. i need to know the order of publication of the following:.

diamondiiz

http://dushelov.no-ip.org/ftp/wtlib/WTPUB-eng/

site is in Russian, publications seem to be all in english, click on the russian named directory and it will show you english pubs. You should be able to figure it out. I think this is one of the largest wts collections I've seen for dl.

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Questions From Readers.... MiracleWheat.... need pdf Newspaper articles...

by Calebs Airplane in

does anyone have any old newspapaer articles in pdf format that cover the miracle wheat scandal?i'd like to debunk this qfr that was sent to me by an active jw after i brought up this scandal to him recently.... watchtower may 15, 1953 page 319:.

questionsfromreaders.

are the charges in a tract against jehovahs witnesses true that the societys first president was immoral, profiteered from selling some mysteriously named wheat at $65 a bushel, and committed perjury when asked in court if he could read greek?

diamondiiz

The first pdf has bunch of Brookyn Eagle scans that you'll have to go through to find what you want, but the three above are included in it and there may be more regarding Miracle Wheat. The second pdf is an article from St Paul Enterprise(?) newspaper.

Brooklyn Eagle pdf

St. Paul Enterprise pdf

Here's another scan I have:

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Questions From Readers.... MiracleWheat.... need pdf Newspaper articles...

by Calebs Airplane in

does anyone have any old newspapaer articles in pdf format that cover the miracle wheat scandal?i'd like to debunk this qfr that was sent to me by an active jw after i brought up this scandal to him recently.... watchtower may 15, 1953 page 319:.

questionsfromreaders.

are the charges in a tract against jehovahs witnesses true that the societys first president was immoral, profiteered from selling some mysteriously named wheat at $65 a bushel, and committed perjury when asked in court if he could read greek?

diamondiiz

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Questions From Readers.... MiracleWheat.... need pdf Newspaper articles...

by Calebs Airplane in

does anyone have any old newspapaer articles in pdf format that cover the miracle wheat scandal?i'd like to debunk this qfr that was sent to me by an active jw after i brought up this scandal to him recently.... watchtower may 15, 1953 page 319:.

questionsfromreaders.

are the charges in a tract against jehovahs witnesses true that the societys first president was immoral, profiteered from selling some mysteriously named wheat at $65 a bushel, and committed perjury when asked in court if he could read greek?

diamondiiz

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Questions From Readers.... MiracleWheat.... need pdf Newspaper articles...

by Calebs Airplane in

does anyone have any old newspapaer articles in pdf format that cover the miracle wheat scandal?i'd like to debunk this qfr that was sent to me by an active jw after i brought up this scandal to him recently.... watchtower may 15, 1953 page 319:.

questionsfromreaders.

are the charges in a tract against jehovahs witnesses true that the societys first president was immoral, profiteered from selling some mysteriously named wheat at $65 a bushel, and committed perjury when asked in court if he could read greek?

diamondiiz

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researching polytheism of the Jews

by DeWandelaar in

i was researching the history of the jews and in wikipedia it is said that in origin the jews were polytheists by default and became monotheist in a later period of time.

i was not aware of this (neither do many others) and am therefore putting some of my findings here:.

first of all the obvious things.

diamondiiz

Some discussion on El:

http://contradictionsinthebible.com/are-yahweh-and-el-the-same-god/

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/165791/1/YHWH-a-minor-pagan-god-Ugaritic-Texts-and-the-Sons-of-El's be

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hello. pls help. getting married soon. afraid i won't be happy because wtbts said so.

by seasickbumblebee in

alshello.

i'm a practicing jw.

finally decided to create an account to see whether you could all help me.. so i am engaged to this wonderful wonderful man and in three months time we'll be married.

diamondiiz

Deal with any doubts you have and after doing thorough research on watchtower doctrines and scandals if you feel like you might not stay a witness in the future don't marry a jw. Find someone that has nothing to do with jws so when you leave and your family shuns you at least you'll have his family. If your spouse is non jw, it might be easier for you to become inactive and fade without getting df - it's much harder to do this with a believing JW husband with whom you won't be able to share your thoughts openly.

His conscience bothering him is a minor issue. Don't worry about that now. Focus on your doubts, do research and then think clearly about what you want in your life because marrying a jw might be THE biggest mistake of your life regardless how you feel for him at present.

If you're baptized, your marriage will not be the same as some here who were never jws and are married to a jw while disagreeing with the watchtower. Think carefully about your future. If after doing your research you feel strongly about staying a jw because you believe it's the truth, then come ask about your bf having conscience problems - but you should know elders expected the whole story with full graphic details from both of you when they discussed the matter.

ps. don't share your doubts or what you learn about watchtower with jws or you might get reported to elders and they any doubts can result in you being df.

www.jwfacts.com is a good start, wiki is another good source.