That is not going to be easy. I have tried the five minute explanation on several of my JW family. What I did that has helped at least 2 was to get a list of Bible verses that have been changed . I put the list of Scriptures and what they said on one side of the paper..on the other side the same scripture on how they should be. I also went ahead and told them that the gospel is simple and it doesn't take the watchtower to explain it to anyone. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, believe that He died for your sins, shed HIS blood and took your place. That He was buried and raised back to life and He. Your sins are forgiven if you believe in HIM. The JW's always quote that scripture about the wages of sins is death. But they always leave off the other part of the same scripture...The BUT the gift of God is ever lasting life to all who believe.(Romans 6:23) Nothing in the Bible says that you have to know if there is a hell or exactly who the 144,000 is, or any of the other doctrines to be saved. That is NOT a requirement. I also love the verse in Ephesians 2:8-9..For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. It plants the seed..and God makes it grow.
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Give me 5 minutes to explain...
by pixel ini keep thinking about the time i will "come out" and tell my wife about this sick cult.
i don't know when that day will come, but knowing me i will seat down with her and ask her for 5 minutes to explain to her why we as a family has to get out.
my question is: what will you tell somebody in 5 minutes, that will convince that perdon that this is not a good religion to follow and that we have been deceived?.
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Has anyone seen the Anonoymous You Tube Videos?
by wwjdnwt ini don't know much about them or their group .
i came across them a few days ago.
they or he is masked and call out groups on different issues.
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Has anyone seen the Anonoymous You Tube Videos?
by wwjdnwt ini don't know much about them or their group .
i came across them a few days ago.
they or he is masked and call out groups on different issues.
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I don't know much about them or their group . I came across them a few days ago. They or he is masked and call out groups on different issues. They are kind of scary! lol I saw that they made one a couple of months ago warning Jehovah's Witnesses that they are watching them. I thought it was interesting. Wondered if I am the only one who has just heard about them? -
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Why I have renounced Atheism and become a believer again
by cantleave ini have always said that if a god showed itself i would follow the evidence and renounce my atheism.
i have now seen enough to start believing again, i am so happy, i feel a inner contentment, when he connected with me i really knew it was him.
if you are not a believer you will not understand this, but trust me, look at the evidence, open your heart to him, let him in and your life will change for the better.
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prologos you compare a puddle of water to a human being? The WT did a number on all of us who woke up to the lie they are about. But, I never blamed God for what they did to me. It was God who led me out of that religion. It was a pure miracle how God helped me. I prayed and prayed pretty much day and night for weeks asking for direction when I was so confused and blinded by the WT. I was given a different bible one day and I sat there and compared word for word the NWT to this bible. Shocked to see the differences. I was starting to wake up to the truth. This bible was given to me by a stranger! I didn't know the NWT was different. That is was screwed up. Had no clue.
One day at work a huge 1-800 number phone book was delivered to the office. Never had before in the 10 years working there had a 800 book been brought to the office.. I looked up religion. I saw a help line. I called and told the man my struggle with my religion. This man knew Ray Franz. He put me in touch with him. I talked several time to Ray. He sent me his books. I read them. Asked many question. Went to a private home with him and other former JW's and had the memorial with him and partook . That was just the tip of the ice. From there it snowballed. I was searching for truth sincerely with my whole entire being and heart. God didn't ignore me, he helped me. i had never had such faith. You can't begin to find God and know Him without faith. You have faith that we evolved but not faith that we were created. I don't understand that. But the choice is up to each one of us. It is a decision that we each have to make. To believe or not. I choose to believe. To me the evidence is there . It breaks my heart that some JW's choose not to believe in God when they left. The WT , JW's will have to answer to God for stumbling these people. I do think God understands your struggle, the struggles of all former JW's, and He knows what you have been through.
Anyway..my thoughts. I know it is a deep conversation and people have different views. That is ok , doesn't meant I can't tell how I feel about God and my beliefs too.
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Why I have renounced Atheism and become a believer again
by cantleave ini have always said that if a god showed itself i would follow the evidence and renounce my atheism.
i have now seen enough to start believing again, i am so happy, i feel a inner contentment, when he connected with me i really knew it was him.
if you are not a believer you will not understand this, but trust me, look at the evidence, open your heart to him, let him in and your life will change for the better.
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I can't understand how anyone can deny the presence of God. So many things point to a beautiful creator. How is it that the plants and foods have the vit. and min. in them that is exactly what a human needs. The water, the clear thirst quencher with no taste, something we cannot live without, but is provided for us. Salt, we need it to live, it is provided to us. Those are just a few of the little things, that are huge to humans.
He has shown himself and there is no way imho that there is not a creator to this amazing universe. Miracles happen all the time. God will show himself to anyone who is searching and He will give you peace inside that is beyond understanding.
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Geoffrey Jackson's powerful role in the WT
by Splash inif anyone knows which committees gj sits on or what some of his responsibilities are, can you please post here with supporting quotes.
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I remember all of these article so well. Now I remember why it was so hard to break free from that Religion. They pretty much put themselves equal with God and Jesus. No wonder I was so freaking screwed up when i wanted to walk away from them. Great post. -
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Has anyone seen any News Media in the U.S cover the Royal Commission story at all?
by wwjdnwt ini haven't seen anything about this in the news here in the u.s. do the jehovah's witnesses here know what is going on over there?
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Thank you for the link!
Maybe if we all post the link on our facebooks the story would get out here in the US to the JW's. I think I will forward the link to my JW family members. Not that they will believe a word of it, but put a doubt here and there and maybe one day they will wake up.
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Has anyone seen any News Media in the U.S cover the Royal Commission story at all?
by wwjdnwt ini haven't seen anything about this in the news here in the u.s. do the jehovah's witnesses here know what is going on over there?
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Dragging Jehovah's name trough the mud!
by truthseekeriam inlistening to the first survivor testify to the australian royal commission really brought back some feelings i had put aside.. the feelings of guilt you feel for doing the right thing is extremely hard even when you know it's illogical it doesn't stop the abuse you do to yourself with these toxic thoughts of "dragging jehovah's name through the mud" i guess it doesn't help that you have the elders freaking out saying "reproach, reproach...this is bad!!
it took quite awhile for me to come to terms with how completely ridicules it is to think jehovah would want this hidden.
the truth is the religion wants it hidden and they are perfectly fine with destroying lives along the way!!
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another abuse that most JW children go through is severe "spankings" at the hall..is that still going on?
by wwjdnwt ini was born into the jw's religion.
was an active jw for over 30 years.
i remember when i was a child my mom would take me in the bathroom and switch me so hard with the nice little switch she got from the tree outside.
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I was born into the JW's religion. Was an active JW for over 30 years. I remember when I was a child my mom would take me in the bathroom and switch me so hard with the nice little switch she got from the tree outside. Sometime I was taken outside because of my screams. I was little, I was switched because I couldn't sit still for 2 hours. I wasn't "bad" I was just a little one. This took place every single meeting!
As I grew up and married a JW, I would cringe when I would go into the bathroom and hear and see the horrific beatings that many of the little ones were getting. It broke my heart. But is was expected. When I had a child, I was expected to take her outside and whip her little legs! She was a baby, a few months old. I couldn't do it. I just couldn't. I stopped slowly going to meetings because of that.