Whynot

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  Do You Think President Trump Is Doing a Good Job?

  by minimus in

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  i think he is.

  if you don’t want to put reasons for your yes or no, it’s ok. .

  your vote,please?

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  Whynot

  This is hard to answer. Yes and No. Somethings are good but other things are a disaster.
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  Helping my husband wake up, need advice.

  by Whynot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my husband is dfed but he is a prime example of someone who was a puppet for the watchtower.

  i was able to wake him a little with the sex abuse scandal.

  he was an elder and is very familiar with those rules.

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  Still Totally ADD my husband feels VERY guilty. A former elder, regular pioneer and we were extremely active. He just completely lost it, abandoned me and my children so there's plenty of guilt. I took him back but I know he still feels bad. He stopped going to the meetings because of the guilt. Then I stopped going. He has always told me that he doesn't feel good enough to pray or be anything in the cong. He was a HUGE rule follower, always nit picking. He felt that being an elder made him feel important and fed his self-esteem. So he was an elder for selfish reasons.
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  Anyone think Assemblies will stop?

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not completely but the expensive renting of halls or assembly hall ownership.

  maybe with streaming they could have assemblies at the kh and stream the program.

  i bet they cut costs in a lot of ways.

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  Whynot

  Honestly, I really don't see the purpose of conventions since they can just broadcast it at the Kingdom Halls. I don't see it happening anytime soon but I do maybe in a few decades. I know some JWs really look forward to them since they get to see friends that don't usually get to see. The BORG keeps them busy.
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  Helping my husband wake up, need advice.

  by Whynot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my husband is dfed but he is a prime example of someone who was a puppet for the watchtower.

  i was able to wake him a little with the sex abuse scandal.

  he was an elder and is very familiar with those rules.

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  Whynot

  I bought him a book called The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse a few weeks ago. He hasn't read it yet. I'm wondering if this book will help. I'm even thinking of having family study with it just so he can absorb the info lol
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  Helping my husband wake up, need advice.

  by Whynot in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my husband is dfed but he is a prime example of someone who was a puppet for the watchtower.

  i was able to wake him a little with the sex abuse scandal.

  he was an elder and is very familiar with those rules.

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  Whynot

  My husband is DFed but he is a prime example of someone who was a puppet for the watchtower. I was able to wake him a little with the sex abuse scandal. He was an elder and is very familiar with those rules. Recently, I mentioned to him how Jehivah was offended when the Israelites wanted a king, a human rep on earth for his people. So this made him realize that Jehovah doesn't want anyone representing him on earth. But after a while he asks me, what about Moses?

  Now, my husband still believes the Bible is infallible. He has never done Biblical research without the watchtower library which is total BS. So I want to use the Bible to help him realize that there's no such thing as a "representative of Jehovah" here on earth. I don't know how to answer about the Moses thing. I did mention that Jesus is who we need to follow and that there was no governing body in the 1st century but he still feels there should be someone setting rules. Help! What do I say? He doesn't feel comfortable watching or reading "apostate" material.

  Keep in mind he is barely starting to wake up and I don't want to bombard him. He gets very emotional since he still wants to believe that there is a religion out there who is the one true religion
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  Jehovah is not the God of Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in exodus 23:4 jehovah established this law: “if you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him.”.

  if jws were really his people, jehovah would have ensured they never go wrong in their teaching which is in effect much more than mere “wandering.” if jehovah is concerned about wandering animals of enemies of his chosen people, much more concern should have been shown by him towards his modern-day chosen people.. yet the changes they have made are too many.

  (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1urjfnby6jlz8lsibve7vsrgihtxkwqbrluzihlgfh-e/edit).

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  Whynot

  I would say that they worship the organization and its governing body.
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  Serpent in the Garden of Eden is not Satan

  by anointed1 in

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  many interpret serpent in the garden of eden as the satan hence miss the whole point because satan himself does not exist.

  he is a fictional character [for example, in the temptation account, satan is shown as reflecting the erroneous belief of ancient time that shape of earth is flat, thus taking jesus to the top of “a very high mountain” and showed him “all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.” (mathew 4:8, 9) the fact that jesus did not correct the mistaken view of satan shows the account of temptation is allegorical.

  further, jesus knew that satan was only a personification of evil (mathew 16:23; john 6:70) and categorically declared that “all evil thoughts proceed from one’s heart,” not from satan.

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  Whynot

  Things just make more sense when we look at the stories in a symbolic or poetic way. It also seems like sin had a different meaning for Judaism in ancient times. At least that's what I have read so far.
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  Apostasy movie is now avalable on Amazon.

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just bought a copy.

  14.99 in usa.

  buy a copy and support this movie.

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  Whynot

  I just finished watching it!!! Wow! Wow! Wow!

  Now, what are those guidance meetings they were talking about?

  My husband says there wasn't enough apostasy in the movie lol
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  Apostasy movie is now avalable on Amazon.

  by blownaway in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just bought a copy.

  14.99 in usa.

  buy a copy and support this movie.

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  Whynot

  Finally!
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  Only Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what do you think of this rant?.

  “jehovah's witnesses are the only true religion.

  this is demonstrated by a slew of true teachings that only jehovah could have revealed to his servants on earth.

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  Whynot

  1935 is a made up date. No where in the Bible does it even hint at this date even if you try to manipulate it. The "other sheep" Jesus was reffering to are gentiles. The context speaks for itself.