No early first Century Christian ever talked about being a Witness of Jehovah ....NONE
smiddy3
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Anybody here still believe in the bible?
by Mel Morris ini'm a current bible student of jw's looking to chat with someone about biblical doctrine.
i'm not interested in talking with an apostate or a fader, i'm just a person looking for answers and wondered if there are any neutral voices in this forum who have good insights into the bible.
i currently talk with a couple of jw's on a personal level from my congregation and they are knowledgeable to a certain extent, but i dare not ask them certain questions because, as you know, the congregation has a culture of fear that impacts trust and openness, especially concerning biblical doctrine or the societies teachings.
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smiddy3
I like :
Once local elders get successfully sued, the whole thing shuts down real fast
The big gaping hole through which their money is being drained by sexual abuse lawsuits.
Google
The INTERNET
Their own literature (the older the better)
These are all good points ,any other points to share ?
How about Theocratic Warfare biting them back on the bum?
Being successfully challenged for lying or at least giving misleading information on oath E.G. the Australian Royal Commission into Institutionalized Child Sexual Abuse by the Australian Governing body member G.Jackson and the Attorney Vin Toole a JW in their employ..
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Do You Typically Accept The Press As Being Unbiased And Honest?
by minimus inthere is more “ yellow journalism “ than ever before!
newscasters and writers that you thought were trustworthy often miss the mark.. do you generally accept the “news” as being honest?.
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smiddy3
News as it is reported today either by the press ,the TV , or radio/Wireless is governed by RATINGS and SENSATIONALISM first and foremost .
And of course by the first to break the news fake or otherwise and we will deal with the flack afterward .
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The INTERNET
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This Article Won't Change Your Mind - Great Read
by cofty inthis article won’t change your mind - the facts on why facts alone can’t fight false beliefs.
brilliant article in the atlantic by julie beck discussing the phenomena of cognitive dissonance and how it affects religious and political beliefs.
it includes some interesting thoughts on how social media has magnified the problem.. spoiler - she is not optimistic about the possibility of successfully reasoning with members of religious cults.. the article also has a link to the 45 minute audio version.. link....
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marked for later
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Have you ever considered how bizarre the idea of "War in Heaven" really is?
by TerryWalstrom inwhen you grow up and look back on childhood belief you have to laugh at how.
easter bunnies and santa were all too plausible for children because trusted adults who were otherwise unimpeachable sources of truth and reality assured and reassured kids.
why wouldn't they accept it?jehovah's witness kids didn't have santa, we had armageddon.only this morning i suddenly asked myself why i ever accepted the idea of a war in heaven as even remotely sane.
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I don`t get this focus in the book of Revelation that Satan and presumably his Demons being cast out of Heaven and cast down to the earth after a war in heaven that J.W`s believe happened around 1918-19 ?
According to the Bible in both the O.T and the N.T. Satan and his Demons have ALWAYS been active causing mayhem down here on the earth for Centuries ?
So what the bloody hell was different ?
The real question we should be asking is ....Why was Satan and his Demons allowed to reside in heaven at all after they rebelled in Eden ? and apparently so for thousands of years up until 1919 and coming and going apparently as they pleased even before the presence of Jehovah God. ?
Jehovah never shunned him and neither did his son Jesus according to scripture.
As attested to in the Scriptures
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Please explain the meaning of this wt 2018/10 article
by Gorbatchov ina very strange article, suggestive.. what do you think about it?.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-october-2018/1918-one-hundred-years-ago/.
g..
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smiddy3
Jehovah`s Witnesses speak with a forked tongue , they speak out of both sides of their mouth .
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I think that`s more realistic than the WT versions of Caleb and Sophia.
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The bread pan illustration is totally flawed
by purrpurr init just suddenly occured to me today.... you know the jws always say about adams sin being passed on to his descendants that its like you have a bread pan with a dent in it and that every loaf of bread will then have a dent?
well that's fine for bread, cos your using the same pan.
but that's not how genetics work?.
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smiddy3
Maybe Adams sperm had a dent in it and he passed it along to his children and then their children passed along a dent in their sperm to their children and so on and so on and so on
What about all of the scriptures that state the sins of the father will be poured out on the offspring to the third and fourth generations ?
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Mosquitos....
by DATA-DOG ini’m watching a discovery movie about the mosquito.
scientists tell us that mosquitos are the most dangerous creature on earth.
nothing kills more than the mosquito.
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Their are 3500 known species of mosquitoes 438,000 deaths from malaria worldwide in 2015 the majority being children under five.
Other diseases they transmit include Zika,and West Nile viruses;dengue,yellow and Ross river fevers,chikungunya ;and various forms of encephalitis .
Animals are not safe from the mozzies either.
"When it comes to killing humans ,no other animal even comes close" Bill Gates.
Courtesy R.D.
"Using insect repellent is the best way to prevent diseases like Zika,dengue,and chikungunya that are spread by mosquitoes"
US centers for Disease Control And Prevention
{ Jehovah God only told Adam he would die if he ate from the tree of knowledge of good and bad , he didn`t explain the myriads of ways that God would devise to bring that death about some of which are the most painful and undignified ways imaginable } So much for a God of Love