Regarding my comment above, that should have been Hebrews 11:16.
Only spotted my mistake.
Lost in the fog
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How Much of the WT Teaching Did You Believe?
by Ding insome people on this forum have said that they never really believed any aspect of wt teaching, that they couldn't wait to get free of it all.. others seems to have been really gung ho, believing it all until something happened that got you questioning "the truth.".
i would say my own high water mark was about 50%, which put me squarely on the fence, trying to decide if i should be in or out.. how about you?.
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How Much of the WT Teaching Did You Believe?
by Ding insome people on this forum have said that they never really believed any aspect of wt teaching, that they couldn't wait to get free of it all.. others seems to have been really gung ho, believing it all until something happened that got you questioning "the truth.".
i would say my own high water mark was about 50%, which put me squarely on the fence, trying to decide if i should be in or out.. how about you?.
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As a multi-generational born in, I probably accepted it all as it was presented. As I matured I served as an MS and in time an elder, having the "privilege" of giving talks at District conventions.
However I had a few personal niggles which I couldn't discuss with anyone inside the KH. I loved doing personal research in other Bibles, commentaries, and church history books - in fact, I still do!
The crunch came when I had to give two different talks on the book of Hebrews. I had never swallowed the idea that Jesus = Michael the Archangel. And trying to prepare a talk where in Hebrews 1, the writer (the JWs insist it was Paul) goes to great lengths to show that Jesus is NOT an angel/archangel made that impossible to my way of thinking.
The 2nd talk was about faith in Hebrews 11. The JWs teach that Abraham and all the other faithful men of old were waiting for God's heavenly kingdom to rule over the earth - the place they would be resurrected to.
Except that Hebrews 11:6 certainly does NOT say it.
In the end I got up and parrotted off the official lines but stopped giving talks, for health reasons, shortly afterwards.
Once the blinkers come off it does not take long to get used to the light of the world.
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The sky is falling- maybe
by joey jojo ini am actually not a 'sky is falling' guy, but i wanted to comment on the australian bushfires.. you may or may not believe the science behind global warming, however i personally put more faith in verified, scientific data than the words of fat cat, self-serving politicians.
climate science has predicted, based on data, that we will see more prolonged, extreme weather events, higher average temperatures, rising sea levels due to ocean expansion and glacial melting.
and this is exactly whats happening.
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Regarding Australia. The Northern Territories reintroduced fracking which takes millions of gallons of water. Once that is taken out of the system, the result is bound to be dry surface ground leading to drought.
Regarding climate change generally. If evolution is correct then mankind will either adapt or die out (like the dinosaurs) and a new dominant species will emerge. Or not. You can decide for yourselves.
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Irrelevant and Irreverent.
by Lost in the fog infrom an african perspective.
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christians without churches.... https://tribuneonlineng.com/christians-without-churches/.
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From an African perspective.
Christians without churches...
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Page about JWs
by Lost in the fog ini stumbled upon this jw material website and thought i would share it with you all.
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http://ed5015.tripod.com/jehovahswitnesses.htm.
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I stumbled upon this JW material website and thought I would share it with you all.
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venting: My wife is the most dangerous kind of JW
by goingthruthemotions ini need to vent again here.
because i have no one else to talk with and no one who really understands except for the people here.
my wife is the most dangerous kind of jw.
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A person with blinkers on cannot see sideways no matter what you do.
I have former JW "friends" who every time they hear about a disaster such as a tornado, hurricane, or earthquake will immediately say "Oh the poor brothers. I will pray that they are safe."
Why don't you pray for the rest of the people who have suffered? But they will not, because they are told that those people are going to be destroyed at Armageddon anyway.
Callous, uncaring, and blinkered.
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Why are they buying names and addresses?
by Lost in the fog inapparently the jws of coventry, england, have been spending their congregation's money buying names and addresses from the local council.
i wonder what they want them for and is this something that each congregation does?
i'm curious now.
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Apparently the JWs of Coventry, England, have been spending their congregation's money buying names and addresses from the local council.
I wonder what they want them for and is this something that each congregation does? I'm curious now.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/hundreds-thousands-peoples-data-sold-17400092
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Bradford KH
by Lost in the fog inat least this former kh in bradford will help house someone with a disability because it is all on the flat.
plans to convert former church in great horton into house are approved | bradford telegraph and argus.
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18067836.plans-convert-former-church-great-horton-house-approved/.
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At least this former KH in Bradford will help house someone with a disability because it is all on the flat.
Plans to convert former church in Great Horton into house are approved | Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
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Child Abuser
by Lost in the fog inand another one, in wiltshire, england.
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https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/18072231.4-wiltshire-courts-2019-sexually-assaulting-children/ .
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And another one, in Wiltshire, England.
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Make Shunning A Hate Crime
by Lost in the fog inthe humanist organisation in the uk wants to protect non-religious people who leave their church/religion from being punished for doing so.
they want the religious hate crime legislation in the uk to be extended to people who are not religious.
i hope they will succeed.
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The Humanist organisation in the UK wants to protect non-religious people who leave their church/religion from being punished for doing so. They want the religious hate crime legislation in the UK to be extended to people who are not religious.
I hope they will succeed. Because then shunning would be considered a hate crime and charges could be brought against those doing it. But I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.