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  Did Christ Put an End to Organised Religion

  by seekchristonly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yes, he was that radical.

  im suggesting he put an end to organised religion with the prophesied destruction of jerusalem , the jewsish system, the old covenant and the temple in the 1st century..

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  Fernando

  Maybe organised religion co-opted and corrupted baptism and communion?
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  Did Christ Put an End to Organised Religion

  by seekchristonly in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yes, he was that radical.

  im suggesting he put an end to organised religion with the prophesied destruction of jerusalem , the jewsish system, the old covenant and the temple in the 1st century..

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  Fernando

  Anti-Semitic?

  Somehow I thought Jesus was born a Jew, loved ordinary and downtrodden Jews, and took exception to those that were leading them astray (through religious legalism and moralism).
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  Religion vs the gospel

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our family's journey out of the watchtower has led us to see the gospel as the antithesis or exact opposite of religion.. for us religion is men telling us what to believe and do (to control us).. for us the gospel is god telling us what he has done (to liberate us from such men).. how have you come to see the relationship between religion and the gospel?.

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  Fernando

  From propaganda, manipulation, coercion, deception, control, and dysfunction.
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  Religion vs the gospel

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our family's journey out of the watchtower has led us to see the gospel as the antithesis or exact opposite of religion.. for us religion is men telling us what to believe and do (to control us).. for us the gospel is god telling us what he has done (to liberate us from such men).. how have you come to see the relationship between religion and the gospel?.

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  Fernando

  Most Christians are unfamiliar with the unabridged gospel.

  The same for most Jews who (should) know the gospel as "bissar".

  The same for most Muslims who (should) know the gospel as "injil"/"injeel".

  God has created the legal framework and precedents for our liberation.

  These are communicated through the comprehensive, unabridged and common gospel/bissar/injil/injeel message, hidden in plain sight throughout the common Judeo-Christian-Muslim scriptures.

  We are invited to accept on very generous terms, but religion, ignorance and busy-ness are powerful enemies.
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  Religion vs the gospel

  by Fernando in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our family's journey out of the watchtower has led us to see the gospel as the antithesis or exact opposite of religion.. for us religion is men telling us what to believe and do (to control us).. for us the gospel is god telling us what he has done (to liberate us from such men).. how have you come to see the relationship between religion and the gospel?.

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  Fernando

  Our family's journey out of the Watchtower has led us to see the gospel as the antithesis or exact opposite of religion.

  For us religion is men telling us what to believe and do (to control us).

  For us the gospel is God telling us what he has done (to liberate us from such men).

  How have you come to see the relationship between religion and the gospel?
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  "Religion is a snare and a racket" sandwich boards

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just thinking how ironic it would be if a new 'generation' (see what i did there??

  hehe), made up sandwich boards with.

  "religion is a snare and a racket".

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  Fernando

  I love simple yet powerful ideas like this.

  Their own words bite their own rear end.

  "religion is a snare

  and a racket"

  JWFacts.com
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  New Here and happy to have found you

  by flowerfreaks2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have been out officially for 5 1/2 years.

  i was the only one out of all my 4 other siblings that stayed with it.

  baptized at 16 and felt the need to carry on the heritage that my mom gave me to do.

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  Fernando

  A warm welcome flowerfreaks2.

  Your openness and honesty is refreshing.

  Isn't it wonderful how we can be our normal natural selves once we have dumped (the Watchtower) religion?

  And great news to hear that you and family are doing well.

  Greetings and best wishes to you all.

  Fernando

  SE QLD, Australia
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  is going to a strip club a disfellowshipping offense?

  by monis1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm pretty sure it is, just wanted to confirm.

  this would be someone who went once and only looked....

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  Fernando

  Definitely not if the person went there with the "right" people to promote the "right" religion using the "right" tools of trade.

  Interpretation: It's all good if the person was accompanied by Pharisees to promote the GB with Watchtower publications.
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  Ex-JW Scholarship

  by enigma1863 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think if there isnt one already, there should be a scholarship for ex-jws to get a college education.

  i dont know exactly what would be the qualifications to win the scholarship or where the money would come from..

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  Fernando

  It is a great idea, I believe.
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  Finally learned how to live the REAL real life

  by forest heathen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone suggested i post an introductory thread.

  i am a married, rather young grandma of four precious rugrats, ages 2-9. i guess our only child son and his only child wife didn't want their own kids to be "onlies".

  my other half and i married rather young (18 &22) and will be celebrating 31 years together this summer.. i am sort of add, keep thinking i am still 28, love my husband now more than ever, and am so glad i woke up and left the crazy cult.. my husband and i began studying months after marrying and then decided to take the dunk.

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  Fernando

  Welcome and congratulations forest heathen.