Because of the WTS focus on their interpretation of Bible history I never realised when other religious thoughts were introduced to the world. Even their publication "Mankind's Search For The Only True God" was skewed to show other belief systems in a negative light. I recently stumbled upon this informative website, and I am sharing the timeline given on it. It's a good reminder too that the Judeo-Christian writings we have become the most familiar with were only one strand in an exciting and ever changing spiritual world.
Lost in the fog
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Comparison of Timelines for World Religions.
by Lost in the fog inbecause of the wts focus on their interpretation of bible history i never realised when other religious thoughts were introduced to the world.
even their publication "mankind's search for the only true god" was skewed to show other belief systems in a negative light.
i recently stumbled upon this informative website, and i am sharing the timeline given on it.
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Is Jesus Christ, Jehovah God? (Not the Father, but Equal to the Father)
by JW Answers injehovah's witnesses,is jesus christ, jehovah god?
(not the father, but equal to the father)what if the watchtower told you about god in a false way, and yet the bible taught you about god in his true character, how would you respond?could it be true, that the watchtower have been leading you up the garden path, describing god in a way that the bible does not describe?
please watch my latest video to help you to see how the bible describes the lord jesus christ, and also within my video, i explain from the new world translation how the bible which the jws use, also describes jesus as jehovah god.
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Does any of it really matter any more?
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OK what is the deal with Smurfs?
by blownaway ini heard the crap, smurfs were magical evil creatures.
i saw in the 80s kids parents get talked to because of the kids having one or pjs with smurfs on them but other than the urban meme where did this come from?
was there anything printed about it?
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I remember a circuit overseer saying parents shouldn't let their children see E.T. because in the opening scene the children pictured are playing Dungeons & Dragons.
I remember laughing too because our family used to watch the light hearted American comedy "Bewitched" about Samantha the witch with the twitchy nose. And then in a public talk about spiritism the speaker used Bewitched as an example of how subtle Satan the Devil was in luring children away to interest them in the dark arts.
Looking back I now realise so many things I heard from the platform was paranoid rubbish.
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Why go back to the Old Testament?
by Lost in the fog inwhy do jws insist on still quoting from the old testament to back up some of their wacky ideas?
such as on blood, beards, abortion, tattoos, etc.
surely if the mosaic law code was nailed to the torture stake all of its parts were cancelled.
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Why do JWs insist on still quoting from the Old Testament to back up some of their wacky ideas? Such as on blood, beards, abortion, tattoos, etc.
Surely if the Mosaic Law code was nailed to the torture stake ALL of its parts were cancelled. Isn't that why the Apostle Paul berated some of the early Christian congregations for trying to adhere to the Law which Jesus had cancelled out. Yet the WT insist on returning to it for principles and advice.
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Sex Offenders and Children Generally
by Lost in the fog inis there a change in the way child sex offenders are being perceived?
this article is from the telegraph newspaper.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/8201521/sex-offenders-including-paedophiles-should-be-allowed-to-adopt-theresa-may-told.html.
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Is there a change in the way child sex offenders are being perceived?
This article is from the Telegraph newspaper.
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Spiritual "Protection" - a Menace on Psychological Development
by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho innot quite a week ago, @lost in the fog created a thread entitled: do you have this illness?.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5187824140681216/do-you-have-this-illness.
in my year of being on this forum, i have browsed many a disillusioned thread of ex-jehovah’s witnesses expressing similar symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder when detailing their awakening - my own story included.
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Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho
What a great post! And thanks for sharing my original link. 👍
So many times in the past I have expressed an opinion or raised a query, the result? An elder or two showing me the perfect Watchtower article as if it would magic away all my ills.
Freed from this BS now I am free to make my own decisions. But yes, it took me to break down mentally before I woke up and found cognitive-behavioral therapy and the POWER to question my own beliefs.
Your post jo-ho is an inspiration for the many. Thank you again. 👏👏
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Climbing Out of The Box
by Lost in the fog ini have been reading the blog of bruce gerencser, a 61 year old evangelical pastor who moved on to being an atheist and humanist.
his description of climbing out of that box and the reasons why he did so will, i am sure, resonate with many of us on here.
https://brucegerencser.net/2015/02/danger-box-makes-sense/.
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I have been reading the blog of Bruce Gerencser, a 61 year old evangelical pastor who moved on to being an atheist and humanist. His description of climbing out of that box and the reasons why he did so will, I am sure, resonate with many of us on here.
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Guidelines For Proper Uses For Sold Kingdom Halls
by Charles Gillette inhow does the watchtower dispose of kingdom halls no longer usable because of poor attendance and or merging with another kingdom hall.the rank and file contributed lots of money to keep it active.. then they tell us their not using it anymore.where does the money for that hall go.
and what they do with the money they get for the sale of that property.
they certainly don't give the rank and file anything.. and what use will the new owners use it for.
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Well this is what's happening with one while the new property developer owner waits for planning.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/105496418/hospice-popup-store-set-to-open-in-waitara
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Things to do when im at the new 2018 convention
by Akid48 inwell, its that time where i have to go to the boring convention.
so, i wanted to know if anyone had any good ideas on how too pass the time (i cant just try and listen i fall will asleep and i cant let that happen).. (only got a few weeks before i have to go its going too kill me but i got too do it).
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Volunteer as an attendant. Then you can join the others who will be wandering around unable to take notes, and not being able to listen to the program. Better still volunteer for car parking duty and you can be outside of the venue, miles away from where you could even hear anything.
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This Week CLM Meeting
by zophar inso, this week on the clm there was an interesting comment at our kh.. under the "apply yourself to the field ministry" portion this week, there was the bible study assignment based on the publication: who are doing jehovah’s will today?
published in 2016. the material was from lesson 28 "what can be found on our website?
there is a footnote at the bottom that reads: .
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I remember a circuit overseer saying that if someone answered up in a part of the meeting to do with the history of the organisation and said anything that isn't consistent with current understanding that would be the same as teaching apostasy.
So if you said the famous ADV talk to advertise the Kingdom, of course they mistakenly believed that the kingdom was established in 1874, then as far as that C.O. was concerned you were out!