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  Are There any JW Teaching that you DO Agree With?

  by NotFormer in

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  (apologies for the typo in the title.

  "teaching" should read "teachings".

  i misread vanderhoven7's most recent post as being the above.

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  The point of existence and how it refutes the Trinity

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. beliefs

  rowan williams, the former archbishop of canterbury gave an interesting answer to the somewhat stark question, what’s the point of us existing?

  as a christian, my starting point is that we exist because the most fundamental form of activity, energy, call it what you like, that is there, is love.

  that is, it’s a willingness that the other should be.

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  What the new JW light position really is 👍

  by ElderBerry in

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  2. beliefs

  i’m still an elder and i consider myself jw light.

  as my fellow elders are.

  we don’t throw our weight around like elders used to in the past, it’s all very easy going these days.

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  Ebion

  by peacefulpete in

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  early christianity was every bit, if not more, diverse than christianity today.

  one of the very early sects was named the ebionites.

  we have unfortunately nothing left of their own writings apart from a few quotes from what epiphanius believed was their recension of matthew.

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  Telling People You Used To Be A JW

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since i faded i've told a few people at work about having been raised in this organization but i found that most people don't really get what it is like at all.

  they just focus on not celebrating holidays as if that is the worst thing about growing up jw.

  i didn't explain much because it's too much for most people to handle.

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  Babylonian Job

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  those new to ancient near east paleography may find it interesting that all cultures have struggled with the seeming injustice of suffering.

  the story of job (persecuted/attacked) is one of a number of surviving poetic and prose tales with the theme of the innocent suffering despite entreaties to their gods.

  this one often called "poem of the righteous sufferer" is sometimes referred to as the babylonian job.

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  Why GB Distorts the Story of Job

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/lpwusxk8ckc?si=d4nb1ciwccql8dox.

  a man, like new gb member jody jodele, dripping in wealth—$20,000 rolex, freemasonry ring, cushy life in upstate new york—pontificating about job’s suffering.

  it’s a fair jab to question how someone so detached from hardship might approach a story of utter loss.

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  Is JW shunning a religious hate crime ?

  by stan livedeath in

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  2. beliefs

  see the title.

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  Flee to the Mountains......What Mountains?

  by liam in

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  may 2025 study article 21 seek the city that will remain.

  what i remember was, when you see the romans, flee to the mountains.

  now the wt is saying that's not enough.

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  Just because Jehovah had to prove His Right To Rule? I don't think so!

  by liam in

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  2. beliefs

  we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?

  that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.

  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.

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