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  Neutered New World

  by Labate in

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  if, as jesus said, there is no marriage in the afterlife, will our sex drive be removed?.

  sex without marriage is fornication, which is a no-no.. if i were young and healthy, being surrounded by young, healthy women, having the normal male libido would hardly be paradise..

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  Half banana

  Wake, that is a stonking piece of WT drivel you have unearthed.

  Can you imagine the allure of joining an organisation which holds out for the new member the prospect of losing your gender identity?

  It is beyond the pale. It is insane.
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  Time for a new type/anti-type, G.B? 2033 is the new 1975!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  2. beliefs

  a well known scripture says, "however, do not let this escape your notice, beloved ones, that one day is with jehovah as a thousand years......." (2 peter 3:8) .

  using this divine calculation of time, let's apply it to a prophetic type/anti-type scenario:.

  matthew 16:21 says, ".....the christ would suffer and rise from among the dead on the third day...", while john 21:1 reveals that it was at the very beginning of that third day - "on the first day of the week, mary magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and she saw that the stone had already been taken away from the tomb.

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  Half banana

  Surely even JWs know by now it's just not going to happen ...... ever?
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  Oct 2017 WT again shunning instructions

  by Daniel1555 in

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  Half banana

  The way it evolves in the JW cult is that an idea starts as a comment in a WT then becomes part of the routine. I can imagine that shunning could become a badge of honour in the congregation. "I see you are successfully shunning three family members and two friends Brother Zealous, keep up the good work."

  "Theocratic warfare" i.e. lying for the Watchtower, was mentioned years ago as a rare and extreme measure under war-time conditions, as the cult goes into decline they will probably make it compulsory...............
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  I asked an elder how is the witnessing going in Bangladesh?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i said god is not giving them much of a chance to hear his message, i think it's one to 3 million ratio.

  i said if wt paid prime internet space they could beam their propaganda to everyone instantly, then you could show the world mr lett live , and explain how he is to rule the world from heaven.

  then i asked that god seems to like the anglo nations , i should of asked how many chinese and indian are on the gb..

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  Half banana

  The reason is simple: God is a white Anglo Saxon male
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  June 29, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: Branch Relocation - Newsletter (UK)

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  june 29, 2017 to all congregations re: branch relocation - newsletter.

  britain branch relocation - newsletter ed.5 summer 2017. .

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  Half banana

  or even cult delusion..........
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  June 29, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS Re: Branch Relocation - Newsletter (UK)

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  june 29, 2017 to all congregations re: branch relocation - newsletter.

  britain branch relocation - newsletter ed.5 summer 2017. .

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  Half banana

  Or possibly Stan, a rehabilitation centre for victims of lifelong cult delsion........
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  July Broadcast - Bible Teach book and Keep Yourselves In Gods Love book

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i didn't manage to last the whole broadcast.

  it was so unbelievably boring that i only managed halfway before i switched it off.

  in this broadcast anthony morris iii (who i affectionately call "the don") stresses to us the importance of studying - not one - but two of their publications in order to understand the bible.

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  Half banana

  Just a note PE; when the writer said "all scripture is inspired of God and beneficial...", he was not referring to the Bible. We know this because it was written about three hundred years before the Bible was compiled.
  

  From the contemporary usage of Paul's Greek, "scripture" is understood to refer to that category of writings which were intended to be of an uplifting nature, as opposed to say legal documents, history or religious obligations. This means that Paul would have had in mind works such as the most popular Christian texts of the first two centuries which was The Shepherd of Hermas. It could not refer to The Bible!
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  Subliminal images - why and who are the individuals behind it?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i remember about 5 years ago reading on another site about subliminal images in wt literature.

  i honestly thought it a load of bs until i checked out one glaringly obvious image of a creepy skull in clouds within the knowledge book.

  i was shocked and even showed my wife at the time who thought it was creepy.. so my question is why?

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  Half banana

  If the incompetence and egoism found in the WT art department is true-- and idealistic JWs with a talent for art are let loose to do their work--and the department heads are JW zombie company men...........then I can see how it happens.

  As a designer/artist myself, there is nothing more stultifying to free personal expression than claustrophobic life in a highly controlling religious institution. (How did you manage it CC?)

  One can imagine how the idealist bro gets to work in art at Bethel and finds his creative freedom squashed, what does he do? He doodles and sees what he can get away with, having awoken to the fact that JW HQ is hell on earth and that the organisation is a fraud. His artwork cleverly leaves tiny but permanent marks of his dissatisfaction and he has to look for a way to escape the oppressive cult.

  I have heard of one such and I don't suppose he was the only one.

  Pariedolia is something visual artists are always conscious of and play with, just as writers, poets and playwrights deal with ambiguities in words and nuance of meaning. The JW organisation however is inclined towards a religious fascism!
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  Looking for Scottish Ex-JW's to share their experiences (If out obviously)

  by jambon1 in

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  2. friends

  raised in edinburgh and glasgow congregations.

  lots of funny and interesting jw characters from the 90's & 2000's.

  ian shanks.

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  Half banana

  Unchackle, I like the sound of whole congs going apostate-- I too wonder which ones and perhaps more importantly how?
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  Watchtower teaches that Jesus dying on the stake is no longer certain

  by Listener in

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  2. beliefs

  the watchtower has held for many years that jesus died on a stake and held strongly to this teaching.

  w 1951 3/15 the above agrees with the new world translation of the christian greek scriptures in its appendix, page 769, in saying that the instrument upon which jesus was nailed was a stake without a crossbeam, and not the religiously represented “cross”; and that the greek word used for that instrument in ancient time meant a “stake” and not the conventional religious cross.

  they are no longer certain on this point.

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  Half banana

  Since when have the JW organisation started to use logical reasoning?

  If they really go in that direction they might all wake up.