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  MORE anointed?

  by aristeas in

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  2. friends

  quandry, a veteran member here (since 2006 with 3400+ posts), sent me this thoughtful reply after my first post a few days ago.

  i'm reposting it as a new thread to see if others would like to comment on the point she brings up on the rising number of 'anointed' ones.

  i had mentioned that i've been mainly out of jw contact (officially anywaya few ex-j dubs/inactive ones i have kept in contact with minimally) for over 20 years.

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  Essan

  IMO, the only significance that this rise in the number of those claiming to be anointed has is that it shows that the grip of the GB and the Society is loosening. Fewer people are willing to simply let their experience be determined by what the Society says it must be. That's all. I don't see any further significance beyond that.

  In a different religion where they accept the revolutionary idea that the New Testament actually means what it says for all who read it (an alien idea to JW's), then the vast majority will have the 'anointing' experience, in accord with their expectations, and because it's 'allowed'. The JW's don't because they don't expect it, they don't think the Bible applies to them, and their leaders basically say it's not allowed - so it rarely happens.

  I don't see it as God changing what he's doing, but as fewer JW's letting the GB and the Society stand in their way and prevent a 'spiritual experience'.
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  I'm new to the whole JW religion - Can someone please explain the basics?

  by Jackals in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently began a wonderful relationship with a guy who also happened to be a jw.

  i have learned alot about him and how the religion effects his life and now i am interested in learning more about the religion - but from a beginners' point of view.

  could anyone give me an idea of the basic beliefs and practices of jws?.

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  Essan

  Their beliefs are that God will soon destroy 99.9 percent of the worlds population, except JW's (those who work hard).

  So it's be a JW, or die.

  Non JW's are not to be associated with. They believe that the 10 or so men who run the Organization and live in a building in Brooklyn speak for God, as his mouthpiece. JW's are expected to obey them in everything. All other religions are considered Satanic. JW's must die rather than have a blood transfusion.

  In short, it's a cult.

  Run away, while you can (from the JW Org, I mean).
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  Would this accomplish anything, if distributed to JWs?

  by WontLeave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://tinyurl.com/3z8e9bf.

  i know it's kind of long, but i feel i compressed a lot of information into it.

  any suggestions or constructive criticism?.

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  Essan

  Good work. It might accomplish something with those interested in such things. Unfortunately, the vast majority of JW's aren't. It takes too much thinking, and the JW's have men in Brookly to do all their thinking for them, so they don't have to bother.

  You must be wrong, as far as they're concerned, otherwise "the Brothers at Bethel" would already have changed it. But they haven't, so there mustn't be any need.
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  Jehovah deserves to die - according to his own Law.

  by Essan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yup, that's right.. if we apply the principle from god's own law at deuteronomy 22:8, that is.. .

  "when you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof.

  that way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.

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  @DagothUr: Jehovah better hope he doesn't exist, that's all I'm saying. Cos is he does he's got a price on his head and a date with a stonin'
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  Jehovah deserves to die - according to his own Law.

  by Essan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yup, that's right.. if we apply the principle from god's own law at deuteronomy 22:8, that is.. .

  "when you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof.

  that way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.

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  Essan

  LOL, No problem Robdar, as I said I was being lighthearted. Enjoy your sinful meal :)
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  Dr. Who.....

  by cantleave in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  good god!!!

  today's episode was a shocker.......

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  Essan

  TD, I think they'll switch to a female Doctor. It will be River, who will go through a regeneration (maybe) and a new actress, younger, will play her.

  Maybe they will have some twist about the Doctors death and River (does she regenerate?) merging somehow, so that there is a Doctor 'lineage' in a female Doctor.
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  Jehovah deserves to die - according to his own Law.

  by Essan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yup, that's right.. if we apply the principle from god's own law at deuteronomy 22:8, that is.. .

  "when you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof.

  that way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.

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  Essan

  Hey fellas, referencing an obscure law given to ancient Israel is not an invitation to unrestrained general Jewish themed discussion.

  Oy Vey!

  (That was meant to be lighthearted. If you're enjoying yourselves, carry on. LOL)
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  Combating Destructive Mind Control – Part III

  by ABibleStudent in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  quote from: chapter 8, how to help, pg 132. if someone you know and love becomes a member of a destructive cult, you will probably find yourself facing one of the toughest situations of your life.

  in helping a person you love return to being himself, its easy to fall into mistakes that could make your job even harder.

  if i was a former jw, i would help another family member or friend who is a jw by doing the following:.

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  Essan

  It's ironic that someone who is considered here to be the chief example of someone who is mind-controlled and someone whose actions are direct and explicit evidence for mind-control is the first person to claim mind control-doesn't exist.

  It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

  Maze, you can't tell us mind-control doesn't exist. We KNOW it does because most of hus have directly experienced it and the process of it being reversed. You have not escaped it nor had the process undone, so you don't know what you are talking about.
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  Would this accomplish anything, if distributed to JWs?

  by WontLeave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://tinyurl.com/3z8e9bf.

  i know it's kind of long, but i feel i compressed a lot of information into it.

  any suggestions or constructive criticism?.

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  Essan

  I'm just getting a generic Google Docs page with that link. Not seeing what you wrote. Can you post the text here?
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  Jehovah deserves to die - according to his own Law.

  by Essan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yup, that's right.. if we apply the principle from god's own law at deuteronomy 22:8, that is.. .

  "when you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof.

  that way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.

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  Essan

  Robdar, that sounds rather like the modern kind of Gnostic Christian. Unfortunately Orthodox Christians can sometimes be less accommodating of such unusual views, just as I imagine Orthodox Jews can be.