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  How does an elder become an elder ?

  by Drwho in

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  i was never a jw , so have millions of questions .

  please, how does an elder become an elder and how much trust does or should a jw put in an elder .?

  simon.

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  There is no holy spirit involved. I was given assembly parts while being awake - how funny.

  I dropped out when I realized I valued intellectual honesty more than most things.

  Having watched part of the last convention online, is it possible that some of those crazy guys giving parts are also awake? Maybe desperate to believe, regardless?

  "Some people have played video games, taking the perspective of characters who do not act according to Bible principles..." I really feel bad for the lower level guy who reads this from the outline and knows exactly how much bullshit it is. And he did it anyway. Freaking Bible characters don't act according to "Bible principles." What a crock.
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  The true sign of a Cult-Like group is:

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  just thought we could have a concise thread listing the signs of a high control, or cult-like group:.

  feel free to add to the list:.

  the true sign of a cult-like group is:.

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  https://youtu.be/o3Rp_0hoNTY
  
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  Jehovahs Witnesses and Marijuana

  by NikL in

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  i live in california where pot just became legal for recreational use very similar to alcohol.

  my wife who is a very active jw has had her medical card for cannabis for a couple of years now.

  and i know several in our congregations around our area who are using it medically.

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  It isn't just consumption. What about jobs in the industry? I know friends who want to be the next Budweiser in cannabis, and others who just need a job.
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  Great Tribulation and Trump

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

  1. watchtower
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  please, let's discuss this subject without attacking one another.. it appears that trump has won a victory that no one expected.

  is it possible that trump may play a part in the great tribulation?.

  there are some who believe trump is one of the most unqualified of men to ever be elected president of the united states.

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  I'll take the if, that's as close as we're gonna get.

  In a nutshell:

  https://youtu.be/SmFEK2gq4QQ
  
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  The uptake...

  by Thisismein1972 in

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  2. beliefs

  with recent events pointing at watchtower growth, i felt compelled to say a few words.. if the figures turn out to be true, then we should not be discouraged.

  after 9/11 there was a surge in, not only the watchtower, but other demonisation of organised religion.

  whenever there is a a paradigm shifting event that puts fear into others, this tends to have a life changing affect on an individual.. now let us zoom to the present.

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  I guess my concern, David Jay, is where my family will be in the next few decades. My mom, my brothers, my wife... But I know the answer. It's not a question without an answer. I'll do my best and take it one day at a time.
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  Can any deity be used in manipulation?

  by schnell in

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  2. beliefs

  pale.emperor made an interesting observation in another thread:.

  the "blocking an expression of gods love" crap is a sneaky tactic to make the shunner not feel like they're doing something evil.

  cults do that.

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  Not only that, but I can easily add that it's not limited to a diety at all. There are cults that use the same tactics and what they are based is on recovery from drugs and alcohol. There are other ways of using the same tactics, using political causes or self-help, for example, that can harm as much as using a god or diety.
  

  By Jove, I'd say that absolute power corrupts absolutely! Yep, you have political cults, cults of personality, new age cults around some funky bestselling book, recovery programs that depower rather than empower the self...

  Critical thinking is the enemy of all of this.
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  So the governing body is NOT inspired...are they still "spirit directed"?

  by NikL in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay there has been lots of buzz about the feb 2017 wt where they say the governing body is not inspired nor infallible.

  yet, they are still using the baptism questions.

  the second one being... "do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of jehovah’s witnesses in association with god’s spirit-directedorganization?".

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  @Vid, got a link? I'd like to see that.
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  Can any deity be used in manipulation?

  by schnell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pale.emperor made an interesting observation in another thread:.

  the "blocking an expression of gods love" crap is a sneaky tactic to make the shunner not feel like they're doing something evil.

  cults do that.

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  schnell

  Pale.emperor made an interesting observation in another thread:

  The "blocking an expression of Gods love" crap is a sneaky tactic to make the shunner not feel like they're doing something evil. Cults do that. Make something loving seem evil and something evil seem good all just to accomplish their own ends.
  

  This can't be limited to Yahweh, however. Isn't this also true of any other deity? Can't any religious cult that's organized around a certain god be used to "make something loving seem evil and something evil seem good all just to accomplish their own ends"?

  What I'm really getting at is this: The idea of a god -- any god -- creates an opportunity for power over a group of people. So, belief in a god tends to become organized, and then it's all quite political and manipulative from there.
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  Why didn't God also reveal himself to the Canaanites just as he did to Moses in the burning bush?

  by deegee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why didn't god also reveal himself to the canaanites just as he did to moses in the burning bush so that the massacre/genocide of the canaanites could have been avoided?.

  why didn't god also invite the native palestinians into his covenant, giving them the same laws he gave the israelites, and establish an egalitarian society where people of all races could live together in harmony?.

  instead, he ordered his people to invade and slaughter the natives, killing them to the last man, woman and child, specifically instructing them to show no mercy to anyone under any circumstances.

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  Moabite queen is freaking beautiful...
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  Poopie so happy now . Based on the new awake I can now smile

  by poopie in

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  at disfellowshipped people the awake gave me permission poopie so happy.

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  schnell

  Okay.