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  I just outed myself on Facebook

  by mrsjones5 in

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  and this is what i wrote:.

  i think some folks may be under the mistaken impression that i am a baptised jehovah's witness.

  i've never been baptised to become a jw.

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  mindmelda

  I wonder if the Witnesses who've tried to friend me on there have gotten the message when I never friend them back? LOL
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  The Theocratic Life and Times of Theodore Jaracz - NEW

  by Dogpatch in

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  the theocratic life and times of theodore jaracz .

  by barbara anderson.

  [we are doing a special focus on the dark side of brooklyn bethel for a couple of weeks over at freeminds.org].

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  mindmelda

  hm...Bi polar disorder? *shrugs*
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  Revised "United in Worship" bapitism studybook leaves out Chapter on Blood!! Why?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  remeber the blue book studied just before baptism?

  the new revised version came out in 2002 with two major chapters being deleted..... 1980 - united in worship.

  chapter 19 - what does the mosaic law mean to you?.

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  mindmelda

  None of the books I studied to become a Witness are considered "valid" for bringing in "sheep" anymore, which tells you something. It's like they hit the reset button every 5 years anymore.

  Well, more like 3 years lately...frankly, they change their minds on teachings more than girls change their clothes. Who can keep up?
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  JW replies on my Shunning article

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a google article on shunning -.

  http://knol.google.com/k/why-jehovah-s-witnesses-practice-religious-shunning#.

  its had almost 15,000 page views :-).

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  mindmelda

  I think the key "cult" phrase in this reply boils down to "If you disagree with Jehovah's Witnesses, you disagree with the Bible."

  From that point on, the usual Straw Man fallacies of thinking apply. I think I would respond as follows, if at all:

  "I don't accept your assumption, and that's what it is, that Jehovah's Witnesses are the only people who are able to correctly interpret the Bible. That is a matter of debate, and quite arguable. I have found many points on which, through my own intensive investigation, where Jehovah's Witnesses are or have been incorrect in their interpretations, which is why I don't practice that faith. One of those misinterpretations is about shunning. It was not practiced in the manner that Jehovah's Witnesses practice it in the first century nor was that practice of Jehovha's Witnesses recommended by the Biblical writers."

  Then yadda yadda about what those scriptures actually are referring to as per your article, if you care to reiterate all of that, which they didn't read in the first place and are unlikely to read if printed out for them again.

  From what the respondent says, they didn't read the whole thing, because as soon as they detected something critical, not of the Bible, but of the WTS, which to their poor indoctrinated brain is the same thing, they quit reading like a good little Witness. So, how can they reasonably comment on something that they admittedly didn't totally read? This is just a typical knee jerk reaction for Witnesses who are thoroughly trained to go into denial/avoidance/snark/fear mode any time they detect any criticism of their almighty Faithful and Discreet Slave.

  Amd that's all I gotta say about that...to quote Forrest Gump.
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  "Jesus did not die on the cross" (Gunnar Samuelsson)

  by Titus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "jesus did not die on the cross" .

  a new doctoral dissertation in theology from gothenburg university claims that the bible has been misinterpreted when it comes to how jesus died.

  gunnar samuelsson who wrote the dissertation has studied the original texts and sees no explicit references to crucifiction.

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  mindmelda

  I don't know, I wasn't there. *G*

  But, that's an overly literal translation of "staurus" and yes, if Christ was "impaled" then his death was quite different than even what the Witnesses teach.

  That means being run through with a large pointed stake, but usually after another form of execution, although there were sadistic and notable exceptions of people being impaled alive.

  Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for Dracula, seemed to get a kick out of impaling his enemies alive and watching them wriggle for a while. ew....
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  Homosexuality is a Sin. Beleive me, you'll want to see this!

  by whereami in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the definition of "pot meets kettle".

  this is just to funny.

  how is anyone supposed to take religion seriously, really.. .

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  mindmelda

  Reminds me of the episode of South Park about the "Christian" camp to "ungay" kids...poor Butters!

  The sad thing is that all those scriptures they think condemn homosexuality, don't.

  Too bad none of these fundies actually study the Bible in depth and read biased and inadequate translations.

  That word in Greek...it does not mean what they think it means. :(
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  Revised "United in Worship" bapitism studybook leaves out Chapter on Blood!! Why?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  remeber the blue book studied just before baptism?

  the new revised version came out in 2002 with two major chapters being deleted..... 1980 - united in worship.

  chapter 19 - what does the mosaic law mean to you?.

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  mindmelda

  Yeah, but since they now allow blood fractions, the chapter on blood in that United in Worship (lol title) book now sounds like a contradiction.

  Can't have that.
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  So they finally said it ....

  by 2014CountDown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the sept 15, 2010 wt on page 23 states :.

  the anointed and their other sheep companions recognize that by following the lead of the modern-day governing body, they are in fact following their leader, christ.. what a pile of filth!!!!.

  the only capitalized letters are governing, body, leader, christ.

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  mindmelda

  Well, hello there Mr. Wolf! LOL

  Finally took off that sheep suit, I see.
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  JW doctrines that annoyed or troubled you

  by Luo bou to in

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  bloodguilt a doctrine that really annoyed me when i was in.

  like i was responsible for who jehovah destroyed..

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  mindmelda

  Um....at the end, all of them. *G* I find it ALL very disturbing now.
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  GB's response to rising Memorial partakers

  by 5thGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  br.

  pierce addressed the rising number of memorial partakers at the convention on sunday.. he said that many are asking why the number of partakers is going up year after year.. his response (paraphrasing): "it's none of our business.

  it's jehovah's business".. in other words, shut up and keep your place.. 5th.

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  mindmelda

  Personally, I think there's several reasons for this upsurge of "annointed".

  1. A lot more Witnesses are reading their Bibles and have figured out that heaven is exactly what Christians are promised in the NT...sorry, no one is promised an earthly paradise, NOT IN THERE. They still want to be JWs so the figure they have "the heavenly calling". They probably do...because anyone who is a Christian HAS A HEAVENLY CALLING. They're just playing it by WTS rules.

  2. Some may have figured out it's a prestige thing to be one of the annointed and are going for that, and after all it's a pretty darn hard thing for the elders to call you on.

  3. It's a new movement in a cult that's running out of attractive reasons to hang in there for quite a few of it's members.