Posts by problemaddict

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Does God really have a personal name?

by XPeterX in

the bible says that the personal name of god is jehovah/yahweh/jah etc.thing is,we don't know it's correct pronounciation (or the pronounciation of any hebrew name).the name jehovah as we know it today means "he causes to become".someone who causes something to become is just called "creator" or "maker".right?he gave that name to his self so that people or the angels could call him by a name.also,how was he called before the creation of the anything?how can some people claim to be his friends if they don't know his actual name?discuss.

problemaddict

Just to play DA here, isn't this semantics? People are recorded as saying "Praise Jah". Jah a shortened form of the divine name pretty much without dispute. Use that if you want. Our cultural imprints regarding what we do and do not call our own parents mean very little here. Why can't you have the option to do all of the above?

I think there is a decent case for "Jehovah", about as much as anything else. Nothing can be stated with certainty, other than a superstitious reverence for the name led scribed to alter it a long time ago, so that we know very little as a certainly. But it does appear thousands of times. To argue it in and of itself has no validity or isn't something to even try to be known, I think is not intellectually honest. I think it harms the Trinity doctrine a bit and that might be why these arguements surface.

ALl of this is of course only meaningful if you even believe in the scriptures to begin with. I am finding myself less inclined to believe the bible is a book different than any other sacred scriptural text. I think the Hindu Vedas are much older than the bible no?

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"Are the Jehovahs Witnesses onto something?" - re: blood transfusions - Montreal Gazette

by Incognito in

i haven't seen anything posted about this but here is a link to a july 12/13 montreal gazette article entitled: .

too much blood: researchers fear the gift of life may sometimes endanger itthe title of this thread was taken directly from the article.. http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/much+blood+researchers+fear+gift+life+sometimes+endanger/8652224/story.html.

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problemaddict

This is where my former faith really pisses me off. Its like they want to take a measure of credit for something like this when it is written. Statements such as "how could JW's have foreseen that we would be improving not only our health but also contributing to the worlds knowledge of this vital component of our health without Jehovah's blessing"......begin to show up in my in box.

How about a parallel such as the discovery of penecillin.......an accident. You don't take the stand for medical reasons, so why tout medical reasons as a reason you think you have God's blessing? In addition, this takes away from the many decades where the research and knowledge still weren't there, and people just straight died. Even now there are situations where people die, and there is nothing that can be done without blood.

Is it really so incredible to essentially say, that liquid stuff inside of you is best kept inside of you without putting someone elses goo in you if we can at all help it? This is the medical innovation JW's feel is their gift to the world?

This is by far the most angering and assinine doctrine it the bunch. It is indefensable from a logical standpoint, and yet it is held onto like nothing else (maybe birthdays......equally illogical). I just don't get it.

edited for spelling

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Website with known apostates listed

by besty in

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friends

hilarious - made my day.

who could forget senior pu?.

https://sites.google.com/site/silence1492/facebook-youtube.

problemaddict

So these are some of my favorites...

Ben Parker

Mary Jane Watson

Gwen Stacy

Norman Osborn

Reed Richards

Susan Storm

Johnny Storm

Ben Grimm

Tony Stark

Donald Blake

Bruce Banner

Maybe someone isn't up on their comic book or super hero culture. I thought it was interesting that they supposedly point to a guy in the York Cong of England as two faced, because someone wished him a merry Christmas on his FB page, and he said to have a great holiday and some other kind things. How in the world does that make this guy celebrating Christmas? The people who put this together are morons.

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Hubby's Becoming a COP!

by outofthelionsden in

talk about doing a 180* change!!

my husband after much thought went and passed for the police academy.

never would i have ever imagined my jw husband now becoming a police officer.

problemaddict

That is great news. Make sure he trains hard, stays saf, and doesn't become a tool. Haha.

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100 things I learned from watching "The Prodigal Son" DVD

by Perversion of a truth in

these are things that were said or insinuated, i start with the first 15.

enjoy!!.

1. working for a corporation in the city makes you fall out of the truth.. 2. if you become inactive or leave jehovah you will make your whole family sad and ruin everything.. 3. all worldly people cheat.. 4. all worldly people curse.. 5.

problemaddict

30) Leaving a womans home in the middle of the night and crying after having sex are completely normal.

31) A JW maintains even their garage in the strictest of order. Contractor? Even MORE orderly!

32) The "city" is dangerous.

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Complete Donation What Happened?

by Marvin Shilmer in

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friends

complete donation what happened?.

today i added a new article to my blog showing part of a never before publicized letter where the watchtower organization makes admission of how jehovahs witnesses actually responded to the 1990 change to its complete donation arrangement.

my article is titled complete donation what happened?

problemaddict

Well done. I think intuitively this would be the case with most groups switching over in this manner. However, the "trustworthiness" statement is a little hilarious.

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Tell him he can count the time!

by 3rdgen in

recently i was talking to my mil, ( an elderly 2ond gen dub) about an experience hubby had at work.

i wanted to anti-witness.

i told her that baalam was sent on a sales call where the client turned out to be an inactive sister.

problemaddict

Oh time! I weep for the 17 and 18 year old whos family and themselves worry as to wether they go to pioneer school because the elders are reminding them they are "behind in their time".

Orwellian.

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intel on warwick project

by stuckinamovement in

the committee assigned to build the new complex was called into a meeting with the governing body.

they were told " you finish this project by january 1 2017. we want the keys to the complex and will be headquartered there by that date, do you understand?".

when the brothers protested and said that it would take 6 years for the project to be complete and if they moved that fast there would be many mistakes, the gb responded, "we don't care, that is your deadline".

problemaddict

Wait so the JW's don't "canvas" in Patterson at all? Is there a way to verify this? It just doesn't sound legit.

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Disassociating

by Godsendconspirator in

hey guys.

don't really post here much, mostly just lurk around.

so here's just backstory: in 2012, after about half a year of research i decided to leave the organization.

problemaddict

If you want to send individual letters to people you really seem to care about, that is one thing. But please do not disassociate yourself. it plays into their claim of authority. Just be honest with the people you care about. When they say you are missed say i miss you too. If they say Jehovah misses you, tell them what you think of that as the case may be. Let them know they can come and see you anytime! When they bring it up, say you dn't do that anymore etc... and change the subject.

I don't know. Like Simon said, its a personal thing. i'll be damned if I ever DA of get DF'd. I would fight it tooth and nail. But I probably have more to lose than you in that regard.

Do a benefit analysis. Is this for you or for them?

Later.

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One cute canadian sister

by thomyorke in

i like her videos about self-injury and other mental and physical problems, that could happened to young people.... she say that she is an active jw and regularly visit the meetings and go to service.. http://www.youtube.com/user/idranktheseawater.

but... what can you say about her wearing and hair style?.

it's cool, but it's "non-spiritual" style, not for "true" jw, isn't it ?!

problemaddict

Hey there sea water,

I have been a JW my entire life. I no longer attend meetings, however most of my friends continue to. A good friend of mine I served with for quite while has a low level of tourettes. I don't think people understand that there are various stages. He blinks very hard, has a hard time with his filter, but otherwise is fine. I applaud your "balls" so to speak in creating your videos. They can be theraputic, and nobody that is mature enough to understand it is a disease should ever judge someone for something they don't understand.

I am glad your hall treats you with respect, and you are certainly not imodestly dressed. The Russian fellow noted that they are very strict over there, so it is most likely just a cultural difference he is noting.

Nice to see someone come in and be welcomed, as well as be welcoming. We are all human beings after all, and deserve respect. Wether we have an illness people don't understand, or reject our former religious path. Wouldn't you say that is true?

I mean, you feel strongly about sharing your experience and making videos and entertaining others to bring light to something you are passionate about. Yet some who would do this very same thing because of abuse or frustration from hidden or misguided teachings, would be labeled an apostate and branded "mentally diseased" as both the recent District Convention, and a recent WT put it. Do you think that is ok?

Either way, welcome, and you are among friends.