Posts by GoneAwol

Ignorant? Yes, for the most part, because of a lack of education. The worst bit is when they mix ignorance with arrogance. It becomes a spiritual armour for them.

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Post Convention Euphoria

by Phoebe in

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friends

there is a plethora of convention photos on my instagram this morning.

(a lot of my jw friends have forgotten i'm on their followers list) .

smiling faces standing next to convention posters with comments like 'nope, i'm not giving up.

GoneAwol

Doubtfully Yours - "Really liked it this year; very entertaining"

Since when is unadulterated bullshit "entertaining?"

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"Even if this wasn't the truth, I would still stay. This is the best life to live..."

by HereIgo in

i was recently told this by a jw family member when trying to get through to them.

does this quote indicate that maybe such ones have considered that the jw's may not have the truth after all?

or is that just my wishful thinking?

A friend of mine said this just last week. He is an elder, along with a few other youth elders. I told him his head was buried in the sand. He said that was probably true, but he was comfortable with it.

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The most successful teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses and an amazing new book on the divine name

by slimboyfat in

jehovah's witnesses have had to revise their chronology and various doctrinal interpretations due to events and scholarly corrections.

but the one teaching where they have been consistently ahead of the curve is the importance of jehovah's name.. .

i'm going to run through a (necessarily selective) timeline of jw events and scholarly publications that demonstrate the phenomenal success of this teaching in the last days.

GoneAwol

Its pretty much irrelevant when you cant prove "he/she" exists......

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I was impressed by part of today's symposium entitled ' Safeguard your children from what is evil'

by UnshackleTheChains in

well i have to give credit where credit is due.

it was the part of today's symposium - build a house that will endure.

the part i was most impressed with was 'safeguard your children from "what is evil".

GoneAwol

Bolting the gate after the horse is long gone......

The Botchtower will still fight for every penny in every lawsuit brought against them.

And fight tooth and nail against justice for children.

Its sugar coated words to help keep questioning parents IN, who otherwise might have left.

I'm far from impressed.

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JW renaming things: "It's Not this, it's ....."

by Muddy Waters in

this was brought up in another thread, but i thought it should have its own thread.

feel free to add your own observations and experience.

the jws are so duplicit, and they rename things to somehow justify their own irrationalities.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.

GoneAwol

Do you believe in the tooth fairy? Goblins? Aliens?

If not, why not?

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Do I have to believe in Jesus to be saved?

by unsure in

do i have to believe in jesus to be saved?.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i was born in.

GoneAwol

Ask first wether this god or a son really exists. When you can prove that as a fact, then give him your worship.

In that order....