GLTirebiter

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  'Theocratic Warfare' - Do you know when and where it started?

  by EdenOne in

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  we all hear this notion of "theocratic warfare", and how it is used to justify jehovah's witnesses to lie or withhold the truth even under oath, based on the reasoning that we don't owe the truth to those who aren't entitled to it.

  but, can we put our finger on where this doctrine started?

  well, brace yourselves, here it is.

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  Eden one, you should know that Theocratic Warfare Strategy has its roots in Eden itself, having been founded by that low-down snake, the Father of Lies himself. "You will not die", he said... remarkable how little it has changed since then!
  
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  I have a serious problem

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  2. experiences

  i have a serious problem that i cannot solve on my own.

  i was born-in but am only in by a thread at this point.

  i quit the tms a few weeks ago and wrote a post on it.

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  Teen-age step son. Has a car. Does he have any "worldly" friends who could be a good influence on him? Spending time outside the JW cloister could do him a lot of good. Support him when he wants to do this!
  
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  Air Canada Crash, oops, I mean "hard landing"

  by Simon in

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  2. current

  just watched the news about the air canada crash in halifax that they want to claim was just a "hard landing".. i can only imagine the distinction matters for insurance purposes otherwise they are just being idiots.

  pretty poor behavior for the airline whatever the motivation imo.. now i'm no plane expert but i think when then plane is smashed up, the engines have come off and the nose is in pieces that should be obviously classed as a crash.

  if you can't take off again then you have been in a crash, not a hard landing.. .

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  The difference between an Air Canada "hard landing" and a crash seems to be that everybody survives, and most didn't end up in the hospital. The plane looks like a write-off.
  
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  rumor out that governing body is going to adjust the loveing disfellowshiping arangment df yes shunning no.

  by poopie in

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  can anyone confirm they seem to be having disagreement writing dept and service dept some feel that df ok as long as you do not add wholesale across the board shunning regardless of the sin ..

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  If true, perhaps my kids could talk to each other again (one is an obedient JW, the other is DF'd). But I won't hold my breath waiting for this to happen.
  
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  what is the best line to say to a JW handing you an invite to the memorial

  by nonjwspouse in

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  i have some ideas, but want more to choose from..

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  John chapter 6?
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  Who exactly is an apostate?

  by SonoftheTrinity in

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  if you are a non-believing relative or spouse who is hostile to their doctrine are you an apostate?

  if you studied with them and rang the logical fallacy buzzer for chits and giggles to see how they would react does this make you an apostate?.

  if you are a born in who never got baptised does this make you an apostate?.

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  Anybody who leaves a different religion to become a JW is an apostate. Making more apostates is the WTBTS policy!
  
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  KH 1st timer, could use some advice

  by rathernotsay in

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  hey people, .

  i am soon going into a kh for the first time and i could use some advice around etiquette etc.

  i know next to nothing besides the fundamental beliefs of jws, i personally dont believe in any religion, and that stance isnt ever going to change, however i don't want to come across as rude or disrespectful.

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  Wear running shoes. Put them to good use!
  
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  Scan Of Telegram To Hitler

  by Bangalore in

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  scan of telegram to hitler.. .

  bangalore.

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  A lot of men fighting and dying made that come about. Which, of course, the JWs had no part of.

  Except for that notorious apostate, Eisenhower!
  
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  Will my inactive JW bring our children up as a witness?

  by stevepill in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been with an in active jw for 6 years, she now wants to marry and have a child, will she want to bring a child up as a witness, she says not but any experiences?

  will she start go back once we are married?

  (i'm a non jw)

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  Get it in writing, i.e. a pre-nup.
  
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  I just had a thought about the new KH design

  by JeffT in

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  i've been trying to figure out the purpose of the new (bland, commercial style) building that the gb is pushing.

  it is not a design that attracts attention, nor does it offer a lot in future resale value.

  it will be more difficult to build than the wood residential style buildings, meaning they can't use their cheap unskilled labor force for a lot of the work.

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  Or it could be that building departments and insurance companies are starting to demand commercial style construction. For example, "places of public assembly" are held to higher earthquake resistance standards in California, in most places they must have fire sprinklers, meet accessibility standards, meet energy and water conservation codes, etc. What the city building department wants, they will get.