Posts by cofty

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Introduction

by robrog8999 in

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hello all.... i am new here so i figured i'd make a quick post introducing myself and giving a brief intro as to who i am and what i'm here for... as well as to hopefully meet others.. so, i made a profile and in it i gave a pretty detailed explanation as to my intent here and exactly why i decided to participate in the boards.

in case you don't read it, i'll give a brief summary.

the name is robert.

cofty

But I will continue in my Bible study and research until I find the one that i believe PERSONALLY , is in line with the Bible and has all biblical teachings - Robert

Hi Robert.

You are making a huge untested assumption that the bible is a valid basis for truth.

I did the very same thing when I left the cult. It took me 9 years to find the intellectual honesty to examine that. Of course I was convinced I had examined it objectively as I am sure you are. I was a born-again evangelical christian for almost a decade. As a former christian who changed my mind for evidential reasons I have information you need. But you have slammed that door shut because you fear losing the foundation of your current worldview.

Let me know if you want to talk about it.

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Who has the authority to decern what the bible really teaches?

by TTWSYF in

so i ask because of all the books, mags and testimonies that the wts promotes.

not only the wts, but many other christians attempt to speak about the bible with authority.

how do we measure who is an authority if we don't know that much?.

cofty

God speaks directly to each of all the time

This is a common - and egocentric - delusion.

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Crisis of Conscience Raymond Franz

by Disassociated Lady 2 in

this book has been recommended to me a few times.

is it worth reading?.

how could i get a copy without paying the massive amount stated on amazon and ebay?

cofty

Hornet's nest - big stick - poke

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Hey everyone

by coffee_black in

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friends

popping in to say hi.... been away from the forum for a long time.... had some serious health issues starting at the beginning of this year.

on the mend now, and getting back into the swing of things.... great to be alive!.

cofty

Hi Coffee_Black good to see you back. Glad to hear you are doing better.

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Who has the authority to decern what the bible really teaches?

by TTWSYF in

so i ask because of all the books, mags and testimonies that the wts promotes.

not only the wts, but many other christians attempt to speak about the bible with authority.

how do we measure who is an authority if we don't know that much?.

cofty

There is no such book as the bible.

It is a random collection of books written by multiple authors. They lived in a superstitious pre-scientific world. Some of them had the moral sense of an ISIS warlord. They taught the virtue of genocide, slavery, forced marriage, rape and wholesale baby-murdering.

Arguments about what it all "means" has been the cause of so much hostility in the history of the world. It doesn't "mean" anything.

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Faith healing?

by Knowsnothing in

i haven't been on for quite some time, but i was wondering if you could dispel this for me.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a5nd2x8erz0.

there's also video of him in which a woman claims to have been visually impaired and was healed.

cofty

Get back to me when a "faith-healer" restores a limb of an amputee.

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What is the purpose of life?

by slimboyfat in

while reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.

because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".

i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.

cofty

It's astonishing that anybody can write such drivel in the 21st century without embarrassment.

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An ANALYSIS of Watch Tower of Britain’s last (January 2013) Child Safeguarding Policy by Barbara Anderson

by AndersonsInfo in

an analysis of watch tower of britain’s last (january 2013) child safeguarding policy by barbara anderson.

last year, i was asked to review watch tower of britain’s child safeguarding policy and its implementation.

what i discovered was depressing and disappointing especially because the policy contained just a single statement (#18) directing elder/trustees on how to protect children in their congregations from avoidable harm - they were to restrict a repentant abuser “…from being alone in the company of children.” the policy did not explain what procedures to follow to assure that abusers would obey that rule.

cofty

Thank you Barbara. Marking thread to read carefully later.

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CO visit... Circuit is not growing at all, he said during midweek meeting

by StarTrekAngel in

so that was a "shocker".

i was not able to attend the meeting.

i had a more important one with my other apostate friends in the area.

cofty

I asked a JW on a literature cart in Edinburgh why growth has stopped in the western world. He said it was a sign that they were so close to the end.

I told him that in my day increase was a sign we were so close to the end.

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A birthday card...

by The Rebel in

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friends

it's time for me to move on.

i would like my leave with a good reason why we should leave j.w.

organisation.. from my son a birthday card:-.

cofty

Rebel - Great post. For me the importance of not exposing my children to the cult made it impossible to stay in. Every other consideration was secondary to that.

If you mean you are moving on from the forum then let me wish you well. Would love to meet up some day.