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  Is Satan Real ?

  by jdash in

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  2. beliefs

  i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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  do you guys believe satan is real?

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  cofty

  Having an imaginary friend is sad, having an imaginary enemy is tragic.

  Satan doesn't appear in Hebrew mythology until after the Babylonian exile. He was appropriated from Persian folklore.
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  Find Family Happiness ... NOT!

  by jp1692 in

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  2. experiences

  the other day my wife and i were in sonoma.

  we were just walking around enjoying the pleasant afternoon in the quaint, old downtown area when i saw two jw women standing by their “witnessing cart.” .

  normally, i just ignore them whenever i see jws standing by a cart, but i gotta admit it: this time it really bugged me because of the title on the cart: find family happiness.

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  cofty

  I totally support your actions. They are out in public promoting a damaging cult, they deserve to be rebuked. If I have time I always have a conversation with them, if I don't I tell them very briefly what I think of their religion. If every ex-JW did the same doing the cart work would be a nightmare.
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  Watchtower Teachings That Don't Make Sense

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

  there are a number of things that don't make sense to me about your religion.

  a. blood prohibitions: .

  - plasma...when all components of plasma are acceptable to the society.

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  cofty

  None of the examples given in the OP will send any soul to hell, but the rejection of the Holy Trinity, and Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, most certainly will do.

  And yet you are incapable of describing the trinity simply and succinctly.

  Your god demands we assent to an absurd idea that cannot be expressed without committing a logical fallacy, and if we can't force ourselves to pretend to get it he will torture us for eternity.

  What and arsehole your god is.
  
  
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  Please Switch Off Your Critical Thinking

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have an uneasy feeling inside that something is coming this year or the next.

  perhaps a new big announcement that turns jwdom on it's head.. we've seen the statement in the watchtower november 15th, 2013 which said:.

  watchtower november 15th, 2013 - page 20, paragraph 17.. .

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  cofty

  I don't think it will be about a change in doctrine, that seems to be of very little importance to the modern GB.

  Their rhetoric seems to hint at an organisational change. No doubt it will be motivated by financial concerns but sold to the gullible as 'simplification'. Racking up the selling of k/halls and combining congregations to a degree that really causes inconvenience would fit the pattern.
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  Please Switch Off Your Critical Thinking

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have an uneasy feeling inside that something is coming this year or the next.

  perhaps a new big announcement that turns jwdom on it's head.. we've seen the statement in the watchtower november 15th, 2013 which said:.

  watchtower november 15th, 2013 - page 20, paragraph 17.. .

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  cofty

  I agree they are preparing the ground for something that they know will be a hard sell.
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  Internet Search Engines And Some Of The First Things I Typed

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it was back in mid nineties 93,94 or 95 before it became what it is today.

  anyway they had a bunch of search engines and the first thing i typed in it was jehovah witness, then jesus christ, next came lsd, magic mushrooms, nude pictures.

  i think in that relative order.. i remember reading a different story about jws in germany during the nazi era, not anything like the 74 yearbook's depiction.

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  cofty

  Xanthippe - The evangelical church played no part in my working out the cult was wrong. First I did research, then I spent a year or more trying to resolve my questions with letters to the branch and Brooklyn, then I got Dfd and began associating with the local Baptist church.

  All you need to work out that things like blood, eschatology and the Great Crowd are in error is WT publications and a lot of time and effort.

  After I joined here I discovered that Alan F. had reached the same conclusions about the parousia for exactly the same reasons.
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  Internet Search Engines And Some Of The First Things I Typed

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it was back in mid nineties 93,94 or 95 before it became what it is today.

  anyway they had a bunch of search engines and the first thing i typed in it was jehovah witness, then jesus christ, next came lsd, magic mushrooms, nude pictures.

  i think in that relative order.. i remember reading a different story about jws in germany during the nazi era, not anything like the 74 yearbook's depiction.

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  cofty

  I never went near any internet information about the cult until long after I had left.

  All you need is the bible and some determination.
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  Is it ethical to have children?

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was a news article recently in an australian newspaper that caught my eye.. the premise was that to have a child is to inflict an extra human being onto the world and also, to inflict the world (with all its problems) onto the child.. there is a lot to say about this but from jw point of view, i have always believed it to be incredibly hypocritical that jw's have children in 'this system'.

  all my life at the meeting i heard how little time we have left, how sick the world is, how i was probably going to be persecuted and end up in a jail cell for being a jw.

  why would anyone want to become parents in this situation, particularly if they are confident there is only 'a short time left'?.

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  WT study article in the mid 80s called "Responsible Childbearing in the Time of the End". Basically the message was don't have kids. It was right around the time we started a family.

  ETA - Sir82 already mentioned this article.
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  Has Justin Trudeau Finally Eaten Too Many Tide Pods?

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  curious what the canadian take is on all this .

  i also understand he compared islamic state terrorists to greek, vietnamese & italian migrants?

  that one i haven't confirmed yet but sounds wacky if true.

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  cofty

  hothead - be respectful or shut up.

  Jacobi - I honestly have not got a clue what your point is in this thread. Maybe I'm missing something. Good night.
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  Has Justin Trudeau Finally Eaten Too Many Tide Pods?

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  curious what the canadian take is on all this .

  i also understand he compared islamic state terrorists to greek, vietnamese & italian migrants?

  that one i haven't confirmed yet but sounds wacky if true.

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  cofty

  cofty, you are attempting argumentumt ad populum

  No I'm doing no such thing. False accusations of fallacies are a dishonest technique. Please don't do that.

  I'm making a simple observation that 4 or 5 intelligent posters (based on long knowledge of their posting history) are apparently misunderstanding your point. I'm suggesting you go back to square one and try to clarify.

  You prefer ambiguity. Duly noted.