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  "Jesus is My Boyfriend" Christianity

  by cofty in

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  there is a trend in modern evangelical, charismatic and "non-religious spirituality" that gets dangerously close to erotic love of jesus.. it's something that i first observed during my christian years especially in the lyrics of christian songs and sometimes during open-prayer times.

  if you haven't experienced open prayer you are the lucky ones.

  everybody adopts the shampoo position - elbows on knees, head in hands - and whoever is "moved by the spirit" speaks up for a while, followed by an awkward silence, followed by two people speaking up at the same time, followed by silence, and so on.. anyway back to the topic, here are a few random examples .... "lord i give you my heart.

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  Dismissing servant

  I was thinking about medieval nuns, like Mechtild of Magdeburg...her poems vere erotic in the descriptions of her relationship with God/Jesus.
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  "Jesus is My Boyfriend" Christianity

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a trend in modern evangelical, charismatic and "non-religious spirituality" that gets dangerously close to erotic love of jesus.. it's something that i first observed during my christian years especially in the lyrics of christian songs and sometimes during open-prayer times.

  if you haven't experienced open prayer you are the lucky ones.

  everybody adopts the shampoo position - elbows on knees, head in hands - and whoever is "moved by the spirit" speaks up for a while, followed by an awkward silence, followed by two people speaking up at the same time, followed by silence, and so on.. anyway back to the topic, here are a few random examples .... "lord i give you my heart.

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  Dismissing servant

  I think you are on to something important. I should guess that the main reason of the overrepresentation of women in christian congreagitions (JW as well) is that pseudu-erotic relationship whith tjhe Jesus-persona.

  Jesus as ones personal savior and redeemer is certanly something special for heterosexual women. One have not to be Freud to realize that.
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  Gerrit Losch was actually once an apostate.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  2. beliefs

  a jw friend of mine (who was one of my besties until i told him i didn't believe jw religion anymore) used to live in austria and for a while in the 70's was in the same congregation as losch.

  they used to spend some time together in the ministry.

  my jw friend tells me that he and losch used to often talk about how they believed the wt was wrong about certain interpretations of the bible, for example, how at the time the wt taught that the mustard tree used by jesus in an illustration represented an evil kingdom, and losch and friend didn't think that was right.

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  Dismissing servant

  By the way...I think old Gerrit Lösch is the one who has been in the GB the longest time now...probaly he has a lot of power about certain teachings/dogma
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  Gerrit Losch was actually once an apostate.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a jw friend of mine (who was one of my besties until i told him i didn't believe jw religion anymore) used to live in austria and for a while in the 70's was in the same congregation as losch.

  they used to spend some time together in the ministry.

  my jw friend tells me that he and losch used to often talk about how they believed the wt was wrong about certain interpretations of the bible, for example, how at the time the wt taught that the mustard tree used by jesus in an illustration represented an evil kingdom, and losch and friend didn't think that was right.

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  Dismissing servant

  Every "new light" has once been apostate thinking!The present teaching of the "generation" must have been severely apostate before it became official dogma..........the rank and file would not dare speaking of overlain generations before 2010!
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  Jehovah just wants the Deaf to stop Masturbating

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  2. humour

  one vid with over 100,000 views thanks to jw.org.

  http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jehovah%27s+witnesses+masturbating.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5f_yghhiss.

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  Dismissing servant

  This is the original thread about that video,

  ; http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/235152/1/wts-made-a-video-about-masturbation-IN-SIGN-LANGUAGE-WITH-GESTURES
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  Jehovah just wants the Deaf to stop Masturbating

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. social
  2. humour

  one vid with over 100,000 views thanks to jw.org.

  http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jehovah%27s+witnesses+masturbating.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5f_yghhiss.

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  Dismissing servant

  I hope you have seen the Hard rock/Heavy Metal version.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOMTUuGB4Y&feature=player_embedded
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  Satan must have directed me here

  by Miss.Fit in

  1. jw
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  i was telling my jw friend about the condi law suit.

  the first thing she asked was how did i even hear about it because it was news to her .

  ( i was 't expecting that reaction.

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  Dismissing servant

  It's better to "blame" chanse or google than Satan himself! My belief is that google brought you here! :-)

  The Org doesn't like freedom of information...the reason is obvious.
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  Crazy Stuff Jesus Said and Did

  by Oubliette in

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  when we believe that the bible really is the inspired word of god, we approach it with a certain mindset that does weird things to our thinking abilities, namely shutting them off.

  due to this cognitive bias, we blindly accept that whatever we read in the bible--no matter how bizarre, outrageous or non-sensical--must be there for a good reason, even if we don't or can't understand it.

  the fault of course is ours, not the bible's, and most certainly not god's!

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  Dismissing servant

  The fig tree is really strange. Did Jesus really believe that fig trees gives fruit at easter? As far as I remember this happened at easter.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: Italy. SCANDAL for drugs stolen

  by Emilio Morelli in

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  2. scandals

  jehovah's witnesses:scandalin naples (italy)fordrugsstolen (eritroproietina) and soldto blackin the parallel marketof the sect.. .

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  http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=it&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.campaniasuweb.it%2fstory%2frubati-farmaci-destinati-testimoni-geova.

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  There must have been JW insiders who stole that EPO....then selling it cheap to other JW's. Maybe the arrested people are JW nurses/hospital staff?
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  Can this logic be refuted?

  by notsurewheretogo in

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  i was an elder until march 2012 until i resigned.

  i then stopped going to meetings in october 2012 and have enjoyed 9 months of freedom that i have found to be jouful!

  i loved learning ttatt and sites like this and jwfacts.com have been excellent.. i told the elders that i needed a break and that they should not contact me unless it was a social visit and true to their word they have done that.

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  Dismissing servant

  So, Not Sure...please take care. If you want to fade you have to keep quiet. Don't debate JW's

  Take some time reading Steven Hassans books about cult mind control.

  I wish you the best