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  How many JDubs would believe this ridiculous statement?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.

  many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.

  well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.

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  Their have been so many of these Demon associated with material things over the years its hard to keep up with them.

  Sparlok ,Smurfs , Items bought at second hand /Op shops , kiss records , Heavy Metal recordings the list goes on and on and on.

  Jehovah`s Witnesses are a very superstitious lot :

  ,One elder related to us"how a brother bought a figurine from a second-hand shop and he became troubled by the Demons and when he threw it away across the street onto a vacant lot it bounced right back into his home again"

  I believe these same type of story`s do the rounds of many other fundamental /last days /end times religions.

  So J.W`s are lumped right in with Christendom in this regard.
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  Superstitions ,Numbers , and Miracles of the Bible Writers ? Why then & not now.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  doesn`t the bible with its fascination / significance with numbers indicate that its authors were superstitious and written for the benefit of superstitious people in mind ?.

  numbers such as 7 ,10 , 12 , 40 , 144,000 , and the amount of times and applications in scripture , sometimes a multiple of such numbers are used.. coupled with its magical claims of miracles , curing the sick by touch,raising the dead ,curing the blind ,walking on water ,axe heads floating on top of the water ,calming the weather during a storm,curing leprosy ,etc,etc.?.

  all of these instances on a limited occurrence of course and only in certain cases.

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  Doesn`t the Bible with its fascination / significance with numbers indicate that its authors were superstitious and written for the benefit of superstitious people in mind ?

  Numbers such as 7 ,10 , 12 , 40 , 144,000 , and the amount of times and applications in scripture , sometimes a multiple of such numbers are used.

  Coupled with its magical claims of miracles , curing the sick by touch,raising the dead ,curing the blind ,walking on water ,axe heads floating on top of the water ,calming the weather during a storm,curing leprosy ,etc,etc.?

  All of these instances on a limited occurrence of course and only in certain cases. {Why not continually for all of humanity ?}

  Isnt that indicative of the mentality of the Bible writers and their reliance on the super-natural ? superstitions ? and adopting pagan beliefs of other Gods around them ?

  Why have all of these things been prevalent in Bible times for 4000 years ,yet not one occurrence of their happening since the bible was written over 2000 years ago.?

  It begs the question don`t you think ?
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  Here is what silly looks like

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for shits and grins, i looked at an online sunday meeting a few days ago on youtube.

  i was in disbelieve on just how silly everything looks with the watchtower reader reading from his little iphone and the watchtower conductor holding up his iphone to ask the questions.

  then the conductor asked the reader to read a bible verse and of course, he reads from his little phone.

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  Jehovah`s Chariot has now obviously become a Porsche
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  Here is what silly looks like

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for shits and grins, i looked at an online sunday meeting a few days ago on youtube.

  i was in disbelieve on just how silly everything looks with the watchtower reader reading from his little iphone and the watchtower conductor holding up his iphone to ask the questions.

  then the conductor asked the reader to read a bible verse and of course, he reads from his little phone.

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  Whatever happened to the Silver Sword ?
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  Arguments I’ve Had: Historical Accuracy and the Bible

  by Saethydd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was a jw and still living with my parents i remember the way my father held what could almost be described as contempt for archeologists, paleontologists, and other scientists who dared to try explain what happened in past.

  he justified this attidtude with the argument that these people don’t have enough evidence to make such claims with any certainty.

  however, i see now that his viewpoint was more likely a defense mechanism to protect his presupposed conclusion that everything described in the bible actually happened.

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  He justified this attidtude with the argument that these people don’t have enough evidence to make such claims with any certainty.

  And of course the Bible does have such conclusive evidence to back up its claim of divine origin as the word of God.?

  "Their entire narrative of history requires that miracles, magic, angles, and demons all influenced the world in very tangible ways in one particular geographic area in the distant past and between then and now such magical forces have stopped manifesting themselves in such obvious ways for no apparent reason".

  That`s it in a nutshell Saethydd which probably deserves a thread in its own right. { "If God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son" } Where was god in the first 4,000 years of human history with regards to the rest of humanity ? God was actually instrumental in committing genocide among "many" nations apart from the Jews.

  He singled out a people for his name that he would bless and protect { when it suited him } and stuff the rest of humanity he wasn`t concerned with them ",old men women and child" could be put to death at his command and at his whim. Which he did time and time and time again throughout the Old Testament ,the Hebrew Scriptures .

  And this is a God of love , "Jehovah".
  
  
  
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  The Children Act - Emma Thompson - advertised on ITV One - prime time.

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as you probably know "the children act" is a film starring emma thompson as a high court judge deciding whether or not to transfuse a teen jw.

  it is due to be on general release in the uk on august 24th 2018. september 14th usa.. its shortened trailer is being advertised in the uk on the biggest independent tv channel - namely itv - at prime time.

  just seen it in advertisment breaks between 6pm and 7pm uk time.. thought you might like to know..

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  I`ve read the book and enjoyed it however , its not an expose of the JW belief system but rather how a non witness in this case a judge who has to make a judgement on whether a teenager who is near adult hood has the right to decide if he lives or dies refusing a blood transfusion .

  I would like to see it and see how close it sticks to the book.
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  Has anyone seen these great anti-joho T-shirts?

  by MightyV8 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://new.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/9731g0/beware_someone_has_been_selling_copies_of_my/.

  i found these t-shirts really great and i just brought 3 of them, can't wait to put these on in public.

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  LOL at the red T-shirt though I wouldn`t be game enough to wear it in public
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  First time

  by Deke in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  good evening all, this is my first time posting.. been reading and following for two years.

  my story will come soon.... but i want to say to all, thanks for all the meaningful, intellectual, honest, and insightful words!!

  it’s been an interesting 48 years of service to an organization!

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  Welcome Deke its always interesting to hear newbies story of waking up to TTATT I look forward to hearing yours after 48 years of service .

  { I thought I was a slow learner waking up after 33 years LOL }
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  Midnight Cry

  by Jerryh in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i never was a witness but need to learn for someone i love.

  i think i know what the teaching is in general about.

  matt 24 /25 concerning the slave wars earthquakes etc.

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  JerryH

  You have been here 3 years posted a number of times and responded about 45 times and you pose this question ?

  after claiming in one of your threads that you have read just about every apostate book their is ?
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  Is Jesus Christ, Jehovah God? (Not the Father, but Equal to the Father)

  by JW Answers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses,is jesus christ, jehovah god?

  (not the father, but equal to the father)what if the watchtower told you about god in a false way, and yet the bible taught you about god in his true character, how would you respond?could it be true, that the watchtower have been leading you up the garden path, describing god in a way that the bible does not describe?

  please watch my latest video to help you to see how the bible describes the lord jesus christ, and also within my video, i explain from the new world translation how the bible which the jws use, also describes jesus as jehovah god.

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  Jesus was a full blooded male human being when he was born from an imperfect human female Mary.

  So he would have been 50% imperfect in my book ,but apart from that fact this is what being a male is all about if Jesus was truly a human being.

  If he was truly human he would have experienced all things males experience in pre-puberty adolescence and adult -hood. as we all do/did.

  Pre-puberty male childs get erections from a very young age for no rhyme or reason known to them and the only way to get rid of it is to masturbate.

  So obviously Jesus went through this exercise also.

  The teenage years are when males go through what is termed the wet dreams stage where one is dreaming about sexual experiences and ejaculates in his sleep something that he has absolutely no control over because he is asleep.

  And while he was an adult he still would have gone through these physical needs the body puts you through and that you have to relieve yourself of either willingly or the body would do it for you.

  So obviously Jesus being truly human would have had these experiences also.

  Otherwise Jesus was not in any sense of the word a male human.

  { And we find many evidences of that in Scripture also ,such as his walking on water ,controlling the elements ,healing of the sick from life threatening diseases ,and raising people from the dead ,not something you or I can do as normal human beings ,so obviously Jesus was not a normal human being an equal to Adam because their is no indication in the Bible that Adam could do any of these things Jesus did}