Some EX-JWs appear brainwashed too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZan-PYDCk&ab_channel=KimMikey
i know as a jw i concluded several times that i was not brainwashed as i was not some unautonimous zombie and had not experienced anything akin to.... .
but in reality, brainwashing is a control of thought and ideas over a person and changing the way they think.
in normal life such sentences are not used, in fact they are highly discouraged... .
Some EX-JWs appear brainwashed too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZan-PYDCk&ab_channel=KimMikey
https://youtu.be/iv_uifab-qg?si=ttnajiuizmtqlte9.
it began during the last annual meeting of 2014 and now is trikling down to their watchtower magazines, this new "live and let live" attitude towards people of other faiths, or as they were known as babylon the great soon to be dead in the hands of god members.but it is a new different story, so let's read paragraph 15 from study article 15:.
"jehovah is kind to both the righteous and the unrighteous.
JW's will have to find other means to get their jollies since it is no longer PC to talk about their neighbors and co-workers becoming bird food and manure on the ground. The old timers are being put out to pasture, after WT ganked their life savings and family wealth of course.
This is nothing less than WT admittling that they never believed the old filty whore schtick about churches, just as they never believed the fear porn about the UN being the wild beast of Satan when they agreed to support UN objectives while they were listed as a UN NGO.
The question is how many brain-dead members under 40 will go along with this ?
i know as a jw i concluded several times that i was not brainwashed as i was not some unautonimous zombie and had not experienced anything akin to.... .
but in reality, brainwashing is a control of thought and ideas over a person and changing the way they think.
in normal life such sentences are not used, in fact they are highly discouraged... .
My ex-FIL who was Presiding Overseer once said mockingly on stage: "I was a accused of being brain-washed at someone's door recently. I told him we all need a good brain-washing from time to time".
- racous laughter from KH audience
one at pentecost 33 c.e.
or were they "overlapping nations?".
w02 8/1 p. 12 par.
Yes, they try to teach this. They have to reach back and grab some OT lingo and put a symbolic spin on it and presto! They think there is another way to get saved other than through the blood covenant. Only trouble is NT theology talks about "one new man" not two:
Eph. 2: 12 - you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
that was click bait.
did it work?
https://youtu.be/_spl7to0m3y?si=gujblhtzkpy0fvzz .
This A. Morris sighting was reported by a trinitarian and shows him forraging in the wilderness. Looks like he grew a beard and has become quite elusive. Field service?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwk6pxprkg&ab_channel=thethornbushwasblazing%26yetdidn%27tburnup.
Would’ve been 15 if that one guy hadn’t put a bullet in his head before the cops could arrest him.
Missed that part Vidiot, thanks. I'm sure he probably thought that he would wake up in paradise, you know for the do-over the Watchtower promised him.
I suspect that he found out rather quickly afterwards that he simply jumped from the frying pan into the fire.
that's what the word says.
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colossians 1:16. for by him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through him and for him..
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aqwsed12345
Your knowledgeable, comprehensive and noninsulting answers are admirable. Very patient, way more than me.
Me too. Whenever, I see Ad hominims getting thrown around, I know that side has run out of places to hide. And it is nearly always the same side that engages in it.
Thank you aqwsed12345 for your research on this thread.
Colossians 1:16
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities
from my experience within the jw organization, i understood that salvation meant a person accepted the teachings of the wbts without question as the "faithful and discrete slave," thereby placing their trust in them, not jesus christ.
salvation consisted of being found "righteous" by jehovah and resurrected to everlasting life in an earthly paradise.
to obtain this salvation, one needed to obey the organization's teachings, remain a faithful jw, and lead a moral life.
Not long ago,,,, maybe 8 - 10 years ago there were talks about whatever you were doing at that time you were locked-in and you were doomed.
Now,, we have this last minute repentance thing??
It is becoming increasingly obvious that we were once led by the equilivent of the three stooges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwk6pxprkg&ab_channel=thethornbushwasblazing%26yetdidn%27tburnup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWk6pXPRKg&ab_channel=thethornbushwasblazing%26yetdidn%27tburnup
for those on this forum who still consider themselves christian or students of the bible, are there any bible principles you came across during your own study or research that were never brought out by the gb of the jws but that you found significant or profound?.
i don't mean doctrinal issues like the trinity, heaven & hell, etc, as these are issues christendom has been arguing over for centuries.
i mean simple, scriptural principles that the gb could've highlighted at any time, but for various reasons - some obvious, some less so - have chosen not to.. one that stood out to me is in 1 samuel chapters 2, 3 and 4.. young samuel has been dedicated to the temple and is being raised to serve god there.
Pretty much anything to do with new testament grace or mercy was new to me.