It’s because love-bombing makes them feel good about themselves, also because they perceive it to be a good advert about themselves, as M.M.M says like the McDonalds adverts.
Hopeless1
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Why do JWs love bomb?
by Smiles in💣.
we know what mentally-in jws believe they are doing when they "love one another"... and many of us here formerly participated in that culty love bombing behavior.. why?.
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1 Kings 8:21 a woman's perspective.
by waton inthis week's bible stories, temple dedication, key text .
prayer to the father; "-- [even] the heavens of the heavens cannot contain you.--" comment from a sister i missed, would have given if permitted: .
given that jehovah was alone, with absolutely nothing else around him, when he made the heavens,(including his firstborn), fashioned the universe, it could have only be inside him, with no outside existing.
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Oh yes, can creator be described as unisexual or bi-sexual, because such did not exist before he created it?
An amoeba, for example, reproduces itself asexually. - (Anyone who does not know that fact will have to Google it, I’m too old and possibly senile to start explaining the process.)
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1 Kings 8:21 a woman's perspective.
by waton inthis week's bible stories, temple dedication, key text .
prayer to the father; "-- [even] the heavens of the heavens cannot contain you.--" comment from a sister i missed, would have given if permitted: .
given that jehovah was alone, with absolutely nothing else around him, when he made the heavens,(including his firstborn), fashioned the universe, it could have only be inside him, with no outside existing.
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I came to this conclusion too, a few years ago.
When I tried explaining it to people (JWs), they just looked at me like I was mad. Perhaps because infinity it is beyond the imagination of many people, that this fact has not been mentioned before.
All that exists must exist within him, otherwise it is bigger than he is?
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According to Jehovah's Witnesses, who will be saved?
by Vanderhoven7 ini know who won't be saved according to witnesses and that includes just about everyone alive at armageddon who is not a jehovah’s witness.
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others who are permanently lost include adam and eve, those who died in the flood, people of sodom and gomorrah and apostates to their one true religion..
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Sea breeze
I love your reasoning on this subject, although I completely have faith in God, personally I find it hard sometimes to believe Yeshua would want to save me, - but what you say is logical, and very helpful to me.
Many thanks.
J.
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Coercion at its worst: religious mandated shunning
by Yomama inby patrick haeck any comments on article?.
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Long Hair Girl, I believe you are absolutely correct on this one. No-one can force someone to not shun another person, deep emotions, whatever they are, are certainly involved.
After 60 years of being one of JWs, (was not born in either), I have observed that many if not most Jehovah’s witnesses see a disfellowshipped person as one who ranks alongside Judas Iscariot, - a traitor to the cause, - as someone who has walked away from everything that is true, noble upright etc, to go pursue their own selfish course in life. Someone who has betrayed them and their god.
For the record, I never ostracised or shunned anyone in my life, it never seemed a Christian thing to do, and I know there were others that felt the same as myself including some very old-timers who were from the Bible Student era.
Now that I no longer associate at all, I find myself tending to shun them, I am gradually albeit if slowly, building friendships with people that seem more kind and charitable than most Witnesses I have known in the last few decades. (Elderly husband still in, sadly)
However, publicity about their shunning practice cannot go amiss as it will hopefully alert any prospective Bible studies before they commit themselves.
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Watchtower Study on 5th December.
by Lost in the fog inthe wt study for this week is all about disfellowshipping.
in an early paragraph it said "think how heartbroken jehovah must have been when members of his own angelic family turned their back on him!".
however when you think about it, when this happened according to the wt teaching, jehovah still engaged with satan in the heavens (book of job) and had conversations with him about what was going on in the earth.. so why do the wt org practice shunning when jehovah god obviously didn't?.
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CJAsher, Welcome !
Like yourself, many on this website have been suicidal in the past, and no doubt there will be some to reach out to you to offer helpful advice, comfort and encouragement.
Please tread carefully whatever you do next. You are probably both in a fragile state of mind, and need to find a sense of calm before making decisions that may affect your lives in the long or short time. The reaction from your relatives and ‘friends’ among JWs may be far from helpful at this time. Be clear in your mind about what you hope for in your future.
You do not mention the adversity that brought you to this situation, if you feel the need to speak about it, please do, if not, then don’t. Do whatever feels comfortable for the present.
be assured that there are people out here among non and ex-JWS that will do the best they can for you both, just hold on to your sanity and know you are doing the right thing in trying to get help.
Wishing you both all the best!
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What Do You Think?
by Atlantis indo you think the tower is getting money from the government for encouraging people to get vaccinated?
or is there just too much lemon in my tea?.
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/07/27/biden-harris-admin-provides-121-million-in-arp-funding-to-local-communities-for-covid-19-vaccines.htmlbiden-harris administration provides $121 million in american rescue plan funds to support local community-based efforts to increase covid-19 vaccinations in underserved communities.
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Watchtower is very clever at inventing corporations and the like for specific purposes when money is involved.
what’s to say they have either asked for anonymity or applied for it under a pseudonym or some such thing?
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What was the Overall reaction from the world media ,to the Awake article ,may 22nd 1994 regarding "Youths Who Died Refusing Blood".
by smiddy ini , and my wife had probably left about 12 months prior to this magazine coming out , and i never at that time had any knowledge of it till many years later when i joined this site.. when i did see it , i was appalled that they could put out such an article , in a magazine they would distribute throughout the world .. to me it smacked of child abuse .
these were kids , who had no life experiences , who were far too young to make life or death choices of their own , were influenced by religous leaders who had their own agenda , and sadly by family , relatives and freinds who were indoctrinated by a man made religion that has its roots in america in the late 1800`s .. so my question is , did this episode of child abuse go under the radar of mainstream media ?
did it escape child protection agencies of the time ?.
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Yes Smiddy, I remember it. Difficult to say how I felt about offering it at the time, as a ‘publisher’ you were just to get on with it and do as you’re told, cheerfully!
But in retrospect it’s difficult to think what they expected to achieve by printing such an article, except maybe to say, ‘look at these people, aren’t they wonderful?- they must really love God and have his blessing to martyr their children this way’. ….Which of course is absolute rubbish.
Anyway, it seemed like some kind of weird bragging exercise to me at the time, and now.
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For many, many long years I made excuses for them, comparing them to the ancient ‘renegade’ nation of Israel who were still considered God’s people right up to messiah’s coming in the 1st century.
Then came two Jehovah’s Witness suicides in a few months, (different areas)
That, was the finish for me…
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Annual Meeting
by sove inis it the annual meeting this weekend?
any insights on "new light" or new releases?.
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Really!!.…
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