Posts by Emery

where this intelligence resides between death and resurrection is more than a passing interest, but again, assuming that yehweh can recreate one's distict soul, does the society believe that animals have souls?

Emery

Ginger: A human, characterized by pale skin, freckles and bright red hair.

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Do Animals Have Souls?

by Cold Steel in

i know most jehovah's witnesses believe in the soul sleeping doctrine.

by this, given that neither man nor beast has a spirit, but that they do possess souls (or "intelligences" unique to themselves).

where this intelligence resides between death and resurrection is more than a passing interest, but again, assuming that yehweh can recreate one's distict soul, does the society believe that animals have souls?

Emery

The only animals that do not have souls are gingers.

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Watchtower tricks and deceptions

by slimboyfat in

one of the first things that shocked me when learning the truth about the truth was how the organisation uses tricks and deception to fool their own membership.

i guess we all have our own favourite examples, like the quotes in the publications that make outside sources look like they oppose the trinity/support the nwt/disprove evolution, when in context the intent of the original source is quite different.

or the grossly exaggerated experiences delivered at conventions: if we happen to know the person or were present at the events described we know it's often garbage what they say on stage, more closely resembling a desired script emanating from headquarters than anything that actually happened to real witnesses in the circuit or district.

Emery

What about the Watchtower Society showing support for Jimmy Swaggart Ministries to maintain tax exempt status on sold publications? Then when JWM lost the case they made it appear to the rank and file that it was a provision from Jehovah now that they stopped selling publications. Jehovah now only accept donations at the door.

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just got an email from a jw friend

by outofthelionsden in

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hi guys, so i got an email form an old jw friend that i haven't seen in a long time , i moved away to another state a few years ago.

so she sent me an email to tell me that she found out that i had left "jehovahs organization" and that she has been crying for weeks because she always looked up to me ( i was always that kid that pioneered & always had demonstrations and experiences in the district and circuit assemblies) she said that she's not judging me but that she cant believe i would do that , that i know better and that there is no reason ever to leave and hopes that we wake up before its to late..... i have to respond but i know she wont hear ttatt there deep in, so any suggestions would be appreciated on what to respond.. ( im so heart broken and tiered at this point.

i know she is doing it out of love, she's actually the only person that has contacted me, not even my family has done that.

Emery

@Quendi, I would have responded with, "I don't think, I know I am smarter. I would take them to task and debate them if they weren't such cowards."

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Things The Governing Body Believes

by frankiespeakin in

1. bad choice in childrens toys can make jehovah depressed.

2. deaf jehovah witnesses should not masturbate to relieve themselve of sexual tension.

3. talking snakes are real.

Emery

7 trumplet blasts of Revelation happened in 1926 in the form of conventions held in Cedar Point Ohio.

The ships of Kittim (as mentioned in the book of Daniel) were British war ships in WW2.

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just got an email from a jw friend

by outofthelionsden in

jw
friends

hi guys, so i got an email form an old jw friend that i haven't seen in a long time , i moved away to another state a few years ago.

so she sent me an email to tell me that she found out that i had left "jehovahs organization" and that she has been crying for weeks because she always looked up to me ( i was always that kid that pioneered & always had demonstrations and experiences in the district and circuit assemblies) she said that she's not judging me but that she cant believe i would do that , that i know better and that there is no reason ever to leave and hopes that we wake up before its to late..... i have to respond but i know she wont hear ttatt there deep in, so any suggestions would be appreciated on what to respond.. ( im so heart broken and tiered at this point.

i know she is doing it out of love, she's actually the only person that has contacted me, not even my family has done that.

Emery

outsmartthesystem

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just got an email from a jw friend

by outofthelionsden in

jw
friends

hi guys, so i got an email form an old jw friend that i haven't seen in a long time , i moved away to another state a few years ago.

so she sent me an email to tell me that she found out that i had left "jehovahs organization" and that she has been crying for weeks because she always looked up to me ( i was always that kid that pioneered & always had demonstrations and experiences in the district and circuit assemblies) she said that she's not judging me but that she cant believe i would do that , that i know better and that there is no reason ever to leave and hopes that we wake up before its to late..... i have to respond but i know she wont hear ttatt there deep in, so any suggestions would be appreciated on what to respond.. ( im so heart broken and tiered at this point.

i know she is doing it out of love, she's actually the only person that has contacted me, not even my family has done that.

Emery

That is a tough situation to be in. I wouldn't know what to say but I would make it known that the decision to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses was made in full ignorance of the organization's history. There were many important things held from me prior to making an informed decision to be baptized in the faith. The organization requires transparency out of it's members, yet they do not provide the same in return.