Most of their rhetoric these days is not God-focused but about behavior modification or CONTROL of the flock, i.e. how JWs should think and behave, and almost never discuss God, his nature, the question of God's permission of evil, etc., etc. Almost nothing about church history: How many JWs know anything about the Bible canon and how it was established? Or how to defend their beliefs effective against critics who argue that Isaiah for example, was written by two different authors (deutero-Isaiah), or that the book of Daniel is a post-exilic work (written much later than claimed)? What happens when they're confronted (or blind-sided is a better word) when a household knows more than he/she should about the Society's history?
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Sexual Repression 101. Pure WT Gold: Wednesday's Daily Text.
by Open mind inwednesday's daily text was a masterpiece.
each sentence just added another layer of sexual guilt and repression.
i could go off for at least another 500 words but i'll stop.. .
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Jehovah's Witnesses---A Religion That Does Nothing For Anyone
by minimus inthe reality is: jehovah's witnesses benefit no one but themselves!.
they don't contribute to society.
they refuse to get involved in local interests because that would constitute violating their neutrality.. if sexual abuse allegations are made amongst their members, unless two witnesses can attest to the molestation, they refuse to get the "superior authorities" involved.. they claim to be doing their neighbors a "life saving" work but the reality is that they simply are pests to their "householders".. they are a tax free "religion" and they do not pay taxes.. they are judgmental people and regard the "world" as "worldly" and in the "power of the wicked one".. and if the individual members do not conform to the organization's dictates, they might very well be "shunned" and regarded as "dead".. why anyone would want to be a jehovah's witness is beyond me..
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I thought this You Tube item to be especially relevant to this thread:
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-21-10 WT Study (REAL CHRISTIANS)
by blondie inchrist's true followers (5).
true christians (3).
(matt.
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Well done, as always, Blondie.... and Mary, I think you hit the nail on the head when you pointed out the "Jehovah this" and Jehovah that" offhand use of God's name actually devalues and cheapens it....and casts him as some sort of minor deity
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Holy spirit reveals stuff through GB--July 15, 2010 WT
by sd-7 injuly 15, 2010 wt page 22, 23:.
would all anointed christians shine?.
in a sense, yes, for all christians would participate.
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" When the time comes to clarify a spiritual matter in our day, holy spirit helps responsible REPRESENTATIVES (NOT necessarily "members")of “the faithful
and discreet slave” at world headquarters, ETC.".... This is a very revealing statement as the choice of words suggest what is generally known, i.e that few, if any GB members- or any anointed Bethelite, for that matter, has anything to do with the writing of WT literature
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Jehovah's Witnesses---A Religion That Does Nothing For Anyone
by minimus inthe reality is: jehovah's witnesses benefit no one but themselves!.
they don't contribute to society.
they refuse to get involved in local interests because that would constitute violating their neutrality.. if sexual abuse allegations are made amongst their members, unless two witnesses can attest to the molestation, they refuse to get the "superior authorities" involved.. they claim to be doing their neighbors a "life saving" work but the reality is that they simply are pests to their "householders".. they are a tax free "religion" and they do not pay taxes.. they are judgmental people and regard the "world" as "worldly" and in the "power of the wicked one".. and if the individual members do not conform to the organization's dictates, they might very well be "shunned" and regarded as "dead".. why anyone would want to be a jehovah's witness is beyond me..
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All true, Minimus. The one question that begs an answer is :"what kept us all wrapped up in it for as long as it did?"
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If still "in", how do you feel when praying in front of a group despite being in doubt of your beliefs?
by Crisis of Conscience init happened to me this weekend.
i'm curently "active" and had some long time friends from a different congregation over for dinner.. we went through the formality of praying before the meal.
normally or rather lately i've been passing it off to someone else.
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I'm sure one can articulate a prayer in good conscience without making reference to the "faithful and discreet slave," "governing body," "closeness of The End" or any dubious WT tenet he/she considers offensive or adulatory.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 04-11-10 WT Study (BOLDNESS)
by blondie inquotes from other sources will be in quotes boxes or quotes heading.
wt publications www.strictlygenteel.co.uk.
conclusion of the system of things."--matt.
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Sebastious: I disagree: the Governing Body is NOT bold, they're reclusive; shadowy figures who never appear before an audience wider than uncritical JWs. I recall times when Knorr, Henschel, and other senior officials granted interviews with the press, usually in connection with assemblies.
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Since millions now living will sometime retire.....
by YoursChelbie inif you bought into the lie that "millions now living will never die," has the.
realization that you will very likely reach retirement age, settled in your mind just yet?.
for instance, i never looked to see if there was a 401k plan when i was in the jw cult.
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My impression is that, as time passed and cast doubt on the validity of the WTs chronology, watered-down "generation" rhetoric, etc, more JWs switched gears and began to buy into retirement programs, albeit belatedly for many of them..
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ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE NEW PUBLICATION IS THIS YEAR?
by sweet inanyone know what the new publication is this year thats being released at the 3 day convention.
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Rumor has it that they will dredge up and stitch together a series of 1979-1980 WT articles on Jeremiah, reformat it, etc. put it between two floppy covers in garish color and sell it as spiritual insight. It's clear they have nobody that can match Fred Franz's creative genius whenit comes to material of this sort. All they're reduced to these days is "The wonders of creation" and mind-numbing drivel on behavior modification.
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RANDY WATTER'S DAD JUST DIED
by Mary inrandy watters, owner of freeminds.org father just died a couple of hours ago from pneumonia and alzheimers.
he was 86 years old.
as randy has been tireless in his efforts to help countless people come out of the wts, i would like to express my sincere condolences to him at this time.. .
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My heartfelt condolences to you and yours, Randy. I know it's scant consolation when a well-meaning friend cites your dad's relativley long life (86); we would feel grief and a numbing sense of loss even at 1866, or whatever. Keep up your fine work