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  If Jesus could post here, what do you think he would say about the JW's?

  by JH in

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  go ahead, i'm listening...

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  Jesus is saying the JW's are standing and worshipping before a cold dark abandoned mountain. There is no life or light before them. Their worship is in vain because the god they're worshipping (the WTS) is no god at all. They will remain in spiritual darkness as long as they stand before that mountain. And they will remain dead because they refuse to come to him for life. And all the while he weeps tears of compassion for them
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  Do JWs have any deep doctrine..

  by Qcmbr in

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  in the lds church we have our 'deep doctrine' that is not preached from the stand and is often little more than pure speculation on what one prophet is supposed to have said etc.. here's a brief list of some of the things we might discuss outside of church... .

  was jesus married?

  where is the hill cumorah (place in the book of mormon)?

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  Pardon the expression, but the only thing 'deep' about the JW's is the 'ka-ka' they wade around in and try to shove down people's throats.
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  Has your relationship with Jesus changed?

  by Honesty in

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  since you either left the organisation or started to objectively examine wts doctrine.

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  Yes, most definitely. I actually HAVE a relationship with him now. He really does reveal himself to those that come to him. It's a far cry from the pseudo-relationships that JW's imagine.
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  Meek Shall Inherit the earth

  by golden age in

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  i was talking to a witness the other day and i was explaining from revelation how there is only one calling to heaven and there is not an earthly calling.

  and the jw asked me to explain the verse from pslam which states teh meek shall inherit the earth and reside in it forever, any one have any scripture to refute his argument.

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  FWIW, only HEIRS inherit anything. To be heirs, you have to be part of the 'family'. JW's, by their own admission, are not heirs, they're squatters. Squatters will not inherit the earth.
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  I still think it might be the truth - what is wrong with me?

  by slimboyfat in

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  apostate literature - i have read the lot.

  you name it - c of c, gentile times reconsidered, thirty tears a watchtower slave, the orwellian world of jehovah's witness, apocalypse delayed, and the freeminds and watchtower observer sites, so on and so on.

  and i have been reading the posts on this site regularly pretty much since it started, and hourglass before it.

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  PointBlank

  I have been reading apostate stuff for years. But I am not convinced. I just wanted to see if anyone knows why. I am not convinced that only someone with an emotional problem would reject apostate claims. That seems a wholely arrogant suggestion. Maybe it simply means that the apostate way is not the only way.

  SBF, it seems most of the responses have fallen along the lines of trolling. On the off chance that you're actually serious about your inquiry, I have this to offer.

  For me, spirituality is at the core of my being. God and truth have always been of utmost importance. After an indepth study of JW teachings that left me spiritually starving, I, like you, spent years reading 'apostate' material. But the Watchtower doctrine had a vice grip on my heart, one so strong that it affected my mental capacity. I read 'apostate' material and 'scolarly' christian works repeatedly. But no matter how much I immersed myself, something inside me held on to the miniscule belief that JW's had the 'truth', even if some of it was tainted. Over the years I had bought into the belief that 'truth' could not be found anywhere else. That created a mental block. And regardless of how much I read or listened to what others had to say about the JWs, I still fell back on my shifting safety net, the JW religion. However, I just 'knew' something wasn't right. The JW religion was slipping away and I could feel it. This was simply part of the process of losing my religion and it was one of the most traumatic things that's ever happened in my entire life. I literally thought I was going to have a mental breakdown (Randy Watters and Marilyn on the 1-800-why1914 hotline might have thought so too).

  To make a long story short, finally, after years, I came to the conclusion that there's nothing out there written by man that was going to convince me. There wasn't another living (or dead) person that had the capacity to help me. I accepted that and a miraculous thing happened. My focus turned from 'me' (read dethroned) to God. I quit trying to save myself and sought the face of God for His own Name's sake. And He did something absolutely wonderful..He saved me from myself. He does reveal Himself to those that come to him out of a pure heart. It's just like Jesus said..ask, seek and knock. He can give you the answers you seek. For me, nothing else would have worked. Perhaps you're the same way??PB
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  MOTOVATION FOR BEING A JW ???????

  by vitty in

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  what was your motivation for being a witness?.

  1) love for god?.

  2)appreciation for jesus ransom sacrifice?.

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  ....my abiding love for God. That was also my motivation for leaving, but it was His love of me that provided the catalyst.
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  Round Table Discussion??? Jeffrey Schwehm??

  by PointBlank in

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  as the journey home was ending, the host mentioned something about taping the round table discussion with exjws.

  it was so brief that i didn't catch it all.

  can anyone elaborate?.

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  Thanks Candid
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  Round Table Discussion??? Jeffrey Schwehm??

  by PointBlank in

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  as the journey home was ending, the host mentioned something about taping the round table discussion with exjws.

  it was so brief that i didn't catch it all.

  can anyone elaborate?.

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  As The Journey Home was ending, the host mentioned something about taping the round table discussion with exjws. It was so brief that I didn't catch it all. Can anyone elaborate?

  PB
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  As A JW.....what did u have most trouble refusing?

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i had the nights out on the beer with my "worldly" and sometimes witness mates having trouble turning them down.......i think that was probably my fall.

  i could never resist a night out on the raz, trouble is they just happened night after night after night....etc.. beer beer beer.... .

  "i had the most trouble refusing to abstain from drunken nights".

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  I had the most trouble abstaining from....thinking, truth & freedom.

  PB
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  New Software Program Purports to Prove Evolution

  by Room 215 in

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  researchers at the university of michigan hae developed a software program that purports to replicate the process of random selection and that incontrovertibly proves evolution.

  it's named avida, and is freely available via internet download.

  it's all explained in the february issue of discover magazine.

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  Hi Mary, you asked:

  if we came from apes, then why the hell are there still apes around but no ape-men??

  If memory serves me right (it's been a couple of years since studying evolution) evolution doesn't teach that man came from apes, but that both evolved independently from a common ancestor. Anybody that knows evolution better...feel free to correct me if that's wrong.

  PB