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  Divisions deliberately caused by God?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  assuming that you don't dismiss genesis outright as a collection of myths, i was musing about the actions of god as recorded in genesis 11:1-9 regarding the building of the tower of babel.. this origin story for the multiplicity of languages in the earth has god getting annoyed with humans for staying in one location instead of filling out across the whole world.. yahweh could have stopped the tower being built by collapsing it by means of an earthquake, sinking sand, or an extreme gale.

  even using an angel to kick it over when everyone was tucked up in bed asleep.

  but no, instead he muddles up the vocabulary and grammar and made brand new languages creating division and confusion.. what's more he didn't scatter them and send them off in mixed multicultural groups, but instead he lets them wander off in tribes and family groups.

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  Vidiot

  You’d almost think God was either…

  a) …unaware of the concept of “unintended consequences”…

  b) …unable to actually predict the future, or…

  c) …has some problems with impulse control.

  Doesn’t seem particularly “godly”, but hey, WTF do I know?
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  whats the difference between Jw's and Zombies?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not much but the zombies usually where better clothes.

  zombies use more of thier brain.. those were the ones i could think anything else?.

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  Vidiot

  It’s funny… in some zombie-themed movies, the dead are shown still staggering about, mindlessly repeating the habits they had when they were still alive.

  So…
  

  …why have we never seen walking dead JWs shambling door to door with tattered Watchtower magazines in the various zombie-themed comedies out there?
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  JWs mental health

  by Hellothere in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do they have any kind of mental health arrangements at bethel?

  i mean to help jws with mental problems.

  like a psychiatric.

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  Vidiot

  The crazy goes all the way to the top.

  How can it not? That sort of thing’s inevitable when you’re convinced God whispers in your ear, and you’re surrounded solely by people who are never allowed to disagree with you.
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  The Mandalorian is an Apostate

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wonder how many jws will squirm watching the upcoming 3rd season of mandalorian in which out of compassion he was obliged to break certain rules of his religion and is now labeled an apostate.

  awkward!.

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ye7fue220.

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  Vidiot

  Won’t it be ironic if Din ends up the legitimate ruler of Mandalore? 😏
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  The Mandalorian is an Apostate

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wonder how many jws will squirm watching the upcoming 3rd season of mandalorian in which out of compassion he was obliged to break certain rules of his religion and is now labeled an apostate.

  awkward!.

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ye7fue220.

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  ThomasMore - “… they throw the word around like a grenade…”

  Fixed that for ya.
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  Another interesting comment made by a PIMI JW

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i thought i’d shear this with you good people.

  the cognitive dissonance is just breath taking.

  i over heard this comment at a relatives family dinner the other night.

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  Vidiot

  There were a couple (kinda lame-ass, shallow) reasons for it initially, but at this point, it’s basically just a rule for rules’ sake.
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  things shelved, not looked into because of group think

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here are some things i never really believed the jw taught...i just didn't really examine it closely.

  i shelved it, so to speak, thinking no one is perfect and they know more than me...if i ever thought about it at all.. i never believed that only jws would be spared at armageddon.

  i never believed the where in james, you went to the elders to confess being spiritually sick-always thought that referred to a real illness.

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  BluesBrother - “…they like to call themselves sheep…”

  Ironic, really…

  …considering a sheep’s ultimate fate is being sheared, butchered, and eaten.
  
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  things shelved, not looked into because of group think

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here are some things i never really believed the jw taught...i just didn't really examine it closely.

  i shelved it, so to speak, thinking no one is perfect and they know more than me...if i ever thought about it at all.. i never believed that only jws would be spared at armageddon.

  i never believed the where in james, you went to the elders to confess being spiritually sick-always thought that referred to a real illness.

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  enoughisenough - “…If I had read the Bible and really thought about what I read without the WT filters, I would not have bought into the Faithful Slave at all...”

  I suspect that if you had read the Bible and really thought about what you read without the WT filters, you would not have bought into any aspect of JW ideology.
  

  
  
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  Does Jehovah have a visible organization?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why do jehovah’s witnesses say they are god’s organization so matter of factly as though such an audacious claim is an undisputable fact?

  here is how one person sees this claim.. "the entire jehovah’s witness religion is founded on unsubstantiated hubristic claims which are continually repeated until they are assumed by adherents to be a proven fact.. never is this more evident than when the beliefs of a jehovah’s witness are successfully challenged.

  the more compelling the evidence against them, the more they resort to repeating their convictions with a sense of insistence, as if they are chanting a mantra.. confirmation bias is prevalent in all religious ideologies, but particularly with jehovah’s witnesses.

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  Why would He even need one?
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  Does anyone actually believe that Russia blew up its own gas pipeline?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. social
  2. current

  the claim that russia blew up its own pipeline functions, whether intentionally or not, as a test of our collective intelligence, and it’s worrisome how many fail the test.

  as a former pentagon official put it, “a child could tell you that doesn’t make sense”.

  they talk a lot about russian propaganda and suppression of their media, which i don’t doubt for a minute.

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  Vidiot

  “If I can’t have it, no one can!!!”