The cognitive dissonance must be extremely painful that believers have only once recourse:
DesirousOfChange
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God won't lift a finger to help you.
by nicolaou insea breeze: @nicolau,i stated my case rather succiently, which you failed to address.
if you have a better solution to the problem of evil than what jesus offers, then why don't you present that in a new topic?.
pathetic diversion.
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Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??
by minimus ingood pick?
bad pick?
helpful to president biden?
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DesirousOfChange
They are not voting for the person with the best policies for Americans.
Of course they are voting, but Dominion picks which votes to count.
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Sad observation
by Gorb inreading about jw.org rules changes these days gives me a sad observation.. everything what "is" today, can be gone tomorrow.. that makes it all worthless.
you were an elder, searching for evidence, and proof to df a person.
because he or she was not humble enough.
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DesirousOfChange
Everything what "is" today, can be gone tomorrow.
Yep! All it will take is another governmental authority threatening their tax exempt status and they'll modify their
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God won't lift a finger to help you.
by nicolaou insea breeze: @nicolau,i stated my case rather succiently, which you failed to address.
if you have a better solution to the problem of evil than what jesus offers, then why don't you present that in a new topic?.
pathetic diversion.
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DesirousOfChange
We were discussing Gods refusal or inability to come to the aid of people with specific illnesses or those in imminent danger.-- Sea Breeze
Once again we have:
As I stated in the original string of posts that was hijacked,
I would love to see EVIDENCE.
At one time (as a devout JW) I truly believed in God answering prayers. I was many times convinced of my own prayers being answered (getting the result that I wanted).
If you have enough confidence then do as Elijah did (1 Kings 18). Slaughter a bull and place it on an altar and wait for [your] God to consume it with fire (without you striking the match). Are you convinced you would get the same result as did Elijah? Or, would your God leave you standing as Baal did to his worshippers?
PUT UP OR SHUT UP!
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How would you rate the Watchtower approved songs?
by Vanderhoven7 ini was asking why jws won't sing any church hymns even if they were doctrinally correct.
jws asked me in response if i would sing any of their songs.. dan watkins wrote .
its a hilarious misunderstanding, if it does not come from the watchtower bible and tract society, then it is effectively considered as coming from satan.
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DesirousOfChange
The new songs are like those from a bad Disney movie (that would be any recent Disney movie).
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EXPLOSIVE NEW LEAKED VIDEO OF C.O. CHASTISING ELDERS
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/np05twylal8?si=wjcdevvpxmlwxb2p.
shame is an ancient form of control.
shame is the mechanism used to control behaviour.
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DesirousOfChange
If you have a better solution to the problem of evil than what Jesus offers, then why don't YOU present that in a new topic? - Sea Breeze
I kinda thought Nic offered the same solution to the problem of evil as does Jesus:
I would love to see EVIDENCE that proves otherwise.
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I just heard.......
by BoogerMan in.........that little miss muffet sat on her tuffet eating only curds!.
no way!
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DesirousOfChange
Somebody is bored.
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Members of congregation know it’s not true
by Mikejw inwe have lonely old folks and even some not so old.. they know the gb are not who they claim to be.. but they stay in the congregation because they are lonely.
i wonder what percentage of jws this is the case, i would guess a lot.
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DesirousOfChange
Revisiting this post and catching up on the comments.
I think all the older ones begin to have doubts as they come to see they will not be among "millions now living [who] will never die". They realize all the dates that were promised to them have failed and they too, will die. Younger ones who are still blinded my still believe it will come.....eventually. Older ones who claim they still believe all that nonsense are just not telling the truth. Or they are delusional (still).
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Will there ever be any new GB members?
by Mikejw inthe last two seem very young.. will there be any further new gb members or will they all die off?.
i still remember when tony morris and a few other joined many were disappointed thinking the current crop would be the last.
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DesirousOfChange
Look at the age of a few of them. Thinking of Sam Herd. He has to be approaching 80 (if not already 80). Seems he was already slipping a bit mentally. His health is not good. Of course, they don't have to replace anyone who dies as there is no specific number required. But the fact is, they will all continue to age and eventually become infirm or even die. So yes, they'll have to be replacements. . . . .
. . . . unless, of course, Armageddon really is right around the corner!
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Setting the record straight. CSA report in New Zealand
by joe134cd inok i just want to officially set the record straight about the report of csa in new zealand.
i have a pimo relative who lives in nz.
as far as public awareness, with regard to the jws, it was basically a big nothing burger.
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DesirousOfChange
Once again, JWs are not even newsworthy. No one cares.
