i was raised a jehovah's witness, so i know all the "ins-and-outs" of their theology and belief system..
in my view, they can become a part of mainstream christianity and lose their cult status by making just a few changes for the better:.
1: stop their severe shunning practices.
"Mainstream" is "frowned upon."
They must be different in every way. Only non-conformity works. Being "no part of the world" is one of their most important bragging rights in the claim that THEY...
...are the "one, TRUE" religion!
(never mind that the same claim is made by all the other late 19th century carnival sideshow american CULTS)
hi guys & gals,.
we're currently preparing for the season finale of the show (to be recorded on sunday, may 24th at 2pm eastern time nyc / 6pm uk time / 4am sydney time.. as we're going to (finally) be covering 607 bce in detail, we're looking for a specialist (or two) that can come on the show and tell everyone about this almighty doctrine.
if you know your 587 from your 607 and why the 1914 and 1919 dates are important to jws (although most have no idea why), please send us an email to [email protected], using "i'm a 607er" in the subject line and let us know why we should pick you as a guest on the season finale.. can't wait to hear from you!.
Oh 607 is a great topic and I look forward to you guys explaining the controversy and massive error of this doctrine in an easily understandable manner.
I do have an unrelated question though: I noticed on JW dot bOrg yesterday that they had the trademark TM next to their logo. Is that just a bluff or did they finally trademark that design? If they did, can they come after your logo or try to shut you down for imitating theirs? (Don't wanna derail your thread topic, so feel free to PM)
Season finale? Oh no! How long is the break going to be? (That's fine; you guys are doing an awesome job and deserve time off. Enjoy your summer!)
the cobe of the local kingdom hall never paid my ex-wife for the work done because they promised they would use "trade" to reimburse close to $5000 worth of work.
as you can imagine nobody here would like him because he believes all the pedophiles can change their ways after the child sex offenders have proved their humility by bowing before the judicial committees.
this is how honest jehovah's witnesses are, they changed her work from a 1200 sq.
If revenge is more important to you than the money, hire a licensed private investigator.
Once a PI finds something (and they will if this guy is doing anything shady), you will anonymously send copies of the findings to every elder and at least 3 local media outlets (with a bogus return address--even better, drive across state lines and mail it from far away).
Pour some sweet tea, sit back and watch. I have done something very similar to this and no one suspected me as the whistleblower. The effects were profound and satisfied my need for revenge. There is no sin at all in revenge, my friend, especially when your target is a powerful hypocrite who always escapes justice. Toppling the dynasty of a sociopathic COBE may be well worth the missing $5,000. Hit him where it hurts: his social life, his marriage and his reputation.
(I'm aware this makes me sound like a sociopath. So what. Vengeance is cathartic and as long as you do nothing illegal, there are excellent ways to satisfy that itch. Good luck.)
i saw a rumor a few weeks ago on reddit that the new imitate jesus convention is supposed to present new light and clarified understandings on the disfellowshipping/disassociation practices.. supposedly, if this rumor has any truth to it, there will be a talk given at the convention about how we should not be strict like the pharisees in how we shun people, loosening up some of the jw rules about this practice.. has anyone here heard anything about this or have more info on it?.
arguing with my husband again, i asked where is the proof that jesus looked down on earth in 1919 and chose a small group of bible students in america apart from them saying it in their magazines.
also where is the proof that satan and his demons were cast down in 1914 just because first world war started.
neither of these things are in the bible only in their magazines.
allow me to begin with a clarification: when i say i am one of jehovah's witnesses, i don't mean that i am an advocate of the watchtower society or a devotee of some of its more controversial false teachings.
i mean that i am a christian, a disciple of jesus christ dedicated to jehovah god, and who remains in union with my brothers and sisters who make up the family of faith that globally refers to itself as jehovah's witnesses.
some totally understand the distinction between the family of brothers and sisters and the corporate organization known as the watchtower society (wts).
No, it's ALL wrong. Keep researching.
And "brainwashing" is 100% accurate.
key quote:.
many believe that life came about by evolution.... ummmm, no...that's abiogenesis, not evolution.
no evolutionist says that "life came about by evolution.
"...some scientists..."
uhhhh, who? you gotta bibliography or works cited page in that publication? if not, that would get any 7th grader a big fat 0 on their semester research paper. just sayin'
key quote:.
many believe that life came about by evolution.... ummmm, no...that's abiogenesis, not evolution.
no evolutionist says that "life came about by evolution.
satan: "you certainly will not die!".
rutherford: "millions now living will never die!
"when satan told his lie, adam and eve both died despite his assurances.
And in their newest publications & DVDs, they only focus on the few times they said "...MAY never die."
They never refer to "WILL never die." Go see for yourself.
when i see people on here saying they've looked on several sites before this one, jwfacts, jwstruggle, youtube, etc., and then they make friends here, sometimes meeting up with ex-jws, it seems incredibly easy compared to leaving in 1989. .
no internet, no amazon to find ex-jw books, no facebook to link up with ex-jw groups.
still people find it so hard to leave.
