another generation of children being fed the same lie we, our parents and grandparents were told.
this is the link, it's image number 8. https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/united-states/2019-love-never-fails-international-convention-series-overview/.
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All apocalyptic religions (including SDA and mainstream evangelicals) are poison.
Apart from causing young people to put their lives on hold it teaches them that millions of non-favoured humans will be obliterated by their god any moment.
That is the most damaging aspect of religion and raising children in those groups is mental abuse.
when the emperor constantine legalized christianity in the roman empire around 311ad he allowed or introduced a flood of half converted pagans and allowed the corruption that sullied the true faith and ruined christianity until a time when it could be restored to the true and pure faith that it was intended to become.
many people here know that to be a fact.
it's a common sense theory, right?.
Thoroughly corrupt den of pedophiles.
have you ever done xjw activism?.
do you find it rewarding?.
do you feel it has an effect?.
I often speak to JWs at literature trolleys. I've had a few very worthwhile conversations.
just going by memory here with regard to the "old testament' when god promised the land he chose for the jews ,flowing with milk and honey ?.
their is no record in the bible of god ever giving an option to all the nations that already lived their to move on and he would compensate them at a new destination.?.
apparently without warning he just charged up the israelite`s for war with these nations to evict them from this territory that they had resided in for who knows how long.. not only that ,they apparently spared no one in their conquests killing man,woman and even dashing children to pieces ,and not feeling sorry for anyone.. don`t people think that this is a bit barbaric ?.
The moral monster of the Old Testament is the 'God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ'.
they can edit their own versions to conform to their doctrines but what's stopping people to hand flyers or glue posters with the actual quotes in contradiction to their statements?.
examples:.
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-is-the-holy-spirit/ - http://archive.is/778ch .
Every one of your proof-texts can easily be countered by other proof-texts and by putting a different 'spin' on the verses in question.
For example 'eternal punishment' can be understood to mean annihilation with no hope of resurrection - the judgement is 'eternal'.
Reasoning with a JW takes far more insight an subtlety. Trading verses is pointless. Most of their beliefs can be supported by bible translations other than their own.
Welcome to the forum.
Isn't there a link on the log-in page? It should send a reset email to the address you originally supplied wen you registered.
there is a controversial claim in this article, quite different to what christians usually claim.
it interested me, as i often wondered how as jws we could claim to be loving and kind (and certainly some were) yet, be quite callous about those who rejected our message.. you can find this story on this research at:.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/11/study-finds-that-children-raised-without-religion-show-more-empathy-and-kindness/?fbclid=iwar3zhgjsc_valeb8csd4usq9hyu34goemdj6s3yllnmsdvoy9pnkpzojyz0.
It has not been my experience that Christians lack empathy.
The Evangelical ones have a strange compartmentalisation where they tend to be very kind in practice while believing the objects of their benevolence are bound for Hellfire.
they have just won all 3 major competitions in their country for the 3rd year in a row.. sadly, this feat serves to demonstrates how sad scottish football has become.. they are simply the best of a bad bunch in scotland, and each year invariably exit the uefa champions league with a whimper..
Speaking as a football fan, coach and as a Scotsman, Scottish football is in a bad way.
The standard of football is dire. The money available to clubs is a tiny fraction of the budget of English teams. It's also poorly run by the men in suits at Hampden.
My local club has just been relegated out of the SPFL.
there is a controversial claim in this article, quite different to what christians usually claim.
it interested me, as i often wondered how as jws we could claim to be loving and kind (and certainly some were) yet, be quite callous about those who rejected our message.. you can find this story on this research at:.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/11/study-finds-that-children-raised-without-religion-show-more-empathy-and-kindness/?fbclid=iwar3zhgjsc_valeb8csd4usq9hyu34goemdj6s3yllnmsdvoy9pnkpzojyz0.
The criticisms of the methodology are valid.
Another factor to consider is that there is a strong genetic component for religiosity. Children in religious households are likely to have inherited those genes which may also account for their 'sensitivity to justice'.
In other words it's not the child-rearing and religious indoctrination that affects the child's personality but their genetic inheritance.
On the other hand, teaching children that the world divides into 'them and us' does not contribute positively to their social development.
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iran youth will witness demise of israel, 'american civilization': khamenei.
reuters 17 hours ago .
JC - Prove that the State of Israel is racist and homophobic.
Provide evidence for the persecution of Christians by the government of Israel.
As for your claim that it persecutes Orthodox Jews that is ridiculous. It is the state's indulgence of Orthodox Jews that is the source of tension in Israel and rightly so.
