i was wondering if some who may have been in the judgement seat ( so to speak ) had a wake-up call while judging someone who was defending leaving jw.
( or maybe it was from reading a letter of disassociation.
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Oh yes, one particular ‘case’ still haunts me, even though it was around 30 years ago.
Admittedly it was some time before my own exit, but that ‘case’ along with other memories contributed to my own seeing TTaboutTT.
I console myself with the thought that we actually did that guy we DF a favour by getting him away from the borg and all its control.
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With what "faith community" is he allied?
Well, some may not see it this way, but when LE proclaims a particular belief system, he is putting his faith in that, much like any other religious adherent does in what they believe.
to jehovah's witnesses.
we express our position on [jehovah's witnesses] under the [watchew tower bible and booklet association] as follows.. .
1. jehovah's witnesses claimed that jesus christ was brought back in the fall of 1874 rather than 1914 and planned people to come out of the established church, so this organization is regarded as a false prophet.
I don’t know why this is posted in the Watchtower Scandals forum but anyway I can’t see the connection between Covid and the Nazis.
I sympathise with those who think there was some overreach by the authorities in various lands but “Nazis”?
Just another easy epithet.
i read this in the july 2017 study version of the watchtower.. ".
propaganda—how dangerous is it?.
what is propaganda?
a home delivery system of these writings.
Haha, well said !
thesis: when someone who is given a responsibility mistakes that responsibility for authority, bullying is very likely to occur.. jesus spoke an illustration recorded at matthew 24: 45-51 which well illustrates this thesis.. jesus asked, “who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over all his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time?
happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so.
truly i say to you, he will appoint him over all his belongings.
As the Bible says , the faithful slave is found at headquarters in New York and if you don't believe in them, regardless of your faith in Christ, you will be eternally destroyed at Armageddon.
When I try to explain that to my bible study group, they look incredulous at me…..which just about sums up how ridiculous the teaching is but scary to think we once believed it.
something does not compute.
you are my witnesses,”declares jehovah, yes, my servant whom i have chosen, so that you may know and have faith in me and understand that i am the same one.before me no god was formed, and after me there has been none.
isaiah 43:10. in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god.
In my opinion, this isn't the verse that would ever catch a JW. You would go in circles with a JW with neither side budging
Oh yes, remember when we had the “Make Sure of All Things” and Reasoning book in our toolkit?
something does not compute.
you are my witnesses,”declares jehovah, yes, my servant whom i have chosen, so that you may know and have faith in me and understand that i am the same one.before me no god was formed, and after me there has been none.
isaiah 43:10. in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god.
My memory of all things Jobot has faded
It gets that way, eh!
Paul used this contention of these issues between the Sadducees and the Pharisees to save himself
Huh! Can you elaborate…..Pls
What I am finding is that the divinity of Jesus was invented after Jesus' execution
No, sorry to disappoint but Jesus himself confirmed it.
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Lloyd seems, to me, to be angry with “God” in general.
Yep, methinks “he protesteth too much”.
Like a kid proclaiming their innocence when the guilt is obvious, LE seems to think his beliefs (yes, atheism can be classified as a belief system) are a badge of honor.
IMO this does nothing to validate his exJW status. Probably the opposite.
Cheers,
Ozzie 🍷( of the soliloquising class🤔)
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A "movement" only has value if it is based on truth and integrity.
Good grief, are you serious?
C’mon people, just because you exited a cult, doesn’t make you, or l, or us a “movement”. A movement describes a “whole” but that hasn’t been shown in any kind of evidence.
Many of us posting here over many years have posted our disavowal of all things Watchtower but have walked different paths.
A “movement” ? I’m not so sure.
I’m more sure of an affection for JWN. - luvs ya peeps !
Cheers,
Ozzie 🍷
