my experiences have included being lied to about what the bible says.
mind you , i am not referring to scripture twisting, i mean out right lying about what is written.. obviously at least some here didn't realize until it was later.. just wondering what others experienced.. thanks.
My experiences have included being lied to about what the bible says. Mind you , I am not referring to scripture twisting, I mean out right lying about what is written.
Obviously at least some here didn't realize until it was later.
Just wondering what others experienced.
Thanks
what if a person is thought to be possessed and nothing suspicious is found in their home, ie books, yard sale stuff, smurfs, etc..., will the elders perform an exorcism?
have any of you ever heard of a person getting exorcised?.
I think scripture indicates that you cast out demons in the name of Jesus. It is the power of his name..not the power of the name Jehovah.
just thinking I read that somewhere
if you had to pinpoint the time or experience that finally made you open your eyes, what would it be?.
i think for me it was the time i saw my dad shun his brother who he had not seen in decades just because he was a da'ed jw.
i thought to my self "no way jesus would do that.
My brother was converted to the borg and he tried to indoctrinate me.
Much of his anti-anyone else's belief system banter had me research his JW position.
Every single biblical example that the WTS had used to explain their position actually undermined what they were trying to prove with in the same chapter. They would take one verse that said something, but further reading proved the opposite of their point. Unbelievable....
I thank God for not getting involved myself. Now I just want to help my brother and his family.
i am initially thinking of the major religious institutions of christianity , catholic ,many branches , church of england , and the major protestant religions , too numerous to mention here.. after all their is 40,000 plus christian religions in the world today ?so obviously j.w.`s are not the only false religion .. so my real question is really , to do with the mainstream christian religions , why are`nt they more aggressive in their condemnation of the jehovah witness religion for their obvious failings ,flip backs ,contradictions ,prophecy`s that never eventuated , end of the world predictions ,re-inventing their past history , even distancing themselves from their past history , and their founding members , such as c.t.russell and j.f.rutherford whose policies they now reject... they need to get on board and bleed it for all it`s worth .. smiddy .
After over an eon as the true and only Christian church started by Jesus Christ himself, many people started their own beliefs thinking that they knew better. This has been happening for some 500-600 years and the list keeps growing.
The Church is more interested in having people come back to the church than it is to brand them as apostates.
jmho
there was a booklet that exposed the errors, deceptions and misquotes in the trinity brochure.
i think it was called something like "why should you believe 'should you believe the trinity'" or something like that lol.
it went through the society's brochure page by page, quote by quote and gave full sources etc.. does anyone know if it's still available, preferably an online copy?.
I think I remember a booklet answering the outrageous lies published by the WTS in it's booklet "Should you believe in the trinity"
I recall something like "Why you should believe in the trinity"
Like their 'creation' book, the 'should you believe' has so much deception that it had to be removed from circulation.
Nothing like lying for the truth
i don't know if i have shared this with everyone, but there seems to be a new theocratic term, at least in my circuit.. the term is "final push.
" wtf does it mean?
well, an eldub said that the gb are "all in" with warwick and they might spend all their money on the project.
We've heard reports of brothers and sisters selling their homes so that they can put all of their efforts to field service.
This is a fine way to spend these final days...
I remember reading something like that..lying for the truth...
a recent wacktower had hinted that the year 2034 would be the final date for armaggedon.
if armageddon has not arrived by 2035 then will the wts close shop for good or will they simply accuse the past presidents of apostacy and regroup to form another daughter of the tower offshoot baseless religion?.
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i am sort of new here, used a different username for a while but things got 'difficult' at home so i've since been lurking.... what i would be really interested to know, if you don't mind sharing, is what it was that triggered your doubts and initial research which led to awakening, was it a bad experience, injustice, changed doctrine?
for me, it was seeing mistreatment of young ones in the congregation, they're under so much pressure and as soon as they go even slightly astray they are shunned, either informally (as bad associations which pushes them further into the 'world') or formally - with elders dying to throw the book at them so they even lose their family.... ...then reading about child abuse issues in the press.... ...which led me to silentlambs.
...then jw facts, this forum and coc, wham!
Tornintwo Where else would I go?
Hate this cult. So much work to dismantle other faiths with their LIES.
Where else would you go?
Answer- Anywhere but here.
i am not a regular visitor to this site, every now and then then i get twisted up about something i come back lol.
i am sure this has been discussed many times so a link to another thread would be great or if someone has the patience to explain again please?
i have read the july 15 2013 wt many times but i simply don't understand the significance of 1919 from the bible.
So many significant dates that the watchtower has promoted in the past. Why pick 1919?
why not 1873, 1911, 1914, 1925, 1932, 1975 or any of the others?
just wondering
something i have noticed over the years is how much harder it is to research the history of the watchtower society from its own literature.
people have thrown away old publications in place of the watchtower library.
i beleive soon the watchtower library disk will be discontinued in place of the online library.
