after stuydying jw's for over half a century, i haved concluded the following: .
old light / new light is a primary doctrine of jehovah’s witneses.
when they abandon on old prophecy or change a doctrine, they characterize this as “old light”.
The average fundamentalist Christian is so indoctrinated and psychologically invested in the literal interpretation of the bible that they can't see the deception that is so obvious to outsiders.
Earth created in 6 days.
Adam and eve story some 6000 years ago.
Worldwide flood story never happened.
Exodus from Egypt never happened
No independently verified evidence of a miracle worker called jesus.
14 a husband who physically or verbally abuses his wife needs to take additional steps to repair his relationship with jehovah and with his wife.
what are these steps?
first, he recognizes that he has a serious problem.
Domestic violence is a criminal offence in the uk and has been for many years, physiological manipulation and coercive control became a criminal offence in 2019 .
When I told the elders that I had been in contact with a domestic abuse agency for men they were shocked and disgusted because I had informed a worldly organisation and told them that I was recommend strongly to leave after the first call.
So any victim should be encouraged by the watchtower and the elders to contact the police and a domestic abuse agency ,but off course they won't do that, prayer and bible study can fix it, you can't bring reproach on jehovah's name and the organisation.
Perpetrators of domestic abuse DO NOT change.
Male and female victims are abused in equal numbers, the issue has been that many men didn't or wouldn't admit that they were victims.
Yes in articles such as these it should read HE /SHE many domestic abuse agency now do this on information posters etc .
14 a husband who physically or verbally abuses his wife needs to take additional steps to repair his relationship with jehovah and with his wife.
what are these steps?
first, he recognizes that he has a serious problem.
FedUpJW
Hope you are doing ok now
jesus is the creator god, but why did he create us?
what say you?.
Why did he create us?
If you believe the bible story god is a narcissistic control freak who introduced a unfair test on Adam and eve, knowing that they would fail ,so he could introduce the concept of sin in which he has used as a weapon to exercise control over the offspring of Adam and eve.
And then he sent his son/ self to give his life as a ransom in order to repay himself and then uses his death and resurrection as a means to again exercise his control over people and holds that over people today, like holding a gun to someone head .
If you fail to agree with him and recognize that you are a sinner and come under his control you will suffer eternal torment.
So If you believe that the bible is true you were created to be controlled by a narcissistic control freak.
the theme of my recent comment in another thread demonstrated how in some circles the 'word/logos' had become understood to be implied within ot texts that mention an angel or destroyer (in the case of ex 12).
the comment got no response so i'll repost it now as a springboard for a further observation:.
here's another example of the extreme personification of the logos/word from the wisdom of solomon (approx.
https://www.bartehrman.com/when-were-the-gospels-written/
Some due diligence from biblical scholars, not just a matter of faith but on the evidence of their decades of independent research, some if not most were evangelical Christian at one time.
The life expectancy at that time was around 40-45 years.
The apostle were described as unlettered and ordinary men, which most likely meant they didn't have access to schooling.
14 a husband who physically or verbally abuses his wife needs to take additional steps to repair his relationship with jehovah and with his wife.
what are these steps?
first, he recognizes that he has a serious problem.
False accusations of flirting and affairs, included sister's in the hall that we had known for many years.
That i was not a good husbands, father and never worked hard enough,
Limited contact with my parents and my siblings, even though they were jws
Controlled my mobile phone even stopped me having one for a while and access to my tablet.
What I watched on tv ,
With held affection and the silent treatment sometimes for days.
Alienated me from my kids .
Wouldn't contribute to the household bills
Being critical of almost anything I did and said
Would say hateful things and mask them as a joke.
Probably more, but that's enough for now.
14 a husband who physically or verbally abuses his wife needs to take additional steps to repair his relationship with jehovah and with his wife.
what are these steps?
first, he recognizes that he has a serious problem.
Men are equally victims of domestic abuse, looking back to when we were courting there were red flags, as the years went by it intensified very slowly then about 6years I escaped with the help of domestic abuse agency for Male victims.
There was no physical violence against me only physiological manipulation and coercive control and had a effect on my physical health and to everyone else she was a nice sister in the hall .so after I left the house the elders were insisting that I returned to the marriage and I was told that a man should never leave his wife and this was repeated many times.
But again the expert help and advice from the domestic abuse agency I never did return to the abusive marriage and went through a horrendous divorce.
So please if something doesn't feel right in your marriage whether Male or female contact a domestic abuse agency avoid the elders at all costs.
Its not a easy thing to leave a abusive relationship but with the help of experts it can be done, when the time is right (took me a few years because of my kids).
If physical violence please contact the authorities asap.
Living my best life now ,free from a abusive marriage and a abusive and controlling religion, they both use the same tactics to control their victims.
jesus is the creator god, but why did he create us?
what say you?.
https://medium.com/@mythopia/twelve-creator-gods-abridged-article-c32c5ae26930
It might have also been anyone of these gods 🤔
it has been discussed on this forum many times how many gospel elements were sourced from the ot and related traditions and recast as typological 'fulfillments'.
the same is true of certain sections from acts.
i recently ran across an interesting section of the talmud that certainly seems a good candidate for the inspiration for pentecost scene in acts 2.. recall that the shavuot or pentecost festival was linked to the exodus story of the reception of the 10 commandments on mt sinai.
Thanks peacefulpete
Interesting how these authors adapted these stories and made them seem as actual events.
why do so many cult leaders have weird relationship issues and dysfunctional marriages?russell coudn't get along with his wife mariah.
rutherford had trouble with his wife and sent her away.. eric wilson says it's o.k.
if you don't get legally married as long as you have a "spiritual marriage" in his latest video response to the situation of people coming forward complaining about the abusive religious tactics his "wife" practices and he condones.. i ask this question in a previous post but it deserves it's own discussion definitely:why is it that so many cult leaders have weird relationship issues and dysfunctional marriages?.
Because they have a narcissistic personality, anyone who claims that god speaks through them or directs them has a personality disorder. It's all about them and there control over their family and anyone else who falls for their scams.
