Marvin Shilmer

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  Anybody have any "REAL" experiences of spirit/demon activity? I'll explain.

  by runForever in

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  i know there is a lot of people on here that will say it is pure make believe but i am interested if anybody has had any real concrete things happen such as something moving or something appearing in the mirror etc.. anything just post it up here even if it wasn't much.

  please give a little context as to the situation..

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  Demonized house
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  A Play On Film Titles......A bit of fun.

  by Je.suis.oisif in

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  thanks to the searcher and diogenesister i've come up with this topic.

  far from the madding crowd.

  my situation since i've become inactive.

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  STAR BORES

  
  
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  Texas school alternative fundraiser for the the PTA. Great idea

  by James Mixon in

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  this was sent to the parents.... for $15.00 check box____i do not want to bake, so here i would have spent on the cupcakes.. $25.00____i do not want to hit up friends, family and co-workers so here is the money.

  i would have spent buying wrapping paper.. $50.00____i do not want to walk, swim or run in any activity that has the word "thon" in it.. $75.00____i don't want to attend any fancy balls, so here is money i would have spent on.

  a new outfit.. $100.00____i really wouldn't have helped anyway so here is $100.00 to forget my name..

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  And that's the way it is.

  Too funny!
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  What Convinced you to Leave?

  by LaurenM in

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  i've been posting here a lot, but these last few weeks have been very difficult for me.

  anyways, lately, i've been thinking about confessing everything i've done to the elders and going back, but deep down, i don't really think it's the truth...so my question is, what convinced you it wasn't the truth and that leaving wasn't a horrible decision that everyone in the truth makes it out to be?

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  1. I tired of the hypocrisy.

  2. I tired of having questions that top leadership refused to answer.

  3. I tired of watching people die over Watchtower's insane blood taboo.

  4. I tired of working myself nearly to death for an organization that refused to answer essential questions.

  5. What finally got me is a more precise version of number 3. I tired of being in the room with grieving parents whose child just died after the parents had faithfully abided by Watchtower's blood doctrine.

  In my view Watchtower's top leadership is filled with murderers.
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  Ashley Madison Cheat Site Hacked Users Names Published and Searchable

  by ctrwtf in

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  so i was just wondering how many of our former brothers and sisters are right now in a panic?.

  leave it to christnews.org to do the christian thing and publish a list of names.

  any computer geeks out there willing to search for any bethelites or elders dumb enough to use a real email address?.

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  But how would we know that that the downsizing was motivated by this event?

  We won't know. It will just happen.
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  The Org is terrified of apostates

  by SecretSlaveClass in

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  i knew apostasy was a serious concern for the org, but until i watched this video, i had no idea how afraid they actually were.

  all this guy wants is to do is not turn in his fs hours and immediately they (elders) set about drilling him about who are what influenced his decision, as if he was incapable of making his own (which as the elders confirm, in the org is highly discouraged).

  they are convinced he has been communicating with apostates or visiting apostate web sites.

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  Fear of schism is, in my opinion, at the heart of Watchtower disfellowshipping scheme.

  In Rutherford's day he waited for the work of dissenters to go its course with a result that from the Spring of 1927 to the Spring of 1928 the Watchtower organization suffered more than an 80% decline in those associating with it. Then Knorr took over, with Fred Franz at his side just like he had been at the side of Rutherford.

  Knorr and Franz decided it was better to take an initiative by removing dissenters on the front end rather than waiting to see how things settled out. This would mean immediate losses along the way, but hopefully avoid the sort of major schism that occurred in 1927-8. This initiative is what we know today as Watchtower's organized communal shunning program, better known internally as disfellowshipping/disassociation.
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  Ashley Madison Cheat Site Hacked Users Names Published and Searchable

  by ctrwtf in

  1. jw
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  so i was just wondering how many of our former brothers and sisters are right now in a panic?.

  leave it to christnews.org to do the christian thing and publish a list of names.

  any computer geeks out there willing to search for any bethelites or elders dumb enough to use a real email address?.

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  I am virtually certain there are dozens if not hundreds of "prominent" JWs on the list.

  Bethel performs legal background checks on all applicants. If this Ashley Madison data is at all reliable then it will only be a matter of time before we see a little tweaking at Bethel (or is that twerking?) in terms of downsizing.
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  Do you believe Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body is the "faithful slave"?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  this question is known to be posed by jws to other jws as an acid test of loyalty.

  i'm not the first to notice what i'm about to point out and comment accordingly, but today i felt compelled to add a short article on my blog highlighting the new language that governing body member geoffrey jackson supplies as a response.

  a person who honestly hesitates to respond with a robust "yes!

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  Fisherman writes:

  Jews believe that Job is allegory. WT teaches that Job was a real person, a contemporary of Moses, from Arabia, a descendant of Abraham--but not of the 12 tribes. ( see Topic "Job" Insight Book and All Scriptures Inspired and Beneficial WTS.) If Job was a fictional character, then God did not actually use him.
  If Job was a real person, then he was an exception of someone that God used who was not a Jew prior to "Pentecost".

  Then, and as you say, if Job was a real person then your assertion is false that "Prior to Pentecost, God used the Jews exclusively."

  The history of Job took place before God appointed Moses as his Messiah and before Israel accepted the Law covenant (according to WTS).

  Another unevidenced assertion. Regardless, your earlier claims is already debunked if, as you say, Job was a real person.

  Interestingly, God used Moses, a Jew, to write the book bearing Job's name, and people benefit because of Moses' work, not Job's.

  Another unevidenced assertion. Regardless, your earlier claims is already debunked if, as you say, Job was a real person.

  And then we have this gem:

  Also, although Job's conduct and integrity must have given God much pleasure, God did not use Job or descendants as his "spokepersons". Prior to "Pentecost," God used the Jews exclusively.

  How on earth you think you can prove the assertion that God did not use Job or descendants as "spokespersons" I have no idea, but I'll ask you to prove it.

  And, finally, and as you say, if Job was a real person then your earlier claims is already debunked that prior to Pentecost God used the Jews exclusively.
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  Do you believe Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body is the "faithful slave"?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this question is known to be posed by jws to other jws as an acid test of loyalty.

  i'm not the first to notice what i'm about to point out and comment accordingly, but today i felt compelled to add a short article on my blog highlighting the new language that governing body member geoffrey jackson supplies as a response.

  a person who honestly hesitates to respond with a robust "yes!

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  Marvin Shilmer

  That would be the true context of GJ reply in regards this set question.

  johnamos for whatever reason you digress from the point of the OP recommendation, which is a response to an acid test question.

  Response to a litmus test is to serve a particular purpose, and that purpose is achieved at the face value of what is said in direct terms, then leaving it up to recipients to digest as they will.

  I've not recommended a debate. In fact the recommended response is in part designed to avoid debating what amounts to speculative claims.
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  Do you believe Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body is the "faithful slave"?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this question is known to be posed by jws to other jws as an acid test of loyalty.

  i'm not the first to notice what i'm about to point out and comment accordingly, but today i felt compelled to add a short article on my blog highlighting the new language that governing body member geoffrey jackson supplies as a response.

  a person who honestly hesitates to respond with a robust "yes!

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  Marvin Shilmer

  My commentary is on what is actually written and what was actually said.

  So is my recommended response to the question at issue.

  No more. No less.