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  Watchtower Used to Teach Jesus Was Not an Angel and was  "the Lord from Heaven" Who Died on a Cross!

  by Sea Breeze in

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  no wonder they instructed congregation elders to throw away old literature from kingdon hall libraries.

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  nicolaou

  No doubt you're correct but here's the thing in Watchtowerland.

  Nobody cares.
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  What would happen if the religion just straight out gets outed as bad? The ORG admits to it and all the members get told to disperse

  by Starlight.vee in

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  2. scandals

  like the org just gives up and comes out saying that all of what they are saying is untrue and that there is no armageddon, nothing.

  how do y’all think the the members still in it would react?.

  there be a mental health crisis i perhaps.

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  nicolaou

  I mean, I'm no fan of Watchtower but comparing their output to Hitler's speeches? Really?

  I actually think I could compare Jesus to a Nazi sympathiser Sea Breeze. Want me to elaborate?
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

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  good pick?

  bad pick?

  helpful to president biden?

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  nicolaou

  She is both all the time and should identify as such.

  Bullshit. When I'm at my Greek family gatherings it's raucous and hysterical and I'm happy to go native. My wife is an English rose and when we're with her family I switch.

  Get over yourself and stop demanding what people should be. It's not your business.
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

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  good pick?

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  helpful to president biden?

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  nicolaou

  Simon, you and I have been posting here for over two decades and I think the only thing we've ever disagreed on is Trump.

  That's fine, we aren't kids.
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

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  good pick?

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  helpful to president biden?

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  Sea Breeze:

  When Kamala hits Indian TV, she’s Indian. When she rolls up in Atlanta, she’s Black. Politicians call this code-switching. We used to call this lying.

  My folks emigrated to the UK in December 1963 from Cyprus, I was born a few months later in a Midlands town. Am I British or Cypriot? Let me tell you, I identify as both.

  Harris was born to an Indian mother and Jamaican father. You can be two things, it's not complicated.
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  What would happen if the religion just straight out gets outed as bad? The ORG admits to it and all the members get told to disperse

  by Starlight.vee in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  like the org just gives up and comes out saying that all of what they are saying is untrue and that there is no armageddon, nothing.

  how do y’all think the the members still in it would react?.

  there be a mental health crisis i perhaps.

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  nicolaou

  slimboyfat:

  The latest summer convention is probably the best they’ve ever held in terms of the quality of the programme.

  Really? Examples please Slim'.
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  You do know Kaleb is an autistic savant right?

  No, I didn't know that and it does make a difference. My wife has worked with autistic children in the UK education system for fifteen years so I've picked up a little knowledge through her.
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  nicolaou

  Kaleb, of course it's a myth. Of course it didn't happen at all, I acknowledged as much earlier.

  The discussion is for the benefit of an exJW audience who, like myself at any rate, we're indoctrinated on this stuff and some find it more difficult to let go than others.

  Stop being such a smug drama queen.
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  Who told the first lie?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

  god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

  in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

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  KOW: it just reads "you will surely die." No mention of a "day." So where is the lie? They did die, right?

  Everyone dies. If some thug threatens you with death you aren't going to assume they're referring to your old age demise.

  Equally if someone says you won't die you aren't going to assume they mean you'll never die, that's just ridiculous.

  Sophisticated theology can be fascinating but if it's arguing that black is white it's worthless.
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  Ages of each user here?

  by ukpimo in

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  i'm interested to know the age demographics here.

  it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.

  it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.

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  nicolaou

  I just turned 60. Crazy to think I made my first post here at 36.