Your query is very good ammunition for those who are shunned but who are no longer witnesses Brocky!
And a very good reason to crank up the paranoia within the congo about those considered to be dodgy JWs.
Half banana
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Query - 1 Cor 5:11
by Tallon in“but now i am writing you to stop keeping company with anyone called a brother who is sexually immoral or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner, not even eating with such a man” ... (bold & italics mine).
my question is; if a brother or sister is disfellowshipped for whatever reason and therefore technically they are no longer a jw (brother or sister), then how can they use the above scripture as a basis to shun you..
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Logical Problem with WT Anointed
by Vanderhoven7 inthe watchtower september 1, 1951, in a wonderful article entitled “hated for his name”(pp518,519) describes the persecution and martyrdom of steadfast christians in the first 3 centuries ad.. by the year (a.d.) 64 christianity was.
prominent throughout much of the roman.
empire, including the capital city.
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Half banana
Van, the Bible, the Watchtower and Polycarp and co are or were in the business of tall stories. John Fox however, apart from partisan remarks against popery and getting carried away with the sentiments of the period, was an early user of original source material for the historicity of some of the public burnings he recorded.
We will remain naive and damaged with the gullibility and intellectual vulnerability of children all through our lives if we stick to the Bible as if it were true.
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Who is attending the 2016 Annual Meeting this Saturday?
by Londo111 ini'm curious if we will have eyewitness reporters at the stanley theater like we do every year....
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Half banana
The question always is "Will this new doctrine make more money than the old doctrine?"
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Three paths in life...
by Fernando inwould you agree:.
there are three main paths in life?.
secular, religious or spiritual?.
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Half banana
There exist endless different opportunities and paths for everyone.
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My Conclusion After Research
by Disassociated Lady 2 insince leaving the jws i have looked into many beliefs and have come to this conclusion.. paganism has a high regard for women, as they worship goddesses and respect the female for the ability to give birth to new life.
christianity puts females in second place to males and blames women for male temptations which goes back to eve eating the fruit and tempting adam with it.
they also created a devil with the appearance of the pagan god pan and built churches on pagan worship sites so that people would still go there to worship, but within a christian building.. i have come to the conclusion that paganism versus christianity is about a battle of the sexes.. the fear of demonic forces is taught by religions to deter you from straying.
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Half banana
Religion is about myth, identity and belonging.............. but once formalized by 'spiritual interpreters' it becomes slavery!
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At A Loss
by azor inmy wife is in the hospital.
complications of a ruptured appendix.
she had it removed around 1am friday morning.
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Half banana
Poor you Azor, I do hope that your wife's condition improves soon. Good on your Mum, ignore those who are ignoring you in your difficulty. All the best to you.
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Who Starts the Great Tribulation - Jehovah or Satan?
by berrygerry inwho starts the great tribulation - jehovah or satan?.
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Half banana
I agree with you Mr Flipper person; its a load of nonsense.
The Watchtower picture of reality is so far removed from truth... yet for JWs it is compulsory to keep these false boundaries and stupid predictions in mind. It is a time wasting distraction from getting on with a real worthwhile and enjoyable life.
It is interesting to see how far a person has come away from the cult by ignoring the Bible's fairy tales. This is not to make adverse comment on those who do, because when we are waking up, it's necessary to put what the Bible says in context with TTATT.
But its a great freedom to realize there is no such thing as Armageddon or "the great tribulation."
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Tell me if I'm right or wrong
by Chook injws say they can go anywhere in the world and they " know" that they would be shown hospitality from their fellow brothers.
of all my years as a jw i found this wasn't the case.
i honestly believe that if i turned up at any of my fellow apostates on here house and said hi i'm chook can we have a coffee, the response would be how many sugars..
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Half banana
Its hardly surprising that when religious loonies meet they would greet fellow loonies who believe the same things.
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Logical Problem with WT Anointed
by Vanderhoven7 inthe watchtower september 1, 1951, in a wonderful article entitled “hated for his name”(pp518,519) describes the persecution and martyrdom of steadfast christians in the first 3 centuries ad.. by the year (a.d.) 64 christianity was.
prominent throughout much of the roman.
empire, including the capital city.
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Instead of thinking on the "unspeakable tortures" of martyrdom of religious fanatics:
Try real life for a change.......................it is very refreshing!
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need input: My older son has an interesting theory as to why my wife has her head in a watchtower 90% of the time
by goingthruthemotions ini am still having issues with my still in wife.
my two son's and i don't want anything to do with the cult.
our marriage is a battle ground all the time.
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Half banana
The Searcher I had exactly the same experience, even with those who had been close friends. Yes subtly provoke thinking and never condemn the org to an active JW.