In my opinion, the whole point of this corporation is to discredit Christianity.
Making money at the same time is a bonus.
apostatethunder
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What's the point?
by LKM inhi, i'm not a jw, but am recently married to an disfellowshipped jw who does not believe in jw beliefs.
my stepson is being raised by his mother to be a jw.
ack!
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Relationship Issues: Boundaries, Freedom of Choice and Codependency
by 00DAD inrelationship issues: boundaries, freedom of choice and codependency .
i just read a very interesting thought in the book, "boundaries" by cloud & townsend.
the basic problem in human relationship is that of freedom.
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apostatethunder
I believe true love is unconditional, and it goes both ways.
I think Jesus words of loving your enemies are referring to people that act in ignorance, as he said about the Romans, “forgive them because they don’t know what they are doing“, but did not said so about the Pharisees.
Loving those who hate you is the equivalent of hating yourself.
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Why ? Gods Organization
by BlindersOff1 ini've thought for yrs why do the jehovah's witnesses continue to call the faith "a organization", "a society" , "a corporation" and not one of the more socially acceptable terms.?????.
church.
faith.
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apostatethunder
It makes perfect sense, no religious rituals other than rejecting Jesus‘ body once a year, the rest is quite secular and so is their god.
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How would YOU explain a Jehovah's Witness FEAR of Disfellowshipping to a reporter ?
by Balaamsass intoday i got contacted by a reporter.
he was incredulous that a parent would contact elders and not report a child rape to the police immediately.
i tried to put on my jw hat and explain the jw mindset to him..but it was like explaining color to a blind man.
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apostatethunder
The fear of being disfellowshipped is the fear of being rejected and totally excluded by everyone that knew you from the time of your birth, including your family if you were a born in. As you were encouraged not to have bad associations (the rest of the world), it amounts to being rejected and excluded by your closest friends and/or even family members.
And that could come only from voicing your disagreement with a policy they enforce everyone to follow, or after somebody stalked you to find out who were you spending the night with, or after you decided to wear a cross pendant or decorating a Christmas Tree in your own house. A very high price to pay compared to the “crime”.
Nobody views their baptism as a commitment to a human corporation in any way but as the public expression of their private dedication to God. Adults don’t understand what they are getting into, children much less so.
They say the day of your baptism is the most important one in your life, even more than your wedding day, a child is in no condition of making such a big commitment. Neither an uninformed adult that doesn‘t know the implications of entering into a contract with the WT. Nowadays there is more information available, years ago it was not so much around.
Their baptism is a fraud as it has a different meaning for them than what it has for their followers.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Acts 2:17
by biometrics indoes anyone know how jehovah's witness explain away acts 2:17 is:.
acts 2:17 - in the last days, god says, i will pour out my spirit on all people.
your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.. they admit we are living in the 'last days', yet they don't seem to have young men with visions or old men dreaming dreams (at least not inspired ones).. .
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apostatethunder
Were you ever a witness King Solomon?
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WT and the Illuminati - truth or fiction?
by SnowQueen ini've been reading around this subject of late and it seems to make a lot of sense.
i'm wondering if anyone is convinced and/or has seen anything that can substantiate or corroborate the 'facts' set out in these arguments.. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/bloodlines/russell.htm.
i was particularly fascinated to read the following:.
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apostatethunder
True, there is no proof that the WT is Illuminate, but there is proof that they are damaging for the people that comes in contact with them.
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Is America Evil?
by Orthodox1 inslavery... racisim... corporate greed... atom bombs used against civilians... 53 million aborted... a debt to be paid by generations yet to be born... an oubreak of child-offenders in public schools.... does anyone think america is evil?
or, does she have evil elements that ruin her brand as a great nation?.
**because i have been accused of all kinds of things, let me tell you my full agenda here: i am roman catholic.
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apostatethunder
Well said, scotoma.
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I Believe Catholicism And Its Trappings Are Silly, Strange & Weird!!!
by minimus inmy italian friend loves going to the "feasts" that occur in italy, boston or nyc.
these feasts feature a "saint" with dollar bills pinned around her and they parade the saint in a long procession and chant "viva (whomever)".
they are quite serious about this and are proud to talk about the past generations of observers who appreciated the events.
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apostatethunder
Rbih, what is moral? On what should we base our policies? If you lived in a community that believed scamming you was ok, would it make them right the fact that they were the majority? What is it that gives moral authority?
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Religious extremism at its worst - the Taliban behead 17 people for having a party
by cedars ina truly shocking story in the telegraph.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9501478/taliban-behead-17-caught-dancing-to-music-at-party.html.
it makes you realise how fortunate you are to live in a rational society.. .
cedars.
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apostatethunder
Europe is doing fine…in France you can not wear a cross if you are a public servant, in Germany you can not circumcise your own son, in Spain the Pope visits and Christians that pacifically came to listen to him get mobbed to the point that the police has to intervene, in Denmark a paper publishes some cartoons that are offensive for Muslims because it makes a lot of sense in terms of freedom of speech (without defending the violent reaction that this caused in any way, but why do it in the first place?)… Do you see a problem growing there?
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Religious extremism at its worst - the Taliban behead 17 people for having a party
by cedars ina truly shocking story in the telegraph.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9501478/taliban-behead-17-caught-dancing-to-music-at-party.html.
it makes you realise how fortunate you are to live in a rational society.. .
cedars.
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apostatethunder
As it happens, the ones who promised to free people from the evil influence of religion have been so far the deadliest and cruellest of all.
Politicians have their own religion: power.