In a convention once, the speaker described Satan's system as "ambulance chasers" - like greedy lawyers hot in the pursuit of someone's personal tragedy so they can be exploited in that vulnerable state. From the same platform, that very speaker then spoke about why we need to persist in the preaching work, because "you never know when someone has had a death in the family, is going through a divorce, has lost their job, or is in a custody battle." I guess Satan's tactics are good enough for WT, and we can see this study article clearly capitalizing on the misfortunes of these refugees.
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Weekly Scripture Twist - aka the Watchtower Study
by doubtfull1799 in“more than material assistance, refugees need spiritual and emotional support.
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4:4) elders can help by obtaining literature in the language of the refugees and by helping them contact brothers who speak their language.
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Are JWs "mind trained" to be habitual liars?
by nonjwspouse ini don't mean overly obvious, or otherwise meaning to cause harm, but taught to lie for the purpose of avoidance.
this type of lying can be pervasive in areas of life that are not just to avoid discussions with people who have questions about the jw, etc.
my husband will lie/be deceitful about the silliest, simple things.
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@nonjwspouse I'm the last person to give advice on successful relationships, but from reading your comment just above, I can say objectively that this man hasn't done much to earn this level of patience, love and support from you. I may be oversimplifying things here, but you seem to be expending a lot of yourself to a man who doesn't deem you worthy for the most basic transparency on his part. May I ask if there is anything about him that you DO love and view as valuable enough to continue salvaging this marriage?
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Neutered New World
by Labate inif, as jesus said, there is no marriage in the afterlife, will our sex drive be removed?.
sex without marriage is fornication, which is a no-no.. if i were young and healthy, being surrounded by young, healthy women, having the normal male libido would hardly be paradise..
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This old WT article has your answer. Unless you "choose" to become one of them damned, flamin', tight-pants-wearing 'omosexuals, you're all sorted:
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we have a laid off bethelite with an engineering degree!
by nowwhat? inthis guy have been at bethel for 25 years when he could have been making 75-100 thousand a year as an engineer.
so they kick him to the curb so they don't have to house him and his wife anymore.
they run into a problem at warwick and they ask him to come back for 3 weeks.
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In the WT study article that came out after the bethel layoffs, it blurred the line between WT and Jehovah by quoting "humble" former bethelites saying, "once I realized the direction was coming from Jehovah...". How can this mere engineer stand his ground and say "no" to Jehovah?
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Are you a Christian Who Accepts Evolution?
by cofty inif you identify as a christian but you have accepted that the diversity of life - including humans - resulted from a process of biological evolution could you add your name please?.
just to be clear i am referring to the fact that our physical lineage could literally be traced back all the way to non-human species.. if you like maybe you could comment on why you see not conflict between evolution and your christian faith.. there is a tendency to conflate evolution with atheism.
it would be good to show that this is not the case..
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@oppostate Here's the problem for Christians: once you accept that life evolved, you dismiss Adam and Eve from being our "parents". Hence with no Original Sin committed, you therefore have to postulate that Jesus came to earth to die for... what? Mythical people? The whole house of cards collapses on top of a deity who sacrificed his life to compensate for a sin that never happened 6,000 years ago.
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Stonewalling and the Governing Body
by UnshackleTheChains inwhy do the gb stonewall individuals with legitimate questions.
for example, they refuse to speak to investagative journalists like trey bundy, unless they happen to get caught somewhere walking about in the street by chance.. i remember the panorama documentary 'suffer the little children' where the presenter tried to arrange an interview with one of the gb.
i can't remember if the gb either refused or simply didn't reply.
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@stuckinarut2: "Jesus supposedly said 'you are the light of the world...do not hide your light under a basket...but let it shine...etc'. So why do 'Christ's brothers' act so defensively and secretively?"
Because they're "basket" cases. That's why.
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Awkward conversations of Governing Body Advisors - "Tony, you might what to take some time off, you're an asshole"
by jambon1 inis there anyone who will just say it straight in bethel?.
"governing body members, you're embarrassing us with every broadcast.
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@freddo Come again?!
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So now the JW's are setting up carts/stands in our national and public parks!
by StoneWall inthought i'd share this article i was sent today.
it's getting to where you can't go and take a leisurely stroll or hike without being bombarded with the stufff we want to get away from.http://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/outdoors/girls-gone-outdoors/2017/07/06/proselytizing-blue-ridge-parkway/452390001/.
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The ironic thing is, they're sitting next to a sign that prohibits littering. All I see is a big pile of garbage set up for display.
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Can the GB be directed by Holy Spirit and at the same time be not inspired ?
by Chook inyes god directs our writings but they're not inspired, so gods directions are staggered and overlapping , so the genuine innocent believing jw has a wonderful life of overlapping bullshit.
so next time you meet a jw priest ask them what is the difference between being directed and inspired, then i promise you will hear first hand an example of overlapping bull..
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Yes. "Guided" by Holy Spirit. "Directed" by it. Yet "not inspired" by it. That's like saying this computer I'm typing on is running on electricity, even though it's NOT PLUGGED IN and never has been. All I'd be left with is a dead computer collecting dust. To suggest that there's a spark of electricity running through it (ie, "Holy Spirit directed") would be blatant lunacy. The blank screen (WT's empty prophecies) speaks volumes for itself.
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Forcing a meaning?
by CitizenofEarth ini was looking for the word that jwfacts.com used for "forcing a meaning" into ex.
a scripture.
fx.
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@jp1692 I'll take "eisegesis" for $200, Alex.