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  ex mormon learning a little about JW

  by curious777 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello friends.

  i am an ex mormon who got a little bit obsessed with cults and how they work, after leaving the church.. recently i have been very interested in learning about the structure of jw because i find it very similar in some ways to how the mormon church is organized, except with different names for everything.. i have some questions:.

  does the love bomb stop the moment you get baptized?

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  Vidiot

  And on that note...

  ...(mainstream) Protestantism is the WTS's slightly out-of-touch but generally well-meaning mom...

  ...Catholicism is the WTS's old alcoholic uncle who's finally going through his twelve steps...

  ...Judaism is the WTS's eccentric but surprisingly insightful grandfather...

  ...Islam is Judaism's nephew from his first marriage (who's a little behind the rest of the class, but catching up)...

  ...Buddhism and Hinduism are Judaism's laid-back college buddies...
  

  
  

  ...and Scientology is everyone's crazy, mean-as-fuck neighbor from down the street.

  
  
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  ex mormon learning a little about JW

  by curious777 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello friends.

  i am an ex mormon who got a little bit obsessed with cults and how they work, after leaving the church.. recently i have been very interested in learning about the structure of jw because i find it very similar in some ways to how the mormon church is organized, except with different names for everything.. i have some questions:.

  does the love bomb stop the moment you get baptized?

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  Vidiot

  Like I've said before... the LDS is the WTS's weirder but nicer older cousin.
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  The Evidence of Human Evolution keeps getting stronger and stronger

  by Disillusioned JW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  despite the wt's and young earth creationists' teachings against human evolution (namely macroevolution from non-humans) being a reality, the evidence of human evolution keeps getting stronger and stronger.. consider for example two science news articles and one other science article, each pertaining to the fossil that is nicknamed "little foot".

  below are links to three science articles, listed in order of the articles from oldest to newest (except i don't see a date for one of the articles).

  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2187639-exclusive-controversial-skeleton-may-be-a-new-species-of-early-human/.

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  As far as I'm concerned, all you got to do is Google "horrifying sea life"...

  ...natural selection explains that shit way better than creationism ever could.
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  Article:Religious freedom case over Roy church discipline matter is revived by Utah Supreme Court

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  take my word for it, knowing this case as i do, this is an extraordinary decision.

  congratulations go to all those involved on the plaintiff's side.

  hopefully, the lower court will do the right thing this time.. barbara.

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  Utah, huh?

  Know what I think?

  Ten bucks says the previous court's decision was influenced by the Mormon Church (I can't believe they wouldn't have had a vested interest in keeping church discipline internal)...

  ...and that one of the reasons the appeal is now being reconsidered is because a few key people found out, and were able to positively influence the courts behind the scenes in exchange for keeping that troublesome info on the down-low.

  Seriously.

  Know why?

  'Cause it wouldn't be the first time something similar happened.

  A few years back, the LDS was the secret driving force behind Proposition 8 in California, and when that was exposed, not only was the original ruling overturned, but they were very publicly embarrassed...

  ...and I find it very hard to believe that they're eager to get nailed for pushing too hard against the church-state wall like that again so soon.
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  Remembering Rutherford

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  he seems to me to be the angriest and most ill-tempered of all the wt presidents, especially after his stint in prison and failed prophecies.. “regarding his misguided statements as to what we could expect in 1925, he [rutherford] once confessed to us at bethel, “i made an ass of myself.”” watchtower 1984 oct 1 p.24.

  rutherford died at beth sarim on january 8, 1942, at the age of 72.

  [220] cause of death was...carcinoma of the rectum..."[21] .

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  If there's any justice to the universe, Rutherford and Jaracz are cellmates in Hell.
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  What does the Watchtower Society's History of Prophetic Speculation Prove?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  question: what does the watchtower society's history of prophetic speculation prove?.

  how would you respond to this answer provided by paul coom... yesterday on quora?.

  "our organization has never been a prophetic speculator.

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  "What does the Watchtower Society's history of prophetic speculation prove?"

  That they are - quite simply - wrong.

  Doesn't need to be any more complicated than that.
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  Did you think this was it for the Watchtower-(Covid)- Well-They are coming back with even greater ZEAL!

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so you all probably heard that the awake magazine is back, .

  https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/?contentlanguagefilter=en&pubfilter=g&yearfilter=.

  and one of my jw relatives said they were told by some elders that meetings and field service will resume before the end of the year.. they said this covid virus was a test, like when the romans breached jerusalem and retreated, only to come back later and sack jerusalem.

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  Diogenesister - "...If this virus had only affected kids, babies and young people, there would have been no Bethel lockdown, and meetings and the D2D ministry would have continued for everyone as usual, irregardless of risk..."

  Hard to argue with, I gotta admit.
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  What Is Truth?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just because you believe something as truth, it doesn’t make it truth.

  religious leaders may be admired and believed but they could be dead wrong.

  politicians can spout out “facts” that support their truth yet once further evidence comes through these facts are questionable.

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  Vidiot

  “What is truth?”

  …Baby, don’t ask me… don’t ask me… don’t know…

  
  
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  UFO's or Unidentified Aerial Fenomena....

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  what do you guys think....the topic seems to being on fashion lately.

  some in the borg told me one time "of course, they are for real, they could be angels, demons".. .

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  Vidiot

  Pay particular attention to Part 1 from 13:45 for about a minute.

  This is the Post interviewer's initial response:

  

  
  

  I'd like to call your attention to my post from the previous page:

  "I suspect that a big reason the predominantly US-centric parts of the world are more amenable to acknowledging the phenomena (after a half-century of knee-jerk dismissal and discrediting) is the declining influence of Evangelical Christianity on American political and national security policy."
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  UFO's or Unidentified Aerial Fenomena....

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  what do you guys think....the topic seems to being on fashion lately.

  some in the borg told me one time "of course, they are for real, they could be angels, demons".. .

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  Vidiot

  Even more interesting: https://nypost.com/2021/04/30/feds-cover-up-of-ufos-puts-us-at-risk/

  And the actual videos the article refers to:

  Part 1

  Part 2