John_Mann

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  What is the OBJECT of Faith For a Christian? (precisely)

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
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  of course we were all shamed for not having enough faith in god's spirit directed organization, the elder arrangement, the f&ds ....blah, blah, blah.. but what else is there?

  .....another organization, faith in jehovah, faith in jesus, faith in the bible?

  what precisely is the primary object of faith for a christian?.

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  Bloooood! Same thing to vampires. LOL
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  Describe the state of the world's religions

  by designs in

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  2. current

  how would you describe the state of the world's religions currently.

  which ones do you see making reforms and progress or bound to old traditions, or split between old and new approaches to social, environmental and political concerns.. jws.

  islam.

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  I think (neo)pentecostalism it's the last breath of organized christianity. Organized religion it's in decline, just local decentralized congregations seems to survive. People will avoid mega centralized religions. Theists will be more and more self service believers (like tec).
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  JW's Unanswerable Question & Why Doesn't Everyone Take Them to Task For This?

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the one question that is absolutely unanswerable by jehovah's witnesses that actually understand their own doctrines is this:.

  can you show me even one new testament scripture that shows how a person can get their sins forgiven while outside of the new covenant?.

  most of us are familiar with the one proof scripture that has all the necessary elements tied together into one neat doctrine - matther 26: 27,28:.

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  John_Mann

  The truth:

  Original Sin: Telomeres with a decaying DNA sequence due to blind evolutionary process

  Saviours: Elizabeth Blackburn and Tetrahymena

  Redemption: Resveratrol and genetic therapy (like Glybera).
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  So what types of people actually flourish under the JW regime?

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i sure as eggs know which types don't:.

  creative types: to do well at a creative industry one must dedicate a lot of time to developing one's talent, and as a jw one simply doesn't have time.

  since writing a story or painting a picture doesn't contribute in any way to prestudy, meetings or fs results it's considered useless anyway.

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  Julia that's the definition of a narcissist.
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  No longer a former JW, I am now a Human Being

  by AllTimeJeff in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lurkers, debaters, haters, lovers, the lost, the found, and the misplaced.

  it's been a while, and i wanted to pop in.

  the point isn't to agree.

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  John_Mann

  I think an ex-JW starts to live when indifference comes towards JW issues. And then the JW world becomes just an old culture we share, like we lived on a distant land someday.
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  So what types of people actually flourish under the JW regime?

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i sure as eggs know which types don't:.

  creative types: to do well at a creative industry one must dedicate a lot of time to developing one's talent, and as a jw one simply doesn't have time.

  since writing a story or painting a picture doesn't contribute in any way to prestudy, meetings or fs results it's considered useless anyway.

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  John_Mann

  Control freaks and very very weird people. How can a normal person study a book like Revelation in a serious way? Or even pretend to accept the generation new light BS?
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  Giant Pyramids & Sphinxes Found Bermuda Triangle

  by mind blown in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  giant pyramids and sphinxes found in the bermuda trianglehttp://altering-perspectives.com/2013/06/giant-pyramids-and-sphinxes-found-in.html.

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  http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/8909/were-pyramids-of-glass-found-under-the-bermuda-triangle

  Stupid "I WANT TO BELIEVE".
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  Favorite JW URBAN LEGEND?

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the story of why the new bible has a grey cover (silver sword) moved me to ask you all what your favorite jw urban legend is?.

  one of my favorite jw urban legends.

  a sister is out in service alone.

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  I remember one from a yearbook about a man who his belly swolled like a pregnant woman because some local witch had put a spell on him. I recall another one from a YB about a talking snake in some african village. There's one experience from a magazine about a brother who was a wizard and he could move curtains only with his mind power.

  Even when I was an UberDub I found these stories pure BS!
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  What Was Your First Experience In Exposing Yourself To "Apostasy"?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a young teenager, i would look at "apostate" books at the city library.

  i was always intrigued as to what was sooo bad and other than a few writings of some that seemed like they hated the witnesses, i would clandestinely look at literature, especially in "christian" bookstores.. it took years for me to finally disconnect.

  i will say that ray franz' books enlightened me the most!.

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  (I know that Mr Franz would play it down but I cannot put into words what I feel that I owe him. Not just for me but for the freedom of my two daughters.)

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  What Was Your First Experience In Exposing Yourself To "Apostasy"?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a young teenager, i would look at "apostate" books at the city library.

  i was always intrigued as to what was sooo bad and other than a few writings of some that seemed like they hated the witnesses, i would clandestinely look at literature, especially in "christian" bookstores.. it took years for me to finally disconnect.

  i will say that ray franz' books enlightened me the most!.

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  John_Mann

  When I was a born in JW I thought apostates were the crazy born again christian believers.

  I remember (when I was about 16yo) to see a book in a shop intitled "Jehovah, a false god". I was very scared with that book.

  I also remember (when I was about 14yo) a book from David Reed in my uncle's house.

  But I never even touched such books.

  In 2000 when I was 18yo I searched for the first time "Jehovah's Witnesses" in internet and came a result of a site called "Watching the Watchtower". I turned off the page at same time.

  In 2004 when I was in an informatic class I searched the JW's again and for the first time I read something apostate. It was a story about an elder who left the WT and became a born again christian, the story was very subjective and full of whining. I reinforced my opionio about apostates being losers and leaving for personal offenses.

  In 2006 I was bored at work then I decided to look on wikipedia about what the other religions thought about the Babylon from revelation book. I was very surprised with the article about the JW view, because it was plainly CORRECT! I expected hate speech and misinformation about the JW's even from wikipedia.

  But I found something very strange in the JW page on wikipedia, there's something about a man called Raymond Franz who was supposed an ex- GB member! I thought to myself: "bullshit, there's no such thing as an ex-GB member"! So I went to read the article on RF to disprove he was a real ex-GB member, and the rest is history and a lot of punches on my table and blood boiling in my veins.... LOL

  I still remember my head spinning and the nausea while reading the 2 chapters from CoC in wikipedia links.