Topics Started by Darth Rutherford

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A "follow up" meeting?!?!
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
well, now they want a follow up visit!

when you tell the elders that you have doubts and they say " its okay, we have had our doubts.

having doubts is not apostasy.
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My Successful Fade
by Darth Rutherford in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been a while since i've posted anything about myself.

i've been on jwn for a couple of years.

my leaving the organization was not because i lost my faith, but i left because of my faith.
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Who is the mediator for the R&F now?
by nonjwspouse in
1. jw
2. friends
has this been changed?

i thought this might need a new thread.. the memorials i have heard about multiple ones noted the prayer ending with something like "jesus our mediator".. sams on another thread :.

nonjwspouse: sahs, so has it now been stated that jesus is only the mediator for the fds, not all the anointed as was previously?.
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Trinitiarian "proof-text" John 20:28 has some problems for "Trinitarians"
by booker-t in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
all through my years as a jws and after i have always wondered about john 20:28 where thomas says "my lord and my god" to jesus.

i just could not find a suitable answer for this text to disprove the trinity doctrine.

i really never swallowed the jws intrepretation of "shock" by thomas something like "oh my god" but at the same time i had a gut feeling trinitarians were hiding something about this verse.
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Powerful and Damning Awake quote, and questions to help JWs think....
by BU2B in
1. watchtower
2. bible
just thought of another question that could start someone waking up.

you could say something to the effect of, "i was thinking how if we were to come across a person in the ministry who asks us how luke 21:8 does not apply to jws in light of the comments such as the ones (quoted below) how could we respond?".

or you could say that someone at work or school presented you with the awake quote and said luke 21:8 proves jws false, then you could say you need help coming up with a response to him.. luke 21:8 .
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Julia gets hit with the Shun Gun for the first time...and it really hurts.
by Julia Orwell in
1. jw
2. friends
my jw friend of 20 years, the first one i ever met, the one who got me into jwism in the first place, unfriended me from facebook without explanation.

other jws who have unfriended me at least called me names (apostate) and told me they were unfriending me, but they were no loss.

but someone who's been your friend since you were 13...and no explanation...i'd think 20 years- 20 years!
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Who's Your Mediator?
by Darth Rutherford in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is jesus your mediator?

were these men anointed christians?

... jesus christ, is not the mediator between jehovah god and all mankind.
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Since Great Crowd has no mediator
by sosoconfused in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am thinking that maybe i missed this discussion or something.

now for years in the org i never ever paid attention to the article that says jesus is the mediator for the 144000 alone.

yesterday talking to my 70+ year old dad he got violently angry with me and threw his cane at me because he said i was a liar.. .
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Maybe I am a little dense, but I just realized...
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the wtbts teaches that, " the soul that is sinning..will die.

" this was re-hashed in the what is truth talk at the dc.

so i got to thinking about the wtbts's doctrine.
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Inside the Westboro Baptist Church - Anything Sound Familiar?
by Darth Rutherford in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
interesting short interview with a wbc apostate.

i didn't realize they shun too - but, i'm not surprised.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwzc6mvdkm&feature=player_embedded.

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