SMH at the jackass comparing the average JW to a Nazi or a slavedriver. SMH at the stupid mofo thinking the observation of a poster reflecting on their recently passed away relative made it open season to shit all over that person. Only on the internet, cuz you damn well you'd never express those sentiments in person for fear of catching a severe ass whoopin.
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I Do Not Think Everyone That is a JW Wastes Their Life
by Magwitch inmy 97 year old grandmother died last week.
she was actually born and raised a jw.
her mother (my great grandmother) was a russelite.
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Video-Taped Police Beating, Was The Use of Excess Force Justified? What Do You Think?
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No it wasn't justified, and there's a side of me that wouldn't mind seeing a hit put out on that coward a la' Pappy Mason.
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IF cornered, what 2 or 3 examples of error in JW teaching would you point out?
by undercover injust curious about this.
if - if you were cornered by elders or family or even an outsider who was curious, what two or three things would you use to point out why you no longer accept "the truthtm"?
(an exercise, not a factual situation).
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A handful of things come to mind if I was cornered. I've already used a few and watched some family members squirm.
I'd say, "the faithful & discreet slave" being something prophetic as opposed to being simply a parable for illustrative purposes. I don't think you'll find one JW capable of making a reasonable argument that it's prophetic and the WT is the only logical conclusive group that it exclusively applies to. Their own literature on the subject, such as the Insight Book, doesn't even make a solid case. It briefly touches on what other faiths believe it to mean, but doesn't bother to make a sound argument against what those other belief systems present. Another facet of the WT's view on the parable in question is their constant reminder to JWs in the literature that what they're reading is from the faithful & discreet slave and that we should be submissive and yielding to their word. Meanwhile they'll also remind you occasionally that they're not infallible, yet through the COs and Elder bodies, anyone who questions their word will find out otherwise.
Another one that bugs me is the assertion that only active JWs will survive the Great Tribulation leading into Armageddon. That flies in the face of Scriptures such as Matt 7:1, and even more so in the face of Mark 9:38-40 which is barely ever mentioned in any of their literature. It wouldn't surprise me if they omit those verses in Mark entirely somewhere in the near future or edit them so that the brevity and weight of those words are lost on the average JW.
Field Service being mandatory for everybody is something that bugs me as of late too, mainly because I hate doing it anymore. Eph 4:11 speaks about the Lord giving to His flock different roles for different indivuals that would benefit the congregation as a whole. He specifically stated that some would be prophets, some evangelists, some teachers, etc.. It didn't say everyone would be an evangelist, so why the peer pressure upon people aren't either naturally inclined to preach, or don't have the ability to do such? To illustrate the lunacy of it all, why can't all be prophets since all have to be evangelizers?
Aother thing that bugs me, and bugs more than a few JWs I know personally who will express the same sentiments behind closed doors, is the stance towards higher education. The WT's stance on this is not Scriptural, but then again something not being in the Scriptures hasn't ever stopped them before. They take the thoughts expressed in the Bible about not being part of the world, or not using the world to the full, and verses condemning greed as being applicable towards anyone going to college. I don't anyone who went to college because "they wanted to make a lot of money."
The last thing that bothers me is the blood doctrine. We're reminded occasionally that we're not under the Mosaic Law, although the basic principles found within it are set in stone. So the mention of abstaining from blood in Acts serves as an extention to what's in Leveticus. My thing is, if everything is so black and white in WT land, why can't they be consistent on blood in regards to blood fractions? Under the Mosaic Law, the blood was to be DISCARDED ENTIRELY. There was no room for processing the blood into fractions for further use even if they had the ability to do such a thing back then. So in Acts, Paul brings it up that these new Gentile Christians are supposed to abstain from blood which is an extention of what was found in the Law. Paul didn't say to break the blood down into fractions and then it's acceptable. No, he said to abstain from blood, and in order to figure out what he meant according to the WT, one has to go back to what's found within Leveticus. The WT knows they F'd up big time with their blood doctrine, but they're screwed royally because it's been enforced for so long under the threat of sanctions. So they tried to weasle out of it the best they can by ok'ing blood fractions, but if we're going to keep is Scriptural according to WT definitions, then blood fractions are not acceptable. Not blood is acceptable, none of it.
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I Do Not Think Everyone That is a JW Wastes Their Life
by Magwitch inmy 97 year old grandmother died last week.
she was actually born and raised a jw.
her mother (my great grandmother) was a russelite.
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Sorry for your loss Mag.
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Beards are a privilege!!!
by Christ Alone in03:27 pm etamish leader, 15 followers convicted of hate crimes in beard attackssixteen members of a breakaway amish community in rural eastern ohio, including its leader, were convicted of federal hate crimes thursday for the forcible cutting of amish men's beards and amish women's hair.. sam mullet sr. and the 15 followers were found guilty of conspiracy to violate federal hate-crime law in connection with what authorities said were the religiously motivated attacks on several fellow amish people last year.. the verdicts were read in u.s. district court in cleveland following several days of jury deliberation and a trial that began in late august, a u.s. attorney's office said.
prosecutors said the 15 followers, at mullet's instruction, shaved the beards and cut the hair of amish people who had left his group over various religious disagreements.
five attacks happened in four eastern ohio counties between september and november 2011, authorities said.. to the amish, a beard is a significant symbol of faith and manhood, and the way amish women wear their hair also is a symbol of faith, authorities said.. the assaults violated the matthew shepard-james byrd hate crimes prevention act, which "prohibits any person from willfully causing bodily injury to any person, or attempting to do so by use of a dangerous weapon, because of the actual or perceived religion of that person," according to the office of the u.s. attorney for the northern district of ohio.. november 1, 2011: cnn goes inside mullet's compound.
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I can picture some immature and cocky Ministerial Servant or elder doing a Service Meeting part or local needs part on grooming referencing this story. "See, as true Christians we don't have to worry about anyone clipping our beards!" (Audience laughs) Speaker smiles like smug Don Draper.
Funny the similarity in taking one's beard seriously between Muslims and the Amish. It's considering fighting words in the middle east to disrespect someone's beard.
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A lunchtime spotting of JWs on their break from door-knocking...
by Jim_TX innot that big of a deal, but it is kind of humorous.... my wife and i went to a local mcdonald's for lunch.
yes, i know all the bad things that are in their foods... but it's difficult to find lunch places that are 'healthy' and low-cost.. anyway, she went and sat down, and i ordered the food.
as i came round the corner with the tray filled with burger, fries and the cups for our sodas, i spotted a group of four women sitting at one of the tables.. folks... i just want to make one thing very clear.
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While she was giving them the pamphlet, my wife looks at me and says something like, "You better not...", under her breath.
LOL
My wife then asked me... "What was that word that you said would send them running?"
"Apostate", I replied, "makes 'em run every time."
too funny.
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That literature gets everywhere.
LOL
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Rules in the New System
by King Solomon inok, so even if laws are to be written on people's hearts vs spelled out into lawbooks, there's going to have to be some laws in the new system of things, right?
i say we get the ball rolling and brainstorm what they should be: after all, none of us got invited to the party anyway but since there just ain't going to be any party, why let that spoil our fun?
so, the theme is laws to be in effect in the new system.
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no meat no steaks, hamburgers, turkey, no fried chicken no BBQ Ribs