Posts by d

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What the Watchtower needs to do to survive.

by jwfacts in

drop its teaching on paradise earth.. the primary issue facing the watchtower results from it's teaching that members will never die, but live forever on this earth in paradise.

this teaching is cause of most of the doctrinal failures, and will be its eventual demise.. the promise of never dying is one of the foremost motivations for people that join the religion, and the message of living forever in paradise is compelling.

however, it is also the watchtower's achilles heel, as it forces false predictions of the nearness of the end.

d

I am seeeing more now that the influence of the witnesses is diminishing due to more easy access to information and that more atheists are coming out.I also think that people today know more about the history of the witnesses and are not as easily mislead. People today are questioning things more and are finding out the truth for themselves.

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The true, unsung hero of the Bible....

by Unlearn in

my undisputed hero of the bible is known by several names, depending on who you talk to...devil, satan, lucifer, etc.. read it, and you'll find that he was the only one who really stood up for you.. he asserted that you could make decisions for yourself...and told you the very real truth that, just because the piece of meat in your chest stops thumping, you positively do not 'die'.. he was your hero.

he stood up to a daddy-maniac and said, 'just because you made us doesnt mean you have the right to tell us what to do.

i thought we were free?'.

d

I did not think the Garden of Eden story is true, I mean come on a talking snake.How could believe people such crazyiness.

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Getting Baptized, did you really want to, or did you feel extreme pressure?

by run dont walk in

jw
friends

i was never baptized, but boy did i feel the pressure ....... what are you waiting for ???

don't you love jehovah ???

(i was in my late teens and brought up in the borg)

d

I was pressured and I was only 16 it started off slowly at 14.Think goodness I did not do it.

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Love lost on 2 and a 1/2 men

by wha happened? in

jw
friends

nothing new, but i do miss charlie on the show.

i only saw one episode with ashton and that was it for me.. http://tv.yahoo.com/news/-two-and-a-half-men--ratings-decline--are-viewers-jumping-ship-.html.

d

I agree it just does not feel the same.

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I think many of you will return to the religion one day

by free2beme in

jw
friends

i don't mean this as an insult, more of a life experience thing.

i saw a lot of people leave in my years there and a lot were angry with the religion and the people, and some even protested the kingdom halls and wrote things in the newspapers.

a lot though, came back in time, as it was just the comfort zone they felt at ease in.