sorry about this, i generally don't like confrontation of any kind, but a situation has arisen on another thread, and i thought i would give the quiet one the opportunity to explain her reasons as to why she dislikes my article on domestic abuse without hijacking someone else's thread in the process.. the sad thing is, i had an entire thread devoted to publicizing this article and receiving feedback, but he/she chose not to say anything on that thread, but have a go at me on an entirely unrelated thread.. anyway, i'm copying and pasting the whole conversation so that both sides of the argument can be seen.. a copy of the offending article can be found here: "'won without a word' - at what cost?".
i'm not necessarily asking anyone else to join in the discussion, although you are welcome to do so if you wish to add anything.
the purpose of this thread is to give "the quiet one" the platform that he/she evidently craves to criticize the article in public (i have offered to discuss this over pms, but that offer hasn't been taken).. so anyway, sorry about this folks... (sigh).
Cedars: I note that you choose to believe that there are multiple applications for the role of "prophet". The bible only prescribes ONE,...
Uhm... "Consequently Jehovah said to Moses: “See, I have made you God to Phar′aoh, and Aaron your own brother will become your prophet." - Exodus 7:1
Just sayin'.
i am doing a personal research project and looking for examples of how the watchtower usurps jesus postion.
scriptural or wt references would be great.
thanks!.
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the jw's think they are enlightened.
they think the day is coming when billions will see the light, and be in awe concerning the fact that they(the billions) have been blinded.
this is the core of the jw's underlying haughty nature.
sizemik: ". . . many will rove about and the true knowledge will become abundant"
LOL The greek word translated here as "rove" actually means "click". Many translators get this one wrong.
is it just me or does it seem like there are more posts about shunning than usual?.
i take it that between the ex jw's and the internet the jw's are having a hard time holding on to their people.
of course they don't want their people anywhere around someone that might wise them up to what the jw's are doing to them..striving to keep them as isolated as possible.. if that isn't a cult i don't know what is.. i feel so sad for family member that are going throught this and unable to be with their loved ones because of some idiot religion that seems to appeal to some ..it must fulfill some need in their life.
It's weird. Most the time I don't even mind the fact that the remainder of my family shuns me. I have not been close with those people for a very long time and it's really a non issue.
But I know it hurts my mother. And the fact that she is institutionally mandated to have nothing to do with me, especially now that she's getting much older, infuriates me. The control...
It may not help in the here and now, but I still believe this part: Render to her even as she herself rendered, and do to her twice as much, yes, twice the number of the things she did; in the cup in which she put a mixture put twice as much of the mixture for her.
I hope I live to see it.
among the various helpful pieces of advice i have read here from leavingwt, i have noticed that he often tells people to never discuss doctrine with a jw.
i realize that discussing doctrine with a jw can be very frustrating, but i was wondering if there is a more far-reaching and less-obvious reason for this advice.
like is it related to some peculiar aspect of the jw mind that the average person would not be aware of?.
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JWS: Gentile Times Revisited was a bit to get through. It's just dull material.
Dang! I just ordered that one yesterday.
my turn on the soapbox.. .
well friends ive just gotton home from the special edition meeting, care of the enthusiastic circus overseer and what a great moral lesson his talk was tonight.. .
do you want to be a guest in god's tent?.
The rank and file are not considered "entitled to hear the truth"?
since nobody was injured, i found this way too funny!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj-cerr0voy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cocjh_h3jfi.
I'll bet every person on that Mythbusters crew wet themselves when that ball got away from them. I picture dead silence as they just looked at eachother.
No. Not for quite awhile now.
why i left jehovahs witnesses.
they can be painful to bear, but sometimes that is part of life in a setting with many people and their various personalities.. it was my examination of evidence that did lead me to leave jehovahs witnesses.
they, of course, had failed to bear proper witness to his name.
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