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  Could you get disfellowshipped for simply asking questions?

  by LogCon in

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  if so, what would be some examples?.

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  only questions that show a higher degree of thought and intelligence please..

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  Fernando

  And what yadda yadda 2 said.
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  What happened in Christianity ? O.T prophets were male & female ,God was not gender specific,

  by smiddy in

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  according to scripture they could.

  sure in jw land anybody could partake of the emblems and wine , male and female denoting they could be rulers with christ in his heavenly kingdom , however did many of these partakers actually have any say with the governing body ?

  in fact did any of them have any say in their own kingdom halls ?

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  Fernando

  Heaven forbid that women defile themselves with religion as part of the apostate ruling religious clergy class and hierarchy.

  We men should hang our heads in shame for our divisive legacy of war, religion and politics.

  Women's compassionate and community oriented proclivities make them much better promoters of liberating and unifying faith, spirituality, the gospel, peace, and genuine prophesy instead.
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  Could you get disfellowshipped for simply asking questions?

  by LogCon in

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  2. bible

  if so, what would be some examples?.

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  only questions that show a higher degree of thought and intelligence please..

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  Fernando

  Yes. Definitely.

  The entire body of elders in my last congregation had their finger on the trigger to d/f me for (on a single occasion) asking the question: "what is the gospel in one word?"

  I was threatened privately and publically (in a local needs talk).

  They did not want the R&F to discover that the gospel (especially according to Paul) was being carefully hidden from them.
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  If I asked for a loan from the WBTS would they give it to me?

  by objectivetruth in

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  if this were the "organization" that jesus chose in 1914.. err 1919, wouldn't the principles that he laid out while on earth apply to this organization as well?.

  matthew 5:42 "give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.".

  so if jw's all asked for loans from the org, every now and then, it would be the orgs responsibility to grant those loans (interest free).

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  Fernando

  Well reasoned.

  A loan from thieves and wolves?

  No chance.

  (John 10:1) . . ."Most truly I say to YOU, He that does not enter into the sheepfold through the door but climbs up some other place, that one is a thief and a plunderer."

  (Matthew 7:15) . . ."Be on the watch for the false prophets that come to YOU in sheep’s covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves."

  *** it-1 p. 75 Alien Resident ***
  One who attempts to gather religious followers to himself is termed by Christ as “a thief” and “a stranger,” one dangerous to Christ’s “sheep,” and is considered a false shepherd.
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  Local JW Booth - Are You STRESSED?

  by talesin in

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  so, yesterday i approached the local jw booth that is a few blocks from my house.

  they are set up on the sidewalk, at the edge of a downtown park.

  the display was merely rows of a magazine, with the headline *are you stressed?*.

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  Fernando

  Less is more.

  That was great talesin.

  Life and the GB will do the rest.
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  What if the Watchtower IS part of The New World Order but not the one JWs think they are?

  by truthseeker in

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  for those who believe there is something to the agenda of the new world order, what do you think about jehovahs witnesses being part of this?.

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  do you think the watchtower organization is being monitored by the powers that be to see how compliant they can make their followers?.

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  Fernando

  From personal experience?

  Indeed.

  One (earth) world government by man.

  Versus...

  One multiverse government by God.

  Big difference.

  Not that Watchtower followers can tell though.

  Nor read.

  (Jeremiah 17:5) . . ."Cursed is the able-bodied man who puts his trust in earthling man [including the GB]"

  Peter in reply to the GB of the day (Sanhedrin): "We must obey God as ruler rather than men" (Acts 5:29).
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  Another new book: Jehovah's Witnesses - AN EXPOSE, written by a former elder and retired veteran United Airlines pilot

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  a comprehensive new book:.

  "the good... the bad... the deceptive.... and worse!

  an expose".

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  Fernando

  Sorry for your loss Dale.

  I'm sure you are proud of Jim's principled stand against the apostate religious hierarchy, their corruption and their abuses.

  (Ezekiel 9:4) . . .“Pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and you must put a mark on the foreheads of the men that are sighing and groaning over all the detestable things that are being done in the midst of it.”

  May you and your family be strengthened and blessed until you are all once again reunited with Jim in the "everlasting dwelling places" spoken of in Luke 16:9.
  
  Greetings

  Fernando

  South East Queensland, Australia
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  Why has the watchtower never written a commentary on the Greek scriptures?

  by kneehighmiah in

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  they have writes hundreds of other repetitive books, but no bible commentary.

  is it because an actually commentary would destroy their doctrine and prevent them from being able to cherry pick scriptures?.

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  Fernando

  A genuine "Commentary on Galatians" would be devastating.
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  How did you find the truth about the truth (TTATT)

  by Maat13 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sure there has been a post about this subject, however being a recent addition to the network i don't know how to do a search.

  and i'm sure new folks have joined since then.

  i am really curious of how others came to know ttatt.. for me is was a real bad experience with one elder after another.

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  Fernando

  When the "elders" threatened us to stop speaking about the liberating gospel of grace as found in the Watchtower library.
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  Do you think the age has passed when there can be no new religions?

  by truthseeker in

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  i think we are already living in the age where there can be no new religions.

  we have access to information like never before and anyone claiming revelations of something new and starting a whole new religion can easily be discredited.. christianity and islam may continue to subdivide but i think we've pretty much seen the end of anything new in terms of a new belief system.. .

  what are your thoughts on this?.

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  Fernando

  Religion I believe has had its heyday and has been in decline since the partial death blow dealt in 1517 by Martin Luther.