Posts by Bella15

though watchtower had always been a business concern, something happened in the late 1920s that forced watchtower to project its business beyond the front office and far into the rank-and-file.

Bella15

I am WOW'd Sell books??? Thank you Jesus because I am free from that CORPORATION!

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first contradiction in the bible?

by cptkirk in

contradiction without the use of an outside medium (such as archaeology, fossil study).

i just stumbled on this after reading the thread about adam and the sexual subliminal message.

i was thinking about adam and eve and chronology, and a contradiction popped up in my head...so i picked up the bible and there it is.. gen 1:27 - god creates adam and eve, tells them to be fruitful.. gen 2:18 - now adam is alone?

Bella15

One doesn't learn TRUTH and LOVE in the bible ... it is an experience in the spiritual realm

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Has Anyone Tried a Class Action Suit Against the WTBS?

by mrquik in

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i'd like to recoup 50 years of my life.

i'd like to be compensated for lost wages & opportunities.

i'm sure others have lost much more.

Bella15

Yeah. I want al my money back for all the books and magazines I paid for with WRONG, ERRONEOUS information, not to mention FALSE prophecy.

The government should TAX this worldwide religion organization (and others) which makes LOTS of money by the lies they sell - trust me TRUE Christians wouldn't mind spreading the GOSPEL with our own money which HUNDREDS of small churches already do. And to non-believers out there you know what I mean when it comes to the specific Watchtower Corporation lies.

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Curiosity/ Create the universe Stephen Hawking

by jam in

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if you have not seen it, it,s on the discovery station.

tonite, 8:00 pm west coast, two parts..

Bella15

Hawkins missed the fact of the SPIRITUAL REALM ... many religions/people may not believe in a GOD but believe in the spiritual realm.

You should watch the movie "EXPELLED"

I am also very sorry for him and his illness, I think this plays a factor in the way he thinks. Others CHOOSE to think different:

http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/

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fwd Email claiming 1980 AWAKE! "predicted" this economic crisis

by inkling in

i did.

*gag* got it from a family member.

i didn't even acknowledge receipt - i just deleted it.. purza.

Bella15

A lot of Wall Street FINANCIAL ANALYSTS have been predicting this "economic crisis" ... also a lot of Christian Churches preached about the fall of the economic system - BUT THEY DON'T MAKE MONEY OUT OF IT BY SELLING AWAKES WITH THAT INFO.

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JWs are obsessed with persecution

by life is to short in

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over the weekend i was around a group of jw's.

i have not been in such a setting for along time so it was sort of surreal.. so this one older jw woman started to talk about her neighbors and their little girls and how much she liked them.

she said they were a nice family, etc, that they watch each other homes when they go away on vacation, etc.

Bella15

Funny thing is that first of all the bible refers to Israel and CHRISTIANS will be persecuted NOT JW's - they are not christians. Right now in middle east countries, Colombia, Mexico Chiapas, China, India, and many other countries, Christians are easy targets for persecution to the point of death because of the simbols - Cross, Churches, etc., JWs go under the radar as they do not use the cross, also when asked they denied being "christians" and tell the governments that they are not part of Christendom - you know how that thing goes. Most of the persecution JWs have experienced they have brought it unto themselves, blood, neutrality (with double standards and hypocresy depending on country), and now that I now how much they lie and manipulate information I wonder how many of those "experiences" we read in the yearbooks are true.

I have also seen the on TV the FLDS guy and the people that belongs to that sect and defends him ,,, it reminds me of JWs. Same mindset ...definitevely we were brainwashed as JWs.

Thank you GOD for set me free.

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On A Scale Of 1 to 10 How Much Knowledge Does A Jehovah's Witness Have About Their Religion?

by minimus in

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years (many decades) ago, most jws knew what their religion taught.

they could go toe to toe with a minister or priest and make some good points.. i believe today's witness knows little about most of the convoluted teachings and revisions of the "truth".

yesteryear's witnesses got a 9/10.

Bella15

ZERO ...

When they come to house I point to the back or their magazines or books and ask them to explain the difference between the Watchtower Society of Pennsylvania and the Watchtower Society of New York, I also ask for the names of the Board of Directors, I mean the "governing body". I ask when was the society incorporated, who was the first president ... which is not Charles Russell, etc. Also I point to the different revisions of their bible and ask what's the difference from other versions, etc. I make them see that the WTS is a CORPORATION ...

They run fast from my house complaining that I don't want to listen ...

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Watchtower baptism thousands of Children

by Marvin Shilmer in

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watchtower baptism thousands of children.

today i uploaded a new article to my blog comparing what watchtower said about jesus and baptizing children with what watchtower had been doing for years.

my article is titled watchtower baptism thousands of children and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2011/08/watchtower-baptism-thousands-of.html.

Bella15

The pressure of baptizing young children always bothered me - the bible sets a good example as Jesus himself was baptized a grown man. I got baptized or should I say I joined the Watchtower Corporation at 26.

I like the idea of parents dedicating/presenting the children to God like Christian churches do, but you do not force or pressure them into baptism. I am so thankful to God that I didn't raise my kids as JWs. They are 12 and 13 now. Although I was attending meetings while they were still very young 2-3 years old, I was going to the Spanish congregation and they didn't understand a thing - I did this on purpose LOL! Funny that my daughter still remembers how boring Abuelita's (Grandma's) meetings were.