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  How do Witnesses reconcile Isaiah 43:10 with John 1:1

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  something does not compute.

  you are my witnesses,”declares jehovah, yes, my servant whom i have chosen, so that you may know and have faith in me and understand that i am the same one.before me no god was formed, and after me there has been none.

  isaiah 43:10. in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god.

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  My guess is that they'll go into 'nouns' and capital G in God and lower case g for Jesus as a sort of god type person.

  Just a thought. My memory of all things Jobot has faded.
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  Another diabolical, disingenuous, nutcase illustration

  by Beth Sarim in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this has been weighing on my mind all day,.

  i just have to vent and get this off my chest.. the latest jw brainwashing, indoctrination session i think it was a broadcast.

  toward the end where the speaker was spouting-off about being in a 'race' again and 'enduring until the end',.

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  It's a good grift for the Governing Body of JW's(tm) (Pee be upon them).

  Keep 'em busy. Keep 'em toiling endlessly under a false promise.

  Then the Governing Body(tm) (Pee be upon them), will rake in the cash and power.

  Not to mention Drunk on Unrighteous Riches!

  
  
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  Watchtower Double Speak

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on eternal life.

  "none of us are in position to earn god’s gifts, least of all to earn the gift of life.

  but we can show ourselves worthy of the gift of eternal life by … dedicating ourselves to jehovah and then proving faithful to that dedication.” (the watchtower, august 15, 1952, p. 485).

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  "None of us are in position to earn God’s gifts, least of all to earn the gift of life.

  Bible: You cannot 'work' for Salvation. It's a gift if you're a good egg.

  But we can show ourselves worthy of the gift of eternal life by … dedicating ourselves to Jehovah and then proving faithful to that dedication.” (The Watchtower, August 15, 1952, p. 485)

  Governing Body of JWs: You'll never be good eggs. Work, work, work for Salvation. By this, we mean, give us money and power.
  Nothing says you love (cough! Cough!), God, more than giving us cold, hard CA$H!....and...er.....don't worry, we'll put in a good word for you.
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  "The Truth"

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.

  it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.

  what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.

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  Konagirl.

  Although I don't believe the Bible is the word of any God/s, I made this for you....

  
  
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  Happy Halloween

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  first time celebrating halloween.

  guess my costume!.

  pretty scary huh?.

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  A beard??????
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  Apostate Hunter?

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone heard of this jw guy?.

  apparently he writes a weekly (weakly?

  ) blog as well as having written this book where he claims he disses the claims of "apostates".. to know what apostates are saying he has to be engaging with them or tuning into websites like this one, contravening the gb's direction not to do so.

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  Sounds like an attention seeker.

  I wonder if he actually sells any books? If so, does he/she/they give the money to the World Wide Work(tm)?
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  "The Truth"

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.

  it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.

  what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.

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  I think the book that really helped me was 'combatting cult mind control' Steven Hassan. It explained how cults use words to mentally enslave people.
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  "The Truth"

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we all know that jws consider the wt religion to be "the truth" and refer to it as such.. granted, that phrase is used repeatedly in the literature and from the platform.. but it's obvious that much of what the organization used to require jws to teach house-to-house as important truths--even within our own lifetimes--has been abandoned.

  it's been replaced by "new light" and "refined understanding.

  what's meant by "the 1914 generation" is a prime example.. in fact, i think it would be hard to find another religion that has changed so many of its teachings, especially in such a short period of time.. so why do jws still believe their religion to be "the truth"?.

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  "The Truth"

  It's verbal trickery. Weasel words. The term is used to convince the user that the Watchtower(tm) is correct.

  I think it used to be called NLP. Neuro-linguistic programming is a way of changing someone's thoughts and behaviours. A propaganda technique.

  How can you be 'in' the 'truth'?

  that's why I never say 'when I was in the truth.' I will say 'when I was in the cult.'
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  Was Jesus the Messiah circumcised ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  has this question ever been raised before by jehovah`s witnesses?

  and what`s the significance, if any ?.

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  Was Jesus the Messiah circumcised ?

  I'd answer by saying that we need to prove he even existed before going to question his winkie.

  Many start off with the premise that he existed.

  He didn't write any books of the Bible (that was bunged together by some geezers who did a bit of an 'eenie meenie miny mo' for this).

  There is absolutely no evidence of his existing outside of the Bible.

  I know this character was supposed to be walking mysteriously and shizz, but come on.

  The nearest are vagaries that can be crowbarred into the fiction.

  Yep! First, prove this geezer existed outside of the Bible. I'll give a hint. No one can. It's all made up!
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  UN and Governing Body and an accounting

  by AnnaNana in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  joseph and mary were not in a spiritually adulterous relationship with the roman authorities, the "legs of iron".

  joseph and mary were not perfect.

  the governing body of the modern-day organization of jehovah's witnesses is not perfect.

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  I think Anna has left the building, folks.

  Hello and welcome, Linda. New here?