Posts by John_Mann

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If you are an open minded christian...
by snare&racket in
1. jw
2. friends
i would appreciate your opinion on this historian and his explination for the birth of christianity.. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mwuzozn-9dc.

please watch all of it before you comment.

i found it very interesting,.
John_Mann

It's the medium that is off-putting. I read faster than people can speak. When I read, I can scan, jump ahead, stop and ponder, and argue with the author. With a video I am captive, and I hate that feeling.

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If it weren't illegal...
by Rattigan350 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was listening to a circuit overseer's talk and he mentioned about how a sister wanted to simplify.

she had a couple of dogs.

then he related that she said that all she had to do was get rid of the dogs.
John_Mann

Throw your dogs away today because you'll have lions tomorrow in paradise.

Sounds very logical starting from their premises.
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org is dying
by lambsbottom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't understand why so many ex jws and faders think that the jws will continue to grow and thrive as a religion.

i still attend a meeting once a week and you can smell the death of the religion creeping up when you hear the talks, read the study wts and hear the letters from the gb.

the way the organization has changed is a sign that it reached its peak (in "healthy" membership) long ago.
John_Mann

The fact is they are not making a lot of new converts anymore. The born in's are not staying for so long...

And the new converts are complete nuts...
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My friends don't believe dinosaurs existed ....
by wannabefree in
1. social
2. relationships
i just found this out last night.

(preface: this is a husband and wife that i have come to be friends with after leaving the borg, they are christians).

we were sitting around visiting last night and having a good time when my friend starts in on illegal immigration and politics and starts throwing out his hate speech which eventually turns to homosexuals.
John_Mann

I make a constant effort to get this kind of people out of my life.
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How is the org really run? What goes on behind the scenes?
by Magnum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how is the org really run?

what goes on behind the scenes?.

i just read an older post on this site that was recently bumped (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/6600/1/don-adams-biography) the post mentioned the adams brothers don, karl, & joel and how influential they are/were at headquarters.
John_Mann

Like others said the WT is a product of darwinian evolution.

A memeplex under evolution forces.

Evolution can create an illusory sense of design but it's totally blind.

Now it's just an Ouroboros.

Jgnat has a point about the food triangle in WT: GB+Doctrines+R&F. It's a trinity, you can't speak of one without mention the others.

Surely there's a lot of individuals who benefits directly from the WT, both high ranks and locals, but there's no man-behind-the-curtains.
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I saw a trolley (cart to you cousins in the U.S.A.)
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
yes.. peterborough city center u.k. ''what does the bible really teach'' displayed on it.. a family of 3 i know were sitting on the bench just behind it.

i'm not going to say anything derogatory about them as they are nice folks even if they have to shun me now i bear no malice.. as predicted not a single person was paying any attention as they walked by.

i noticed some other canvassers (non religious), were actively approaching people and handing out leaflets.. on the market i saw the jw charity stall and again not a single soul was interested or even near it.. i'm glad this 'urgent never to be repeated work(tm)' is being vigorously carried out by god's chosen people.
John_Mann

Here in Brazil they're everywhere with those carts (in portuguese we call them "carrinhos" wich literally means "little cars").

Every video or pic I see of those carts (everywhere in the world) I noticed they all looks the same.

I can bet the WT are selling these carts to the JW's!

Now the WT has a new business: selling trolleys!

Anyone knows something more about it?
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Great campagne in Portugal (ex-JW)
by TJ Curioso in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i like to tell you what we've been doing these past few days here in portugal (ex-jw).

we create a brochure and printing, so we can send to the maximum of congregations in portugal.

some individuals were also covered in this campaign.. the title of the pamphlet is: "when will the kingdom arrive?".
John_Mann

Great work TJ Curioso (Curious JW...LOL)!
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You know, I recently believed that Jesus was a cool guy....
by Muddy Waters in
1. watchtower
2. bible
after leaving the jdub world, for awhile it still seemed like the bible was still a holy book, something valuable, worthy, etc., and that the jw religion had just corrupted it and used it to their own ends.. i thought that jesus was like a bhudda, a guy going around taking about peace and love and who exposed the hypocrisy of the religious leaders.. .

but he also said some hurtful things, harmful things, things like dividing up your family, things like whoever had more affection for their family than for him was not worthy of him, to not take time to bury your father but go preaching instead... to send out his followers without any food for the day but to rely on the kindness of others and believe that that kindness and charity expressed gods blessing and favour.... bah!.

i now believe jesus was just another man, saying both good things and stupid things.
John_Mann

It's very easy to do pure evil in the name of Jesus basead on his teachings.

Now try to think if someone can build a WT basead on Buddha's teaching or Confucio?

That fact alone speaks volumes about the credibility of Jesus as a "cool guy".
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You know, I recently believed that Jesus was a cool guy....
by Muddy Waters in
1. watchtower
2. bible
after leaving the jdub world, for awhile it still seemed like the bible was still a holy book, something valuable, worthy, etc., and that the jw religion had just corrupted it and used it to their own ends.. i thought that jesus was like a bhudda, a guy going around taking about peace and love and who exposed the hypocrisy of the religious leaders.. .

but he also said some hurtful things, harmful things, things like dividing up your family, things like whoever had more affection for their family than for him was not worthy of him, to not take time to bury your father but go preaching instead... to send out his followers without any food for the day but to rely on the kindness of others and believe that that kindness and charity expressed gods blessing and favour.... bah!.

i now believe jesus was just another man, saying both good things and stupid things.
John_Mann

Just facts:

Jesus teached how to treat a slave and not how to abolish slavery.

Jesus said if you want to be neutral to him you are an enemy.

He used very screwed illustrations like cannibalism and self injury.

He used hell of eternal fire as coersion.
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Is belief in heaven after death relatively new to Christianity?
by EndofMysteries in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was surprised awhile ago when researching about cremation how until maybe 1940's or 1950's even catholics forbid cremation.

the reason for no cremation was because they believed in a physical resurrection and cremation was a rejection of physical resurrection.

it seems nowadays no christians believe in a earthly resurrection, only that they all go to heaven.
John_Mann

There's no such thing as life on a paradise earth in the bible.

The bible says the earth will be burned.

And another one will be created in a glorified form.