Posts by erbie

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Sparlock is helping Mormons

by cedars in

check out this awesome video - part 7 in a series where a mormon uses the witnesses as a proxy to figure out why his own faith is wrong.. sparlock, hassan's bite model, and even the 2013 "human apostates" convention talk all make cameos.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmesmlhydru.

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cedars.

erbie

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My Letter to Brooklyn about the Parousia that got me disfellowshipped

by cofty in

this is the letter i wrote back in '96 about the parousia.

following the '95 watchtower that disconnected the "generation" from 1914 i began to look carefully at end-time prophecy and soon discovered what i knew were basic errors in what i had been taught.. i was a loyal jw at the time and was still serving as an elder.

i used only watchtower publications in my research.

erbie

Well done for trying Cofty but I would imagine your letter went right over their heads.

You can't reason with the unreasonable ones.

Still, I guess they understood enough of it to see that it exposed their lies and decided to punish you for it.

Top marks anyway

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New Rumor - Watchtower and Awake in one magazine only?

by TJ Curioso in

hi folks!.

someone told me that there is a rumor that soon the watchtower and awake's magazines will be only one (fusion).. anybody knows something concrete about that, or is only rumor instead?.

tj curioso.

erbie

Just think though, all that wholesome goodness rolled into one!

Yummy...

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Why Jehovah's Witnesses Are Discouraged From Using the Internet

by AllTimeJeff in

at a recent series of circuit assemblies, the governing body put out warnings on what in their view is the latest danger from satan, designed to break the faith of jehovah's witnesses everywhere.. facebook.. yes, thats right, apparantly, the gb is concerned because a lot of people are having "facebook sex".

they are meeting old friends who aren't jehovah's witnesses and getting it on with whomever would willingly sleep with them.

evidentally, the gb would like their flock to believe that when jw's get on facebook and other social networking sites, fornication happens.. now, this is news.

erbie

They fear everything that provides knowledge.

Higher Education and the internet are their biggest enemies.

There aren't any more corners for them to hide in so they lash out at anything they see as a threat.

The internet throws light on them and they do not like that.

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Nice tid bit for those JW's that say Catholics are NOT Christian

by sinis in

in fact, it would seem that christianity was from the very beginning catholic... hmmmmm, how they fail when it comes to history.... .

"the earliest evidence of the use of the term catholic church is the letter to the smyrnaeans that ignatius of antioch wrote in about 107 to christians in smyrna.

exhorting christians to remain closely united with their bishop, he wrote: "wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever jesus christ is, there is the catholic church.

erbie

You are quite correct.

Learning about the history of the Church was the main thing that threw me out of the Watchtower.

I quickly realized that the way the WTS is set up makes it a weak imitation of the Catholic Church and lacks any real credibility or authenticity.

This is the real reason why the Witnesses fear the Catholic Church so.

And their insecurity is the only reason they constantly slander and discredit it.

I am not Catholic but I am inteligent and well informed enough to know that it is the only Church which can trace its history back to the Apostles.

Every other avenue of Christianity is just a breakaway.

Whether or not they were right to break away is a hotly debated topic and an argument I won't engage in.

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Another bash at education - wt13 9/15

by Splash in

page 20:.

the unwary may adopt the same view of theocratic arrangements.

they may be unwilling to go along with congregation procedures and may even complain about anything not to their liking.

erbie

Is there any 'Bible based' counsel on higher education?

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Visit to Bethel, Convention Jitters and Kingdom Hall Attendance Dropping of a Cliff!

by AuntConnie in

i feel like jehovah has cursed me some days and others i feel he is using me to direct others out the front and back door of our kingdom hall.

here's my update on our perfect congregation, we are losing publishers monthly with meeting attendance down below one hundred during the weekday meeting.

should i feel guilty for mistreating the miserable mentally ill and chronically ill publishers who are milking the public welfare system, nto because they do not deserve anything better but because they bring only their appetite to our spiritual banquet while we elderettes study the watchtower and wow the publishers with our thirty second polished comments to bring praise to jehovah.

erbie

In a way I kinda envy you for still believing it all and trying to enjoy it.

I wish you luck.

I had a head-on collision course with common sense and reason a long time ago so its too late for me.

It must be a struggle now so I wish you the very best and joy if it is to be had.

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New Rumor - Watchtower and Awake in one magazine only?

by TJ Curioso in

hi folks!.

someone told me that there is a rumor that soon the watchtower and awake's magazines will be only one (fusion).. anybody knows something concrete about that, or is only rumor instead?.

tj curioso.