original reddit post (removed).
Simon - “…No believing JW is even looking at exJW or ‘apostate’ content, so anyone who does is already doubting and looking for answers…”
This.
Reading XJW material on the net doesn’t turn you into an apostate.
It just helps you realize you already are one.
do we understand these three words: worship, idolatry, and blasphemy?.
most christians have a vague notion of worship, idolatry, and blasphemy already, but.
a clear definition is necessary.. we must take care to differentiate, however.. how the words appear in original language and how they are defined today might be at odds.. ____________________.
It’s pretty weird how popular it seems to be.
what is spiritual warfare to you?
i experienced a situation that i could clearly say was spiritual warfare.
but that was something i could only see years laters.
Gotta be a difficult tactic to use in the Information Age. 😏
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/15/national/jehovahs-witnesses-whipping/.
the most cited reason was “napping or talking during congregations.” others included “answering back to parents” and “playing with a schoolmate.”.
some respondents said they have been suffering depression as a result of whipping.. “i still cannot forget the sight of children screaming after they were taken into a large room at a congregation when i was a child,” a 44-year-old victim said, stressing that jehovah’s witnesses should reflect on what followers have done.. in february, a group of lawyers started supporting those second-generation followers.. in a statement issued on march 1, the japanese branch of jehovah’s witness said it does not accept child abuse.. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230315/p2a/00m/0na/006000c.
Wasn’t there an instance in the US a couple decades back where a JW dad beat his kid so badly she died?
https://wgntv.com/evanston/shots-fired-by-66-year-old-man-in-alleged-financial-deal-gone-wrong-evanston-police-say/.
truthlover123 - “…all halls asked to be very alert and lock down for meetings and service to protect pubs and files…”
“Shred the fucking files! SHRED THE FUCKING FILES!!!!!”
https://youtu.be/jxumoix1rew.
“and in revelation chapter 6, the ride of the fourth horseman includes mention of deadly plague.
so the events unfolding around us are making clearer than ever that we’re living in the final part of the last days.
When I first heard Letto the Clown speak, I thought someone had digitally altered the audio to make him sound weird.
Seriously.
These days, I think his videos are actually little litmus tests…
…if you can drink that guy’s Kool-Aid and still say “yum”, the Org’s got you for life.
what is spiritual warfare to you?
i experienced a situation that i could clearly say was spiritual warfare.
but that was something i could only see years laters.
Yup.
Once again, for the newbies, lurkers, and trolls…
…if you have to cheat to defend your beliefs, your beliefs don’t deserve to be defended.
…but is there any way of clearing out old pms?.
…but is there any way of clearing out old PMs?
i'm a believer.
believe in blessed or cursed.
what is happening to watchtower is my question.
What’s happening to the Watchtower these days?
I’m no expert…
…but it definitely reminds me of the “nightmare” stage of “wishful thinking”.
my big one was: .
rev.
20: 5 "but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
Executing kids for sassing their parents.
WTF?
