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  Dumbing down of the Witness Children

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  perhaps dumbing down is the wrong term, but here is my personal observation, i wonder if others have experienced this.. you know how in the ministry you might meet someone and have to educate them about their own religion before you can teach them that it is wrong?.

  i have noticed this with my kids.

  i like to think of myself as a reasonable person, moderate, i have tried over the years to acquire balance about "worldly" people, teaching my kids not to be so judgmental, leaving the ultimate judging regarding a person's faith in jesus and jehovah's hands.

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  Those who have Judeo-Christian perspective: Is Satan a poor strategist?

  by SweetBabyCheezits in

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  2. beliefs

  so supposedly.... the devil had access to all the prophecies written about jesus, right?

  it was all "written aforetime" so he knew in advance the details that would help people identify the messiah.

  he was aware that, for the sake of god's will, jesus would have to die.. why didn't satan just protect jesus?

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  Children have basic human rights, why does the US ignore this right in regards to JW's Blood Doctrine?

  by sabastious in

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  2. beliefs

  i can't physically or sexually abuse my child, at least legally.. why?.

  because my country, and others alike, have adopted a code of ethics surrounding children.. ...they have basic human rights.... these rights transcend the family unit and it's jurisdiction.. that being said, how do jws hide behind "freedom of religion" when sentencing their children to suicide?.

  why can't i start a religion that says it's ok to murder people?

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  John Lennon and JW... (...a credible source)

  by Confucious in

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  2. experiences

  ok.... of course john lennon's would be 70th birthday was yesterday.. so just a discussion - and please - no hate'in... just some discussion.. but i personally know of a very high ranking jw member (think highest you can basically get...) who related this story to me how some jw's talked to john lennon shortly before he wrote "imagine.".

  when he told me - he did preface it by saying it was "hearsay..." that he couldn't prove it.. but listening to the song tonight - i could see how it could be possible.. thoughts?.

  confucious.

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  Highlights of Annual Meeting 2010

  by elderelite in

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  2. beliefs

  for those who are interested, the following changes were announced yesterday at the agm.

  1) mts school has been done away with.

  a) in its place two new schools have been formed.

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  I just got a phone call from the branch office....

  by ex-witness in

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  2. beliefs

  i just received a phone call from the local branch office.

  the person on the phone asked me if i was serious about my letter of disassociation and if i knew what that implied.

  my response.

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  "You can't just tell someone their faith is wrong without offering a replacement!"

  by sabastious in

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  2. beliefs

  i have heard this from several witnesses.. the assert that it is insensitive to expose someone's faith as invalid without offering another more valid spiritual path.. "the jehovah's witnesses don't have the truth, because xyz.".

  ^ i have been accused of offering a disservice because i can't offer the answers to the questions that i am debunking as fradulent.. has anyone else ran into this obscure argument?.

  -sab.

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  The fundamental flaw with the WTBTS as "God's Organization"?

  by Essan in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there are countless issues that people have with the society and which together have led to many people realizing that it is not what it claims and pretends to be.

  these include things like the secret un affiliation, contradictory and hypocritical stances, (malawi vs mexico vs un/ngo), the ever changing blood policy and ever changing doctrine, failed predictions for armageddon etc, etc, etc.. but what is the consensus about what the fundamental flaw is?.

  what i mean is, many jw's hear about these various issues and manage to make endless excuses for them, even though this involves gross hypocrisy and excusing the society for things they would never excuse in other religions and which the society itself has ruthless condemned other religions for over almost 100 years.

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  Our Kingdom Ministry 2009 tells sick & infirm NOT to view telephone hook-up as convenient alternative to being “personally present” at KH!

  by LUKEWARM in

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  2. bible

  i am feeling sick after reading the question box - it's so cold and unfeeling toward those who use the telephone to listen to congregation meetings.. .

  the wts desire to control their weakest members - the infirm and chronically ill - by guilting them into "putting forth the effort to be personally present " at the kingdom hall is disgusting.. .

  they are heartless bastards.... ________________________________________.

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  Here's PROOF that Charles Taze Russell Was NOT a Pennsylvania Freemason

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no, charles taze russell was not a pennsylvania freemason!.

  this is the answer i received in a letter: .

  "after a search of our records, we determined that the three russell's were not members of our organization.

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