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  JWs are the Modern Day Pharisees

  by ilikecheese in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been reading the gospel of matthew a bit lately, and it kind of strikes me how much the pharisees seem to resemble the jws.

  i'm sure this topic has come up several times before, but i've been thinking about suggesting this topic to my jw boyfriend to see what happens.... probably nothing good.

  i'm up for a good whiny argument.

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  sorry...but how do they not notice???

  by oompa in

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  that their bible is different from any bible anyone else reads in that it has added the name jehovah to the new testament greek scriptures??

  when it is not there in any ancient manuscript????

  i mean they put it there where it aint quoted at all....like all 12 times in revelation....i mean how can they not have a problem with that???

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  Which Beliefs and Doctrines Helped Push You Out?

  by ilikecheese in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay, so this is my first post, but i've been lurking here for months and months.

  i have to say this is a very informative and hilarious site.

  you guys are great to read!

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  Ya know what I really hate?

  by outsmartthesystem in

  1. jw
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  i personally know a lot of witnesses that are on government assistance.

  whether it be food stamps.....government subsidized housing.......medicaid....whatever.

  first and foremost i am not bashing government assistance.

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  The New Sherlock Holmes looks awesome

  by sabastious in

  1. jw
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  i thoroughly enjoyed the first one and it appears, so far, that the next one will follow suit:.

  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sherlock_holmes_a_game_of_shadows/trailers/11150172.

  -sab.

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  40% of Americans Believe in Strict Creationism

  by leavingwt in

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  2. friends

  four in 10 americans believe in strict creationism.

  four in 10 americans, slightly fewer today than in years past, believe god created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago.

  thirty-eight percent believe god guided a process by which humans developed over millions of years from less advanced life forms, while 16%, up slightly from years past, believe humans developed over millions of years, without god's involvement.. a small minority of americans hold the "secular evolution" view that humans evolved with no influence from god -- but the number has risen from 9% in 1982 to 16% today.

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  Rich Man and Lazarus

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have never understood the watchtower's explanation of the rich man and lazarus story jesus told in luke 16. of course, they don't believe jesus is talking about what happens in an "afterlife" after people die.. but from the watchtower's point of view:.

  1. who are the five brothers?.

  2. why can't lazarus go witness to them?

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  Do you sense "a sense of urgency" in the congregations?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  now that we're in the 21st century, and all those pre-millenium worries that a few had about armaggedon seem to have gone, everyone seems to be getting on with their lives, buying homes, going on cruises and planning for their retirement.. not everyone does these things, but there is so little talk about the great tribulation, armaggedon and the new system, you can't help but wonder if they are just going through the motions.. i see young people at the hall - they couldn't care less about spiritual things, although they may comment and go out in service.. i see people in the 30s quietly getting on with life - a few are building their own homes from scratch, others are planning on moving and some have bought new cars.. nothing wrong with this, but each of these things show an investment in the future.

  a car has to be paid for (if its a lease), a home needs a 15/25/30 year mortgage and this all takes time.. time with a capital "t".. let's face it - the urgency is gone.

  no one thinks about the "time of the end" and everyone does their own thing.. families are still having children.. one of my college professors once asked me: "how do you know that people have confidence in the future?".

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  Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT "Neutral'

  by metatron in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when a debate arises between a witness and a non-witness, "neutrality" is often used as the trump card, a final.

  argument that can't be overcome: "we're the only group that is neutral in worldly affairs", they say.. but are jehovah's witnesses really neutral?.

  consider that witnesses will teach the following:.

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  The ten best ways to disrupt a District Assembly:

  by czarofmischief in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  1. have an apostate food truck outside with free burritos and shasta cola.. 2. wear a smurf costume and run across the stage.. 3. bikini car wash across the street.. 4. have an old-school breakdancing session on the corner, cardboard and all.

  bonus if you do it on a mat made of watchtowers and primary colored book covers.. 5. have a garage sale or flea market in the neighborhood during the afternoon session.. 6. sit in the audience and applaud everything that anybody says - try to get a standing ovation for each sentence of the closing prayer.. 7. put a recording of rap, heavy metal, or other forbidden music on instead of the kingdom melodies.. 8. get fifty of your friends to walk around in the stadium during the session, holding signs that say, "louder please!

  " and "take your shirt off!

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