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  I gave the elders some ammo to use

  by atacrossroads in

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  i was having dinner at olive garden with my cousin who was disfellowshipped for apostacy.

  a holier than thou pioneer couple saw us.

  if that was not enough i saw her take a picture of me with my cousin.

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  Lieu

  Wow! Congrats!!!
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  Is the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses really an inferior form of Christianity?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  seems to be quite a few posters recently pulling down the beliefs of jw's as not biblical or truly christian.

  maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong, i really don't care.. in some important ways though mainstream christians often behave better than jehovah's witnesses; most don't practice shunning or impose lethal medical prohibitions on their members.

  many are far more tolerant of the lgbt community and a few even make the awkward attempt to square the fact of evolution with their faith.. please note that i'm saying some, not all.. so i suppose it's fair to say that differing forms of christianity can be better or worse for individuals, families and the wider community.

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  Lieu

  Inferior ... yes. As a form of Christianity. The lack of true charity towards other people, the lack of true brotherly love, shunning those who have not sinned against them, asking those of lesser means for money, etc. The big kicker is professing to be Christian while wholeheartedly sidelining Christ & replacing him with unworthy men.

  I would say, JWs are followers of Saul, rather than Christ. Far too Mosaic Code to be Christian. They figuratively hunt and "kill" those of their brethren who may disagree. So, yes, that makes them inferior.

  Also, they only have one celebration which is anything but a celebration. It's a depressing funeral ceremony (not a joyful wake/memorial).
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  Evolution is a Fact #1 - Protein Functional Redundancy

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i intend for this to be one of a series of bite-sized ops on the evidence for evolution.. introduction to dna genes are sequences of dna made up of words (codons) each of which are three letters (bases) long.

  there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet (acg&t) each word or codon is the recipe for one amino acid.

  there are 20 different amino acids in living organisms.

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  Lieu

  I don't believe humans evolved from animals. Why? Because animals don't destroy their environment, animals aren't greedy, nor do they or smoke crack then go knock over a liquor store. Humans are worse than animals. Humans are more akin to viruses and locusts then animals.
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  Oh, If Only You Poor Bethelites Had................

  by The Searcher in

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  ........obeyed the scriptures you know so well, instead of trying to worship "god's corporation".. (ecclesiastes 5:5) "better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay.".

  the corporation is now giving many of you what you agreed to - a life of real poverty!.

  your poverty outside of bethel is a wee bit different from the poverty in "satan's world" - where you've just been thrown to fend for yourselves.

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  Lieu

  Well, it does say they're "servants of Jehovahs Witnesses", not servants of Jehovah or even Christ... so ... their bad.
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  CO's never say thank you for the green handshakes

  by suavojr in

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  2. friends

  ever noticed how co's and ex-do's never say thank you for the hard earned money they get from the friends?

  they truly believe they are entitled to live an easy life at the expense of others.

  this makes my blood boil!

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  Lieu

  I never gave them any money. Christ, the Apostles, et al didn't mooch. They had regular jobs and supported themselves.

  "Leaders" don't mooch, CO's, DOs considered themselves 'leaders'. They certainly didn't consider themselves everyone else's equal.

  Need more funds, ask for a raise from the mothership.
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  Ironic WT Statement

  by OneFingerSalute in

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  i did not want to potentially hijack the thread in this post: .

  galling meeting today!

  truly nauseating!.

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  Lieu

  It's no different from the RCC. It excuses men while punishing women.

  God didn't allow Adam to get away with blaming Eve for their shit, nor was Adam given lesser punishment.

  Besides, you don't need to ask forgiveness of any human but the one involved in your offense. Uninvolved third parties are irrelevant, unless you refuse to apologize.
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  Half of the cong was dancing last night

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  so went to the meeting last night.

  i had not been to one since before the holiday break (3 weeks ago).

  besides, it was our first meeting in the new format.

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  Lieu

  That's good to hear. Singing praises is supposed to be joyous not melancholy like your at a friggin funeral.

  No one was ever happy because the entire environment was constantly depressing, including that sad sad organ (funeral) music.
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  Really beautiful Watchtower article about truth

  by Anders Andersen in

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  this is the singlemost best watchtower article i have ever read.. it almost brought tears to my eyes (please note the almost ;-)).

  "what is truth?

  "this question is one which every sincere christian should ask and seek to answer.

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  Lieu

  I really like what Russell said.

  The problem with JWs is they are not searching for "truth" because they claim to have already found it. For them the truth was just a lost set of keys now laying on the table. However, their keys keep changing.
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  Really beautiful Watchtower article about truth

  by Anders Andersen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is the singlemost best watchtower article i have ever read.. it almost brought tears to my eyes (please note the almost ;-)).

  "what is truth?

  "this question is one which every sincere christian should ask and seek to answer.

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  Lieu

  ttdtt,

  Satan lied when he said they wouldn't die if they stole God's shit. Death sentence. And they certainly did die 'cause they didn't get to steal anything else.

  Thieves ruin everything.
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  Is the term "worldly" outdated?

  by A.proclaimer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday i had to listen to the co from a spanish congregation on the phone.

  he said the fds has been gradually moving away from the word "worldly" and teaching jws not to use the term anymore.

  has anyone heard this in their congregation or heard the term "non-believers" used before?

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  Lieu

  Probably changing it because it's used as an insult in JWism. JWs hate "the world" while God loved "the world" enough to let his son be sacrificed for it.

  And who are JWs to call anyone who believes in Christ an unbeliever? No clue whatsoever of the point of the entire Bible or what the Apostles were charged with preaching.