If Jesus' Resurrection Were a Hoax....

by Sea Breeze in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23unllbos3w .

Sea Breeze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23UNLLbOS3w

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Organization is God

by Longlivetherenegades in

the belief was jehovah/god is not the organisation when you are a member of the organisation .

when you disassociate or leave the organisation, the belief becomes jehovah/god is the organisation.

someone somewhere will tell you return to jehovah or hand you a publication that has the title return to jehovah.. .

Sea Breeze

Good points. It is fascinating how little by little the organization becomes God to JW's.

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If you have a question maybe I can help doctor of theology and one of Jehovah's witnesses

by Jehovahisgod in

my name is ari matthew davies.

i am a life experience consultant counselor i have a doctor's degree theology psychology clinical addictions and computer sciences.

i am also baptized as well as jehovah's witnesses.. if you have a question i've got a lot of experience and a lot of real life training.

Hi there Jehovahisgod,

Can you explain why Jehovah's Witnesses lie about Jesus being their Mediator when the WT has stated many times that he is not? Why do they try to hide it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqwH_USEzpU&ab_channel=BibleReady

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Would I be disfellowshiped for this?

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

if a publisher openly told the elders that they thought the gb were wrong about some or a lot of things, but said they will not share these thoughts with anyone else then would this be a case of disassociation disgfellowship?.

my guess is lots of elders meetings and shepherding calls to try to get you to say something they could use against you.. but what would be the sin in which you are not repented?.

the only reason to be dissed is non repentance?.

Sea Breeze

The elders found a pasta c in my pantry.

They showed no mercy.

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What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

by Sea Breeze in

jw
friends

i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

Sea Breeze

So I wonder how much of the depression and illness is the result of abusive home life.

Just ask the (non-JW) spouse of any born-in JW. They will tell you that what they put kids through is nothing short of criminal.

But, thanks be to Christ "who makes all things work for the good of those that love him and are called according to his purpose". Romans 8: 28

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What Will JW's Do If They Find Themselves Still Conscious after Death?

by Sea Breeze in

we all know that despite many scriptures to the contrary, jw's believe that when they die, their consciousness will cease.

my question is this: what will be the likely reaction of jw's if they find themselves conscious after death?.

Sea Breeze

DJW,

All this has been covered before. Ecclesiastes is a book that is part of the "WISOM LITERATURE" in the OT. It is written from a carnal point of view, same as an atheist.

From this carnal, purely physical point of view, life is all ultimately meaningless. It is a worldview that the writer ultimately rejects after considering all things. This is why scriptures like Eccl. 10: 19 which reads, "money is the answer for everything", are not projected into a Christian worldview. There is no Christian doctrine that teaches money is the answer for everything even though this is stated clearly in Eccl. 10: 19 .

"Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit." But, Jesus said we can have meaning in our life and peace. Again, different points of view.

The Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 that we were all created with three parts—a spirit, a soul, and a body: Only one exists "under the sun".... the body. When the body becomes separated from the soul, a death occurs. Biblically, "death" MEANS SEPARATION, not annihilation or extinction of the soul/spirit. (Gen. 35:18)

Taking a rejected (carnal or purely physical) worldview and making a Christian doctrine out of it requires not only rejecting the book's own stated framework in which the book is to be understood ("under the sun"), it also requires ignoring or waving off dozens of other scriptures that show people as fully conscious after their consciousness (soul) separates from their body.

I posted a number of these scriptures earlier in this thread.

As far as the resurrection goes, most scholars (skeptic, Jewish, Christian etc.) who publish in this area agree on these minimum facts that are well attested to in history.

Many people find these facts impossible to explain away from a purely natural point of view. So, they end up believing that Jesus was raised from the dead. If a person believes that, then it provides a formidable basis to believe the other things that Jesus said.

First century religious leaders didn't know what to do with this man. So, they had him executed, but he apparently didn't stay dead. People today still wonder what to do with him. Wise men still seek him. Christians simply believe him and take him at his word.

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What Will JW's Do If They Find Themselves Still Conscious after Death?

by Sea Breeze in

we all know that despite many scriptures to the contrary, jw's believe that when they die, their consciousness will cease.

my question is this: what will be the likely reaction of jw's if they find themselves conscious after death?.

Sea Breeze

@carla,

That's probably the most detailed NDE that I've ever read.

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What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

by Sea Breeze in

jw
friends

i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

Sea Breeze

I knew an elders' wife whose head bobled when she walked down the isle. Not sure if she was crazy, but she sure looked it.

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Is Wokeness a Religion

by JeffT in

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friends

this is long so i'll just post a link, i think many here will agree with a lot of what the author has to say.

it certainly resonated with my thinking of the last few years.

https://instapundit.substack.com/p/it-should-be-safe-to-be-unpopular?sd=pf.

Sea Breeze

In the wake of rejecting Judeo-Christian values and morality, Wokeness has filled the void and is now the new standard in determinnig what is moral and what is not moral. If you don't go along with it, you are simply cancelled (disfellowshipped).

Population reduction comes a little later.

Newsweek Article: America Is Fast Becoming a Woke Theocracy

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What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

by Sea Breeze in

jw
friends

i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

Sea Breeze

I came across an xjw post on redditt from a RN. She states that nearly every JW she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/

I once read somewhere that 1 in 5 JW's were on anti-depressants, but I couldn't find any documentation. Any researchers out there have any documentation on this?

Sea Breeze

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