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  Some of the vital teachings of the Bible are later interpolations, says Bible writer Habakkuk

  by Ireneus in

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  2. bible

  so small a book, yet habakkuk answers too big questions.. 1) god did not ask israelites to plunder other nations (habakkuk 2:8).

  2) god did not authorize eating of flesh of other living beings.

  (habakkuk 1:15) uninspired bible writers invented a story of noah’s flood which meant all plant lives got destroyed which necessitated the eating of flesh of living beings (ironically, as though god commanded noah to eat the flesh of the very living beings god supposedly commanded him to save through ark taking two of all creatures).

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  Every living creature on this earth lives off of the feeding of every other living creature on earth and has done so since Adam was a boy /or since time began whichever came first

  On land in the Ocean or in the air .
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  Victoria, Australia:Survivors of sexual abuse to be able to sue churches

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-24/survivors-of-sexual-abuse-to-be-able-to-sue-churches/9481000.

  sexual abuse survivors in victoria to be able to sue churches as government moves to end 'ellis defence'.

  updated about 2 hours ago.

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  When i was being converted in 1960 it was emphasized to me that their was no clergy / laity distinction as existed in Christendom`s religions.

  So how come they can claim clergy / penitent privilege in a court of law.

  And lets not forget Rom.13: 1 let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities

  { Apparently only when it suits them to do so otherwise forget about it }
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  Please explain!

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi please can someone explain this in laymans terms for me coz i be ever got it as a jw and still don't.

  it doesn't make sense to me.

  bible chronology indicates that god’s kingdom was established in heaven in 1914. this is shown by a prophecy recorded in chapter 4 of the bible book of daniel.. overview of the prophecy.

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  The whole purpose of the prophecy was that “people living may know that the Most High is Ruler in the kingdom of mankind and that he gives it to whomever he wants, and he sets up over it even the lowliest of men.”

  ???... Didn`t Satan take Jesus up into the highest mountain and offer him all the kingdoms of the earth if he did one act of worship to him ?

  And Jesus didn`t contradict him and say he didn`t have any authority over all those kingdoms did he.

  The “seven times” represent the period during which God allowed the nations to rule over the earth without interference from any kingdom that he had set up.

  So in other words Jehovah God gave Satan the right to rule over mankind then but wasn`t he already doing that ? since Eden ?

  And then the quote from Jesus that the whole world is lying in the power of the Wicked one ? Satan ?

  In Job Satan comes before the throne of Jehovah { obviously he is not shunned } and God asked him where he has been and he reply`s from walking about in the earth etc etc.

  So Satan has been on the earth causing havoc for 6000 years before he is cast out of heaven and confined to the earth and has had control over all the nations since Adam & Eve sinned .

  No wonder I don`t believe in the Bible or a God anymore.

  ps. And after the 1000 years of JC reign God in all his wisdom is going to set Satan free to work more havoc on humanity as if they haven`t already suffered enough ?

  Such a loving God.
  
  
  
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  Not new really - but in the news in Canada today

  by Moster in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/hamilton-woman-hopes-to-draw-attention-to-jehovahs-witness-child-sex-abuse-allegations/ar-bbjfvxf?li=aaggv0m.

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  The fact that her protesting has got media attention is great the more that this type of thing hits the media the more people are going to be aware that the JW religion is a cult and one to stay away from.
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  Did You Ever Find The Theolgy of JWs Reasonable?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a young man growing up in the religion, i would try to defend whatever the understanding of a doctrine was.

  i won a lot of arguments based on the idea that i knew better than anyone i was talking to and defended myself admirably.

  (lol)....eventually, i realized i was in a cult but for many years i was a believer and i had faith that the gb knew more that i could understand..

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  I have to agree with BluesBrother and that I too was at a vulnerable stage in my life when I converted at age 19 believing they had all the right answers as OTWO says.
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  Cookthebooks--Here is your Leaked Elder Videos!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  cookthebooks:.

  there are several leaked elder videos in the zipped file.

  use 7-zip or whatever program you use to unzip the folder.. https://we.tl/p41inlwgxa.

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  I wonder how many of those books behind Splane are now old light and not worth the paper they are printed on.
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  A spy's life is a lonely one

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have been awake since about this time in 2013, so about 5 years.

  and the craziest thing about it is that now, no one, and i mean no one know's i am an apostate.

  meaning, that i don't believe the jw minds set/beliefs at all, and no one knows it.

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  Your wicked Pete however it`s not a bad idea except doing it in a KH is far too risky.

  I would suggest dropping this info in their letter boxes in the middle of the night or when you know they are not at home.

  Take care Bro. and keep your cover up .
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  Do jw's have any concept of numbers re: population?

  by carla in

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  2. friends

  i was just thinking about how jw's like to brag about having 8 million members world wide and thought i might look up just what those numbers really mean in the big scheme of things.

  back in the day when me & my jw were still discussing anything jw he thought that 8 million people couldn't be wrong.

  i tried to tell him what a minuscule amount that really is to no avail.

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  Off the top of my head their are more than :

  I Billion Catholics

  1 Billion Muslims

  1 Billion various protestant religions

  Billions more non Christian religions

  And probably today Billions who have no religion

  Just to give it a bit more perspective on how insignificant the JW religion really is.

  And another thought who or how are they this 8 million JW`s going to get rid of all the concrete skyscrapers of the modern city`s around the world ?

  And don`t forget this all has to be done within a thousand years when the loving God Jehovah releases Satan from bondage to mislead mankind again who according to Revelation are as many as the sands on a seashore

  Thank`s God kick us in the guts again

  Good post carla showing the absurdity of JW thinking or should I say non thinking.
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  Shocking

  by Freedom rocks in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  their version of helping people.

  totally shocking.

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  The works JW`s think they have to do is to slave for the Watchtower organization.?
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  Mea culpa..

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just a few hours ago i took my wife (uber) to the hall with eats she had prepared as the cong are doing some work there.

  i had not set foot onto the kh property in years and my stomach went into a knot as i did.

  well what happened?

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  Zeb it must be hard to know TTATT while your wife is a full on believer engaged in all the activities .

  My thoughts are with you my friend and as far as the ARC goes these things never happen at a fast pace where Govts. are concerned

  However I am confident that eventually justice will be the victor in this case .

  take a look at jwleaks latest post .

  And hasn`t the ARC been held up as the benchmark for investigation into child sexual abuse cases around the world ?

  That has to be a plus on it`s own

  Take care my friend