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  I have just been disinvited to my brother's wedding - Thanks AAWA!

  by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am an inactive jw.

  i havent been on this forum for a few months and have been lurking in others.

  i have met a few people in real life and online, both on this forum and on others.

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  All JWs share the same belief

  by biometrics in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was having a discussion with a (currently serving) elder recently when he brought up a straw-man argument that went something like this:.

  elder: i've been invited to speak with other christian groups, you know what they do when studying the bible?.

  elder: they read a verse or chapter, then go around the room asking how everyone interprets the reading.

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  Well, it's official, I am a rabid, mentally diseased Apostate!

  by serenitynow! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so an apostabuddy wanted to stage a silent protest at the assembly hall where she was baptized.

  we went today.

  the plan was to wear these apostate t-shirts that had stuff printed on them about thinking for yourself, and a bunch of websites.

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  Rolf Furuli

  by inbetween in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my experience with jw so far taught me, that among them are all kind of personalities, with their particular reason for joining or staying in a religion (cult) like jw.. you find those with mental problems, those born in, who dont know any better, those with serious problems handling life (drug, alcohol, porn addic, who need strict rules to function).. but there are also quit normal people, who manage their life failry good, they often just accept anything of the org on a superficial basis, without giving too much thought, and going more or less through the motions.. then there are those, who really are deep thinkers, often with higher education.

  besides their belief they take interest in things like quantum theories, history, even philosophy to a point etc..... however, they do not use their sharpe mind when it comes to examining their own religion.

  i can in the meantime even understand this, because mostly they have emotional reasons as well to be a jw, and anything contradicting they put under "cognitive dissonance", and just dont think about it.. however, what puzzles me most, is when some of them, being exposed to apostate ideas, still use all their ability and skills to defend clearly ridiculous positions.. personally i also like to scrutinize things, i tried the same with some doctrine, particularly blood teachings, and could not find a solution, thinking it was my lack of insight.

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  Watchtower admits Bible Teaches Trinity & hellfire!

  by williamhconley in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wathtower admits that by reading the bible alone without their help, people will believe in the trinity, hellfire, visible return of christ, heavenly hope for all christians etc etc.. here's the quote:.

  "from time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of jehovah's people those, who, like the original satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude... they say that it is sufficient to read the bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home.

  but, strangely, through such 'bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago..." (watchtower, aug. 15, 1981, p. 29).. why would people revert back to christendoms doctrines unless the bible actually teaches them!.

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  This Weeks Watchtower Study

  by Lets Think in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so paragraph 5 of todays watchtower says: people with faith see clearly the difference between the baseless claims of men and the sacred promises of jehovah god.

  then i thought of every pre 1995 awake inside cover page in the box where it say why the awake is published; where it says:.

  most important, this magazine builds confidence in the creators promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.. .

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  Thank you note from Circuit Overseer

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  notice how thankful we should be to "the slave"... he said that expression dozens of times in his recent visit, over and over and over ad nauseum.. .

  can i barf now?.

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  Stop making the BINARY error of Jehovah's Witness theology

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  true or false.. black or white.. life or death.. .

  the above are binary.

  this or that.. computing is based on binary choices.

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  Lurking JW's & Newbies - WT Society's Definition of "Generation" is False

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of course this comes as no surprise to those of us on this board- naturally, as we've informed ourselves.

  however i felt it important to reveal the real dictionary definition of the word " generation " for newly exiting jehovah's witnesses so they can see for themselves how the wt society is twisting the real definition of this word to extend their faulty predictions of jesus prophecy about " this generation will by no means pass away.

  so here is the actual definition of the word " generation " according to webster's newworld dictionary - .

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  Has anyone, other than me, tried to get your friends/loved ones to prove 1919?

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone, other than me, tried to get your friends/loved ones to prove 1919?.

  did they really try to prove it to you or did they write you off as hopelessly lost or somewhere in between?

  as some of you are aware, i have been trying to get my wife to prove it to me, and if not her, another believing jehovahs witness.

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