Topics Started by Spade

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Religious Hate Crimes
by Spade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jehovah's witnesses derived their policy of excommunication from 1 corinthians 5:9-13, a small fraction of religious text compared to the overall compendium of religious books that the world's religions revolve around.

in my letter i wrote you to quit mixing in company with fornicators, not [meaning] entirely with the fornicators of this world or the greedy persons and extortioners or idolaters.

otherwise, you would actually have to get out of the world.
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Can we trust this website? (About the subject in which Jehovah's Witnesses were a NGO)
by possible-san in
1. watchtower
2. bible
can we trust this website?.

watchtower as a united nations ngo - critical look at the conspiracy theory.

http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/.
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This information source not for me,,,
by Spade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
well, i'm outta here.

i initially started researching jehovah's witnesses because my wife has been studying with them so i can't digest anymore of the religious hate i'm reading here.

i was shown this by someone here and told i needed to protect my wife:.
Should Jehovah's Witnesses be banned by secular authorities?
by Spade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
[duplicate post deleted].
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Should Jehovah's Witnesses be banned by secular authorities?
by Spade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this discussion forum is somewhat perplexing.

it appears to criminalize a religious entity in the way that most secular humanists lament religion and feel the god devolution should be, well, eradicated from society.

what action should be taken against these people?
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Things That Matter and Things That Don't
by AllTimeJeff in
1. jw
2. friends
being a jehovah's witness at any time and at any level is a major head f*ck.

the reason is that it obscures what is important and causes you to focus on what doesn't matter.. i've moved on from my jw experience.

it's a shame that i found myself a born in, taught to focus on things that don't matter.
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Forgive the Watchtower!
by sabastious in
1. jw
2. friends
i was abused by my father growing up.

physically and emotionally.. as a entered my adult life i had next to no self esteem, in part because he didn't really attempt to help me get some because i didn't chose the career path that he dreamed for me.. 2 years ago i forgave him.

i let go of the anger that i had for him because i knew that when it was all said and done, he did what he did and i believe that he did his best.
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When will the crashing and burning of this organization begin?
by easyreader1970 in
1. jw
2. friends
as i see it, there are three looming threats that all have the potential - individually or combined - to bring the wbts to its knees, at least in the united states, anyway.. 1. youth retention.

the young people aren't buying it.

the watchtower will argue that faithless young people are giving in to demonic persuasion and leaving the truth.
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Rich Man and Lazarus
by Ding in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have never understood the watchtower's explanation of the rich man and lazarus story jesus told in luke 16. of course, they don't believe jesus is talking about what happens in an "afterlife" after people die.. but from the watchtower's point of view:.

1. who are the five brothers?.

2. why can't lazarus go witness to them?
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Have you ever had a prayer answered?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
prayer topics seem to be the bandwagon of the moment so i'm jumping on!

seriously, has anyone here asked for something specific in prayer and actually gotten what they asked for?

what convinces you that you wouldn't have got it in any case?