Posts by doubtfull1799

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Did your ability to work get affected by waking up to TTATT?

by stuckinarut2 in

just curious.. when you started to wake up to the truth about the truth, did the shock and the whole experience distract you from your usual activities such as performing at your place of work?.

did you become so consumed by researching, and the subsequent factual discoveries, that it affected your ability to carry out daily tasks?.

new JW Online Bible Study Lessons

by neat blue dog in

has anybody seen the new online bible study yet, just posted yesterday i believe?

it's the first thing you see now when going to the home page.

the online bible study lessons on jw.org are free, have no obligation, and are easy to use.

doubtfull1799

The infantilising and dumbing down just gets worse and worse.

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Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

by blownaway in

i thought this was all about the 18th century.

but its current or just post current times.

.

doubtfull1799

@blownaway - are you kidding me!!! I'm blown away... hehehe

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Awesome, Awesome Report! Wait till you see the end of it!

by cha ching in

beccah hendrickson of wgal comes thru again!

a fabulous interview with barbara anderson, all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together!

watch out watchtower!

Two Sad an Interesting Stories From When I Hosted the Ex-Jehovah's Witness Meetup Group in Portland

by new boy in

jw
friends

for many years i hosted the ex-jehovah’s witness meet up group in portland oregon.

i heard a lot of sad stories about what people had lost trying to get away from the jehovah’s witnesses.

there were whole families that were wiped out.

doubtfull1799

looking forward to reading your book @newboy. What is the ETA for publication date?

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Leaked video- Watchtower's Preaching Initiative SIFT

by Newly Enlightened in

watchtower's leaked video.... watchtower's preaching initiative sift.

doubtfull1799

"Despite years and thousands of tracts left in boxes, we have had a single enquiry or follow up from them."

Yep, that pretty much sums it up - see my recent post about the complete ineffectiveness of the work.

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Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

by blownaway in

i thought this was all about the 18th century.

but its current or just post current times.

.

I love how the regime is called Gilead, as is the watchtower society missionary school. Lovely how they name both after the city which the Bible claims: "Gilead is a town of evildoers, covered with footprints of blood." - Hos 6:8

Nice!

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Anyone watching the handmaids tail?

by blownaway in

i thought this was all about the 18th century.

but its current or just post current times.

.

doubtfull1799

Yes love it. Brilliant novel and brilliant series. Elizabeth Moss great actress too.

Consider what it says about your favourite Bible characters from Abraham to Jacob to King David

Handmaid = concubine

I know, I know, all the apologists will argue that its not the same, that concubines were like extra wives with many of the rights of a wife. But really, how do they know that? Isn't it really just another form of sex slavery by another name (euphemism)?

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Bible comes alive if we look for meaning behind the symbols it uses

by Ireneus in

bible contains too much human thinking presented as though from god, thus much of its information brings dishonor to god.. yet it contains great beneficial truths behind the symbols it uses.

let us take the only two cases of miracles jesus performed without any request from anybody which would show the very purpose of his ministry:.

1) jesus healed a woman who “was bent over and could not straighten up at all.” (luke 13:11-13).

doubtfull1799

OK, explain please how that works?

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Bible comes alive if we look for meaning behind the symbols it uses

by Ireneus in

bible contains too much human thinking presented as though from god, thus much of its information brings dishonor to god.. yet it contains great beneficial truths behind the symbols it uses.

let us take the only two cases of miracles jesus performed without any request from anybody which would show the very purpose of his ministry:.

1) jesus healed a woman who “was bent over and could not straighten up at all.” (luke 13:11-13).

doubtfull1799

I was going to reply to your comments on my post @Ireneus but then you had me at "Past Regression Therapist" and I realised there was no point.

I'm very sorry, but I don't understand how you left the pseudoscientific and theological nonsense of the WT Society only to become entrapped by more of the same.