Posts by truth_b

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Still confused after all these years,,,

by marriedtoajw in

as you guys can see i don't post as much as i'd like to.

work hours and little family time don't allow me enough time to do it.

as i've stated on some of my previous posts, also under the user name sahara, i still get confused after all of these years being married to a jw.

truth_b_known

I suggest that you not take a hardline stance against your children studying with Witnesses. Rather, be open and supportive. Also, get them involved in wholesome activities that Jehovah's Witnesses oppose. Make sure they play sports, go to their friends birthday parties, go trick-or-treating at Halloween, and have a wonderful Christmas.

As your children get older they will not want to go to meetings, go out in a door-to-door ministry, of give up fun activities for a control group. By allowing your children to study or go to meetings because THEY want to it gives you a strong foundation to support your children and oppose your in-laws when your kids no longer want to do it.

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Apostasy my ass!

by Glander in

jw
friends

let's call it what it is - disagreeing with the watchtower bible and tract society after baptism into the cult.

in no way is the literal definition of the word "apostasy" applicable to what the cult is using the word for.

it is a buzz word that scares the crap out of the rank and file and keeps them from communicating with those who have become enlightened about the cults lies.. we here on jwn have accepted the wt label, "apostates", with a sense of humor, such as calling our get togethers apostafests, etc.. but we are actually the "enlightened"..

truth_b_known

So, by definition, any person who leaves a religion to join Jehovah's Witnesses is an apostate. Only born-ins and people who started off as athiests are not apostates.

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New Site JW Outreach

by Bangalore in

jw
friends

here is a new site named jw outreach launched by an xjw from another board.. .

http://www.witness-outreach.com/.

bangalore.

truth_b_known

I found some of the information on the website to be very informative. I was in for 30+ years and never knew some of the information presented. Look at the link dealing with teachings or doctrines Witnesses proclaim are exclusive to them. It shoots holes in the whole "Where would we go" defense.

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The Tower of Babel - Languages: Isn't this story unhinged?

by james_woods in

besides the obvious fact that it is historically ridiculous - can anybody make any sense out of this story?.

god was somehow afraid that man was developing too much technology?

just because they were building a tower?.

truth_b_known

Another fairytale, as told by Moses, in the book of Genesis. Humans have the power to destroy the planet, literally, and Jehovah was afraid because they built a multi-story structure from mud bricks.

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For all the newbies.. the Belief-O-Matic...what religion should you be? Test your religious beliefs.

by jemba in

i noticed that this thread has been done before by blacksheep but i loved doing this test and i loved the results i got... apparently i need to look into reformed judaism.

jemba .

sorry firefox wont let me cut n paste but heres the website:.

truth_b_known

91% Neo-Pagan

Hail Odin!

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Looking for words, phrases, ideology. WT vs scriptural

by blond-moment in

i have a friend, who is compiling information.

he is not a jw, but wife is.

looking for words, phrases, ideologies that jws live and die by that are wt teachings, but not scriptural.

truth_b_known

I forgot my all time favorite: the belief that the intentional killing of another human is always murder and makes one bloodguilty. Even if you are justified in protecting yourself or another.

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Looking for words, phrases, ideology. WT vs scriptural

by blond-moment in

i have a friend, who is compiling information.

he is not a jw, but wife is.

looking for words, phrases, ideologies that jws live and die by that are wt teachings, but not scriptural.

truth_b_known

Any "Class" mentioned by the Watchtower publications. The most notorious being the "Faithful and Discreet Slave Class" based on Matthew 24:42-46.

The term "Governing Body" as well as the concept of the Governing Body is not mentioned or supported by scripture.

Anything to do with the year 1914 is pure cult lunacy.

Jesus being impaled on an upright pole vs a cross is based on intentionally taking one Bible scholars writing out of context.

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cowboy films.

by bigmac in

jw
friends

some of us uk members of a certain age really enjoy cowboy films.. what was your most favourite cowboy film of all time?.

mine was on tv again today-----.

---- the magnificent seven.

truth_b_known

Any western film with any of the following actors:

John Wayne

Lee Marvin

Clint Eastwood

Lee Van Cleef

Yul Brynner

Tombstone is one of my all time favorites movies. If it's on television, I'm watching it.

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No answer to this one!

by truthseeker1969 in

as many of you know my brother an elder was called on to sit in a "judicial committee" re-instatement.. the brother has in the past done all he can to prove he is repentant but this time the co was here and apparently had a few things to say to the cobe when they were discussing the process.

the co asked why the poor guy had four re-instatement hearings and why the co had received a letter from him detailing that he "did not think he could do anymore".. anyway, long story short, the co sat in the hearing and hey presto the brother was re-instated.

my brother and the co spoke with the brother and the co said that he had done well and was sorry that the process has taken so long and shook his hand.. now he mentioned the latest letter about confidentiality and said that the society is being hit left right and center with civil lawsuits and are scared as the have no way of defending them.

truth_b_known

Just because you are a "unpaid volunteer" for an organization does not mean the organization is free from all civil liability. Remember, Jehovah's Witnesses active in the ministry are dubbed "Publishers" and document their work on a monthly basis. As such the liability goes both ways.

In my line of work we get a lot of citizens who volunteer for us. We screen applicants for volunteer positions because our agency is liable for what they do when working for us. Likewise, if one of our volunteers is hurt while working for us they are covered by Worker's Compensation.

I see such lawsuits being successful. This may very well be the final nail in the coffin on the Watch Tower Society. It creates a near paradoxial legal dilemma for them. A person cannot be one of Jehovah's Witness without actively preaching and peddling the publications of the Watch Tower, Bible & Tract Society. Yet, anyone who is injured while doing so is an agent of the WTB&TS and therefor must be compensated for medical expenses, lost wages, etc.

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The cover of a 1984 WatchTower is, "apostate material"!

by moshe in

i asked a jw in an email to do a google image search of these words-.

"1914 , the generation that will not pass away"- and guess what?.

they emailed me back a couple days later and accused me of sharing apostate material!

truth_b_known

If I may be so bold to say; I believe this is probably the best example of adding insult to injury to the Watch Tower Society and I love every bit of it.

I remember this magazine. I remember going out in the ministry and attempting to place this magazine. For some reason I have a lot of vivid memories of 1984. It's pretty weird because I was only 10 at the time.

One must remember, if the Watch Tower Society was a public roadway it would only have 2 street signs: One Way and No Turn. The Watch Tower Society does not publish false or inaccurate prophecies, according to them, but rather it is Truth tm at that time. Now there is "new understanding" and NuLite tm that shows an "overlapping generation" that will not pass before the end comes.

Wow! What a truly great racket. The Watch Tower is never wrong thanks to semantics.

Me: "What color is the sky, Watch Tower Society?"

WTB&TS: "It's red."

Me: "Red? It's blue. It's always been blue."

WTB&TS: "Oh, you mean now. Yes. The sky is blue."

Me: "You just said it was red."

WTB&TS: "It was red at the time."

Me: "No it wasn't. It has always been blue."

WTB&TS: "Well, who are the only people involved in a world wide preaching work as foretold in Matthew?"

Me: "Why am I wasting oxygen?"

truth_b_known

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