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  why

  by therevealer in

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  if they are going to try to guess what jesus should look like why don't they or haven't they created artwork that they would use to consistently show him as the same guy.

  this one is from sept wt.

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  Come on Jesus, get it together. Someone get him a tissue.
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  exJW Psychology 102--How to Ask a Question When Questions Aren't Allowed

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

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  now that enough time has passed and i've moved away, i think i'm overdue to share some of the stories from my fade.

  i've mentioned some of this before, but i think it deserves its own thread.. we all would like to be able to freely ask questions about jw beliefs and get our family and friends to really think about certain questions.

  however, when you're a baptized jw, you really can't ask any good questions or you'll get the "apostate" label slapped on you!

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  Resistance is Futile

  Great thread Billy. Clearly you've spent some time in the kitchen studying some of Satan's better recipes.

  JWs have to come to the difficult yet honest realization that their religion and its many "unique" doctrines simply can't stand up to scrutiny.

  I ran into a group of JWs street witnessing recently and engaged them in conversation without letting on what I know about the Watchtower cult. Within a few minutes the lady somewhat randomly blurted out "Jehovah has always had an organization". Bear in mind I really hadn't asked anything up to that point which would have warranted that particular response. Slightly taken aback, yet willing to play, I politely asked, "What organization was Jehovah using in the 1700s"? To which I received a stunned expression of confusion and silence. These were older women that had spent decades in the religion. I was dumbfounded that this women had simply never thought about such a basic question.
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  Anthony Morris The 3rd Talks About Human Hot Dogs At Armageddon, There Will Be No Picnic For Survivors

  by frankiespeakin in

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  watch out for armageddon it is going to be numbing to human sensibilities:.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=micq4iqrklm.

  i guess he's thinkin jehovah's gonna roast them like a hot dogs burned to a charred ruination over a fire.

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  btt
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  The music that moves you....

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  once when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.

  he named each song after a person in our family.

  this is the one he named heather.

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  Resistance is Futile

  "Going Home" always get to me. I see it as a metaphor for passing on, "home" being whatever a person might believe about an afterlife.

  It's not far, yes close by
  Through an open door
  Work all done, care laid by
  Going to fear no more
  
  Mother's there 'specting me
  Father's waiting, too
  Lots of folk gathered there
  All the friends I knew
  
  All the friends I knew
  
  I'm going home
  
  Nothing lost, all's gain
  No more fret nor pain
  No more stumbling on the way
  No more longing for the day
  Going to roam no more

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJFhTb1gi6Y
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  600 people up and left the DC after the 'apostate' talk?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  an 'apostate' inactive jw in america i know on facebook went to the dc and said fully 600 people left between the end of the apostate talk and the lunch break.

  have any of you who also went to the dc seen something like this happen?

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  I hesitate in reading too much into a difference in count at a DC.

  With that said, after listening to the "apostate" talk in the video Nicsfreedom linked, one thing is very clear.

  The Governing Body is scared. They're scared of the internet, scared of the fact that so much of the precious organization's embarrassing past of teaching falsehoods is just a click away. They're scared of anyone that won't obey them, as shown by their heavy-handed approach in labeling anyone with a contrary opinion as ones causing divisions and serving satan.
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  What about your vow to Jehovah?

  by a watcher in

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  did you get baptized without being dedicated?.

  why did you allow men to come between you and jehovah?.

  why were you serving jehovah at all?

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  a watcher inadvertently revealed a serious flaw in the worldview put forth by the Governing Body of the Watchtower corporation and subsequently repeated by many Jehovah's Witnesses. The Governing Body insidiously infers that the Organization=Jehovah. Therefore, leaving the organization is equivalent to leaving Jehovah.

  a watcher, can you not see that the organization itself has become a golden calf that well-meaning yet misled Jehovah's Witnesses direct their worship towards? Can you not see that the Governing Body has put themselves in the place of Jehovah by arrogantly claiming that disagreeing with their ever-changing interpretations of "truth" is the same as disagreeing with Jehovah?

  The premise of your thread, that renouncing allegiance to an earthly organization is comparable to leaving Jehovah God, is blasphemous.

  Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor governments nor things now here nor things to come nor powers nor height nor depth nor any other creation will be able to separate us from God's love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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  Since Great Crowd has no mediator

  by sosoconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am thinking that maybe i missed this discussion or something.

  now for years in the org i never ever paid attention to the article that says jesus is the mediator for the 144000 alone.

  yesterday talking to my 70+ year old dad he got violently angry with me and threw his cane at me because he said i was a liar.. .

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  Honestly, does it really matter? I'm atheist now, so it's all rubbish to me.

  I suspect that to Jehovah's Witnesses that mistakenly believe that Jesus is their Mediator, it does matter.

  Never discount the power of certain topics on lurking Jehovah's Witnesses. I can only hope that someday members of my family will gather up the courage to research their religion. And they might stumble on a site like this where they'll learn for the first time that Christ Jesus is not their Mediator. You never know which topic might be the trigger for Jehovah's Witnesses to begin to see the truth about the "truth".
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  Since Great Crowd has no mediator

  by sosoconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am thinking that maybe i missed this discussion or something.

  now for years in the org i never ever paid attention to the article that says jesus is the mediator for the 144000 alone.

  yesterday talking to my 70+ year old dad he got violently angry with me and threw his cane at me because he said i was a liar.. .

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  The Watchtower claims that the great crowd has no Mediator between them and Jehovah. But in reality, the Governing Body has taken on the role of Mediator for the great crowd. A Mediator is a go-between, an intermediary.

  The Watchtower teaches that to get to Jehovah, you have to go through the organization. No hope exists for those living outside the group. To be a part of the organization you have to obey everything the Governing Body says, regardless of whether you feel that it's actually supported by scripture. Sure, you can respectfully disagree, but you face disfellowshipping and expulsion from the group. If you chose to not obey and follow the imperfect men that make up the Governing Body you risk membership in the only group that can survive Armageddon. Yes, Jehovah's Witnesses say they are loyal to Jehovah, but the cold hard reality is that they must be loyal to imperfect men and their ever-changing interpretations of "truth".

  I'm actually surprised that the Governing Body hasn't put it in print that they are the acting Mediator over the great crowd to demonstrate their authority over the rank and file. Perhaps they realize that removing Jesus as the go-between for 99.9% of Jehovah's Witnesses (the great crowd) won't sit right for many of the flock.
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  Anthony Morris The 3rd Talks About Human Hot Dogs At Armageddon, There Will Be No Picnic For Survivors

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  watch out for armageddon it is going to be numbing to human sensibilities:.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=micq4iqrklm.

  i guess he's thinkin jehovah's gonna roast them like a hot dogs burned to a charred ruination over a fire.

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  Absolutely disgusting.

  He's talking about the smell of burning human flesh to an audience filled with children?!?

  How on earth has this Cult gotten to the state it's in? Videos like this should be passed on to the media.
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  Evolution of Turtle shells

  by cantleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you might have read about this over the last day or two, i was going to add this to the "common ancestry" thread, i considered it somewhat off topic as it is more to do with evolutionary transition.. the shells of turtles and tortoises have always been a bit mystery for evolutionery biologists.

  a turtle shell is not a single structure but a complex one made up from the fused bones analogous to the ribs and vertebrae of other vertebrates.

  these bones in effect form a pseudo exoskeleton.

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  Resistance is Futile

  James Brown, how old do you believe the earth is?

  Did dinosaurs and humans coexist?

  Were there any dinosaurs on the ark?