hi guys.
sooner or later we're going to get a jw knocking on our door.
just like when we were jw's doing the knocking, it's good to have a question prepared to get them thinking about their own beliefs.
What does the ( tm ) mean in some of the questions posted on here?
TM means "trademark" . When the WTS or one of it's members refer to the their organization as 'The Truth', it is usually followed by a TM. Not because the WTS is actually truthful, but only to denote that the WTS refers to itself as 'the truth' tm. Meaning that lying and the truth [tm] can go hand in hand.... I am, of course, referring to 'theocratic warfare' tm
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i have no love loss for the gb or religion and this is not an apologist attempt.
in fact i hate the religion and the gb.
but i watch night after night young kids who's minds have been corrupted by the propaganda and dogma that modern college's are teaching them.
I agree that the US is largely moving towards socialism more and more. And Tony Morris may make a talking point or two.
That said, only a completely brainwashed person would choose ignorance over an education..
Not being harsh, just a matter of fact..
The social and moral values that your children have, are learned in their household more than any school.
That is provided that parents are engaged in the education, correction and nurturing of their offspring, obviously, the more the better.
Of course, not everyone gets that, do they?
not sure who wrote this list a while back but i think it is worth a repeat....to be added to or subtracted from or modified...whatever.. what's wrong with the watchtower.
"overlapping generations" - this teaching makes no sense.
the word used by jesus is in the singular, not plural form.. .
Taking a catholic book, the bible, and thinking and telling everyone that they know the book better than anyone [including the people who produced it] AND then starting a religion based on that same catholic book.
The Truth Will Set You Free
after years of being with jws you start to see a certain developmental characterization of most jws, particularly from elders who have the most power in each congregation.
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the ideology follows along the route of holding up a white sheet over the entire organization, as well each identified individual member (brothers and sisters) which no doubt most jws will inevitably exploit toward themselves.. i personally recognized what hypocrisy was at young age from seeing and being around jws at the kingdom halls and what they were like away from the halls.. there is forced pretentiousness at play which comes out by jws.. having being reminded repetitively that god almighty sent his only begotten son to redeem their sins probably had some relevant connection.. there was no question to the fact that jws are associated with delusions, anxiety, fear, ignorance, subsided with prejudice against others who are not recognized as being active jws .. we are the most righteous chosen ones as it were and that self recognizance goes deep into the jws's consciousness in their daily living.
power corrupts
absolute power corrupts absolutely
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there is a surge going on of people buying guns, especially first time buyers.
with talk of police defunding and rioting in the neighborhoods, some people want to protect themselves.. do you support owning and using a gun if needed?.
Americans forget [or were never correctly informed, much like JWs regarding the bible], that the 2nd amendment was created specifically to allow the citizens of the USA to have a revolution. Never intended as a way to protect life and property, that was just a bonus benefit of having the right to overthrow the government if the citizens felt that was in order.
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i see a lot of shocking videos on social media about gangs of blacks attacking white people.
how big is the problem really and what is done about it?.
Got a source or news feed?
i’ve been here a long time.
i saw this site jwd/jwn.
i thought it was very lively and interesting.
The internet is how I found this site....
there have been a number of threads touching on this before, leolaia for one, back in the day when we had many an erudite poster, showed the pagan origins of many things, including the passover , and by extension, the jw " memorial".. what prompted my thought on this was a conversation i had the other day with a young lady, never a jw, who said the jw stance on birthday celebrations, was groundless and cruel.. i thought later that jw's do a " pick and mix " as usual, as they do with so many other things, on what they condemn as "pagan" and what they accept and practice.. the institution of marriage itself is pagan, marriages were performed long before the bible was written, and long before the nation of israel was formed.
yet jw's perform marriages, use the veil, and the ring, all pagan.
the names of the days of the week, the months of the year, all pagan.. i guess you guys can think of many more things ?
If you think rationally about it, it would seem that
Paganism is impossible to avoid because each society has a local culture that it projects based on what people have latched onto as far as available spices and food, housing design, comfortable and functional clothing, recreational activities and such.
I would argue that it is paganism wearing a suit and tie with laced up matching shoes. Dressing in early 20th century American attire and then going door to door projecting that image in all gatherings [worship?] and recruitment efforts.
What if the culture in another land wears loafers, wooden shoes, sandals, boots or whatever? Judged pagan?
How about wearing anything else? If you have ever gotten corrected of your attire, it's probably because of pagan/cultural norms of the JW society.
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system of things comes to mind.
what does that mean to anyone not a jw?.
how long have you been in the truth?
'Lying for the Truth' AKA Theocratic Warfare
Awful that the WTS uses Lying for the Truth [aka theocratic warfare] on its' own members as well as new recruits or critics.
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just wanted to put this out there for any lurkers.. as someone that grew up during the 70s and 80s, we were promised that we would be in the first picture long ago.
if you are still on the fence, please let this sink in for a while..
Expectation- Pastor Russell restored the lost and true faith from the earliest Christian beliefs and traditions.
Reality- Just another one of 40,000 Christian sects started by some guy or gal that is just as corrupted as the other 39,999
