Posts by Anna Marina

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I got shunned today

by Anna Marina in

i went into town today and saw an elderly publisher from my ex-congregation.

because she was a gentle soul, i went up to her and said, 'hello'.

she looked at me and said, 'i'm sorry i cannot talk to you.

JimmyYoung and JoenB75 - yes the elders do protect their children. I actually managed to df the GB before they put me in the catapult. But just before I took the password of the website I had built for df'ing the GB, I went to an elder who had been a good friend to me. I went to see if he would do anything to help me me so I didn't take the password off.

The issue I was talking to this elder about was that the 3rd year of Jehoiakim's rulership really was the 3rd year of Jehoiakim's rulership. He said, "you can't be certain." I said I was certain. Then he said, "you are irrational." I said, "will you look at the scriptures and show me where I am wrong?" He said, "no."

But his daughter committed adultery. She was going to be df'd but he sorted it for her because he did not want to be cut off from her. As for me, when he passes me now, he turns his face towards the hedge.

Half Banana - I am glad I am out of that cult. Also not everyone is shunning me. But thought I'd share my life on the shun with you all today.

Fink - I know it, believe it and accept it. I learnt a lesson - it was good education, even if I had to learn from my mistakes.

ToesUp - I am enjoying my freedom. It is wierd being shunned, laughable in one way, hurtful in another. But being thrown out by them is great in one way. I have freedom of speech and I am glad I have my voice. They tried to gag me and failed.

Tameria2001 - I am glad not to be associated with such a mind-control cult. It is vile. It is not Christian.

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I got shunned today

by Anna Marina in

i went into town today and saw an elderly publisher from my ex-congregation.

because she was a gentle soul, i went up to her and said, 'hello'.

she looked at me and said, 'i'm sorry i cannot talk to you.

Anna Marina

I went into town today and saw an elderly publisher from my ex-congregation. Because she was a gentle soul, I went up to her and said, 'hello'. She looked at me and said, 'I'm sorry I cannot talk to you.'

I replied, 'I am not disfellowshipped.' That was my shorthand way of telling her I was not apostate according to the Bible's standards. 'It was announced from the platform,' she said. 'But it wasn't true, I was slandered,' I replied.

She shook her head, turned away from me and carried on walking up the road. I left it at that and said no more.

She was on her own. I had given her a chance to get the facts but the power of the slander that came from the platform the night I was thrown out meant she would not listen to an innocent person.

Her son smokes pot. He is baptised and not disfellowshipped and she speaks to him.

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Elders as Parasites!--You Can't Blame EXJW's!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

no, you can not blame exjw's for that statement, and the 4 members of this family didn't say it either.. it was your governing body, the president of your watchtower society that said that.as well as upon the egyptians; which means that inorder for a professed christian to be pleasing and acceptableto the lord such must be separate from theworld and clean; hence the cleansing of god’s sanctuaryis involved and includes the removing of the“elective elders” as parasites, and which must takeplace before god’s organization is entirely clean.".

see last paragraph.https://docdro.id/7ld8qyfpetra!.

https://docdro.id/ci9fsqr.

Anna Marina

Ah, I can see how they'll spin it. Lord/God = football/money/whiskey/property building empire.

New Kingdom Melody?

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da

I'm just putting together a YouTube on why 1914 is wrong using only their silly arithmetic (ie no dates). There is one bit in the Daniel book where they use the word 'critics' of the Bible and when you read it right, you realize they mean themselves!

Don't know if I'll get that into the video because I'm just dealing with their maths. But if I can I will.

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Watchtower is Messing With That "Dracula" Dude Again!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

well, here we go with "dracula" again!

( massimo introvigne).. .

breaking: jehovah's witnesses have hired known cult apologist massimo introvigne to write a 21-page "expert opinion" defending the witnesses for their child abuse mishandling.

Anna Marina

Is he wearing a convention badge?

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Watch Tower's Popularity

by dydeonwl in

watchtower has been named as world's most published and circulated magazine in us.

amazing.

source:.

Anna Marina

Maybe a Watchtower publisher wrote the article or a power elder owns the site.

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What is the term for a group that blatantly lies about what is going on but doesn't revise the past?

by HiddenPimo in

2016 yearbook.

Anna Marina

Other organizations act in the same way. What is unusual about the Watchtower is they claim to be honest CHRISTIANS. They do this in an attempt to take the moral high ground as if they are the moral lighthouse of the world.

Other organisations also try get the moral high ground but not many try to do it on the basis of getting back to Jesus Christ's original teachings.

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Watchtower is Messing With That "Dracula" Dude Again!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

well, here we go with "dracula" again!

( massimo introvigne).. .

breaking: jehovah's witnesses have hired known cult apologist massimo introvigne to write a 21-page "expert opinion" defending the witnesses for their child abuse mishandling.

Anna Marina

Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote Christabel. It was a story about a vampire. The Watchtower only pretends to be Christian. Really it suck people’s lives and energy away from them (to build their property empire). When looking at the history of the vampire stories I found this quote:

Secondly, is that one of the attributes that became key to the definition of a vampire is the requirement that they be invited into a home before crossing the threshold. Although vampires did not yet have a notable presence in literature at the time of publication of “Christabel”, we can see some vital evolutionary steps in this text alone. One of the ways in which malevolent supernatural beings might generate trust between themselves and the one whose home they attempt to enter, is through enchantment.

Christabel - Wikipedia

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Watchtower is Messing With That "Dracula" Dude Again!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

well, here we go with "dracula" again!

( massimo introvigne).. .

breaking: jehovah's witnesses have hired known cult apologist massimo introvigne to write a 21-page "expert opinion" defending the witnesses for their child abuse mishandling.

Anna Marina

I can believe it. Watchtower sucks people's lives out of them so there is a cross over there with the Dracula Soc. They have a lot of expensive properties in London but to do them up they need labour. Labour is expensive but if you can get people to willingly give up their time and energy to turn them into palaces and sell them to rich people you have assets that are worth more than gold. You have the lives of men and women,

The Watchower media company is just a business. If you want to make a lot of money, set up a religion. Its a business.

Jesus said, "you recieved free, give free." (Matt 10:8). And he included healthcare in that. Mind you his healthcare what a lot more effective than what we currently have.

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I.B.S.A. members were witnesses of Jesus Christ.-JW`s members are witnesses of Jehovah.

by smiddy3 in

is there a difference ?

i believe so ,and a very big difference.one that harmonises with the new testament in bearing witness to jesus and his kingdom and one that amounts to a new gospel bearing witness to jehovah and his kingdom something that is condemned in the bible.. c.t.russell started the magazine called "zions watchtower and herald of christs presence" and its emphasis was on bearing witness about jesus christ and his kingdom ,of course he got many things wrong ,but he was focused on jesus & his kingdom with what the new testament is all about.. j.f.rutherford in his wisdom decided to change the heading of the watchtower to " the watchtower announcing jehovah`s kingdom" a phrase / term / doctrine that is not in the new testament and takes away the importance and role that jesus christ has in bringing people to god.phil.2:9-11. nowhere in the christian greek scriptures / new testament are followers of jesus christ instructed to be witnesses of jehovah ,nowhere there is not one scripture that instructs them to do so.. however in the christian greek scriptures / new testament there are over twenty scriptures whereby christians are told to be witnesses of jesus.. and it was by divine providence that followers of christ were to be called christians .acts 11:26 , not jehovah`s witnesses.. do jw`s even know what it means " by divine providence " ?.

the jw`s use isaiah 43:10-12 an old testament scripture to justify calling themselves jehovah`s witnesses,however that was applied to the israelites back then ,did they adopt the name jehovah`s witnesses ?

Anna Marina

JoenB75 - that is SO funny. I've got this picture in my mind's eye of all these angels trying to bump-start the planets by pushing them.

Also it reminds me of a daft picture in one of the mags I saw. Seven angels struggling to blow 7 trumpets. It was like they didn't have enough breath to make even one of the trumpets squeek.

You should have asked your father if they were allowed to count their time. Or were they just getting their time started by setting up a whopping great clock?

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I.B.S.A. members were witnesses of Jesus Christ.-JW`s members are witnesses of Jehovah.

by smiddy3 in

is there a difference ?

i believe so ,and a very big difference.one that harmonises with the new testament in bearing witness to jesus and his kingdom and one that amounts to a new gospel bearing witness to jehovah and his kingdom something that is condemned in the bible.. c.t.russell started the magazine called "zions watchtower and herald of christs presence" and its emphasis was on bearing witness about jesus christ and his kingdom ,of course he got many things wrong ,but he was focused on jesus & his kingdom with what the new testament is all about.. j.f.rutherford in his wisdom decided to change the heading of the watchtower to " the watchtower announcing jehovah`s kingdom" a phrase / term / doctrine that is not in the new testament and takes away the importance and role that jesus christ has in bringing people to god.phil.2:9-11. nowhere in the christian greek scriptures / new testament are followers of jesus christ instructed to be witnesses of jehovah ,nowhere there is not one scripture that instructs them to do so.. however in the christian greek scriptures / new testament there are over twenty scriptures whereby christians are told to be witnesses of jesus.. and it was by divine providence that followers of christ were to be called christians .acts 11:26 , not jehovah`s witnesses.. do jw`s even know what it means " by divine providence " ?.

the jw`s use isaiah 43:10-12 an old testament scripture to justify calling themselves jehovah`s witnesses,however that was applied to the israelites back then ,did they adopt the name jehovah`s witnesses ?

Anna Marina

I just remembered, years ago (in 90s) a bro told me about a talk which said all the angels had probably been involved in creation. He said the different qualities of each creature, plant or whatever, probably reflected qualities of the angel that designed it.

I had never heard such a view before and just found his expression interesting. But if they were doing talks like that, then Jesus would be relegated to just another angel doing his little bit.

I never felt comfortable viewing Jesus as the Archangel Michael - I could see their reasoning. Yes of course Jesus would be the head angel. But Jesus is referred to as the Son of God. Even Adam could be referred to as the Son of God but not in the way that Jesus was. Jesus Christ has a very special position.