Sorry, but I don't buy that either. We came into this world free of sin and we will leave it the same way. Sin is a concept of control and the idea of original sin is even worse. The way WT presents it is to intentionally cut down people's self esteem, to humble them so they can easily be controlled. They will think they are letting God control them when in reality it's just another man made organization.
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What We Truly Deserve Is...Death, Really WT?
by JW_Rogue ini have seen this statement or similar ones popping up in the study edition of the wt lately.
whenever they talk about undeserved kindness or jesus ransom they add this little gem to get the point across.
this is sick, why do they feel the need to tear down people's self esteem?
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Does Anyone Know The "Real" Attitude That JWs Have Towards "Inactive Ones"?
by minimus indoes the rank and file or the elders view us as disassociated or disfellowshipped or simply "weak" or possibly a "prodigal son" type?.
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Depends on how you respond to their attempts at encouragement. If you play along like you really would like to come back then likely you won't be shunned. If you tell them you are happy and don't plan on coming back then prepare to be shunned by everyone, except maybe your family and a few close friends.
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What We Truly Deserve Is...Death, Really WT?
by JW_Rogue ini have seen this statement or similar ones popping up in the study edition of the wt lately.
whenever they talk about undeserved kindness or jesus ransom they add this little gem to get the point across.
this is sick, why do they feel the need to tear down people's self esteem?
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I have seen this statement or similar ones popping up in the study edition of the WT lately. Whenever they talk about undeserved kindness or Jesus ransom they add this little gem to get the point across. This is sick, why do they feel the need to tear down people's self esteem? Aren't they worried about how someone who is depressed may take this?
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What is having the biggest impact on the watchtower Bible and tract society?
by UnshackleTheChains inhi all.. this is a reasonable question and would love to know what you think is having the biggest impact on watchtower.
there is a plethora of websites talking negatively of watchtower.
there are the never ending court cases regarding child abuse allegations.
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The overlapping generations teaching has taken away any sense of urgency from the preaching work. The ARC, congregation mergers, and poor response in the field ministry make it hard to see the work speeding up. JWs are going through the motions (even the ones that believe) just waiting for world events to change. That's why they are so into the Trump presidency, they need something big to happen to confirm their worldview.
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Convention program 2017 AM3
by George One Time inhttps://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2017/friday/.
why would our beloved gb member be on the top picture of the program?.
any ideas?.
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I looked over the program, looks like leftover SOS
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BLONDIE'S COMMENTS YOU WILL NOT HEAR AT THE 3-5-2017 WT STUDY (YEAR'S TEXT)(JANUARY 2017)
by blondie inblondie’s comments you will not hear at the march 5, 2017 wt study (january 2017) (trust jah).
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
bible translations www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible .
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True I forgot about that LOL
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JWs Like to Take Away Hope...
by JW_Rogue ini think the worst thing about jws is that they like to take away peoples realistic hopes for a happy life now and replace it with false hope for the future.
tell a jw you want to go college and get a good career and they'll tell you that college is a waste of time, that you'll end up in debt or that the economy is so bad there are no jobs.
tell a jw about how scientists have discovered a new technology that could improve millions of lives and they'll tell you that scientists and technology have "ruined the earth" and cannot be trusted.
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They attract negative people who want to coast through life but still feel superior to others. It's sad that so many will put off the things that could really make them happy and fulfilled, while smugly looking down of those who try and perhaps fail to reach their goals.
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BLONDIE'S COMMENTS YOU WILL NOT HEAR AT THE 3-5-2017 WT STUDY (YEAR'S TEXT)(JANUARY 2017)
by blondie inblondie’s comments you will not hear at the march 5, 2017 wt study (january 2017) (trust jah).
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
bible translations www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible .
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Paragraph 5 comments: The fictional character Noah faced many harsh situations like fictional hybrid demon-men, building a fictional gigantic ark with only his family, herding thousands of animals onto said ark, feeding and caring for thousands of animals for forty days, and I almost forgot he also found time to go preach on Saturday mornings with his FS group.
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JWs Like to Take Away Hope...
by JW_Rogue ini think the worst thing about jws is that they like to take away peoples realistic hopes for a happy life now and replace it with false hope for the future.
tell a jw you want to go college and get a good career and they'll tell you that college is a waste of time, that you'll end up in debt or that the economy is so bad there are no jobs.
tell a jw about how scientists have discovered a new technology that could improve millions of lives and they'll tell you that scientists and technology have "ruined the earth" and cannot be trusted.
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I think the worst thing about JWs is that they like to take away peoples realistic hopes for a happy life now and replace it with false hope for the future. Tell a JW you want to go college and get a good career and they'll tell you that college is a waste of time, that you'll end up in debt or that the economy is so bad there are no jobs. Tell a JW about how scientists have discovered a new technology that could improve millions of lives and they'll tell you that scientists and technology have "ruined the earth" and cannot be trusted. Tell a JW about things that could be done to improve society, government, or human rights and they'll tell you there is nothing man can do. So they take away people's hope in anything that can realistically happen through man's effort and replace it with just waiting for God to make everything perfect. For JWs if it is not a perfect solution then there is no need to even care about it.
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This is What I Would Need in Order to Believe
by cofty insometimes theists challenge atheists about what evidence would be required before they would believe.
various unlikely scenarios are offered in reply.
i have taken the bait myself in the past.. i think the correct answer is much more ordinary.
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If God does exist he has not revealed himself to man or perhaps he has but man is stupid to see the true nature of God all around us. If God is all powerful then the world around us is exactly the way he wants it to be. Saying that God is one way and yet his creation points in a totally different direction just doesn't make sense. So, the myth is extended with the villain character, Satan, who ruins the world around us with sin and imperfection. Who for some reason God couldn't simply destroy from the outset.