Independent thinking, what normal people call "thinking for yourself". If you believe supernatural passages in the bible are true don't kid yourself that you're thinking independently. You may not be captive to an organisation but you are certainly held captive by that book.
nicolaou
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Serious sinner?
by Gorb inwith the statement in the study watchtower this sunday, that stop serving jehovah is a serious sin, the following:.
- can i conclude now, that we, (i, wife and 2 children), since 2008 pomo and no longer active in any religious activity, are serious sinners for jehovahs witnesses?.
writing this in a watchtower, a statement like that, could have big implications.. it makes me so sad.
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Serious sinner?
by Gorb inwith the statement in the study watchtower this sunday, that stop serving jehovah is a serious sin, the following:.
- can i conclude now, that we, (i, wife and 2 children), since 2008 pomo and no longer active in any religious activity, are serious sinners for jehovahs witnesses?.
writing this in a watchtower, a statement like that, could have big implications.. it makes me so sad.
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nicolaou
Journeyman:
That was just a statement of what is Christian doctrine
No, that was you preaching. Re-read that 1st paragraph of yours. You preach that we are created by god and that resisting him is a serious sin. You didn't quote the bible in that whole post. It was all you.
And even if the bible does make sinister "resistance is futile" threats, what of it? Why take it seriously and, more importantly, why trouble exiting cult members with the very same intimidation?
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Serious sinner?
by Gorb inwith the statement in the study watchtower this sunday, that stop serving jehovah is a serious sin, the following:.
- can i conclude now, that we, (i, wife and 2 children), since 2008 pomo and no longer active in any religious activity, are serious sinners for jehovahs witnesses?.
writing this in a watchtower, a statement like that, could have big implications.. it makes me so sad.
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nicolaou
Journeyman:
resistance against God and the holy spirit is what is the serious sin.
This right here is the problem with religious posters on a forum for recovering JW's. Piling on the guilt and fear that leaving God or the cult is a terrible thing to do.
Shameful.
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JWN, 23 years posting Blondie
by blondie incan i call you friends, i think so after 23 years posting here.
i am dismayed how jwn is being "dominated" or taken over by a few posters, peppering the comments.
in the past, the admin did not approve of this and did remove some posters from jwn.
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nicolaou
Duran, analysing the doctrines that once held us all captive is helpful. It helps former cult members understand where they've come from and how they were mislead. It's part of the awakening process and gives confidence to take those first steps to freedom.
Evangelising for your particular religious point of view is unhelpful and unwelcome. There is a huge difference between promoting and analysing.
Make the effort to understand that.
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JWN, 23 years posting Blondie
by blondie incan i call you friends, i think so after 23 years posting here.
i am dismayed how jwn is being "dominated" or taken over by a few posters, peppering the comments.
in the past, the admin did not approve of this and did remove some posters from jwn.
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nicolaou
There's your first one right there Simon 🙄
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JWN, 23 years posting Blondie
by blondie incan i call you friends, i think so after 23 years posting here.
i am dismayed how jwn is being "dominated" or taken over by a few posters, peppering the comments.
in the past, the admin did not approve of this and did remove some posters from jwn.
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nicolaou
Hear, hear Blondie. You've expressed the concerns I've also had for a while. A handful of fundamentalists bent on proving some theological point or other (as if it matters).
Imagine a doubting JW coming here for the first time and seeing that. What a complete lack of awareness.
Not sure what the answer is, I totally understand Simon not investing so much of his time here after a quarter century of dealing with it all
Perhaps we should all get involved in those threads to bang a few heads together?
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2024 Annual Meeting Doctrinal Change
by Listener ina change to their doctrine came from jackson.
this isn't a transcript of his whole speech but i thought i would try and get some of his main speech in writing.. at around 1hr26 minutes he starts talking about some dangerous thinking in feeling there is some wiggle room in regards to the schedule for the gt.
but you see, we need to be careful about what we are thinking about the number of anointed ones left on earth.
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nicolaou
KerryKing:
WT corporations are signed up to WEF organisations which are trying to bring all religions together. WT is actively involved up to the eyeballs
Can you back this up? Do you have any proof at all that WT are collaborating with the World Economic Forum to "bring all religions together"?
I can wait 🙄
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October Elder's Letter Delayed- Big Announcement at Annual Meeting
by Newly Enlightened inhttps://youtu.be/93h5zpbil6k?si=ffatfxjuxmj_na9i.
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nicolaou
9.45 ET 14.45GMT
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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nicolaou
Watchtower has a way of ruining marriages.
Jabba did this all by himself. He'd love everyone to agree with you so that he can pass at least some of the blame elsewhere but the reality is he was cheating on his wife. Lying, cheating, manipulating and publicly degrading his wife.
Did I miss anything?
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God won't lift a finger to help you.
by nicolaou insea breeze: @nicolau,i stated my case rather succiently, which you failed to address.
if you have a better solution to the problem of evil than what jesus offers, then why don't you present that in a new topic?.
pathetic diversion.
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nicolaou
According to his post history blondie he stopped posting the day after his last post on this topic. That's over two weeks ago.
I berated him often but still, hope he's ok.