Posts by Fernando

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Abrahamism vs Gnosticism in a Nutshell :)

by ProdigalSon in

http://www.armageddonconspiracy.co.uk/sex-for-salvation-ii%282395055%29.htm.

judaism claims that the way to god is through obeying endless rules allegedly imposed by god.

the great philosopher immanuel kant claimed that judaism wasn't a religion at all, but a mere body of laws.

Fernando

@BOTR

Yes, but maybe not the type you are referring to.

According to most Bibles' rendition of John 17:3 we are saved by KNOWING the father and son in a personal relationship.

The Watchtower however can't tolerate such a situation and instead teaches that we are saved by taking in KNOWLEDGE (supplied by the Watchtower) about the father and son. This teaching is also in evidence in their deceptive rendering of John 17:3 in the NWT. This is apostate supremacist religious Gnosticism.

The Watchtower's apostate anti-Christ agenda is advanced by four main pillars: legalism, moralism, ethnocentrism and supremacist religious Gnosticism.

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How to cope with depression?

by make yourself in

i know its very common for jws and ex jws to deal with depression.

maybe it's a side effect of cognitive dissonance or the whole outlook on life being a jw.

but what are some ways to cope with depression?

Fernando

There are many medicines:

Exercise is medicine
Walking is medicine
Talking medicine (Psychologist, especially CBT)
Socialising is medicine
Sleep is medicine
Fruit and vegetables are medicine
Hobbies are medicine
Finding and clarifying identity, meaning, engagement and pleasure are medicines that make us happy
Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose are Medicines that motivate us
Meditation is medicine
The whole gospel is a powerful and natural medicine
Not so good medicine - synthetic, addictive and psychoactive iatrogenic medicine (Psychiatrists)

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Embarrassed by Aggressive Apostates

by ShempLives in

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xjw protests & videos.

.. i am disturbed by some of the more aggressive apostates posting videos on youtube,like "a jw memorial to remember" where a drunk man goes to a memorial and downs the whole glass of wine as a sort of protest.

this video and others like it received positive comments from aawa members.

Fernando

A phenomenon I have observed is that many really need to vent in a safe and anonymous place like JWN, but show great restraint, repect and patience when face-to-face and trying to help a captive JW see the truth.

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JWs under scrutiny in Finland

by Mickey mouse in

http://yle.fi/uutiset/ngo_calls_on_ministry_to_probe_closed_religious_groups_jehovahs_witnesses_under_scrutiny/7219755.

sorry i'm on a tablet so can't make the above clickable.

Fernando

The Watchtower denies "freedom of religion" and "freedom of expression" and "freedom of association" and "freedom of conscience" to current and former members.

At the same time it hypocritically goes to great lengths to secure these same rights for its religious hierarchy or clergy class.

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Abrahamism vs Gnosticism in a Nutshell :)

by ProdigalSon in

http://www.armageddonconspiracy.co.uk/sex-for-salvation-ii%282395055%29.htm.

judaism claims that the way to god is through obeying endless rules allegedly imposed by god.

the great philosopher immanuel kant claimed that judaism wasn't a religion at all, but a mere body of laws.

Fernando

Apostate Watchtower Gnosticism is supremacist and postulates that only they have knowledge about God and his son, and are saved by such knowledge.

Compare John 17:3 NWT, KIT, RNWT, and John 7:23.

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Embarrassed by Aggressive Apostates

by ShempLives in

jw
friends

xjw protests & videos.

.. i am disturbed by some of the more aggressive apostates posting videos on youtube,like "a jw memorial to remember" where a drunk man goes to a memorial and downs the whole glass of wine as a sort of protest.

this video and others like it received positive comments from aawa members.

Fernando

Welcome ShempLives.

Personally I regard myself as a dissenter who could no longer go along with Watchtower apostasy or "spiritual unfaithfulness" primarily in the form of rejecting the whole gospel (or full Good News) in favour of apostate legalism, moralism, ethnocentrism and supremacist Gnosticism.

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A serving elder's take on the new "tithing" arrangement

by TTATTelder in

the gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.

you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?

well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.

Fernando

What about writing "After caring for my household, I will be donating as much as I can to those in need in our local community"?

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Rumor: New light comes from outside marketing consultants

by Londo111 in

this is a rumor i heard back in november, it comes to me third or fourth-hand.

feel free to poke holes.

i have many doubts about this myself.

Fernando

I have no doubt that many of their postulations are reactive and in response to detractors catching them with their pants down and their minds corrupted.

In the end as Ray Franz observed they merely weave an increasingly tangled web aka a "morass of inconsistencies".

Being materialistic spiritually blind apostates, the GB (Sanhedrin) are not able to walk by spirit and must rely on walking by sight and flesh. Hence they have no access to higher wisdom and need to keep cheating and lying to avoid being unmasked to their followers.

Their end will come.

Corruption is not indefinitely sustainable.

(Maybe consultants are indeed used to help them strategize on packaging and timing of their latest "nu light")

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Why did God/Jehovah/Jesus create Viruses and bacteria that can kill humans and animals?

by Jon Preston in

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i know this topic has been spoken about but i havent seen an official thead about it.

so theists why did god create these and why does he co tinue to allow them?

are they from the talking snake, satan?.

Fernando

Whilst I do believe there is abundant evidence for an intelligent, wise and loving creator, there is much not revealed or explained in scripture.

Until experience, science and/or God supply the answer we can often only speculate.

I also believe that despite many great scientific breakthroughs and discoveries we are still only beginning to scratch the surface and will in future be stunned by our ignorance.

This makes me think of renowned physicist Lord Kelvin who in 1895, in spite of observing birds fly, declared that "heavier than air flying machines are impossible". The Wright brothers proved him wrong only 8 years later.

More recently the medical establishment at first laughably rejected Prof Barry Marshall's discovery of the Helicobacter Pylori bacterium and its role in stomach ulcers. It took 23 years before he was awarded a Nobel prize for this discovery.

Our best scientific minds also believed the jet engine to be impossible right up to its development.

Despite great advances in Western medicine 9 out of 10 Australians have a 100% chance of getting AND dying from Chronic Disease.

In short we humans are not as clever as we sometimes imagine.

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Doesn't the ARMAGEDDON teaching foster a MORBID view of the future?

by Black Man in

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even when i was dyed-in-the-wool j-dub, i felt the armageddon teaching was one of the most morbid concepts to be hammered into the psyches of jws.

think about it, only jws would survive this catastrophe, which translates to roughly .001 percent of the population would survive while everyone else would die a horrible death.

that includes people who do good things and are good people, but are just not jws.

Fernando

Indeed.

The very opposite of the liberating "Good News".