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  American democracy in crisis

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. current

  okay cut to the chase.

  the united states has got a problem.

  hillary clinton is so unpopular that practically any republican who ran against her would probably have beaten her.

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  never a jw: "I am more prone to believe that participants are knowingly playing stupid in exchange for money".

  One can but hope and pray...
  
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  American democracy in crisis

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  okay cut to the chase.

  the united states has got a problem.

  hillary clinton is so unpopular that practically any republican who ran against her would probably have beaten her.

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  Fernando

  Unbelievable...

  Are these people for real?

  What percentage think like them?

  What on earth are they on?

  Or are they just exceptionally good at acting dumb?

  Help me out here, my head hurts and I'm trying to get my jaw off the floor...
  
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  Hello all

  by WhiskeySix in

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  2. friends

  i am new to this site and wanted to say hi.

  my wife and i are recently disassociated.

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  Fernando

  Welcome and congratulations WhiskeySix.
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  Judgment Message Training Video Has Been Leaked!

  by OneGenTwoGroups in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6dur7ol_8w.

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  Supremacist, doomsday cult...
  
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  Letter To My Mother

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  seeing as im being shunned by my family and friends.

  i've decided to turn the tables and shun them back - but using the same methodology and reasoning they use on me.

  i've written the following letter:.

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  Fernando

  Reverse shunning reserved for the most rotten/evil:

  "In the light of your militant disobeying of the truth of the good news I never want to hear from or about you again"
  
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  Rumor: Discouraging news from GB at upcoming CA?

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is on the reddit frontpage and sounds super weird.

  can it be confirmed in any way by anyone here?.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/4u72dk/what_kind_of_announcement_could_cause_jws_to/.

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  A contrite council of popes?

  Hardly... the Watchtower is far behind the Catholic Church they so love to loath.
  
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  spiritual

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i read the word "spiritual" sometimes on the site.

  what exactly do the jw's mean by it ?.

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  I agree.

  More of a bewitching evil spirit best I can tell...
  
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  spiritual

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i read the word "spiritual" sometimes on the site.

  what exactly do the jw's mean by it ?.

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  Having stolen their followers' (faith and) spirituality they proceed to hide the theft by substituting it with religiosity.

  Then they redefine spirituality to mean religiosity.

  Job done.

  Dirty criminals.

  Thieves.

  Fraudsters.

  Cowards.
  

  Racketeers.
  
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  Study article: "Go, and Make Disciples.." is a hot mess

  by Sanchy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i hooked into meeting via phone this week to listen in and was shocked at the absurdities mentioned in the study article (2016 may watchtower: "go,..and make disciples of people of all the nations").

  the answer is obvious—only jehovah’s witnesses.

  the answer the missionary priest gave in no way proves that jws are the only ones "preaching the good news".

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  There is a good reason no JW can explain the difference between proselytising and evangelising.

  They proselytise - teach religion.

  They do not evangelise - teach the evangel or gospel of grace.
  
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  Question about baptism around 1973- can anyone answer for me?

  by Virgochik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am hoping someone will take a look at this and be able to help me with my question.. i was baptized in 1973, you know, because i was a teenager and old enough to stand on my own when armageddon descended in 1975. .

  perhaps elders, or any former elders especially, but anyone who was around then could help me with this question, because i honestly don't recall, and really need to know.. what were the baptismal questions the candidates responded to back then?

  were we still asked if we repented of our sins, turned around, and were being baptized in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit?.

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  Virgochick, I have come to see water baptism as a (public) symbol or shadow of a higher spiritual reality and legal transaction which is being affirmed by the one being baptised:

  "By going under the water I identify with Jesus' death where my sin (dysfunction) was imputed to him, and by coming up from the water I identify with Jesus' resurrection where his (perfect) righteousness was imputed to me as a free gift".

  I have affirmed this transaction in my heart when coming to faith in around 2006 (and being born-again spiritually).

  I have not felt the need to annul my Watchtower baptism as it was done with a genuine heart for God, albeit in a religious cult with no heart for God.

  When I feel moved to I will undertake baptism again with friends and family in a public place quite apart from any organisation or clerical authority. I would actually prefer if we could baptise each other as a family so that no one can claim us as "theirs".