Posts by vienne

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What is the biggest problem with the JWS religion or the Watchtower Corporation from a sociological and theological perspective ?

by Finkelstein in

many have spent years associated with jws religion and having eventually left it for numerous reasons but if you were to directly pinpoint a source of the problem with this religious organization what would it be ?.

in my personal viewpoint it would have be the core operation of literature proliferation and other products associated with the wts.

corporation.. once you think about it everything is focused around the operation of the wts publishing house, its distribution and circulation of its published goods.

vienne

I see it as a theological-organizational problem. The Watchtower emphasizes the group and its leaders. The New Testament does too. But the Watchtower abandoned emphasis on personal relationship with and personal responsibility to God and Christ.

So they are dependent on a group of seven men whom they've crafted into a 'second mediator' between God and humans. They thank the Governing Body for spiritual food. They should be pointing to God instead. They say to follow the Governing Body's instructions, but they should be telling us to follow Jesus' word and example.

They misdirect spiritual inquiry by a falsely built authority structure.

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HYMNS you will never hear at the Kingdom Hall

by Vanderhoven7 in

do you have examples of hymns you will never hear in kingdom halls in any country.. here are a few of my favorites:.

https://youtu.be/cjivdc-_njs.

https://youtu.be/7gfvl0ef-be .

vienne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fztz_Vr9uHk&index=4&list=PLxcc29zVwq9pKFz4OJEaOcExIb9dd5Wx4

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Russian gunman raised in JW family

by Alex Bogdanov in

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the link bellow is sort of ok. i could not find a decent article in english language about this, but russian media is exploding.

2 days ago a teenager killed 19 people and injured dozens and committed suicide.

he was raised in a jw family.

vienne

Alex, but where did they focus on the 2014 date? I understand previous WT 'generation' doctrine. I cannot find where they focused on 2014.

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Russian gunman raised in JW family

by Alex Bogdanov in

jw
friends

the link bellow is sort of ok. i could not find a decent article in english language about this, but russian media is exploding.

2 days ago a teenager killed 19 people and injured dozens and committed suicide.

he was raised in a jw family.

vienne

Where in a Watchtower publication is the 2014 date suggested? I would find this useful if it exists.

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HYMNS you will never hear at the Kingdom Hall

by Vanderhoven7 in

do you have examples of hymns you will never hear in kingdom halls in any country.. here are a few of my favorites:.

https://youtu.be/cjivdc-_njs.

https://youtu.be/7gfvl0ef-be .

vienne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-jMSs6FqaI

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Abuse victim's mother burst into Kingdom Hall, publicly accusing him of being a paedophile...

by Darth FayDehr in

one of their mothers burst into the jehovah's witness church in swansea and publicly accused him of being a paedophile only to receive a letter from solicitors warning her not to harass.

judge geraint walters...described collins as a "devious, arrogant and self-righteous man" who had lived behind veil of respectability partly through his contact with the jehovah's witness church.

full story: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/devious-righteous-christian-raped-two-15274172.

vienne

I'm not unsympathetic. If someone touched one of my daughters I would take matters into my own hands - some. But this is ineffective. A response shouldn't just be anger. It should be effective. It should hurt in meaningful ways.

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At least 2 of current Governing body are not honest about even their names.

by Not_Culty in

many don't know that at least 2 of current governing body are not honest about even their name.

mark sanderson is actually douglas mark sanderson.

stephen lett is mark stephen lett .

vienne

I don't see abbreviating one's name as dishonest. I come from a German-American-Austrian family and I am a dual citizen of the USA and Austria. Long given names in my family are traditional. I have seven given names. I don't use most of them. I use the fifth and sixth of them. No one ever calls me Vikktoria, my true first name. I go by Rachael Michelle. For my writing I use a small part of a compound-complex last name, my parents' last name. As an educator I use my married last name. I do not feel dishonest. And I do not intend to be dishonest.

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