Posts by schnell

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Any other religions match the JW's on these items....?

by EndofMysteries in

since many things have changed, new religions, and religions changing doctrine, etc, for everytime a jw says nobody except jws, 1. refuse to go to war.

2. refuse to be in politics 3. preach about god's kingdom.

4. don't allow sin (dfing for fornication, etc).

schnell

It's actually in the rules for the JW's that they keep hidden. You can not be disfelloshipped for joining the military. Found this out less than a week ago.

They wouldn't want to go to jail again.

When you vote or join the military, you are disassociating yourself. So, you get the same treatment as being disfellowshipped, but they didn't disfellowship you for doing that, for serving your country or acting within your civil rights.

It's a distinction that rides the technical line between chicken shit and bull shit.

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Questions for the Biblical God

by Saethydd in

i consider myself an agnostic, i feel no sense of certainty that there is a single all-powerful creator who made the entire universe, and yet i must acknowledge that the universe is a large place that is filled with much beauty so the possibility of an intelligent mind being behind it is certainly there.

lately, however, i do have more and more doubts about the god of the bible being a candidate for that all-powerful creator should such a being even exist at all.. these doubts are founded upon a number of questions for which i have never found any satisfying biblical or logical answer.

instead, i was simply chided with the remark that "god's actions aren't always meant to be understood by humans," which i found to be a very unsatisfying answer.

schnell

Why would God punish his people for straying from the "true religion" by sending them to a place that would have such a bad influence on them by exposing them to even more idolatry?

Profound plot hole in the Bible.

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The JW governing body are all overweight, creepy looking little men

by jambon1 in

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having seen a few of these tv productions and some youtube clips of their assembly parts, how can jehovah's witnesses really take these silly little men seriously?.

you take one look at them; their overweight, fat little bodies.

their entirely shabby, overhanging suits.

schnell

*shrug*

So I told my mom that the GB is asking for money whilst wearing Rolexes.

She said maybe they're gifts. I said that if so, that's quite a big gift and I would wonder what the favor was, I wonder why the Rolexes weren't sold, and I wonder why a donation wasn't accepted instead. So at the end of the day, they're asking for money whilst wearing Rolexes.

She said judge not that you're not judged! So I said I don't make it a habit of wearing Rolexes or EVER asking for money. So... Yeah.

Fugly or not, these dorks have sincere followers.

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Serena Williams engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

by ttdtt in

wonder if tony or splaine will be invited to the wedding :).

i am sure it will be at her kingdom hall to praise her great dod jehober.. http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/entertainment/serena-williams-engaged-alexis-ohanian/index.html.

schnell

And Twitter has been in mild uproar over a biracial relationship.

I'm happy for them! You go, Serena.

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A Comforting Thought About Watchtower

by freemindfade in

this organization will never again be what it was by 2013-2014. .

they peaked in the form they were, i believe they were already falling apart in ways, but from the outside and to the majority r&f, things likely still seemed on the up and up.

browsing through the boards and just keeping my finger on the pulse of what's happening, this organization will never again be what it was.

schnell

I care to the extent that I don't wish anyone else to enter this cult or continue, but I know that they will. I don't want the same story to be lived out again, but I know that it will. Eventually, the day might come when we can whistle at Babylon's passing, but it isn't here yet and there are bigger threats in the world.

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OK who threw the stink bomb in here?

by Thisismein1972 in

come on a believer, everyone knows it was you so own up to it and teacher will not be cross!.

this is exactly what seems to be happening, a believer runs in drops the stink bomb and runs out again...only to pear around the door when he/she deems it safe to do so.

😅😅😅.

schnell

Diogenesister:
A Believer did you know a woman came up with the idea, and taught, that the "faithful and discreet slave" applied to a person ( now persons)??
Did you you know that another woman came up with the religion from which Jehovahs Witnesses are descended? Without her teaching there would be no JW's.
Now, they've decided women cannot teach...but they wouldn't exist in this form had they not.

That's fascinating. Got a link or a name to look up, @Diogenesister?

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OK who threw the stink bomb in here?

by Thisismein1972 in

come on a believer, everyone knows it was you so own up to it and teacher will not be cross!.

this is exactly what seems to be happening, a believer runs in drops the stink bomb and runs out again...only to pear around the door when he/she deems it safe to do so.

😅😅😅.

schnell

@A Believer, it's perfectly understandable if you believe in God and the Bible and the JWs.

You know those people at the door?

Many of them believe in God, too. Many of them believe in the Bible. Many of them are firm in their beliefs.

When God judges everyone, will he judge them on their beliefs? Will he judge them for using their brains which he gave them? What if they considered the evidence and came up with another conclusion?

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Of love and witnessing carts

by oppostate in

"well, there you go, you come to love a drawing then you find out it's true".

so says this jw post on facebook:.

.

schnell

Cool? Good for them?

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Are JWs as eager to accept voluntary disassociation by minor JWs as they are to baptize them?

by Island Man in

we all know that the organization shamelessly pushes for youth baptism, even encouraging parents to withhold driver's licenses from driving-aged teens unless they get baptized.

i've been asking myself: since they are wiling to accept minor baptisms, are they also willing to accept letters of disassociation signed by young minors?.

i ask this because it seems to me that a signed letter of resignation has a greater "air of legality" to it than baptism, because its a signed document just as most contracts are signed documents.

schnell

That is a fantastic argument against youth baptism. If you can't leave, why join? If you can't accept a minor's DA letter, why accept the minor's baptism?

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Noah a Preacher of Righteousness?

by Spoletta in

during the watchtower study today, i browsed genesis and looked for evidence of noah ever preaching to anyone.

from what i could glean from the scriptures, it was a foregone conclusion that noah's family would be it on the ark.

(unless they towed some rafts behind) my wife says that building the ark could be considered a witness of his faith to the wicked world, but that seems kind of lame to me.. so, should i just assume that god decided not to give anyone else a chance for redemption?

schnell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_um69RqBpSw