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  Today's Text: Draw Close To God And He Will Draw Close To You???

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wednesday, november 22 .

  draw close to god, and he will draw close to you.—jas.

  by continuing to ponder over spiritual things, we will maintain our enthusiasm for the truth.

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  punkofnice, True, we can come up with that point.

  However, I was trying to know exactly what do we mean when we say that God should communicate with us. (assuming for the sake of discussing that God exists)

  What do you had in mind when you said "had god communicated properly"? What would have constituted a proper comunication?

  If you were God,, how would you have done it? ie.e Giving freedom of choice to people and ensuring that people don;t harm each other with the choice

  In the above scenario, What would you have done in the beginning (billions of years ago) that would have ensured that this scenario that I gave above would not have come...

  I know I am being silly...
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  Today's Text: Draw Close To God And He Will Draw Close To You???

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wednesday, november 22 .

  draw close to god, and he will draw close to you.—jas.

  by continuing to ponder over spiritual things, we will maintain our enthusiasm for the truth.

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  , IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE for a "loving" God to NOT convince people beyond all doubt that he exists then proceed to destroy them for not believing in him!

  Just for the sake of discussion. If you were Jehovah, how would you have communicated with humans whom you created? For e.g. lets take a situation:

  A man habituated to drugs and alcohol regularly beats his wife and children. He has also committed a murder. The wife of the man prays to you to help her in improving her husband so that she will get to live a happy married life with the one whom she loved years back. While, The wife of the murdered victim prays to you that justice be served and a life sentence be given to the man. How will you answer both the prayers in a way that convinces both of them and which serves as a tangible proof to others that you have answered their prayers.
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  I yelled at a Dub today!

  by kairos in

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  i was walking out of the store and i passed a former jw associate of 20+ years.

  "keith"he was an elder, got df'd, lost his wife, got reinstated and last i heard started pioneering!so i see him as i'm walking to my parking spot.. i stop, look him straight in the face and yell from 20 feet away, "you're in a cult.

  you're in a cult, dude!".

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  Your friend must have recalled the Biblical story of Shimei yelling and cursing at David, where David just ignored him and walked away
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  The end of this system is so very near.....NOT

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses - warwick, new york.

  “yes, the end of this system is so very near!

  is that no reason to increase our activity?… reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this old system in the pioneer service.

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  the Watchtower Society build this enormous facility out in the boondocks at the expense of the all Witnesses who truly believed that the system of things was close

  Interestingly, the entire current GB are the ones who were already baptized and were pioneering as average Jw's during 1975. The youngest Mark Sanderson was baptised one year later than you in 1975.
  
  
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  How can a dead chicken atone for your sins?

  by Fisherman in

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  the article says that the dead chickens are given to the poor but i was told that the chickens are thrown into the garbage.

  (who could possibly eat a chicken full of sin?).

  https://www.google.com/amp/abc7ny.com/amp/religion/exclusive-dead-chickens-in-cages-as-part-of-jewish-ritual/2457387/.

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  How can a dead chicken atone for your sins?

  If man can evolve from an ape, why can't a chicken atone for his sins?
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  Was It Really Mental Illness or Was It The Demons?

  by minimus in

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  we supposedly had more than a few “demonized” people in our congregation.

  they would hear voices or feel internal punishment within their souls.

  the answer was always—-these people were affected by the demons and they needed counseling!.

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  Typical Western misrepresentation of Hinduism.

  I am an Indian, so I live, work and breathe among Hindus. Come here during Durga Puja or any Hindu house warming ceremony (just one example) and see yourself the lengths to which people can go to appease or resist wicked spirits. Hinduism in western countries is no where near the Hinduism that is practiced in its land of origin, India.
  
  
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  Was It Really Mental Illness or Was It The Demons?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  we supposedly had more than a few “demonized” people in our congregation.

  they would hear voices or feel internal punishment within their souls.

  the answer was always—-these people were affected by the demons and they needed counseling!.

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  The Dubs have to be only religion (cult) on the planet that are so obsessed with demons.

  Come to India and see the religions here, especially Hinduism, an you will go crazy with their obsession with spirits and demonism.
  
  
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  Hoping I can stay

  by allyson in

  1. watchtower
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  i started studying with witnesses about 21 months ago.

  started going to meetings in march 2017, went to the memorial and attended my first convention.

  i love it.

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  but feel that I should leave

  why?
  
  
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  The Governing Body Doing The Math As Corporate CEOs

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  lett announce to his braindead indoctrinated rank and file masses the wt corporation is short on funds and so they have money problems.

  he made light of his role and the rest of management's predicament by saying on a public broadcast: "in doing the math we found that the amount of money flowing out will be much greater than the amount of money coming in at this time".

  clearly the guys on the gb have very little business sense to let things get so out of hand with tons of projects in the works and having to close all of them except for warwick, and one in england.. i have to wonder just what type of math these dead heads on the gb even know or consider when making all their plans for the future of the corporation they have leadership over.

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  My big curiosity is this : I wonder how much of that 2 billion $$$$ is being deposited by the WT Society in off shore bank accounts where it can be hidden in the Cayman Islands or some other secret location ? It's a question I feel that begs an answer. If only I was a fly on the wall. Perhaps something to research - if anything can be discovered.

  I wonder too. Did Ray Franz ever write anything on financial fraud within the WT? He was the member of the GB and a regular attendee of the Annual Meeting and had access to financial situation too.

  Doesn't any ex-bethelite over here know if funds are swindled away?
  
  
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  2 witness rule

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm gobsmacked.. the 7 rock star popes in warwick know darned well that the 2 witness rule allows child rapists to get away with their crime.. geoff (whacko jacko) jackson was at the australian royal commission and should have seen first hand what a vile man made law the 2 witness rule is.. my question is, why do they still insist on this pervert protecting rule?.

  i know it's a highly controlling cult but still...........................stuff my old boots, mate!.

  the above is more a rhetorical question.

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  Here in India, many publishers beg the elders not to take the case to the police due to the crazy legal system and the social ostracism which is more horrendous than the disfellowshipping arrangement.

  When the legal system of the country itself is running at a snail's pace, many victims try to find support and solace in their religious community and hence I would not blame the families who go to the elders rather than the police.

  Sadly, there are rising amount of cases here where people are falsely accused of child sexual abuse and the police can pretty much torture an individual to confess a crime that he did not do. You can be pretty much be beaten into a pulp even on a slight hint of accusation. Mob justice takes precedence over everything. And I can only imagine how an elder can get torn down into this mess when he gets to know about a child abuse case.