I'm very tall, I'm young, and I won the genetic lottery, plus...... I'm rich, and I have no desire to ever get married. Read my old posts.
The USA laws favor women in a divorce, even with a pre-nup. Smart rich young men DON'T GET MARRIED.
hi, my name is leacy and i am 41 years old.
i live in california.
i attend the rancho santa margarita congregation.
I'm very tall, I'm young, and I won the genetic lottery, plus...... I'm rich, and I have no desire to ever get married. Read my old posts.
The USA laws favor women in a divorce, even with a pre-nup. Smart rich young men DON'T GET MARRIED.
we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?
that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.
KalebOutWest
The problem is not in the mythology they teach from, which they did not pen,
but that people wish to be angry with myths.
It is not up to me to judge those who wish to pick fights with Bigfoot, the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, or whatever else you wish to spend your time arguing with.
Yep, words of wisdom KalebOutWest.
What's scary is people rest all their hopes, their lives, their family, on Characters created thousands of years ago by men who didn't even know that it's the earth that rotates around the sun, not the other way around. And now we are listening to those people as they describe to us what kind of Being the Almighty, the Omniscient, the Creator of Everything is like
If some random person that I never met is telling me the Sun Rotates around the earth, How in the world is he going to be able to teach me What God is like and what he requires of us.
I'll stick to Santa Claus. At least I know that if I'm not naughty but nice.......I'll get a cookie for Christmas
not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .
I just found this Today on exjw reddit. It was an invitation for JW lurkers to create an account and start posting and not be afraid. Some poster asked the same question about disfellowshipping.
Ok I got a question.
Have they changed disfellowshipped to "Removed".......because it sounds better?
I thought I read here that they are now getting a little bit better with young minors. And instead of immediately meeting with them judicially, they let the parents handle the situation with their minor children.
And elders are reaching out to disfellowshipped ones and will reinstate them as soon as possible if they come back
Answer
Over the years they have changed this expression around. Principally the NWT only lists the expression 'removed' now - which is actually a word used in Strongs concordance.
A number of other translations use the term remove, expel, purge. Nowhere is the term 'Disfellowship' used. Anywhere. As to the context in the bible WT has carved out the whole thing to fit their own narrative of mandated shunning. It doesn't matter what term they use, but since the heat is currently on in Norway - as the WT tried to defend the entire concept in court to keep/continue their government subsidy and defend their only control mechanism of fear through ostracism. So they switched it around to get rid of exclusivity to their group.
As for the rest of 'getting a bit better' etc. - its all smoke and mirrors and the core concept continues as explained above.
Link
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1iqg8m8/comment/md1uftj/?context=3
not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .
This seems like pure emotional blackmail to boost their numbers.
Of course it is.
But humans do what they do, even if it makes no sense. That's the way it has always been in religious Organizations as well as non-religious organizations.That's the reason the Watchtower exist and people continue to join even with all the exposure of their Child Sex abuse, deaths resulting from their No Blood Ideology, and their shunning practices. .
Look at the history of the Catholic Church, They use to execute people if you opposed them. And even with all the proof, over a billion people continue to proudly call themselves Catholic.But it's not just the Catholic Church.
That’s why History keeps repeating itself despite all the evidence. Most people prefer to stay ignorant rather that face the harsh reality of life.
All we can do is try to help them see. Some will listen, some won’t.
Catholic Inquisition
The exact death toll of the Catholic Inquisition is difficult to determine, but estimates range from thousands to hundreds of thousands. The number of deaths depends on the region and the time period.
Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition resulted in 32,000 executions. The Spanish Inquisition lasted for over 200 years and was a major force in Spain
Inquisition in Italy
Italian historian Andrea Del Col estimates that around 1,250 people were sentenced to death out of 51,000–75,000 cases in Italy after 1542
Inquisition in Portugal
In the 16th and early 17th centuries, about 5.7% of the people tried in Portugal were sentenced to death
Many executions were carried out by non-church tribunals, such as witch hunts in Protestant countries
not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .
Anonoy Mous What evidence do you have that they truly changed their ways. The disfellowshipping arrangement is still in place, the 2 witness rule is still in place, social control is still a thing.
As I mention in my other post, there was a letter to the elders posted a few months ago on exjw reddit. Now the term is Removed not disfellowshipped. Different guidelines on handling a person involved in conduct not becoming. A lot of the posters were furious because many had been disfellowshipped for years and still were being held back by some elders to not get reinstated. But now the letter had guidelines on reinstating disfellowshipped people immediately. Elders have been reaching out to many disfellowshipped people, and many are coming back to be able to talk to family. I remember the letter because many were pissed off, I believe a PIMO Elder posted the letter for a couple of days and then took it down for obvious reasons.
Can you honestly tell the elders that you are posting here on apostate websites and get away with it?
As I already said in my other posts, I never got baptized as a JW, but I have lots of family that are JWs. So the elders can't do shit because I post on Apostate websites.
we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?
that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.
It appears Jesus had a problem explaining his views to others.
Suddenly not everything Jesus said was true?
Jesus tells them the girl is NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING.
Jesus is the TRUTH....He has no Sin......He cannot LIE.
So who do we believe? Jesus to tell the truth, or the People who said she had died?
Halcon, it's called "Sass"
I was trying to make a point since many believe Jesus was sent by God to perform miracles. The resurrection is a big thing to them, but three resurrections is not enough to prove anything. Worse is two resurrections, especially when Jesus admits the girl was not dead which now makes it to two resurrections.
I'm not trying to confirm Jesus was sent by God. I'm trying to show how it all falls apart when examined carefully.
we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?
that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.
‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ ? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.
It appears that neither Abraham, Isaac nor Jacob died either.
It appears Jesus had a problem explaining his views to others. But others used his explanations as a means to get ahead in life. And it worked for many people
we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?
that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.
This was Liam's original issue. If the little girl was only sleeping according to Jesus, did he resurrect her or not? Liam implied that Jesus lied.
NO, I said Jesus said the Truth, because he is suppose to always tell the truth because he is God's son or God whichever form of Christianity you believe.
Jesus said; "She is not Dead, but sleeping" So he never resurrected this girl because she was never dead to begin with, and Jesus tried to tell the Crowd that but they refused to listen to Jesus
The crowd kept saying; "The girl is Dead" ...........Jesus kept saying NO SHE IS SLEEPING.
Who lied, The crowd or Jesus?...........The Crowd lied.
i was reading an intriguing post on the exjw reddit, a forum i do not with to sign up for, as i'm not interested in the internal politics of reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1hwlja8/the_governing_bodys_letter_that_shook_bethel_and/.
another post counteracted this one, driven by the "conspiracy theory" card.
Do you realize that in human nature that one out of every hundred people is either a psychopath , sociopath or dark empath?
Quit talking about yourself Riley........this is not about you!
we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?
that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.
Can you please provide independently verified evidence that these things actually happen
There is no verified evidence that some man 2000 years ago resurrected 3 people.
No cameras, no videos, to record the 3 resurrections.
They had no idea how the body works. No knowledge of the body's organs and how they function.
They attributed most sickness and death to DEmons, Spells, the anger of the Gods or God
On top of that, 2000 years ago, humanity lacked many modern technologies such as electricity, advanced machinery, computers, and the internet. Most tools and technologies were basic, relying on manual labor and simple mechanical devices.
Had no idea there was viruses, bacteria. Basically they had no idea about anything. Which is why Stories like the ones in the Gospels were so popular. It was the only entertainment in the whole world.........Story-telling!
Today we exchange those age old stories with NetFlix, Hulu, Disney, etc. Now we have Thanos who can remove half of the life in the entire Universe with a click of his fingers......and do it without inflicting any pain on the victims, or maneuvering the United Nations to coerce the armies of the world to destroy all Religion except the Watchtower religion of course.
Yea, we've come a long way.......but we still have a long way to go.